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ROCKLAHOMA 2016: DAILY BAND LINEUPS ANNOUNCED, SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE AND WEEKEND GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET PRICES INCREASE MAY 2ND

The daily band lineups are now available for Rocklahoma–America’s Biggest Memorial Day Weekend Party–May 27th, 28th & 29th at “Catch The Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK just outside Tulsa.

Rocklahoma celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2016 with a lineup of the best current rock artists and classic bands, including Scorpions, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Chevelle, 3 Doors Down, SIXX:A.M., Collective Soul, Sebastian Bach, and many more.

The three-day camping festival features music on three stages each day, as well as premium onsite camping amenities and unparalleled VIP packages. In addition, the Rocklahoma campground stage hosts performances during the Thursday night campground party and in the afternoon and late night hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Concertgoers are encouraged to save money by purchasing Rocklahoma tickets now at Rocklahoma.com. Single Day tickets go on sale Monday, May 2 at NOON CDT. At that time, Weekend General Admission, Weekend GA 4-Pack and camping ticket prices will increase. Weekend VIP Reserved tickets are now sold out. Ticket prices as of May 2nd will be as follows:

* Weekend GA (through 10:59 PM ET on May 6) — $162
* Weekend 4-Pack (through 10:59 PM on May 6) — $570
* Single Day GA — $85
* GA Camping (weekend, does not include ticket) – $100
* VIP Camping (weekend, does not include ticket) – $120

The daily band lineup for Rocklahoma is below (subject to change). Those who are camping can start the weekend early with the Rocklahoma Thursday night campground party.

Thursday, May 26th (Campground Party): Even the Dogs, Drek, Nicnos, Emperors and Elephants, Well Hung Heart, Framing The Red, Hoodslide, BC and The Big Rig, Roots of Thought, Grind

Friday, May 27th: Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Megadeth, SIXX:AM, Last In Line, Pop Evil, The Sword, Bang Tango, Shaman’s Harvest, Red Sun Rising, Wilson, Freeway Mad, Snew, NiteRain, Banshee, Chaotic Resemblance, 3-D In Your Face, 5-Star Hooker, Deathgrip, Kore Rozzik, Severmind, Arson City, Stolen Rhodes, SiK, Five Hundredth Year, Octave Jaw

Saturday, May 28: Scorpions, 3 Doors Down, Collective Soul, Hellyeah, Bullet For My Valentine, Sevendust, P.O.D., Texas Hippie Coalition, Hatebreed, DevilDriver, Avatar, Wild Throne, Chainmail, Ragdoll, Dead Metal Society, Prophets of Addiction, Mycah, Salems Lott, Beggars Jam, Electronomicon, Teer, Enslaved By Fear, Screaming For Silence, Lovebettie, Lawless Hearts, The Grizzly Band, Locust Grove, Unwritten Rulz

Sunday, May 29th: Five Finger Death Punch, Chevelle, Sebastian Bach, Steel Panther, Saint Asonia, Great White, Thousand Foot Krutch, Escape The Fate, Mystery, The Glorious Sons, Second Pass, Citizen Zero, Avenging Benji, Project Terror, Diamond Lane, Nova Rex, Ratchet Dolls, The Tip, Hellectrokuters, Moxy & The Influence, As Above So Below, Dryvr, Suede Panther, The Dirtboxwailers, Vox Squadron, The Brothers Moore

The Top 10 finalists have been announced for the annual Miss Rocklahoma competition. Fan voting is underway now at Rocklahoma.com, and continues through May 16th. Five finalists will compete on stage at Rocklahoma for the chance to be named Miss Rocklahoma 2016.

General Admission Camping and VIP Camping tickets are still available for Rocklahoma, and may be purchased by calling the Rocklahoma Camping Office at (866) 310-2288 or emailing info@rocklahoma.com. The campgrounds are a unique part of the Rocklahoma experience, with an endless party running around the clock for four days. Campgrounds open on Sunday, May 22nd at Noon and will remain open until Noon on Tuesday, May 31st.

Visit Rocklahoma.com and download the Rocklahoma mobile app (available for FREE via iTunes and Google Play) for more festival information.

Rocklahoma is located just 45 minutes northeast of Tulsa, in Pryor, OK. The “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds is a premier destination for a multi-day festival and includes onsite camping with access to restrooms and shower house, a general store for campers, VIP reserved seating, hospitality areas and much more

AC/DC OFFERING TICKET REFUNDS FOR LONDON SHOW

AC/DC fans who have bought tickets for the band’s show in London are being offered the chance to claim a refund.

