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José Pedro Balmaceda (1948- )
José Pedro Balmaceda was born 22 August 1948 in Santiago, Chile. His mother Juanita owned a women's boutique in the city and his father José was a successful owner of several timber mills. He grew up with five sisters who remained in Santiago all their lives. Balmaceda attended the college preparatory school San Ignatius where he met Sergio Stone, his future partner at the Center for Reproductive Health fertility clinic in the University of California Irvine Medical Center.
Horatio Robinson Storer (1830–1922)
Horatio Robinson Storer was a surgeon and anti-abortion activist in the 1800s who worked in the field of women's reproductive health and led the Physicians' Crusade Against Abortion in the US. Historians credit Storer as being one of the first physicians to distinguish gynecology, the study of diseases affecting women and their reproductive health, as a separate subject from obstetrics, the study of pregnancy and childbirth.
Subject: People, Reproduction, Religion
John Charles Rock (1890-1984)
Born on 24 March 1890 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, to Ann and Frank Rock, John Charles Rock was both a devout Catholic and one of the leading investigators involved in the development of the first oral contraceptive pill. In 1925 he married Anna Thorndike, with whom he later had five children. He spent over thirty years of his career as a clinical professor of obstetrics at Harvard Medical School, and in 1964 the Center for Population Studies of the Harvard School of Public Health established the John Rock Professorship.
Albert William Liley (1929–1983)
Albert William Liley advanced the science of fetal physiology and the techniques of life-saving in utero blood transfusions for fetuses with Rh incompatibility, also known as hemolytic disease. Due to his advances, fetuses too young to survive premature delivery, and likely to die in utero if their Rh incompabilities were left untreated, were successfully transfused and carried to term. Liley was as passionate as a clinician and researcher as he was about his views on the rights of the unborn.
James Marion Sims (1813-1883)
James Marion Sims developed a surgical cure for ruptures of the wall separating the bladder from the vagina during labor, ruptures called vesico-vaginal fistulas, and he developed techniques and tools used to improve reproductive examinations and health care for women in the US during the nineteenth century. Sims's lateral examination position allowed doctors to better see the vaginal cavity, and his speculum, a spoon-like object used for increased view into the vagina, helped to make gynecological examinations more thorough.
Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)
Pope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy, to Virginia and Filippo Pacelli. Known for his oft-disputed role in the Roman Catholic Church's approach to the Nazis and World War II, Pope Pius XII also contributed a number of important documents regarding conception, fertility, abortion, and reproductive control to the Vatican's collection of writings and doctrine on procreation.
Sergio Cereceda Stone (1942- )
Sergio Cereceda Stone was born 16 April 1942 in the coastal city of Valparaiso, Chile. Stone's mother Luz was a housewife and caretaker for Sergio and his younger brother Lionel; his father Sergio served among the country's twenty appellate court judges. In the early 1950s Stone's father relocated the family to Santiago to further his law career.
Subject: People, Ethics, Reproduction
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, has been crucial to the clarification of Roman Catholic views on embryos and abortion in recent history. His 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae" spoke to the regulation of birth through various methods of contraception and sterilization. This encyclical, a result of Church hesitancy to initiate widespread discussion of the issue in a council of the Synod of Bishops, led to much controversy in the Church but established a firm Catholic position on the issues of birth control and family planning.
Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903-1967)
Gregory Goodwin Pincus, one of the original researchers responsible for the development of the first oral contraceptive pill, was born in Woodbine, New Jersey, on 19 April 1903 to Russian Jewish parents. In 1924 Pincus received his BS degree from Cornell University, and in 1927 he received his MS and PhD from Harvard University, having studied under William Ernest Castle and William John Crozier.
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
Pope John Paul II's views on abortion and embryology have been very influential to the Roman Catholic Church. He strictly forbade abortion and other threats to what he regarded as early human life in his encyclical entitled "Evangelium Vitae," meaning the "Gospel of Life." His authority on moral and social issues was highly regarded during his lifetime.
Father Frank Pavone (1959- )
Father Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church's pro-life movement, has devoted his life's work to ending abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and other techniques and procedures that he believes threaten human life from conception to death. His contributions to the pro-life movement include founding a new religious order called the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life and participating in high-profile protests and television interviews for the pro-life cause.
Gunther von Hagens (1945- )
Gunther von Hagens invented a plastination technique and created Body Worlds, a traveling exhibit that has made anatomy part of the public domain. Von Hagens invented the plastination technique in 1977 while working at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. Von Hagen's plastination technique preserves real bodies and tissues by the removal of the fluid and replacement with resin. Body Worlds features three-dimensional, plastinated human bodies.
Subject: People, Outreach, Reproduction
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun known for her charitable work and attention to the poor, was born 26 August 1910. The youngest child of Albanian parents Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, she was christened Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu and spent her early life in the place of her birth, present-day Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia. In addition to her unwavering devotion to serve the sick and the poor, Mother Teresa firmly defended traditional Catholic teachings on more controversial issues, such as contraception and abortion.
Pope Innocent XI (1611-1689)
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, made considerable contributions to the Roman Catholic approach to embryology by condemning several propositions on liberal moral theology in 1679, including two related to abortion and ensoulment. His rejection of these principles strengthened the Church's stance against abortion and for the idea of "hominization," meaning the presence of human qualities before birth.
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was born to the wealthy owner of a silk factory on 31 May 1857 in Desio, Italy. He was ordained to the priesthood at the age of eighteen, at which time he began a long life devoted to study, peacekeeping, and the betterment of societies around the world. Pius XI is noted here for his contribution to the Roman Catholic Church's early twentieth century approach to issues regarding contraception and abortion, which was presented in his December 1930 encyclical "Casti Connubii."
Landrum Brewer Shettles (1909-2003)
Landrum Brewer Shettles is remembered as an important contributor to early in vitro fertilization research in the United States as well as a prolific author on the subject of choosing a child's sex before conception. Shettles was born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi on 21 November 1909 to Sue Mounce and Brazil Manly. Shettles trained and worked as a gynecologist at Columbia University Presbyterian Medical Center, after receiving his MD in 1943 from Johns Hopkins University.
Leon Chesley (1908-2000)
Leon Chesley studied hypertension, or high blood pressure, in pregnant women during the mid-twentieth century. Chesley studied preeclampsia and eclampsia, two hypertensive disorders found in approximately five percent of all US pregnancies. In New Jersey and New York, Chesley devoted over forty years to researching preeclampsia and eclampsia. Chesley conducted several long-term studies using the same group of women beginning from their pregnancies.
Pierre Budin (1846-1907)
Pierre Constant Budin worked in France to improve the lives of newborns and their mothers during the late nineteenth century. Budin stressed the importance of proper nutrition in infants and educated new mothers on breastfeeding and infant care. Budin established infant care facilities and created a nutritional check-up system for infants. Budin helped design early artificial nipples, breast pumps, and incubators for premature newborns. He also began the practice of consulting with new mothers after they gave birth, redefining the roles of obstetricians.


At its best, predictive analytics provide the executive team with tools to better understand customer behaviour and market trends and improve a company's business intelligence system.
Predictive analytics bring together statistical analysis, data modelling, real-time scoring, and machine learning to observe trends and project them into the future. Used in scenario modelling, these projections are helpful in recognising variables and making judgements on likely outcomes.
Within the finance function, effective data analytics and performance improvement methods are becoming increasingly popular. They enable accountants and finance professionals to be more proactive.
Gary Cokins, CEO of US advisory firm Analytics-Based Performance Management and author of the CGMA book Strategic Business Management: From Planning to Performance, offers three examples of how predictive analytics is changing finance reporting.
Combined with activity-based costing, which assigns overhead costs to products, data analytics allow for a more encompassing view of channel and customer profitability.
Data analytics have allowed the development of strategy maps to report and monitor both financial and nonfinancial key performance indicators (KPIs).
Traditional cost-centre budgeting and cost variances control are giving way to driver-based rolling financial forecasts using predictive analytics integrated across business processes.
With predictive analytics, executives, managers, and employee teams can better see future demands, such as the volume and mix of products needed to meet sales forecasts more accurately, according to Cokins. He explained that, as a result, the executives can adjust their resource capacity levels and types, such as the number of employees needed or spending amounts. They also can quickly address small problems before they become big ones. And they can transform their mountains of raw transactional data into information to test hypotheses, see trends, and make better decisions.
There is now widespread use by companies of data analytics to anticipate mechanical problems, with the benefits of reducing maintenance costs and machinery downtime.
Other applications of predictive analytics may be less obvious. Analysis of rainfall and temperature has been used by wine producers to predict with a high level of accuracy both the quality and quantity of a season's output. This, in turn, can help decisions on pricing and predict income.
Predictive analytics are also being applied in workforce management, enabling human resource professionals to anticipate their staffing needs and the remuneration packages required to employ the right number of people with the right skills at the right time.
Fifty-eight per cent of HR professionals in a recent survey by the Reward & Employee Benefits Association said they consider predictive analytics to be a game changer in their area of work.
"Employers recognise the value inherent in the data they have, particularly if they can use it to predict which benefits will have the greatest positive impact on their workforces, or how reward strategies correlate with indicators such as performance, leadership effectiveness, or profitability," Debi O'Donovan, director of the Reward & Employee Benefits Association, a UK professional organisation, said in a statement. However, she added, to fully maximise the benefits of predictive analysis, employers need to invest in technology: Nine out of ten employers rely on generic software such as Excel, limiting their ability to manipulate data.
David Jayatillake, ACMA, CGMA, is head of business intelligence and analytics at subprime lender Elevate Credit's London office. Until mid-2017, he was senior pricing manager at UK payment processor Worldpay. He has used predictive analytics to assist with setting pricing and for profitability forecasting, with accuracy that has proved more reliable than with traditional methods.
However, he warned that data analysis has limited capacity to predict outcomes where markets are going through change, "so you must use it with a pinch of salt," he said. "You might be predicting sales volumes with a particular customer and initially be correct, but then if you start doing more or less business with that customer, then the predictions go wrong.
Jayatillake, who was a data analyst before he began studying for his CIMA exams, suggested the best way for management accountants to start using predictive modelling is to learn how internal data structures work and how to use them.
"You have to know where your data is, how to access it," he said. This could involve learning some new skills. For example, learning Structured Query Language, a standard language for assessing and manipulating databases, is very helpful in extracting data. Once you have done that, you need to understand the data, Jayatillake said, and then decide where you think the value in the data resides.
When modelling, you should start simple. Most management accountants use Excel, so start with Excel, Jayatillake said. It allows for techniques such as time series analysis and multiple linear regression that are very useful in finance.
The DataCamp website is very helpful; it allows anyone who has little to no experience in coding to learn, he added. You should start with the same models that you tried with Excel, and then move on to more complex nonlinear models if you feel they can add value.
As the name suggests, predictive analytics can only be used with problems that have an element of predictability to them, and there needs to be a relationship between the available dataset and what you're trying to predict.
For example, income statement transactions tend to be more predictable over time than balance sheet items. You also need lots of good quality data from which you can learn.
