Rock in Rio USA to be headlined by Metallica and Taylor Swift

Rock in Rio head revealed the first headliners set to appear at its inaugural US Festival which will take place in Las Vegas.

The festival which will occur over two weekends in May 2015 and will have headline performances from Metallica, No Doubt, Deftones, Linkin Park, John Legend and Taylor Swift.

Considered to be the world’s largest music festival, Rock in Rio has previously taken place in Brazil, Lisbon and Madrid. Its expansion into the US is the result of a partnership between the festival, MGM Resorts International, Cirque du Soleil and developer Ron Burkle of The Yucaipa Companies. Billboard has reported that a deal is currently in place to hold the festival once every two years between now and 2019.

The newly constructed City of Rock is where the festival will take place and will be a 33-acre, 80,000 person capacity open-air venue with five stages including specific indie and EDM stages. As well as typical attractions such as food, shopping and street art, there will also be amusement rides such as a giant roulette table ferris wheel and a 400-foot zip-line which is expected to take fans right in front of the main stage.