Seetickets customers who bought tickets for the June 4th show at the Olympic Stadium were sent an email giving them the opportunity to claim a refund.

The show is part of the band’s Rock Or Bust world tour and will feature Guns N’ Roses man Axl Rose on lead vocals after Brian Johnson was ordered to stop touring or risk going deaf.

The message reads, “You have the opportunity to request a refund of your ticket. Refunds will be available from now until 5pm on Friday, May 6th.”

Opinion over whether AC/DC should have brought in a replacement for Johnson or cancelled the tour has been split, with many saying Rose is the wrong choice, while other fans have defended the decision.

It is not yet clear whether refunds will also available for the June 9th show in Manchester, or other Rock Or Bust tour dates.

additional source: teamrock.com/news

LITTLE CAESAR TO RELEASE “BRUTALLY HONEST: LIVE FROM HOLLAND” ON MAY 6TH

Little Caesar have announced they’ll release a double live album next month.

Brutally Honest: Live From Holland will come out on May 6th through Unison. It was recorded at Muziekcentrum De Bosuil, Weert, Netherlands on June 20th, 2015.

The band say of the record, “It captures a moment in time where our adoration for the power of music, with all its subtle imperfections, combined with a welcoming audience, create an experience that will never occur again.

We hope you enjoy it and we hope to get to enjoy a similar exchange with you – in person – so that we can get to make great music with you all. Without you, your love of music and your support of Little Caesar, we would never get the gift of that cherished exchange.”

Brutally Honest: Live From Holland is available for pre-order at iTunes.

Little Caesar Brutally Honest: Live From Holland trackless:

1. Supersonic
2. Rock ’N’ Roll State of Mind
3. Hard Times
4. Hard Rock Hell
5. Tastes Good To Me
6. Down ’N’ Dirty
7. I Wish It Would Rain
8. American Dream
9. Real Rock Drive
10. Redemption
11. Prisoner Of Love
12. Wrong Side Of The Tracks
13. Crushed Velvet
14. Rum And Coke
15. Chain Of Fools
16. Every Picture Tells a Story/Happy
17. Dirty Water
18. Sick and Tired
19. Drive It Home
20. In Your Arms
21. Down To The Wire

The band will be starting a European tour in May.

source: teamrock.com/news/

GUNS N’ ROSES ANNOUNCE LOS ANGELES TOUR DATE

As previously reported, due to unprecedented demand, Guns N’ Roses have added additional shows in cities such as: Chicago (July 3rd), Boston (July 20th), New York City (July 24th). Now, another date has been added in Los Angeles (August 18th).

To read more about Guns N’ Roses Not In This Lifetime Tour, and to view their complete tour itinerary, please click here.

ACE FREHLEY CRACKS THE U.S. TOP 10 WITH HIS NEW COVERS ALBUM, “ORIGINS: VOL. 1”

Ace Frehley has cracked the U.S. top 10 with his latest effort Origins: Vol. 1 charting at number one on the Billboard Hard Music Chart, number three on the Billboard Rock chart and number six on the Billboard Current chart selling 16k units in its first week of release according to Nielsen Soundscan. Origins: Vol.1 and its success serves as the follow up to Space Invader, which debuted at number nine on the Top 200 Chart in 2014, the same year Ace Frehley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with KISS.

The space Ace also confirms today, for the first time, that his all new music video for Fire and Water will feature his former band mate and KISS’ co founding frontman Paul Stanley, and will be released Wednesday, April 27th, coincidentally Frehley’s 65th birthday.

The music video holds its place in rock and roll history as the first time in 14 years that Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley shared a stage since KISS’ appearance at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. It’s also the first time Frehley has released a music video since 1989, which was Frehley’s cover of Do Ya by ELO and The Move.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Frehley released Origins Vol. 1, a collection of 12 newly recorded classics from Ace’s formative years featuring some of the biggest names in rock and roll on April 15th. This collaboration marks the first time that Ace and Paul appear on the same studio recording since KISS’ 1998 reunion album Psycho Circus.

Other guests on Ace’s album include: Slash trading leads on Thin Lizzy’s classic Emerald, Lita Ford singing and playing lead on The Troggs staple Wild Thing, Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 playing guitar alongside Ace as he sings his classic KISS composition Parasite for the very first time, as well as Jimi Hendrix’s Spanish Castle Magic, and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready also plays guitar with Ace as he finally sings his KISS Alive! mainstay Cold Gin.