To decide whether predictive analytics is the right method for a particular problem, you first need in-depth knowledge of the business and the available data, said Rhodri Davies, a director on PwC's assurance innovation and technology team in the UK.
Understand your data; research and identify anomalies in the data; identify risk factors in the data; mine new sources of data.
Recognise the differences between relational and nonrelational databases. Relational databases have data structures that allow linking information from different types of data buckets. Nonrelational databases contain data stored without structured mechanisms to link data from different buckets to one another.
Use exploratory multivariate statistics, inferential statistics, visualisation tools, optimisation methods, machine learning, and predictive analysis tools. Process-mine using new data analysis techniques and algorithms to isolate and investigate specific processes that might have led to changes to the data/accounting ledgers.
Use simple vendor risk dashboards and filters to minimise inefficiencies and human error. Perform data and process mapping from a regulatory and risk-assurance view.
Based on the data analysis and insights, communicate what decisions and actions are required in ways that highlight added value.
— Paul Gosling is a freelance writer based in the UK. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact Sabine Vollmer, an FM magazine senior editor, at Sabine.Vollmer@aicpa-cima.com.


Will CHUMS work at your site?
The CHUMS project has developed a tool which establishes, for any candidate site, the current carpooling status, estimates the potential impact of introducing CHUMS and identifies the supporting measures which are most likely to maximise the impact of CHUMS.
The success of a carpooling scheme at a particular location, and the subsequent effectiveness of introducing the CHUMS measures to a carpooling scheme, depends on many factors. While a number of these cannot be influenced by those responsible for setting up or managing a carpool scheme, there are others which carpool/mobility managers can exert influence over and which can have a significant effect on the success or otherwise of the schemes/measures introduced.
To aid sites which are considering introducing a carpool scheme or would like to implement the CHUMS measures to an existing carpool scheme, the CHUMS project have developed a simple and easy to use tool which enables candidate sites to quickly assess their suitability for carpooling and to indicate (in a very general manner) the likely impacts of introducing the CHUMS measures. It also identifies supporting measures which the carpool/mobility managers should consider to maximise the impact of implementing CHUMS.
Following extensive review of literature supported by surveys with CHUMS partner sites and carpool service providers, eight factors were identified as having the greatest bearing on the suitability of a particular location for carpooling. These are shown below.
The answers to a number of questions related to each factor give a measure of the current status for that factor at the site in question (the questions are weighted according to their relative importance).
An example of the questions for one of these factors is provided below for the 'Carpool status in your city/region'. The full set of questions for all factors can be viewed by downloading the tool at the bottom of this page.
A spider chart illustrating, at a glance, the contextual situation in their country/region and at their candidate site. The eight spokes of the web represent the factors which have the greatest bearing on the suitability of a particular location for carpooling. This allows the user to quickly identify the factors which are currently limiting successful carpooling initiatives; i.e. those which are closest to the centre of the web.
An impact chart which indicates the potential impact that introducing the CHUMS measures is likely to have at their site based on the contextual information provided. The position of the 5 CHUMS demonstration sites (prior to introducing CHUMS) has been mapped onto this, allowing users of the tool to gauge how their site compares.
A text summary of the general standing and support for carpooling, current status of carpooling and suitability of the candidate site for increasing carpooling. A basic assessment of the potential impact from introducing CHUMS measures is provided along with a list of supporting measures which should be considered to improve the likely impact of introducing CHUMS measures.
The benefit of this tool is that follower sites or future candidate CHUMS sites can use the tool to quickly establish the suitability of introducing CHUMS at a particular site, and receive suggestions on supporting measures which would maximise the impacts of CHUMS.
The tool is available for download from the link below. Feel free to try it out for your own candidate site.
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Welcome to Journey Kid's Ministry.
We are excited that we get to partner with parents in sharing with kids the gospel and helping them grow in their faith.
We have a great kids ministry that runs through the whole service, so get here a few minutes early so you can drop your kids off and you won't miss anything yourself. We offer a full kids ministry from birth to 12 years old.
We have two separate sections for our kids. Our upstairs kids room facilitates those from 2 to 5 years of age. We have great teachers who love to teach children. We also have a nursery room upstairs for birth to 2 year olds.
The other section for our kids is downstairs. Kids in this section range from 6 to 12. Our leaders minister to the children through various Bible stories, games, and other things.


You can use the information below to see what is usually on offer at our Open Day. Plan for our next event and get the most out of your visit to the University. You can also download the pdf of the Open Day Guide (4MB) from our March event.
Look out for our Postgraduate Student Ambassadors in blue t-shirts or hoodies, who will be around campus all day to assist with your visit and also available at the Postgraduate Advice Lounge to answer your questions about postgraduate study and life in Birmingham.
Please note: The schedule below is from our March 2019 Open Day and is an example of what will be on offer in November 2019.
All visitors are required to check in on the day. At check in, you will receive your welcome pack which will include your programme and useful information about the day. In order for us to check you in as quickly as possible, please pre-register for the event so that we can email you your ticket.
You will need to bring a copy of your ticket, which will contain a QR code, with you (either printed or on your mobile device) and check in at Aston Webb Reception (R6).
The Postgraduate Study Fair will take place 12:00 - 14:00 in the Great Hall, Aston Webb Building (R6). Academic staff, representatives from the University's support services and current postgraduate students will be available to answer your questions.
A variety of central talks, including the welcome talk, funding talks for both Masters and PhD students and Student Experience talk will be given during the Open Day. These will take place 09:30 - 16:00.
Campus tours will run from 13:00 – 15:00, allowing you to experience our tranquil, picturesque campus first hand. Tours depart on the hour and at half-past the hour from Reception, Aston Webb Building (R6), and last 45 minutes to an hour.
Our academic schools and departments will be offering presentations on the postgraduate study options within their academic area. Schools and departments will also be open to enable you to drop in and take a look around the facilities. Most subject-specific events will run between 12:00 - 16:00, but please note that some may take place earlier or later in the day so it is crucial that you check the full open day programme in the week before the event so that you don't miss out.
Staff from our ISAS (International Student Advisory Service) Department will be available to provide support and advice to international and EU students on a range of matters such as immigration, employment and funding. Find them in the Great Hall, Aston Webb Building (R6) between 12:00 and 14:00 as part of the Postgraduate Study Fair.
Open days are a very busy time for the University and as such we are only able to offer a limited number of parking spaces on these days. For your convenience, we would strongly recommend using public transport to reach us. The University of Birmingham is fortunate enough to have its own railway station, 'University'. The centre of the main campus is just a five-minute walk from University station.
Find more information about how to get here.


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0 Rocklahoma 2013 Features Lineup Including Guns N' Roses, Alice In Chains & Korn Memorial Day Weekend–May 24, 25, & 26–In Pryor, OK
ROCKLAHOMA 2013
FEATURES LINEUP INCLUDING
GUNS N' ROSES, ALICE IN CHAINS & KORN
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND–MAY 24, 25 & 26–IN PRYOR, OK
Rocklahoma celebrates its seventh year May 24, 25 and 26 with a stellar rock lineup not to be missed. Guns N' Roses, Alice In Chains and Korn will headline the three-day camping festival which features the top current active rock artists and classic bands at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. Rocklahoma is proud to be presented by Bud Light.
The initial list of performers for America's biggest Memorial Day Weekend party includes: Guns N' Roses, Alice In Chains, Korn, Bush, Cheap Trick, Bullet For My Valentine, Papa Roach, Skillet, Hollywood Undead, Steel Panther, Asking Alexandria, Ratt, Halestorm, Device (with David Draiman), All That Remains, Escape the Fate, Dokken, Clutch, Motionless In White, Big Wreck, The Sword, Young Guns, Thousand Foot Krutch, Otherwise, Red Line Chemistry, Mindset Evolution, Heaven's Basement, We As Humans, American Fangs, O'Brother, and more.
In addition, the Retrospect Records Stage will feature performances from: The Last Vegas, London, Wildstreet, Mad Max, Bai Bang, Lynam, De La Cruz, The Glitter Boys, Black Tora, Sunset Riot, Firstryke, Ragdoll, Hessler, Switchblade Scarlett, Nasty Habit, Sister's Doll, London's Dungeon, Rhyme, Emerald City, Wicked, Down n Dirty, Station, Ruff Justice, Mystery, and Fist of Rage.
The lineup for the AXiS Campground Tent will be announced in the coming weeks.
"Bush is thrilled to be playing Rocklahoma with such great bands," says Bush's Gavin Rossdale. "We look forward to seeing you all out there."
General Admission and VIP packages for Rocklahoma go on sale Friday, February 22 at 10am CST at www.rocklahoma.com. To get access to the Rocklahoma internet pre-sale, which will be held from Wednesday, February 20 at 10am CST through Thursday, February 21 at 10pm CST, go to www.rocklahoma.com and sign up to receive the Rocklahoma newsletter. Fans save by buying early, as ticket prices will increase in the coming weeks.
Camping tickets may be purchased by calling the Rocklahoma Camping Office at (866) 310-2288 or emailing info@feverfest.com. Campgrounds open on Sunday, May 19 and will remain open though Tuesday, May 28.
"We've waited seven years, and we're finally bringing the #1 most requested band by the fans to Rocklahoma, the one and only Guns N' Roses! Couple that with the undisputed legacy of Alice In Chains, the unforgettable live spectacle of Korn and the hits of Bush, and we're in store for a truly legendary weekend," comments Joe Litvag, Executive Producer of Rocklahoma for AEG Live.
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.
Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto "life, liberty and the pursuit of rock," Rocklahoma was revamped in 2010 as organizers teamed with AEG Live to create an event encompassing a much broader mix of classic, current and up-and-coming rock artists. In 2011, a record-breaking crowd of over 35,000 fans turned out for the festival, which raised over $10,000 for the American Red Cross as part of their tornado relief efforts in nearby Joplin, MO. In 2012, a national television audience was able to experience many Rocklahoma band performances in HD when AXS TV aired live coverage of the festival.
Rocklahoma marks the final event of the 2013 World's Loudest Month. Created in partnership by AEG Live and Right Arm Entertainment, the World's Loudest Month features the biggest names in rock music performing in five distinct U.S. concert atmospheres: Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Rockfest, Rock On The Range, and Rocklahoma. In 2012, the World's Loudest Month featured over 100 artists playing for more than 200,000 rock music fans across the country on five consecutive weekends, confirming that rock music is as vital as ever.
Rocklahoma is proud to be sponsored by Bud Light, Hard Rock (presenting the Hard Rock 2nd Stage), Jägermeister, and Monster Energy.
www.rocklahoma.com
ROCKLAHOMA – Life, Liberty & The Pursuit Of Rock!
0 Success and Accolades Follow 'World's Loudest Month' Festivals: Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Rockfest, Rock On The Range and Rocklahoma
Don't believe the hype that rock n' roll is dead… The World's Loudest Month has officially come to a conclusion for 2012 having hosted over 100 artists and played for more than 200,000 rock music fans across the country on five consecutive weekends. Created in partnership by AEG Live and Right Arm Entertainment, the World's Loudest Month featured the biggest names in rock music performing throughout five distinct concert atmospheres in what can only be described as the official confirmation the often-maligned genre is thriving.
