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“ROCK ON THE RANGE” BAND PERFORMANCE TIMES ANNOUNCED FOR TENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL MAY 20TH, 21ST & 22ND AT MAPFRE STADIUM IN COLUMBUS, OH, TICKETS SOLD OUT IN ADVANCE FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Band performance times have been announced for the tenth edition of Rock On The Range, May 20th, 21st & 22nd at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH. Red Hot Chili Peppers, hard rock titans Disturbed (who have returned after a 4-year hiatus), and rock icon/filmmaker Rob Zombie top an incredible Rock On The Range 2016 music lineup that’s packed with rock royalty such as Deftones, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Bring Me The Horizon, A Day To Remember, Megadeth, At The Drive-In, Lamb Of God, Sixx:A.M., Hellyeah, Pennywise and more, along with rock’s hottest developing artists.

Rock On The Range sets the standard for American rock festivals. In addition to three stages of music, Rock On The Range features more than a dozen of rock’s favorite comedians in the ROTR Rolling Rock Comedy Tent – including Grammy-nominated Jay Mohr, Big Jay Oakerson, Nate Bargatze, Craig Gass, and Bethany Dwyer, plus a special Saturday night That Metal Show Live (based on the VH1 Classic show) with Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine. Other onsite experiences include The Music Experience, a Craft Beer Village featuring top breweries from the region, the Rock On The Range 10th Anniversary Photo Retrospective, and new art installations.

In honor of Rock On The Range’s milestone anniversary in the city of Columbus, the festival received awards of recognition from both Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and the City Council, as well as a resolution from the Franklin County Board of County Commissioners. These commendations acknowledge the over $140 million in economic impact the festival has contributed to the city over its 10 year existence. Says Danny Hayes, CEO of Danny Wimmer Presents, co-producers of Rock On The Range, “Columbus has been an amazing home to America’s largest rock festival for the past ten years. We look forward to continuing this great partnership with the city.”

The current Rock On The Range performance schedule is as follows (subject to change):

Friday, May 20th:

Monster Main Stage:

1:05 PM Sick Puppies
2:15 PM Sevendust
3:30 PM Bullet For My Valentine
4:50 PM Sixx:A.M
6:15 PM A Day To Remember
7:55 PM Shinedown
9:35 PM Disturbed

Stage Two:

11:45 AM Monster Truck
12:30 PM Avatar
1:40 PM Enter Shikari
2:55 PM Trivium
4:15 PM Asking Alexandria
5:40 PM Machine Gun Kelly
7:10 PM Megadeth

Stage Three:

11:45 AM Cane Hill
12:30 PM We Came As Romans
1:40 PM Andrew Watt
2:55 PM Miss May I
4:15 PM Memphis May Fire
5:40 PM Butcher Babies

Rolling Rock Comedy Tent:

6:15 PM Adrian Cosby
6:30 PM Jay Snyder
6:45 PM Mike Baldwin
7:00 PM Bethany Dwyer
7:20 PM Jay Mohr

Saturday, May 21st:

Monster Main Stage:

1:10 PM P.O.D.
2:20 PM Saint Asonia
3:35 PM Pop Evil
4:55 PM Steel Panther
6:15 PM Hellyeah
8:05 PM Five Finger Death Punch
9:45 PM Rob Zombie

Stage Two:

11:50 AM Lacey Sturm
12:35 PM Aranda
1:45 PM Texas Hippie Coalition
3:00 PM Issues
4:20 PM Parkway Drive
5:40 PM Ghost
7:20 PM Lamb Of God

Stage Three:

11:50 AM Citizen Zero
12:35 PM Jelly Roll
1:45 PM Wilson
3:00 PM New Years Day
4:20 PM Crown The Empire
5:40 PM Clutch

Rolling Rock Comedy Tent:

6:15 PM Madison Malloy
6:30 PM Craig Gass
7:00 PM That Metal Show Live with Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine

Sunday, May 22nd:

Main Stage:

