KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Patrick Carney of the Black Keys at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

May 19, 2013 1:12 PM PT

KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast, the rock stalwart roundtable, this year features the Black Keys, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend and scores of other rising acts.

Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars starts his band’s set among the audience at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Thirty Seconds to Mars performs at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Jared Leto of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars performs at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys performs at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Jared Leto of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars invited members of the audience to join him onstage during the group’s set at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Blasts of confetti rain down at the end of Thirty Seconds to Mars’ set at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The audience was delighted by a balloon drop during the band Thirty Seconds to Mars’ performance at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ezra Koenig of the band Vampire Weekend performs at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Special guest Chester Bennington of Linkin Park joins the Stone Temple Pilots at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Special guest Chester Bennington of Linkin Park joins Stone Temple Pilots at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Taiko drummers kick things off for Thirty Seconds to Mars at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Special guest Chester Bennington, left, of Linkin Park and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Special guest Chester Bennington, left, of Linkin Park with video projections of himself and Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)