"The World's Loudest Month is a testament not only to the artists that are grouped into this format but to the fans that have always shown their loyalty by spending their hard-earned money to come out and support what we do," said Joe Litvag, co-executive producer of four of the five WLM festivals. "Every time I hear someone say that rock is going away or read articles that talk about the demise of rock, I smile. Rock music is alive and well and growing, and the success of the World's Loudest Month proves just that."
Kicking the month off was the return of Welcome to Rockville in Jacksonville , FL on Sunday, April 29. Taking place at Metropolitan Park, this one-day concert drew a sell-out crowd and saw performances from 24 local and national rock artists including: Shinedown, Korn, Evanescence, Five Finger Death Punch & many more.
Just up the road in Rockingham, NC, the 2nd Annual Carolina Rebellion got started with a campground party on Friday, May 4, and on Saturday, May 5 over 30,000 fans converged on Rockingham Speedway and were treated to performances by Five Finger Death Punch, Staind, P.O.D., Evanescence as well as an epic moment during Korn's set with former guitarist Head joining the band on-stage for the first time in seven years.
The third weekend in the World's Loudest Month delivered the biggest one-day rock music festival in the United States with RockFest in Kansas City on May 12. Celebrating its 20th year and cementing itself in concert history, the legendary event sold-out for the 8th consecutive year with 55,000 in attendance. Fifteen bands rocked for over 12 hours, including Adelitas Way, Theory of a Deadman, Slash, Volbeat, Cavo & more. As an added bonus, headliners Shinedown filmed the live performance video for their upcoming single "Unity" in front of the massive 'sea of people' that only RockFest can bring.
May 18-20 featured the nation's most-acclaimed active rock festival, Rock on the Range in Columbus, OH at Crew Stadium. Kicking off ROTR's 6th year, the party started on Friday night with the "Friday Night 4Play" featuring Foxy Shazam and Black Tide. Saturday saw sets by Incubus, Shinedown, Chevelle, P.O.D., Five Finger Death Punch and Cypress Hill. Sunday's highlights included sets by acts like The Darkness, Volbeat, Anthrax, Megadeth, and for the first time ever, Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson on the same stage. Once again the fans and bands showed that Rock on the Range truly is "Where Rock Lives."
The World's Loudest Month concluded in Pryor, OK on Memorial Day Weekend with Rocklahoma, a three-day camping festival unlike any other. Over 30,000 fans celebrated the Holiday by enjoying bands on four different stages, and memorable performances included sets by Creed, Rob Zombie, Chickenfoot, Megadeth, Jackyl, Theory of a Deadman, Cavo, Slash, Volbeat, Puddle of Mudd and Hellyeah. And, for the first time ever, over 30 million fans throughout the United States could check out eight full hours of live concert coverage from Rocklahoma on Mark Cuban's 'HDNet' helping to spread the word of Rocklahoma: "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Rock."
Gary Spivack of Right Arm Entertainment adds, "We're finally able to come up for air after an amazing month. The World's Loudest Month proves to the planet that rock n' roll is alive and kicking doors down. Right Arm is already looking forward to making WLM in 2013 even bigger and better. To echo what our partner Joe Litvag said—any demise of rock music by critics and naysayers has been greatly misguided."
Full festival line-ups, as well as photo recaps can be found at:
www.WelcometoRockvilleFestival.com
www.CarolinaRebellion.com
www.RockfestKC.com
www.RockontheRange.com
1 Don't Forget – Rocklahoma is Being Televised Live on HDNet Today!!
Rock out this Memorial Day weekend and experience an epic LIVE Rock 'n Roll event featuring an electrifying lineup of classic hair metal and hard rock bands.
On Sunday, May 27, HDNet takes fans to the Heartland for seven hours of exclusive LIVE coverage from the sixth annual Rocklahoma Music Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.
This year's lineup features the best of classic rock bands from the 80s, 90s and today including local Oklahoma City band Aranda, plus Rains, Charm City Devils, Puddle of Mudd, Jackyl, Chickenfoot, Queensyrche and more.
0 HDNET CONCERTS EXCLUSIVE: SEVEN HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC FROM ROCKLAHOMA!
Rocklahoma Teaser
LIVE coverage exclusively on HDNet
Begins Sunday, May 27 at 5pmET/2pmPT and continues LIVE for seven hours straight.
Here's our LIVE lineup (subject to change):
Rains – 5pm ET
Blackstone Cherry – 5:35pm ET
Charm City Devils – 6:10pm ET
Puddle of Mudd – 6:45pm ET
Aranda – 7:35pm ET
Jackyl – 8:10pm ET
Art of Dying – 9:05pm ET
Queensryche – 9:40pm ET
HELLYEAH – 10:45pm ET
Chickenfoot – 11:30pm ET
Don't just watch, share the experience of Rocklahoma LIVE on HDNet and follow all the action on the HDNet Concerts' Rocklahoma tab at www.facebook.com/HDNetConcerts for updates and a chance to win prizes, including an Ibanez guitar signed by Joe Satriani.
Follow HDnet on Twitter:
@HDNet
@HDNetConcerts
and on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HDNet
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1 Rocklahoma Set Times Announced!
PERFORMANCE TIMES ANNOUNCED FOR
AMERICA'S BIGGEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PARTY;
WEEK OF SHOW TICKET PRICING CONFIRMED
The daily schedule for Rocklahoma—May 25-27, 2012 at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK–has been announced. America's biggest Memorial Day Weekend party is proud to be presented by Budweiser.
Performance times for Rocklahoma are below (subject to change). Anyone with festival and camping tickets is also invited to attend the Thursday, May 24 AXiS Campground Stage Pre-Party.
The Miss Rocklahoma Top 5 have been announced here: http://rocklahoma.com/missrocklahoma_vote.php. Be sure to go to the mainstage at 6:20pm on Friday to see the Miss Rocklahoma 2012 crowning.
AXiS Campground Stage Pre-Party
7:00 PM Jamco Industries
8:00 PM Delay the Day
9:00 PM Baron Von Swagger
10:00 PM Aformatic
11:00 PM Back From Ashes
Midnight TwoFold
1:00 AM Tiranico
2:00 AM Fist of Rage
4:25 PM Adelitas Way
5:35 PM Cavo
6:55 PM Chevelle
8:30 PM Slash
10:20 PM Creed
Hard Rock Stage
4:00 PM Beneath
5:00 PM Janus
6:20 PM Redlight King
7:55 PM Red
9:35 PM P.O.D.
Midnight Eve To Adam
Retrospect Records Stage
3:10 PM Sunset Riot
3:50 PM Ragdoll
5:00 PM S.E.X. Department
6:20 PM Down N Dirty
7:55 PM Hessler
9:35 PM Pretty Little Suicide
11:35 PM Wildstreet
12:30 AM Lynam
AXiS Campground Stage
Noon Absence of Ink
1:00 PM For The Broken
2:00 PM Echo Fuzz
3:00 PM Shotgun Rebels
11:00 PM Soulicit
Midnight Rocker Lips
1:00 AM Snew
2:00 AM Mine Enemies Fall
4:35 PM Pop Evil
5:45 PM 10 Years
7:05 PM Theory of a Deadman
8:40 PM Megadeth
10:30 PM Rob Zombie
4:00 PM Anti-Mortem
5:10 PM New Medicine
6:30 PM Trivium
8:05 PM The Darkness
9:45 PM Volbeat
Midnight Otherwise
3:15 PM Diemonds
5:10 PM Switchblade Scarlett
6:30 PM Ruff Justice
8:05 PM Firstryke
9:45 PM Lillian Axe
11:40 PM On Fire
12:15 AM The Glitter Boys
1:00 AM Black Tora
Noon Villains Dance
1:00 PM Stun
2:00 PM Dagger
3:00 PM Unwritten Rulz
11:00 PM Drek
Midnight A Good Fight
1:00 AM Willie Basse
2:00 AM Sweatin Bullets
4:35 PM Black Stone Cherry
5:45 PM Puddle Of Mudd
7:10 PM Jackyl
8:40 PM Queensrÿche
10:30 PM Chickenfoot
4:00 PM Rains
5:10 PM Charm City Devils
6:35 PM Aranda
8:05 PM Art of Dying
9:45 PM Hellyeah
Midnight Falling in Reverse
3:15 PM Fist of Rage
9:45 PM Black Tora
1:15 AM Wildstreet
Noon Desi and Cody
1:00 PM David Castro Band
2:00 PM The Hawkeyes
3:00 PM We The Ghost
11:00 PM Through the Thorns
Rocklahoma organizers continue to offer fan-friendly ticket prices for the 3-day weekend rock event which features over 70 artists on four stages. Three-day general admission tickets are available now for only $150 plus fees and 3-day VIP tickets can be purchased for $380 plus fees. Single day tickets are currently priced as follows: Friday ($60 plus fees), Saturday ($70 plus fees) and Sunday ($60 plus fees).
Beginning Monday, May 21 at 10:00 AM CT, 3-day general admission ticket prices will increase to $185 plus fees and 3-day VIP reserved tickets will increase to $400 plus fees. Single day tickets will increase to the following prices: Friday ($70 plus fees), Saturday ($80 plus fees) and Sunday ($70 plus fees). Groupie and Roadie VIP package prices will remain the same. The Rockstar VIP package is now sold out.
For a detailed list of 2012 Rocklahoma ticket options, VIP packages and amenities, please visit www.rocklahoma.com. Camping tickets may be purchased by calling the Rocklahoma Camping Office at (866) 310-2288 or emailing info@feverfest.com.
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 on-site camping with access to restrooms and shower house, a general store for campers, VIP reserved seating, hospitality areas and much more.
Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto "life, liberty and the pursuit of rock," Rocklahoma was revamped in 2010 as organizers teamed with AEG Live to create an event encompassing a much broader mix of classic, current and up-and-coming rock artists. In 2011, a record-breaking crowd of over 35,000 fans turned out for the festival, which raised over $10,000 for the American Red Cross as part of their tornado relief efforts in nearby Joplin, MO. The festival celebrates its 6th year in 2012.
0 DAILY PERFORMANCE LINEUPS REVEALED FOR ROCKLAHOMA AMERICA'S BIGGEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PARTY, MAY 25-27 IN PRYOR, OK SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 13 AT 10:00 AM CT
The daily performance lineup for Rocklahoma has been revealed (please see below). America's biggest Memorial Day Weekend party takes place May 25-27, 2012 at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK and is proud to be presented by Budweiser.
Single day tickets for the three-day camp & rock festival will go on sale Friday, April 13 at 10:00 AM CT. Single day tickets are priced as follows: Friday ($60 plus fees), Saturday ($70 plus fees) and Sunday ($60 plus fees).
The daily performance lineup for Rocklahoma is as follows:
Creed, Slash, Chevelle, P.O.D., Cavo, Adelitas Way, Red, Redlight King, Janus, Eve to Adam, Beneath, Fist of Rage, Lynam, Pretty Little Suicide, Hessler, Down & Dirty, Ragdoll, Sunset Riot, Absence of Ink, For The Broken, Echo Fuzz, Shotgun Rebels, Soulicit, Rocker Lips, Mine Enemies Fall.
Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Theory of a Deadman, Volbeat, The Darkness, 10 Years, Pop Evil, Trivium, New Medicine, Anti-Mortem, Gypsy Pistoleros, Lillian Axe, Firstryke, S.E.X. Department, Ruff Justice, Switchblade Scarlett, On Fire, Villains Dance, Stun, Dagger, Unwritten Rulz, Echo Vendetta, A Good Fight, Sweatin Bullets.
Chickenfoot, Queensrÿche, Jackyl, Puddle of Mudd, Hellyeah, Black Stone Cherry, Art of Dying, Aranda, Charm City Devils, Rains, Falling in Reverse, Wildstreet, Black Tora, The Glitter Boys, Diemonds, Desi and Cody, David Castro Band, The Hawkeyes, We the Ghost, Through the Thorns.
Bands will perform on the Main Stage, Hard Rock Stage, Retrospect Records Stage and AXIS Campground Stage. Eddie Trunk–from VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, SiriusXM Radio and author of Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock & Heavy Metal–returns as the Rocklahoma emcee for 2012.
Rocklahoma organizers continue to offer fan-friendly ticket prices for the 3-day weekend rock event which features over 70 artists on four stages. Three-day general admission tickets are available now for only $125 plus fees and 3-day VIP tickets can be purchased for $350 plus fees. Beginning Friday, April 13 at 10:00 AM CT, 3-day general admission ticket prices will increase to $150 plus fees and 3-day VIP reserved tickets will increase to $380 plus fees. Groupie and Roadie VIP package prices will remain the same. The Rockstar VIP package is now sold out.
For a detailed list of 2012 Rocklahoma ticket options, VIP packages and amenities, please visit www.rocklahoma.com. Camping tickets may be purchased by calling the Rocklahoma Camping Office at (866) 310-2288 or emailing info@feverfest.com. Campgrounds open on Sunday, May 20 at 8:00 AM and will remain open though Tuesday, May 29 at Noon. Doors to the main Rocklahoma festival area and stages will open at 3:00 PM each day. VIP and package ticket holders can pickup their credentials at VIP Check-in beginning at 12:30pm on Friday, May 25th.
Anyone with festival and camping tickets is also invited to attend the Thursday, May 24 AXIS Campground Stage Pre-Party, which will feature performances from Jamco Industries, Delay the Day, Aformatic, TwoFold, Baron Von Swagger, Back From Ashes, Tiranico and Fist of Rage. Since the camping atmosphere is a central part of the Rocklahoma experience, event producers added this special performance area in 2011 to enhance the campground.
0 Check out Mad Max's New Song "Rocklahoma"!
Next week sees the release of the new album from German metallers MAD MAX. The album entitled Another Night of Passion will be released Monday March 26th via SPV/Steamhammer. Today Noisecreep is hosting an exclusive premiere of the track "Rocklahoma". Get a first listen HERE.
Another Night of Passion is available for pre-order on AMAZON.
25 years after the release of the legendary "Night Of Passion" album, German hard rock band MAD MAX returns with the original lineup – Michael Voss (lead vocals, lead guitars), Jürgen Breforth (rhythm guitars), Roland Bergmann (bass, vocals) and Axel Kruse (drums) – and a new studio album, Another Night Of Passion, due on March 27, 2012 via SPV/Steamhammer. The CD was recorded at the Kidroom Studio, which is owned by Michael Voss and where albums from Michael Schenker, VENGEANCE and Gary Barden were previously produced. The cover artwork was designed by the Belgian artist Eric Philippe (RHAPSODY, TNT) and the photos were taken by the famous German photographer Martin Huch.
"The new record could have been a direct [follow-up] to 'Night Of Passion' in terms of its stylistic direction – no ballads, no keyboards, just purebred rock songs – naturally in a contemporary sonic guise," explains MAD MAX guitarist Jürgen Breforth, who recorded the new CD with vocalist Michael Voss, bassist Roland Bergmann and drummer Axel Kruse.
Jewel-case track listing:
01. Rocklahoma (4:38)
02. 40 Rock (4:21)
03. Metal Edge (3:58)
04. You Decide (3:53)
05. Welcome To Rock Bottom (3:51)
06. Fallen From Grace (5:11)
07. Black Swan (5:05)
08. Back And Alive (3:22)
09. The Chant (4:56)
10. Fever Of Love (4:09)
11. True Blue (2:51)
MAD MAX will support AXEL RUDI PELL on a European tour in April/May 2012.
http://www.myspace.com/madmaxmusic
http://www.spv.de
0 Mad Max – Another Night of Passion (2012)
Mad Max might not be a familiar name amongst most U.S. rock fans, but maybe they should be. This band has been releasing new music since 1982! They haven't made a major impact on the U.S. rock scene, but their music is very good, and they are a band worth checking out. I enjoyed Michael Voss' vocals on the recent Michael Schenker album, Temple of Rock, so I have been looking forward to checking out his band, Mad Max. On their latest album, Another Night of Passion, the band has reunited with their 1987 lineup, to release an album that 80's hard rock fans are sure to love.
If the Rocklahoma music festival ever needed a theme song, Mad Max has taken care of that with their song "Rocklahoma". Fans of the music festival need to give this song a listen, you are sure to love it!
Another Night of Passion is packed full of catchy songs with plenty of hooks. Give the songs "40 Rock", "You Decide" and "Welcome to Rock Bottom" a listen. You will likely be as hooked as I am.
If that is not enough to pique your curiosity, there are also a couple of excellent rockers with the songs, "Metal Edge" and "Back and Alive". The album closes out on a strong note. with an excellent instrumental track, "True Blue".
I have been enjoying Another Night of Passion, and I think you will too. Another Night of Passion will be released on March 26th, 2012. You can pre-order it at this link. Don't miss out on one of the better releases of 2012!
1. Rocklahoma
2. 40 Rock
3. Metal Edge
4. You Decide
5. Welcome To Rock Bottom
6. Fallen From Grace
7. Black Swan
8. Back And Alive
9. The Chant
10. Fever Of Love
Mad Max is:
Michael Voss – lead vocals, lead guitars
Jürgen Breforth – rhythm guitars
Roland Bergmann – bass, vocals
Axel Kruse – drums
0 Full Lineup Announced For Rocklahoma 2012; Miss Rocklahoma Contest Gets Underway March 15
The full lineup has been announced for Rocklahoma, America's biggest Memorial Day Weekend party—May 25-27 at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. The three-day camp & rock festival presented by Budweiser features the top current active rock artists and classic bands.
The Rocklahoma lineup is as follows (additions in italics): Rob Zombie, Chickenfoot, Creed, Megadeth, Slash, Queensrÿche, Chevelle, Jackyl, Theory of a Deadman, Hellyeah, Puddle of Mudd, P.O.D., Volbeat, The Darkness, 10 Years, Cavo, Adelitas Way, Black Stone Cherry, Pop Evil, Trivium, Red, Redlight King, Art of Dying, Aranda, Janus, New Medicine, James Durbin, Eve to Adam, Falling In Reverse, Rival Sons, Anti Mortem, Gypsy Pistoleros, Lillian Axe, Wildstreet, Firstryke, Black Tora, Sunset Riot, The Glitter Boys, Fist of Rage, Switchblade, Scarlett, S.E.X. Department, Ragdoll, Down & Dirty, Hessler, Lynam, Diemonds, Ruff Justice, Soulicit, Rocker Lips, Mine Enemies Fall, Echo Vendetta, A Good Fight, Sweatin' Bullets, Through the Thorns, Absence of Ink, For the Broken, EchoFuzz, Shotgun Rebels, Stun, Dagger, Unwritten Rulz, Desi & Cody, David Castro Band, McCuin, We the Ghost, Tiranico, Baron Von Swagger, TwoFold, Aformatic, Delay the Day, and Jamco Industries. Bands will perform on the Main Stage, Hard Rock Stage, Retrospect Records Stage and AXIS Campground Stage.
Rocklahoma organizers continue to offer fan-friendly ticket prices for the 3-day weekend rock event which features over 70 artists on four stages. Three-day general admission tickets are still available for only $99 plus fees and 3-day VIP tickets can be purchased for as low as $325 plus fees through Monday, March 19. Beginning Tuesday, March 20 at 12:01am CST, 3-day general admission ticket prices will increase to $125 plus fees and 3-day VIP reserved tickets will increase to $350 plus fees. Groupie and Roadie VIP package prices will remain the same. The Rockstar VIP package is now sold out.
For a detailed list of 2012 Rocklahoma ticket options, VIP packages and amenities, please visit www.rocklahoma.com. Camping tickets may be purchased by calling the Rocklahoma Camping Office at (866) 310-2288 or emailing info@feverfest.com. Campgrounds open on Sunday, May 20 and will remain open though Tuesday, May 29.
The Miss Rocklahoma competition returns this year. From March 15 through April 18, contestants can enter for a chance to be crowned Miss Rocklahoma 2012 by uploading their photo and information at www.rocklahoma.com. The top ten women who best embody the rock 'n roll spirit of Rocklahoma will be announced at www.rocklahoma.com on April 25. From April 25-May 11, rock fans from around the world can vote online for their favorite Miss Rocklahoma contestant. The top five finalists–revealed May 14–will take part in an onstage competition at Rocklahoma on May 25, with one lucky contestant being crowned the winner and ambassador for Rocklahoma 2012.
Rocklahomais 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 on-site camping with access to restrooms and shower house, a general store for campers, VIP reserved seating, hospitality areas and much more.
0 Rocklahoma Announces 2012 Lineup!
BRINGS TOP ROCK BANDS TO OKLAHOMA MAY 25-27
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND EVENT FEATURES
ROB ZOMBIE, CHICKENFOOT, CREED, MEGADETH,
SLASH, QUEENSRYCHE, CHEVELLE,
THEORY OF A DEADMAN, JACKYL AND MORE
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Rocklahoma has announced the 2012 lineup for the three-day camp & rock festival that features the top current active rock artists and classic bands. America's biggest Memorial Day Weekend party—May 25-27 at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK–is proud to be presented by Budweiser.
The initial Rocklahoma lineup includes: Rob Zombie, Chickenfoot featuringJoe Satriani, Kenny Aronoff (sitting in for Chad Smith), Michael Anthony & Sammy Hagar, Creed, Megadeth, Slash, Queensrÿche, Chevelle, Theory of a Deadman, Jackyl, Puddle Of Mudd, Hellyeah, P.O.D., Volbeat, 10 Years, Cavo, Adelitas Way, Black Stone Cherry, Pop Evil, Red, The Darkness, Art of Dying, Trivium, Aranda, Redlight King, James Durbin, Janus, New Medicine, Rival Sons, Anti Mortem, Gypsy Pistoleros, Wildstreet, Firstryke, Black Tora, Sunset Riot, The Glitter Boys, Fist of Rage, Switchblade Scarlett, Krank and more. Bands will perform on the Main Stage, Second Stage and the Retrospect Records Stage.