1:05 PM Highly Suspect
2:15 PM The Struts
3:25 PM Death From Above 1979
4:45 PM Wolfmother
6:10 PM Bring Me The Horizon
7:50 PM Deftness
9:20 PM Red Hot Chili Peppers

Stage Two::

11:45 AM BOTB winner TBA
12:30 PM The Glorious Sons
1:40 PM Hands Like Houses
2:50 PM Red Sun Rising
4:10 PM Anti-Flag
7:05 PM At The Drive-In

Stage Three:

11:45 AM Silver Snakes
12:30 PM Code Orange
1:40 PM Wild Throne
2:50 PM The Shrine
4:10 PM The Sword
5:35 PM Between The Buried & Me

Rolling Rock Comedy Tent:

6:25 PM Chad Zumock
6:40 PM Jay Armstrong
6:55 PM Bill Squire
7:10 PM Nate Bargatze
7:30 PM Big Jay Oakerson

Doors open at 11:00 AM each day.

Tickets for Rock On The Range 2016 sold out more than two months in advance, marking the fourth consecutive year that tickets sold out in advance for the largest and most acclaimed rock festival in the United States. A monumental 120,000 “Rangers” from all 50 states and around the globe were in attendance over the three days of the 2015 festival.

Download the Rock On The Range mobile app (available for FREE via iTunes and Google Play) for festival information and band performance times.

Rock On The Range on the web:

RockOnTheRange.com
facebook.com/rockontherange
twitter.com/rockontherange

AC/DC FRONTMAN BRIAN JOHNSON TO MEET WITH CREATOR OF SPECIAL EAR DEVICE TO TRY AND HELP HIM GET BACK TO PERFORMING LIVE SHOWS

Stephen Ambrose, an expert in the field of audio and the founder of Asius Technologies who offered to help Brian Johnson return to the stage, says he will meet the AC/DC singer next week, reports blabbermouth.net.

Ambrose, who invented in-ear monitors, an advanced earbud used by professional musicians on stages around the world, released a video message last week in which he expressed hope that Johnson would consider utilizing his new patented in-ear technology that safely delivers a louder, more spacious and richer sound while minimizing the risk of hearing damage.

Now Ambrose says he will meet with Johnson on May 17th to discuss the situation. He says, “Due to everyone’s tremendous support, Brian and I spoke yesterday. What a gracious man. He and his wife invited me to visit them next week.

If anyone deserves to benefit from my research, it’s Brian, who has been giving incomparable performances for years despite increasing hearing loss.

I’m going to do my utmost to see if our new hearing breakthroughs can help him, and If I am at all successful, I’m sure Brian will let everyone know; he really cares about people and would like to help.

I am truly humbled and honored to meet this man, and I wish to sincerely thank everyone who helped. Fingers crossed; please pray for our success next week.”

Ambrose created the ADEL (Ambrose Diaphonic Ear Lens) technology to solve the 77% increase in hearing loss recently attributed to all personal listening devices. By utilizing a revolutionary second ear drum to take the pounding, ADEL technology absorbs the harmful pneumatic sound pressures caused by all personal listening devices and provides a much safer and higher fidelity listening experience for everyone. Formal studies conducted at Vanderbilt Medical Center confirmed that personal listening devices modified with ADEL technology sound louder at lower volumes than anything else on the market. ADEL delivers sound the way it was always meant to be heard — bass sounds deeper, midrange is clearer and highs sound richer than ever.

Johnson issued a statement on April 19th in which he detailed the hearing problems that forced him to stop touring. While he promised to continue recording, he couldn’t say whether he would ever perform onstage with AC/DC again.

Looking forward, he said, “My entire focus is to continue medical treatment to improve my hearing. I am hoping that in time my hearing will improve and allow me to return to live concert performances. While the outcome is uncertain, my attitude is optimistic.”

source: blabbermouth.net

GENE SIMMONS ISSUES AN APOLOGY FOR HIS PRINCE REMARKS

Gene Simmons has apologized for saying that Prince’s death was “a choice” due to his alleged addiction to painkillers. In a note on Twitter, the outspoken KISS member wrote, “I just got such s–t from my family for my big mouth again. I apologize — I have a long history of getting very angry at what drugs do to the families/friends of the addicts. I get angry at drug users because of my experience being around them coming up in the rock scene.”