Origins: Vol.1 track listing:

1. White Room (Cream)
2. Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones)
3. Spanish Castle Magic (Jimi Hendrix) *John 5
4. Fire and Water (Free) *Paul Stanley
5. Emerald (Thin Lizzy) *Slash
6. Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin)
7. Wild Thing (The Troggs) *Lita Ford
8. Parasite *John 5 (KISS)
9. Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)
10. Cold Gin *Mike McCready (KISS)
11. Till The End Of The Day (Kinks)
12. Rock and Roll Hell (KISS)

L.A. GUNS’ PHIL LEWIS ONSTAGE COMMENTS DEEMED “RACIST”

L.A. Guns frontman Phil Lewis has caused controversy by saying that “black people are all one-dimensional.”

The band were onstage at the Fish Head Cantina in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 22nd when he made the comment. The outburst came as he attempted to praise the life and music of Prince, who died aged 57 on April 21st.

Lewis recalled L.A. Guns’ early days, when they played First Avenue in Minneapolis – the club where much of Prince film Purple Rain was shot in 1984.

He told the crowd, “I remember when we were working on Cocked And Loaded, we were on tour, and they said there was a venue that we could play in Minnesota – First Avenue.

I didn’t know too much about it at the time, but after I saw the movie, I got it. We were all into that Prince, right? It was so cool, because you had your heavy s–t, and you had the pop s–t – and there was Prince doing his own f–king thing.

The problem is, right now – and I’m not gonna be a racist about it – but black people are all one-dimensional. We need more Princes.

We need less f–king rappers and more people like Prince. There, I said it.”

Lewis later moved to clarify his comments in a Facebook post which has since been removed, saying he was simply attempting to broaden the debate on rap music.

He told Metal Sludge, “It seems I have ruffled a few PC feathers with my onstage comment from Friday’s show. I stand by my words and make no apology for my observations. Perhaps “black media” would have been a better choice of words than “black people.”

“I was just thinking about the AA family who recently moved in the house next to mine. They’re all very nice but it’s obvious that they’re drinking the gangsta rap or hoops mentality Kool Aid – is that racist as well?

My solution has been to provide and teach the two 10 year olds basic guitar with the hope it will broaden their horizons as it did mine. Don’t expect there will be a new Prince anytime soon but damn sure there will be countless rappers spouting the “money and dos” moronic nonsense that does the black community no favors at all.”

He added, “I’m sure there are plenty of multi-dimensional brilliant musicians out there but not likely to hear about them on mainstream black media. Shame. More Princes, less rappers.”

L.A. Guns continue their tour in Buffalo tomorrow (April 26th) and head to Europe for a run of dates in May.

L.A. Guns 2016 tour dates:

Apr 26: Buffalo Tralf Music Hall, NY
Apr 29: Garwood Crossroads, NJ
Apr 30: Prince George Appomattox Boat Harbor, VA

May 5: Salt lake City Liquid Joe’s, UT
May 6: San Juan The Coach House, CA
May 7: Agoura Hills The Canyon Club, CA
May 11: San Antonio The Rock Box, TX
May 12: Stafford The Pub Fountains, TX
May 13: Fort Worth The Rail Club, TX
May 14: Tucson Convention Center, AZ
May 18: Padua Grindhouse, Italy
May 19: Erba Centrale Rock, Italy
May 20: Vercelli Offcine Sonore, Italy
May 21: Osoppo Concerto Per Matteo, Italy
May 22: Avezzano Public Square, Italy
May 24: London The Underworld, UK
May 27: Grimsby Yardbirds Club, UK
May 28: Barnsley Birdwell, UK
May 29: Bilston Robin 2, UK
May 31: Helsinki Tavastia, Finland

June:

2: Hameenlinna Ratasipi, Finland
3: Lahti Mosso, Finland
9: Solvesborg Sweden Rock Fest, Sweden
16: Laconia Music Grounds, NH

July:

15: Mt pocono Rock The mountain Festival, PA
16: Williamsport Bike Night, MD
21: Dickinson Summer Nights, ND
23: Oroville Rock Reggae Jam Fest, CA
29: Hollywood Whisky A Go Go, CA
30: Royalton Halfway Jam, MN

August:

4: Indianapolis The Vogue, IN
6: Detroit Chene Park Amphitheatre, MI

November:

19: Malden MIXX360, MA

additional source: Classic Rock