"Rocklahoma has quickly become the rock n' roll party of Memorial Day Weekend, and 2012 is going to take the party to a whole new level," commented Joe Litvag, co-executive producer of the festival for AEG Live. "We've got a great balance of talent this year with some amazing classic artists covering the last three decades along with plenty of today's rock. But the most unique part of this festival is definitely the campground experience…Three days and nights of craziness and chaos that only Rocklahoma can deliver!"
General Admission and VIP packages for Rocklahoma go on sale Friday, February 24 at 10am CST at all Ticketmaster outlets and www.rocklahoma.com. To get access to the Rocklahoma internet pre-sale, which will be held from Wednesday, February 22 at 10am CST through Thursday, February 23 at 10pm CST, go to www.rocklahoma.com and sign up to receive the Rocklahoma newsletter. Fans can save by buying early, as ticket prices will increase in the coming weeks.
The Axis Entertainment Campground Stage returns in 2012 to enhance the Rocklahoma camping experience. Anyone holding festival and camping tickets will be able to check out some of the finest new rock bands performing on this stage, located next to the General Store in the main campgrounds.
Rocklahoma's VIP packages have expanded due to popular demand. Some of this year's weekend VIP packages include:
Groupie Package (One Person)
– VIP Reserved Ticket
– Access to VIP Catering Tent
– Private Backstage Lounge Tent Access *
– Weekend Pit Access
– Package Inclusive of all taxes and fees
* This year, the Groupies will have their own Backstage Lounge, which is conveniently located between the Main and Second Stages.
Roadie Package (One Person)
– Private Backstage Lounge Tent Access **
– Private Restroom Access
– One Event Poster, T-Shirt and Festival Mug
– One Commemorative Laminate
– VIP Deck Access
**Exclusive for Roadies and Rockstars is the Backstage Lounge, which is conveniently located between VIP Catering and the Main Stage.
Rockstar Package (Two Person)
– Roadie Package for Two
– Three Night stay at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa (room & tax only)
– Shuttle Service
– Best Seats in the House
For a detailed list of 2012 Rocklahoma VIP ticket options, packages and amenities, please visit www.rocklahoma.com.
1 Rocklahoma 2011: Record Breaking Attendance Of Over 35,000; Festival Raises More Than $10,000 For American Red Cross Joplin Tornado Relief
ROCKLAHOMA 2011:
RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE OF OVER 35,000;
FESTIVAL RAISES MORE THAN $10,000 FOR
AMERICAN RED CROSS JOPLIN TORNADO RELIEF
A record-breaking crowd of over 35,000 fans were on hand May 27-29 to celebrate at ROCKLAHOMA 2011, the Memorial Day Weekend camp and rock festival that features a mix of the best classic bands and today's top rock artists. ROCKLAHOMA guests enjoyed ideal mild sunny weather throughout the festival at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. In addition, over $10,000 was raised at ROCKLAHOMA for the American Red Cross Joplin Tornado Relief.
"When we got involved with ROCKLAHOMA last year, the goal was to try to help reinvent the festival without alienating the long-time fans or losing the 'magic' that had been created," commented Joe Litvag, executive producer of ROCKLAHOMA for AEG Live. "In 2011 we proved that the plan is working, as the festival saw its highest attendance to date and the fans' experience was even more over-the-top than they thought possible. Now we've got to focus on topping it next year!"
ROCKLAHOMA 2011 featured performances from top rock artists including: Mötley Crüe, Poison, Staind, Whitesnake, Seether, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel, Skillet, Sick Puppies, Sebastian Bach, Black Label Society, Drowning Pool, My Darkest Days, Rev Theory, All That Remains, Escape The Fate, Cavo, The Gracious Few (featuring members of Live and Candlebox), Hail the Villain, Pop Evil, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights, Taddy Porter and many more.
"ROCKLAHOMA is a great rock n' roll event," noted Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe. "I played it in '07 and it was great to be back there and have Mötley Crüe do it. After getting warmed up at ROCKLAHOMA and in South America and Mexico we're excited to launch this new, huge production on our headlining run in the U.S. this week."
"We had a blast playing for the ROCKLAHOMA crowd," said Whitesnake's David Coverdale. "We hope we get invited back…Too much fun! Our thanks to all involved for such great hospitality."
Staind guitarist Mike Mushok agreed: "It was really an honor to be able to play with such a diverse group of bands and be one of the headliners for what turned out to be a record-breaking year for the festival. We would like to thank both ROCKLAHOMA and especially the fans for making the night an unforgettable experience for us."
The media also raved about ROCKLAHOMA. John Hall of TulsaToday.com wrote that "festival organizers saved the best for last as the festival grounds were packed throughout the day on Sunday…As the sun began to set, a quick look around the festival grounds revealed a sea of people as far as the eye could see…With the festival gaining momentum each year, one can hardly wait to see what organizers have in mind for Rocklahoma 2012 (May 31, 2011)."
ROCKLAHOMA also used the mass gathering of rock fans to generate some community awareness and good will. The festival is proud to have raised over $10,000 for the American Red Cross as part of their tornado relief efforts in nearby Joplin, MO. Litvag added, "Not an hour went by the entire weekend where our thoughts didn't go back to our friends in Joplin. We're proud of their courage, and every person on site, each fan, each worker, each artist, is happy we could do something to assist them."
Stay tuned to www.rocklahoma.com in the coming weeks for photo galleries of the festival. In addition, fans who missed the opportunity to buy a t-shirt or other souvenir at the ROCKLAHOMA merch booth can purchase items online at www.rocklahoma.com.
ROCKLAHOMAis held 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.
Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto "life, liberty and the pursuit of rock," ROCKLAHOMA was revamped for 2010 as organizers teamed with AEG Live to create an event encompassing a much broader mix of classic, current and up-and-coming rock artists. ROCKLAHOMA is proud to be presented by Bud Light.
4 Vie's Verses – Upcoming Hard Rock Festivals Worth Visiting
Spring has finally arrived. Gone are the cold, snowy days of winter and entering are the warmer, sunny days of spring. And with the arrival of spring, summer and the summer hard rock festivals are right around the corner. Rock festivals are the best way to enjoy some of your favorite bands all at once without breaking the bank. The only challenge is deciding which festival to attend. For this edition of Vie's Verses, I've outlined some of the most promising festivals of 2011 both in the USA and Europe (for you world travelers).
For those fans that are a little more daring, or just wish to see another country while they enjoy their metal, Europe has some great rock festivals to attend. Below are the two most popular festivals. They are also the two with the hottest lineups in rock.
Download Festival – June 10th – June 12th
www.downloadfestival.co.uk
Taking place in Donington Park, UK, Download Festival is a world renowned metal fest. Every year, Download is able to secure some of the biggest names in rock and this year is no exception. With acts like Def Leppard, Alter Bridge, System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Linkin Park, Black Stone Cherry, The Gaslight Anthem, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, and Twisted Sister gracing the stage, Download simply rocks. Ticket packages are available that include camping for 5 nights and access to all three days of the concert starting at 190 pounds, which is roughly 380 American dollars. If you plan on visiting the UK this summer, early June would be the perfect time to attend.
Wacken – August 4th – August 6th
www.wacken.com
If you haven't already obtained your tickets for this festival, then all I can say is good luck. Wacken is officially sold out, but tickets can be found through various ticket broker sites across the internet. Taking place in Schleswig Holstein, Germany for the past 20 years, Wacken is one of the most well known international metal festivals in existence. This year's bands on the bill include: Airborne, Bullet, Crashdiet, Helloween, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Sepultura, and Suicidal Tendencies. If you like British or Swedish heavy metal, this is the one place where you can see a lot of those bands. Since this festival is officially sold out (for the sixth year in a row) ticket prices can range anywhere from just over face value to ridiculously insane.
If travelling abroad is not your thing, there are plenty of great festivals to attend right here in the good old United States of America. Below are some of the most well known and popular spring/summer rock fests for 2011.
M3 Festival – May 13th – May 14th
http://m3rock.webs.com
The M3 Festival is a hair metal lover's delight. Taking place in Columbia, Maryland, M3 is in its third year and just keeps getting better and better. The lineup this year includes Kix, LA Guns, Warrant, Hurtsmile, Faster Pussycat, Mr. Big, Slaughter, Sebastian Bach, Tesla, and Whitesnake. Tickets can be purchased for an affordable $45 for lawn seats. Seats in the amphitheater go for $95, and for those wanting to get the whole VIP experience, VIP tickets are available for $195. With so many great bands on the bill, this is the festival to attend if you love hair metal.
Rock On The Range – May 21st – May 22nd
Celebrating their fifth year of rocking the masses at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, Rock On The Range is a modern rock lover's dream festival. No classic or hair metal bands are featured here. Rock On The Range only brings the new rock. Acts that are performing this year include: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Pop Evil, Hinder, Black Label Society, Alter Bridge, Staind, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, and A Perfect Circle. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and cost between $100 – $130 before fees. Single day tickets can be had for $60 – $70 before fees. If modern rock is your thing, then Rock On The Range is your festival.
Rocklahoma – May 27th – May 29th
Rocklahoma is celebrating their fifth year of entertaining hard rock fans in Pryor, Oklahoma. What started out as one of the best hair metal festivals in existence has recently morphed into a hair metal/modern rock fest. While last year's bill was not so solid, this year's offering more than makes up for it. With featured acts Motley Crue, Poison, Whitesnake, Staind, Black Label Society, Papa Roach, Hinder, Skillet, and Pop Evil all performing, this looks to be one fine weekend for music lovers. Granted, there are a lot of bands on the bill that I never heard of, but there are a lot of bands on the bill that are exceptional. Camping is available on site and ticket prices for this festival range from $139 for general admission to $350 for VIP. For a three-day event, those are decent prices.
Rock Fest – July 14th – July 17th
www.rock-fest.com
Rock fest has been around for 18 years. Taking place in Cadott, Wisconsin, this festival mixes hard rock acts both old and new. This is a great festival for fans of multiple metal genres. This year's acts include Avenged Sevenfold, Hinder, Kid Rock, Cinderella, Slaughter, Three Days Grace, Rob Zombie, Saliva, Seether, Tesla, Heart, and Def Leppard. Tickets are a little pricey compared with other summer festivals, but with the bands on this bill, the entertainment value is high. General admission tickets go for $155, while reserved seating is $250, and the all access VIP experience is $500.
Rock USA – July 14th – July 16th
www.rockusaoshkosh.com
Solid rock. No Limits. That is the slogan for Rock USA, the rock music festival being held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. There are definitely some solid rock bands on the bill for this fest. Featured acts include: Journey, Cheap Trick, Puddle Of Mudd, Buckcherry, Warrant, Dokken, Korn, and festival headliners, Kiss. If you purchase your tickets prior to May 6th, a three-day pass can be had for $79. After May 6th, the price increases to $129. The early bird gets the discount. Rock USA offers a multitude of VIP packages that range between $89 – $329, if purchased by May 6th. Prices for the VIP packages spike after that date. With a mix of classic and modern bands, Rock USA looks to be a great summer metal festival.
And there you have it—full information for some of the greatest rock festivals of 2011. Which ones are you planning to attend?