“Needless to say,” he continued, “I didn’t express myself properly here — I don’t shy away from controversy, and angry critics really don’t bother me at all. If I think I’m right, I’ll throw up a finger and dig my heels in and laugh. But this time, I was not. So, my apologies.”

Simmons then added a quick postscript in which he cast some blame on media outlets for “quote-mining things I’ve said in the past and applying it to new situations.” While he admitted this didn’t make his previous statements “any more tactful,” he closed with the warning, “Be wary of click bait. The uglier they can make it seem, the more views they will get.”

Simmons is apologizing for comments that he made in an interview with Newsweek.

His KISS bandmate, Paul Stanley, also criticized Simmons for his comments.

additional source: Rolling Stone

DRUMMER JASON BONHAM DISCUSSES BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION’S REUNION AND SAYS “IT’S AN EXCITING THING”

Drummer Jason Bonham was a guest on the May 2nd edition of Eddie’s Sirius/XM show, Eddie Trunk Live. Bonham discussed Black Country Communion’s reunion and their impending recording plans. Portions of the interview appear below, as transcribed by blabbermouth.net.

On how the reunion came about:

“Joe sent out a message… Hopefully I’m not talking out of turn here… He just said, ‘You know what? I can’t believe it’s been six years since we did the first [Black Country Communion album].’ He goes, ‘I feel that we could really give it all and make another amazing album. Anybody interested?’ And that was literally [it].”

The drummer admitted that he “did wait until everyone had responded” before he replied. He explained, “I didn’t wanna be the first one. And I just said, ‘Hey, you know what? Yeah. Why not?'”

Discussing looking forward to recording another album with BCC:

“It was a great time when we did the first album — I remember the excitement — and the second album. I loved how quickly [they came together]. We don’t do any really pre-arranging. It’s literally eight days of recording and pretty much writing all in the same time. So every day we’d be creating, hopefully, one or two songs…At the moment, there’s no plans of anything other than, ‘Would you be interested in doing it?’ We all went, ‘Yeah.’ And, ‘How is your schedule for January?'” “So, yeah, it’s an exciting thing. I spoke to Kevin Shirley for a while about it, and he said it would be very similar to how we [did] it [on the first couple of albums] — basically create everything on the spur of the moment. Which is kind of a weird way… I’ve always liked to be able to go in a little bit more prepared, but I think now I know the way process is with them. It’s a little bit easier.”

Speaking about the band’s songwriting process:

“I said, ‘Let’s just get in a room and see what happens.’ I think it could be a great thing if we can capture some of the magic that we had on the first two albums when it was still really exciting. I think we’re on to a winner. How it goes on from there, I don’t know. I’ve kind of said to myself and said to them, ‘Let’s not stop it before we get there by talking business and talking when and where and tours and whatever.’ I said, ‘Let’s go in and see what happens before we do any of that. Let’s not stop that process.’ ‘Cause that causes… It’s happened so many times; I can think of one particular band I’ve been in. Once the business side and all the politics and the press and everything get involved, it can actually stop them.”

Eddie’s complete interview with Jason Bonham will be available as a podcast soon.

KISS’ PAUL STANLEY TWEETS THAT HE WAS “EMBARRASSED” BY GENE SIMMONS’ REMARKS REGARDING THE PASSING OF MUSICIAN, PRINCE

KISS’ Paul Stanley took to Twitter to distance himself from comments that his bandmate, Gene Simmons, recently made about Prince, in an interview with Newsweek.

Stanley tweeted:

“Embarrassed by cold clueless statements re Prince’s death. Without all the facts better to say nothing. My apologies Newsweek (with a link to the interview).”

additional source: q1043.com