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| LL Cool J, SWV, Lil’ Kim and Method Man & Redman lead the lineup for the 2026 Rock the Bells Festival, scheduled for Nov. 29 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. (Rock the Bells) |
The festival returns to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 29, with a lineup spanning several distinct periods of hip-hop and R&B, organizers announced Monday.
LL Cool J leads the bill alongside SWV, Lil’ Kim and Method Man & Redman.
D-Nice will curate another portion of the show featuring Luckett, Banner and The LOX — Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch.
Additional artists are expected to be announced later.
Rock the Bells and the Black Promoters Collective are producing the event. The concert is scheduled for the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend and will close out Hip-Hop History Month. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show scheduled for 7.
“There’s something special about seeing artists and fans from different generations come together under one roof,” LL Cool J said in the announcement.
That description is unusually literal in this case.
SWV’s presence keeps the bill from becoming an all-rap nostalgia package, while the D-Nice segment effectively builds a second miniature lineup inside the larger show.
The LOX bring the Bad Boy and Ruff Ryders eras. Luckett adds a direct link to Destiny’s Child and her later solo R&B career. Banner represents the Southern rap explosion that changed the genre’s center of gravity during the 2000s.
Ticketmaster independently lists LL Cool J, Lil’ Kim, Method Man & Redman, SWV, D-Nice, Luckett, The LOX and Banner on the Nov. 29 event page.
The first ticket window begins Tuesday.
An exclusive presale starts Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern and ends Thursday, Aug. 20, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Local, venue and promoter presales begin Thursday at 10 a.m. and run through 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
General sales begin Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. Eastern through Ticketmaster.
Organizers say more performers and community-focused programming will be announced before the festival.
For now, the lineup already amounts to a compact timeline of the music Rock the Bells was created to celebrate.
LL Cool J leads the bill alongside SWV, Lil’ Kim and Method Man & Redman.
D-Nice will curate another portion of the show featuring Luckett, Banner and The LOX — Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch.
Additional artists are expected to be announced later.
Rock the Bells and the Black Promoters Collective are producing the event. The concert is scheduled for the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend and will close out Hip-Hop History Month. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show scheduled for 7.
“There’s something special about seeing artists and fans from different generations come together under one roof,” LL Cool J said in the announcement.
That description is unusually literal in this case.
SWV’s presence keeps the bill from becoming an all-rap nostalgia package, while the D-Nice segment effectively builds a second miniature lineup inside the larger show.
The LOX bring the Bad Boy and Ruff Ryders eras. Luckett adds a direct link to Destiny’s Child and her later solo R&B career. Banner represents the Southern rap explosion that changed the genre’s center of gravity during the 2000s.
Ticketmaster independently lists LL Cool J, Lil’ Kim, Method Man & Redman, SWV, D-Nice, Luckett, The LOX and Banner on the Nov. 29 event page.
The first ticket window begins Tuesday.
An exclusive presale starts Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern and ends Thursday, Aug. 20, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Local, venue and promoter presales begin Thursday at 10 a.m. and run through 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
General sales begin Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. Eastern through Ticketmaster.
Organizers say more performers and community-focused programming will be announced before the festival.
For now, the lineup already amounts to a compact timeline of the music Rock the Bells was created to celebrate.
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