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5 Rockitt Rant – A Breakdown of the 2010 Music Festivals
It seems to me that this year, as well as in years past, Europe has been kicking the United States ass when it comes to major music festivals. I decided to breakdown some of major festivals this year and see which ones provided the most bang for your buck.
The Download Festival is quite possibly the biggest music festival anywhere. The promoters for this festival understand that if you want to draw a lot of people, you have to have a major headliner. This year, the Download festival has more than one with AC/DC, Aerosmith, Megadeth on the same bill. Add Motorhead, Rage Against The Machine, and Stone Temple Pilots to the bill, and you have the makings of one incredible rock show. The lineup for this festival is already stout, and they will be adding more bands soon. Will Aerosmith implode before then? Who knows? I imagine the paycheck must be pretty fat for big rock shows. Maybe money has healed all wounds with them. I know that if I lived in Europe, there is no question where I would be that weekend. This festival drew 120,000 in 2009, and will probably exceed that in 2010.
The six festivals I chose are Download, The Stockholm Rockout, The Sweden Rock Festival, Rock on the Range, Rocklahoma, and M3. There are many more that I didn't consider in this including Sonisphere and Hard Rock Hell. Any way you look at it, Europe has the U.S. beat on major rocks festivals.
Why is the United States getting the major shaft on major festivals? What can be done to turn this around? What are your thoughts about this? This rock fan is fed up!
HRH Grade: A
Download Festival June 11 – 13
Donnington Park, Derby, United Kingdom
(196.35 – 244 prices include camping)
Stockholm Rock Out is a newer festival that is comparable to M3 in Columbia, Maryland. This festival has a solid lineup, although there are no real headliners. There are twenty bands performing over the two days of this festival, many of which you will not see perform in the United States. Is it worth $166 dollars? Probably not.
HRH: Grade C+
Stockholm Rock Out (April 30th – May 1st)
Stockholm Sweden
2 Day ticket $166.07
Dizzy Reed of Guns n Roses
Nasty Idols
M.ILL.ION
Chris Laney
Badmouth
Dynazty
Killer Clan of F.U.N.
The Sweden Rock Festival has been around since '98, and seems to get bigger and better every year. This multi-day festival has a good mix of hard rock and heavy metal. It would be this metalhead's dream to see some of the band's on this bill play live. With 4 days at $295.00, the price is pretty steep for the average rocker. I am guessing most folks will buy a single day ticket, and catch some of their favorite bands and live with it.
HRH: Grade A-
Sweden Rock Festival (June 9th – 12th)
Sölvesborg, Sweden
4 Days $295.00
1 Day avg $165.38
Bachman & Turner
Big Elf
The M3 Rock Festival is a hair metal festival in Columbia, Maryland that is celebrating its second year. This is the only music festival that I attended last year, and will probably be the only one in 2010 as well. If you are really low on dough, you can cough up $35.00 for a lawn seat (an pray it doesn't rain). The average price in the pavilion is $75.00. For 14 bands this isn't a bad deal at all, although I admit there are a couple of bands on the bill that I could skip. Seeing the Scorpions on their farewell tour is a must! I am looking forward to this one!
HRH Grade: B+
M3 (1 Day $35 – $175.00) Saturday June 19th
Dizzy Reed of G&R
ZO2
Black Mambooza
Rock on the Range has become the premiere modern rock festival in the U.S. This is the festival's fourth year, and the festival promoters always manage collect a large amount of radio friendly bands. This year, I believe the festival lineup is a lot weaker than the 2009 bill which had Motley Crue, Slipknot, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold and Buckcherry but it is still a solid bill nonetheless. No single day tickets are available for this show, which is a complete disappointment to me. Is Godsmack or Rob Zombie a true festival headliner? I don't think so. This festival typically draws about 60,000 over the two day event. My guess is, this year it will be less.
HRH Grade: C+
Rock on the Range (May 22nd & 23rd)
US $99.50 – US $119.50 (for 2 day ticket)
Apolcolyptica
Nonpoint
Shaman's Harvest
Year Long Disaster
Taddy Porter
Noise Auction
Wow, I understand that the folks at Rocklahoma nearly lost their shirts last year, but this new direction is not a good one. Something had to change, as the attendance was absolutely abysmal in 2009. AEG has taken this hard rockin' hair metal festival and turned it into Rock on the Range part 2. In years past, Rocklahoma was a destination music festival. Now it is a regional one at best. They still haven't figured out that you need a headliner to draw folks to a show. While I like ZZ Top & Godsmack, they really are not headliners. While I love Tesla and Cinderella, having them on the bill isn't enough for me to travel to a multi-day festival. They at least got it right by moving the date to Memorial weekend, when it isn't 105 degrees in Oklahoma. I am betting that they have alienated the majority of the folks who attended (or played) in this festival in the past. M3 will continue to grow as a result of this. Will the attendance be better than last year? Yes. Will it exceed 25,000 for the three days? Highly doubtful.
HRH Grade: C-
Rocklahoma ( May 28th – 30th)
Pryor, Oklahoma
(95 – 749)
Saving Abel
Burn Halo
Taking Dawn
New Medicine
Brookroyal
Within Reason
Wildstreet
Firstryke
The Glitter Boys
9 Rocklahoma Announces 2010 Lineup
THE REVAMPED ROCKLAHOMA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!
ZZ TOP, GODSMACK, BUCKCHERRY, AND TESLA HIGHLIGHT THE 2010 EVENT!
Today, festival organizers announced the much anticipated return of ROCKLAHOMA, set for Memorial Day Weekend, May 28, 29, 30, 2010 in Pryor, OK. The new, captivating line-up for ROCKLAHOMA highlights some of the biggest rock bands in the United States from the '80s, '90s & today!
Established in 2007 as a Classic Rock destination festival, ROCKLAHOMA organizers focused on revamping the 2010 event to encompass a much broader mix of classic, current and up-and-coming rock artists. Mission Accomplished!
The ROCKLAHOMA 2010 line-up includes: ZZ Top, Godsmack, Tesla, Buckcherry, Cinderella, Chevelle, Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Saliva, Saving Abel, Adelitas Way, Janus, Aranda, Burn Halo, Richy Nix, Shaman's Harvest, Taddy Porter, Like A Storm, Taking Dawn, New Medicine, Year Long Disaster, Brookroyal, Within Reason, Wildstreet, Firstryke, Krank, The Glitter Boys and more very special guests to be announced!
ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons commented, "As life-long residents of 'Baja, Oklahoma,' Dusty, Frank and I are looking forward to making the northward trek to Pryor in May. The idea of sharing the stage with so many great, cutting-edge bands out there today is most appealing. It's like rock 'n' roll summer camp; does that make us campers or counselors?"
"The new vision for ROCKLAHOMA is to draw a much wider rock audience by exploring more sides of the genre," commented Joe Litvag, Senior Vice-President of AEG Live and Executive Consultant to the ROCKLAHOMA organizers. "This is such an amazing location for a multi-day camping festival, and I'm proud of the fact that we've been able to bring together some true icons of rock to perform alongside many of the hottest news and established rock acts in the country! It is definitely going to be a holiday weekend to remember," Litvag concluded.
Three-day passes start at only $95 and will go on-sale on Saturday, February 27th at 10am CST, exclusively at http://www.rocklahoma.com. Camping add-ons, VIP packages, and seat upgrades will also be offered at the time of purchase. For a full list of amenities, including VIP camping spots, reserved concert seating, and unlimited, all-inclusive food and drink, please visit www.rocklahoma.com.
Festival president Mark Nuessle explains the value and experience that Rocklahoma offers by adding, "It has always been a top priority for Rocklahoma to be an affordable experience for all. Where else can the ultimate rock fan see this many artists for under $100? And for our VIP's to be able to eat and drink for free, at their leisure, as part of the inclusive VIP experience? These are the elements that really make Rocklahoma a one-of-a-kind rock experience!"
ROCKLAHOMA is located just 45 minutes northeast of Tulsa, in Pryor, OK. The "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds is a premiere destination for a multi-day festival, and includes on-site camping with access to restrooms and shower house, a general store for campers, VIP reserved seating, hospitality areas & much more.
For additional information, please visit http://www.rocklahoma.com.
0 More Rocklahoma Videos Online
Rocklahoma 2009 is now two days gone, but the videos keep trickling in. Check out these new clips from Youtube.
Twisted Sister – You Can't Stop Rock and Roll
Helix – No Rest For the Wicked
Mass – Reach For the Sky (Filmed by Yasmine Baluch for Dunbar Productions)
Danger Danger – Bang Bang (From behind the stage)
0 JACKYL ADDED TO ROCKLAHOMA LINEUP
Jackyl has been signed on to bring their "Wild and Untamed" brand of Rock to Pryor, Oklahoma Saturday Night at Rocklahoma.
Director of Operations Dave Giencke said, "After Thin Lizzy's cancellation, we wanted to bring in a band that has consistently been one of the fan favorites!" "Jackyl's energy and stage presence is like no other band who has ever performed at Rocklahoma and they promise to step up even more!"
Front Man Jessie James Dupree added, "I was equally disappointed that Thin Lizzy cancelled their tour. I am a huge fan of theirs and wanted to make it down to Rocklahoma see them perform. Since I was going to be there anyway and there's an open slot, it made sense to have Jackyl perform." "Jackyl Stock 09, let's get it on!"
Jackyl who had huge rock radio hits like "Down On Me," "When Will It Rain," "I Stand Alone" and "The Lumberjack,"
Rocklahoma takes place July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma has been called by many throughout the world as the "Woodstock" of Eighties Rock Music
The lineup on each of the four days is as follows:
Thursday: Anthrax, Saxon, Overkill, Anvil, Metal Church and Leatherwolf.
Friday: RATT, Night Ranger, Warrant, Danger Danger, Helix and Hurricane Alice
Saturday: Stryper, Jackyl, KIX, KEEL, Lizzy Borden and Gypsy Pistoleros
Sunday: Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Great White, Nelson, Bonfire and Vixen
Rocklahoma features attendance from all over the world, already selling tickets throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South America and throughout North America including every state in the United States!
The Third Annual Rocklahoma will have over ninety bands on four stages, including favorites from previous Rocklahoma festivals, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns featuring Tracii Gun, Britney Fox, Bang Tango, Lillian Axe and Faster Pussycat. Included on the side stages are bands from all over Europe.
Recently Rolling Stone called Rocklahoma one of the top festivals that should not be missed.
Catch The Fever Festival Grounds is located four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma and has 6,200 assigned and numbered seats, as well as general admission on the lawn for over 50,000 people. The grounds also feature over 4,000 campsites, on-site parking, bathroom facilities and a convenience store. Rocklahoma also has a Picture Alley that allows anyone in attendance to approach the stage during any performance and take photographs of a favorite artist at close range.
Rocklahoma offers a one-day and four-day general admission passes, along with V.I.P. Passes that includes all the food and drink, including Free Miller Lite for all four days.
The public can also order tickets online at http://www.feverfest.com, charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288, or any of the 3,200 O'Reilly Auto Part Stores across the United States.
0 CATCH THE FEVER MUSIC FESTIVALS LOOKING FOR MISS ROCKLAHOMA
Catch the Fever Music Festivals who organizes the largest Eighties Rock Festival in the United States is looking for that special lady who can be called "Miss Rocklahoma."
The First Annual "Miss Rocklahoma" must be a lady who exhibits a true passion for Eighties Metal. The winner will win an all access and two VIP Passes for the entire four days of Rocklahoma. The Five Runners Up will receive two all access passes and VIP Privileges for Opening Night of Rocklahoma.
Of all the entries submitted the top ten will be chosen by a panel of judges. The ten finalists' profiles will appear on the Rocklahoma website where rock fans from across the world will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite. The top five will be chosen by the online voting. Those five will appear live on stage Thursday Night, when the winner will be announced and crowned as "Miss Rocklahoma."
Entrants must email a recent photo to http://www.feverfest.com <http://www.feverfest.com> . Fill out an online questionnaire. Ladies must be over twenty one years of age and already attending Rocklahoma. All entries must be received by June 22, 2009 by midnight.
The Miss Rocklahoma contest is not just about beauty and sexuality, but about an energizing, fun loving and amiable individual who truly represents and encapsulates the spirit of what Rocklahoma is all about.
Rocklahoma July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma has been called by many throughout the world as the "Woodstock" of Eighties Rock Music
Friday: RATT, Night Ranger, Warrant, Danger Danger, Helix and Hericane Alice
Saturday: Stryper, Thin Lizzy, KIX, KEEL, Lizzy Borden and Gypsy Pistoleros
Rolling Stone recently called Rocklahoma one of the top festivals of the Summer.
Rocklahoma offers a one-day and four-day general admission passes, along with V.I.P. Passes that includes all the food and drink, including Free Miller Lite for all four days. Rocklahoma offers a layaway program on all ticket plans that enables fans to reserve their ticket at the current price.
2 Rocklahoma Rock Festival Main Stage Bands Announced!
Rocklahoma taking place July 9-12, 2009 in Pryor, Oklahoma has been called by many throughout the world as the "Woodstock" of Eighties Rock Music.
The lineup on each of the three days is as follows:
Thursday: Anthrax, Saxon, Overkill, Metal Church and Leatherwolf.
Friday: Night Ranger, Warrant, Danger Danger, Helix, Hericane Alice and Headliner to be announced in upcoming days.
Saturday: Stryper, Thin Lizzy, KIX, KEEL, Lizzy Borden and Gypsy Pistoleros.
The U.K's fastest rising rock band GYPSY PISTOLEROS who feature on the Rocklahoma mainstage bill are recording with roducer Joe Gibb ( Janes Addiction, Catatonia, The Cure, Funeral for a friend, Madonna, etc ) will finish mixing & mastering the new mini album 'Welcome to the Hotel de la Muerte!' on the 10th MAY !!!!!
Producer Simon Efemy ( The Wildhearts, Tool, Paradise Lost ) , long time friend, will remix 3 of the tracks in the Chapel Studios-Lincoln before the special 'ROCKLAHOMA' rush release is pressed!!!!
Pistoleros have cancelled London & Paris gigs due to studio over-running!!!
October 'Gypsy Pistoleros' will return to the studio with Gibb & Efemy to record 8 more tracks for the full album release next year
0 Rocklahoma Announces Stryper, Thin Lizzy, Skid Row, Warrant And Night Ranger
Thin Lizzy, group. John Sykes (L), Scott Gorham (R).
ROCKLAHOMA ANNOUNCES STRYPER, THIN LIZZY, SKID ROW, WARRANT AND NIGHT RANGER
Rocklahoma, the premier eighties rock festival in the United States announced additional bands to its third annual event.
Rocklahoma held in Pryor, Oklahoma and called by many throughout the world as the "Woodstock of Eighties Rock Music" has announced additional bands for the main stage for the four days. Added to the history making festival includes Stryper headlining Friday Night along with fan favorites Night Ranger and Warrant. Added to Saturday, is the legendary Thin Lizzy. Sunday Night's addition includes eighties favorite Skid Row.
Stryper featuring three original members, lead vocalist Michael Sweet, drummer Robert Sweet and guitarist Oz Fox, along with bassist Tracy Ferrie.
Michael Sweet of Stryper had this to say, "Rocklahoma is an event that I've heard about from peers and friends and they have always said that Stryper would be a perfect fit for this festival. Oklahoma holds a special place in my heart since my family lived in Moore, Oklahoma. I have a lot of family in Oklahoma. We're excited to finally be able to perform at Rocklahoma and look forward to an amazing night!"
Recently added to Saturday's lineup at Rocklahoma is Thin Lizzy, a seventies favorite whose hits went well into the eighties and include "Jail Break" and "The Boys are Back in Town." Vocalist John Sykes "We have heard a lot about Rocklahoma and are really excited to be playing this year's festival. The set will be jam packed with Lizzy Classics, so see you there!"
Friday: Stryper, Night Ranger, Warrant, Danger Danger, Helix and Hurricane Alice
Saturday: Thin Lizzy, KIX, KEEL, Gypsy Pistoleros, plus two to be announced.
The Third Annual Rocklahoma will have over ninety bands on four stages, including favorites from previous Rocklahoma festivals, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns featuring Tracii Gun, Britney Fox, Bang Tango, Lillian Axe and Faster Pussycat.
Both Playboy and Rolling Stone in 2008 called Rocklahoma one of the top festivals that should not be missed.
The public can also order tickets online at http://www.feverfest.com, charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288, or any of the 3,200 O'Reilly Auto Part Stores across the United States
0 Anthrax To Perform at 2009 Rocklahoma Music Festival
The celebration of Anthrax's 25th anniversary is about to begin in earnest, as Anthrax, recognized as one of the founders of thrash metal, with worldwide sales in excess of ten million copies, will bring its brand of New York metal to Oklahoma when they kick off the third annual, four-day Rocklahoma Festival set for July 9 – 12 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Anthrax will headline the festival's July 9 opening night.
"We want to start the HEAVY DAY at Rocklahoma," said Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, "and after we play nothing but heavy f%#*ing metal, Oklahoma will never be the same."
Anthrax's Rocklahoma 2009 Festival appearance will be in support of the band's first new studio album in six years, "Worship Music," scheduled for a summer release, and the May 12 release of the limited edition, three-record vinyl reissue of the band's first album, "Fistful of Metal," which originally came out twenty-five years ago. "Worship Music" will mark the studio debut of new singer Dan Nelson who joins long-time members Benante and Scott Ian (rhythm guitar), Frank Bello (bass) and Rob Caggiano (lead guitar).
The Rocklahoma festival will be Anthrax's only North American concert appearance until they launch their own major trek here later this year. The Rocklahoma organizers will announce the full July 9 talent lineup next week.
0 ROCKLAHOMA ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL BANDS
Rocklahoma, the premier eighties music festival being held July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma has announced thirty-two of over ninety of the bands that will be playing at the Third Annual Rocklahoma.
Signed on to appear at the 3rd Annual Rocklahoma is Twisted Sister, Great White, Vixen, Saxon, Hurricane Alice, Helix, Danger, Danger, Warrant, Night Ranger, Gypsy Pistoleros, Nelson, KEEL, KIX, Bang Tango, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns, Britny Fox, Faster Pussycat, Lillian Axe, Dirty Penny, Herman Ze German & Friends. Icon, Big Cock, Baton Rouge, Lord Tracy, featuring ex-Pantera vocalist Terry Glaze, Silent Rage, Warrior, Pair-a-Dice, Julliet, Wild Street, Vougan. More bands are to be announced in the upcoming weeks including the other three main stage headliners.
Over ninety bands will be performing over four days on four different stages. On three of the four stages, Rocklahoma has partnered with Retrospect records to showcase bands of the eighties.
Rocklahoma is one of the largest Rock Festivals of its type featuring music from the eighties. Attendance has come from all fifty states and six out of seven continents.
Catch The Fever Festival Grounds is located four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma and has 6,200 assigned and numbered seats, as well as general admission on the lawn for over 50,000 people. The grounds also feature over 4,000 campsites, on-site parking, bathroom facilities, a convenience store, Rocklahoma also has a Picture Alley that allows anyone in attendance to approach the stage during any performance and take photographs of a favorite artist at close range.
The public can also order tickets online at shop.feverfest.com, charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288, or any of the 3,200 O'Reilly Auto Part Stores across the United States.
1 Saxon Confirmed For Rocklahoma
Saxon has been added to the 2009 Rocklahoma Music Festival lineup. Rocklahoma has announced the following acts so far. Twisted Sister, Kix, Great White, Nelson, and Keel. More acts to follow.
This is third U.S. Festival that Saxon has been confirmed for. Saxon will also be playing at the South Texas Rock Fest and Rock Gone Wild.
For more information on Rocklahoma, visit RockFeverFest.com or click on the graphic below.
0 Twisted Sister Confirmed for Rocklahoma
Eighties famed rock band TWISTED SISTER will be headlining Sunday, July12 at Rocklahoma.
TWISTED SISTER is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of "Stay Hungry", which includes rock anthems "We're Not Going to Take It" and "I Wanna Rock".
Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER and host of the "House of Hair" had this to say about Rocklahoma. "In every great religion or society there are pilgrimages to be made and homage to be paid. The Islamic have Mecca, the Jews and the Muslims have the Wailing Wall, the Catholics have St. Peter's Basilica, the Irish have the Blarney Stone and so on and so on. The ultimate pilgrimage for the old school, metal community is Rocklahoma. Each and every one of us must make the trip and pay homage to the Gods of Metal. Wait a minute….that's me! And that's why I've just got to go back to Rocklahoma this year…'cause there's nothing quite like being paid homage to! It's better than sex!"
In addition to TWISTED SISTER and the already announced KIX and KEEL, Catch the Fever Music Festivals is proud to announce GREAT WHITE and NELSON have been added to the lineup. Director of Operations Dave Giencke announced, "This year's lineup is shaping up again to be a great festival showcasing Eighties rock music!"
Rocklahoma offers a one-day and four-day general admission passes, along with V.I.P. Passes that includes all the food and drink you want for all four days.
The public can also order tickets online at http://www.feverfest.com, or charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288. Tickets can also be purchased at any of the 3,200 O'Reilly Auto Parts across the nation.
Courtesy of Blabbermouth.net
0 HRH 2008 Reader Awards – Silver Award Winners!
The Votes for Best Rock Festival of 2008 was a close one. In fact less than 50 votes seperate our Silver and Gold Award winners.
Rocklahoma has become one of the United States largest music festivals, attracting people from all over the world. The 2008 lineup included, Bret Michaels, Jetboy, XYZ, Triumph, Extreme, Armored Saint, Queensryche, Tesla, Firehouse, Jackyl, RATT, Sebastian Bach, Kingdom Come Night Ranger and many more bands. The festival was plagued by terrible weather in 2008, but it was still very much a fan favorite this year.
The voting on the last day of the Reader Awards was intense as fans from several different bands were logging their votes on the last day. Two bands rose above them all, and Jaded Sun nearly claimed the Gold Award in 2008. Nonetheless, Jaded Sun's new album "Gypsy Trip" is a great new disc, and one you should definitely check out!
Less than 200 votes separated our Silver and Gold winners for Best New Album of 2008. Tesla's Forever More was my favorite pick of 2008, as was many of yours. "Forever More" is easily one of the better albums in the Tesla catalog. It is one of the must own records in 2008.
Congratulations to the Silver Award Winners! Stop back tomorrow for our final awards day, and find out won the top honors in the 2008 Hard Rock Hideout Reader Awards!
2 Glam Rockers Wild August Make Comeback
Dan McCafferty and Kurt Monson had figured their days as rockers in the 1980s hair band Wild August were over for good.
That was before the two Traverse City natives' former group was rediscovered by Retrospect Records. The company now sells their old recordings on the Web and talked them into getting back together in July for the Rocklahoma music festival, where they played in front of tens of thousands of glam-rock fans.
"It was a great time," said Monson, who played bass in the band and graduated from Traverse City High School in 1980. "We were all waiting for a reason to get back together. We rehearsed again, did the show and pulled it off."
The group's reunion is also the subject of a documentary being filmed by Lior Ben-Aharon. The screenwriter heard about the band because he is a neighbor of its singer, Sullivan Bigg in Los Angeles. He traveled to New York, where most of the band still lives, and to Oklahoma to film rehearsals and the concert.
He is editing the footage he already has and plans to reconnect with members in a few months to see if the opportunity to get back together has made a lasting impact on them.
"My angle with it is, 'What is it like to get a chance to be a rock star for one more day?'" Ben-Aharon said. He hopes to get the movie on the film festival circuit.
McCafferty is older than Monson, having graduated from St. Francis High School in 1973. The two were acquaintances when they lived here, having played in competing bands in town.
Yet they didn't become friends or band-mates until they both moved to New York City in the early '80s. While there, they met through mutual friends and helped form Wild August.
The group had promise. It recorded on independent labels and opened for such acts as Slaughter, Warrant, Ace Frehley of Kiss and in what they said was a mismatch, Katrina and the Waves.
Yet just when they figured they were poised to break through — they were talking to major record labels and they made an appearance on the soap opera "Another World," a performance that lives on through YouTube — the entire musical world changed.
"Right about our pinnacle was the time Nirvana came around and turned the whole thing on its head, which we kind of felt it needed to do," Monson said.
The band was disappointed as the era of one-color guitars, leopard-skin tights and big hair ended.
Still, they stayed together until the mid-1990s, even trying to change with the times. But it seemed contrived for them, so they finally called it quits.
Monson now owns and operates a record studio. McCafferty is a studio and live guitarist around New York City and performs with Dee Snyder, formerly of Twisted Sister, and other acts.
In 2006, out of the blue, Retrospect Records contacted them wanting to re-release their music for a new audience.
"I just think their music is fun," said Sam McCaslin, president of the company, which specializes in hard-rock re-issues. "All the guys are real talented musicians. The songs are very memorable; great hooks. And I liked their look too."
The group has been one of Retrospect's best sellers, with fans primarily in the United States, Japan and Germany ordering their CDs. The group also has old and new videos on its Myspace Web site: www.myspace.com/wildaugustband.
When Retrospect secured a stage at Rocklahoma in Pryor, Okla. this year, it asked Wild August to perform a set.
Being a nostalgia act, they dressed similarly to how they did back in the day, but toned it down a bit. They played the second day of the four-day festival, which also included bands like Ratt and Tesla.
Wild August members don't know how long the newfound interest in them will last.
"It's probably already over," Monson said. "But it's amazing how many younger fans are into this type of music now."
Courtesy of the Traverse City Record Eagle
2 New Video – Overloaded – Shotgun City
Detroit rockers, Overloaded, have a new video called Shotgun City. This song is on Overloaded's excellent debut. If you are one of the fortunate folks that will be at Rocklahoma tomorrow, don't miss Overloaded's performance on the south stage at 8 P.M.
3 Check Out The New Extreme Song "Star"
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EXTREME will hit the road next week to kick off their "Take Us Alive" Summer tour – their first tour in over a decade! The tour is in support of the band's new album studio album, Saudades de Rock which is in stores on August 12th.
Click on the album cover for Saudades de Rock to check out the new single, "Star"!
Be sure to check out Extreme playing live this summer at the dates below.
EXTREME TAKE US ALIVE SUMMER TOUR DATES
Jul 11 2008 – Rocklahoma Pryor, OK
Jul 29 2008 – The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY
Jul 31 2008 – Bank Of America Pavilion Boston, MA
Aug 1 2008 – Brookhaven Amphitheater Farmingville, NY
Aug 2 2008 – Rams Head Baltimore, MD
Aug 4 2008 – Irving Plaza NY, NY
Aug 5 2008 – Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
Aug 6 2008 – House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Aug 8 2008 – Emerald Theater Detroit, MI
Aug 9 2008 – House of Blues Chicago, IL
Aug 10 2008 – Union Center Blvd Bash Cincinnati, OH
Aug 12 2008 – Amos' Southend Charlotte, NC
Aug 13 2008 – Center Stage Atlanta, GA
Aug 15 2008 – House of Blues Orlando, FL
Aug 16 2008 – Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Aug 18 2008 – House of Blues New Orleans, LA
Aug 19 2008 – Meridian Houston, TX
Aug 20 2008 – House of Blues Dallas, TX
Aug 22 2008 – The Marquee Phoenix, AZ
Aug 23 2008 – House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
Aug 25 2008 – Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Aug 26 2008 – House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
1 Tora Tora Reunion Show Videos
Tora Tora played a pre-Rocklahoma reunion show at Newby's in Memphis, Tennessee June 28th.
Check out the the band performing the songs Phantom Rider, and Love's A Bitch.
0 Black 'N Blue Reunion Charges Ahead
As previously reported, BLACK 'N BLUE has launched a reunion in 2008 featuring four original members in Jaime St. James (vocals), Jef "Woop" Warner (guitar), Pete Holmes (drums), and Patrick Young (Bass). The four
members are joined by second guitarist, Shawn Sonnenschein, who has been in the fold since 2003 when the band had played a few dates. Sonnenschein is the replacement for original guitarist, Thommy Thayer, who is currently in KISS.
The band was reactivated earlier this year after St. James departure from Warrant. "My 4 years in Warrant were awesome. I made some lifetime friends and will always cherish that time in my life. That being said, it feels so good to sing the great Black 'N Blue tunes again," St. James says.
The band is scheduled to play this year's Rocklahoma Festival on Saturday, July 12. In addition, the band has also been added to the main stage at the Rock the Bayou Festival in Houston on Labor Day Weekend where they are scheduled to perform on Sunday, August 31. Further show announcements are expected in the coming weeks. There is also a plan to tour the UK and Europe in early November, with further information to be announced shortly.
In addition to the shows, Black 'N Blue will also hit the studio in the coming months to complete the long awaited released, "Hell Yeah!". Plans for its release will be announced later this year.
0 Warrant – Ultraphobic (Release Year – 1995)
Warrant has reunited with their original lineup intact in 2008, and will
be one of the headlining acts at Rocklahoma on Saturday, July 12th.
As much as I like the initial releases with the original lineup, I decided to dust off one of Warrant's later discs, Ultraphobic, which featured Kingdom Come's Rick Steir on guitar and James Kottak on drums.
I remember when I first heard that a couple of former Kingdom Come guys were joining the band, I was hoping that Warrant might try to approach a classic rock/ Zepplinesque update to their music. That was not the case at all with Ultraphobic.
In 1995, Hair metal was about as popular as diarrhea, but Warrant tried to forge ahead with a darker, grungier sound in an effort to stay relevant in the music scene. The sound of Ultraphobic seemed to follow the heavier sound of the 1992 Warrant record, Dog Eat Dog.
The guitars are are tuned down, and a little grungier on Ultraphobic. For me, this style of guitar playing does not suit Jani Lane's voice well, and this album suffers as a result.
There are a couple of highlights on this disc. Undertow, isn't too bad, and Crawl Space is pretty cool. I kind of like the title track, Ultraphobic as well.
Chameleon is a song that would have sounded better if Warrant just stuck to their tried and true sound. The deeper guitar sounds mess up, what could have been one of the better Warrant tracks. There are some cool guitar parts, but this song scream redo.
I have to applaud Warrant for trying to stay relevant in the music scene (although some might argue that they never were relevant). Ultraphobic isn't a total departure from their signature glam metal sound, but I didn't care for the varied guitar sounds on this disc. (What was the purpose of that drill sound on Ride #2)
With the classic lineup of Warrant back together, they could rearrange some of the songs on Ultraphobic, and quite possibly turn them into new hits. This isn't Warrant's best work, but it isn't their worst either. This is a middle of the road album, that isn't as good as the first three discs the band released. Warrant fans will still want to pick this up. All others may want to preview this album on Amazon.com, before buying.
1. Undertow
2. Followed
3. Family Picnic
4. Sum Of One
5. Chameleon
6. Crawl Space
7. Live Inside Of You
8. High
9. Ride #2
10. Ultraphobic
11. Stronger Now
Warrant is:
Jani Lane – Lead Vocals
Rick Steier – Guitar
Erik Turner – Guitar
Dave White – Keyboards
Jerry Dixon – Bass
James Kottak – Drums

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It may seem early, but it's quite normal and common for girls to start their period as young as eight or nine. For a girl this young, it can be an emotionally and mentally difficult thing. There are many ways you can help your daughter if is she has an early first period.
Why have her periods started early?
The main reason your daughters periods have started earlier than the average is because the hormones in her body that start puberty have started being produced earlier. In the vast majority of cases, there is no obvious reason for why the body has started producing these hormones early. Early menstruation can be related to body weight (usually a period won't begin until a girl is over 40kg), hereditary factors and ethnicity. If the onset of puberty is very early (breasts develop before 8 and periods start before 9) you should take your daughter to be checked by your GP to rule out any rare or serious brain problems.
If your daughter is going through puberty earlier than her friends and school mates, she'll probably be feeling a bit lonely and like she's 'the odd one out'.
If her period has started early then it's likely she'll be taller and developing breasts before her friends. This can make her feel self-conscious and a little embarrassed.
Unfortunately, being more 'developed' can often be a source of ridicule among kids.
The best thing you can do as her mum is reassure her and explain exactly what is happening to her.
Make sure you listen to her concerns and help her devise ways to deal with any negative reactions she has from other kids.
It's important to boost your daughter's self-esteem by reminding her of her good points.
Ensure that your daughter knows how to use feminine hygiene products (such as pads) correctly and that she has supply in her school bag. It's a good idea to make sure her school is equipped with somewhere for her to discreetly dispose of used pads or tampons. This will make her feel more confident.
Is she a child or a teenager?
While she may start to look and act like a moody teenager, remember she's still just a child. Just because she appears older it's important to remember that mentally, she's still just as young as her friends and may not be as capable or responsible as she looks.
This article was written for Kidspot by Corinne Draper. Sources include HealthInsite.