Dave Matthews Band
with Special Guests
The Hold Steady
Dave Matthews Band offers fans the best of both worlds, one of the greatest jam bands of all times and a fierce dedication to touring, producing timeless memories every summer. When you put the two together, their performance of hits such as the Grammy winning "So Much To Say" and "Crash" leave audience members begging for more.
Dave Matthews Band
with Special Guests
The Hold Steady
Dave Matthews Band offers fans the best of both worlds, one of the greatest jam bands of all times and a fierce dedication to touring, producing timeless memories every summer. When you put the two together, their performance of hits such as the Grammy winning "So Much To Say" and "Crash" leave audience members begging for more.
Def Leppard
with Special Guests
Poison and Cheap Trick
Def Leppard, one of the eighties top selling bands, revolutionized heavy metal with smash hits like "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and "Love Bites." Today, Def Leppard still scores hit albums with 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge and performs a highly acclaimed live show.
Styxx
One of the most beloved rock bands of the seventies and eighties, Styx became the first band of all-time to release four consecutive double platinum albums. Today Styx is a much sought after live act whose epic shows feature the classic rock staples "Come Sail Away," "Lady," and "Mr. Roboto."
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon made its name as one of rock's biggest acts in the Seventies and Eighties with brilliant albums like the nine-time platinum "Hi Infidelity." Now revered as classic rock legends, REO Speedwagon receives rave reviews for its live show that features the chart topping hits "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling."
WHRL Big Day Out
Featuring
Staind
The Offspring
Shinedown
Chevelle
Sum 41
Nickelback
with Special Guests
Hinder, Saving Abel, and Papa Roach
Nickelback are a phenomenally successful touring band whose tours have grossed in excess of $100 million thus far and have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Dark Horse is Nickelback's first release since the immensely popular All The Right Reasons, released in 2005. Critics and fans alike are praising Dark Horse. The New York Times raved, "Nickelback... has been responsible for some of the heaviest pop hits of this decade and more notably, it has almost single handedly preserved the idea of the arena-rock ballad." Entertainment Weekly declared, "The only sure thing in the music business in 2008."
Rock and Roll of Fame member Jackson Browne was the ultimate confessional singer/songwriter of the Seventies and Eighties thanks to the seven-time platinum album, "Running on Empty," and the top twenty hits "Somebody's Baby" and "Lawyers in Love." A past performer at Farm Aid, Jackson Browne recently released the acclaimed concert album, "Solo Acoustic, Volume 2."
Arguably the biggest band of the new millennium, Coldplay has a knack for writing anthemic rock classics such as "Yellow" and "Speed of Sound" that have become the soundtrack of their generation. Recently awarded three Grammys for their latest album, Viva La Vida, including Song Of The Year for the chart topping title track, Coldplay is bringing their acclaimed Viva La Vida tour to venues worldwide from March through late August, 2009.
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
The music of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash is a cornerstone of rock ‘n roll. As Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN), this trio of legendary singer-songwriters has been actively collaborating since 1969.
Lil Wayne has called himself the best rapper alive, and with wildly inventive hip-hop hits like the chart topping "Lollipop" and "Got Money" he just might be. A multiple BET award winner whose last album "Carter III" sold a million copies in its first week, the charismatic Lil Wayne is notorious for an incredibly high energy live show.
Pop rockers O.A.R have become one of America's top jam bands thanks to unpredictable, sprawling live shows that they encourage fans to tape and trade. Concert goers can expect O.A.R. to play favorites such as "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" and the top ten adult hit "Shattered."
Creed is an American post-grunge band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001. The band disbanded in 2004 after three multi-platinum albums, selling an estimated 35 million records world wide, including 26 million records in the United States alone.
The Allman Brothers Band
with Special Guests
The Doobie Brothers
Please Note:
When Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen gets together with the legendary E Street Band music fans are in for a treat. Famous for their marathon concerts, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have fans on their feet and smiling as they play classics from throughout their thirty-five year partnership including "Thunder Road" and "Born in the U.S.A."
One of rock's longest running and most successful bands, British psychedelic rock outfit The Moody Blues has created a treasure trove's worth of classic rock staples such as "Nights in White Satin" and "Your Wildest Dreams." Ensured of a place in rock history, The Moody Blues still performs its acclaimed live show around the world.
Blink 182
with Special Guests
Weezer
Taking Back Sunday
Chester French
Motley Crue became heavy metal legends in the eighties thanks to gritty hit albums like "Dr. Feelgood" which have sold over eighty million copies worldwide. Today the notorious bad boys are still flying high with a raucous live show and new album, "Saints of Los Angeles," which debuted at number four.
Songwriter, entertainer and Show Dog Nashville proprietor Toby Keith has never been accused of thinking small, and his 2009 summer tour won't do anything to change that. Fresh from his 25th No. 1 single, Toby, band and crew will saddle up for Toby Keith America's Toughest Tour. Toby Keith is one of the most prolific and successful musical artists and entertainment entrepreneurs of his generation. His business empire includes his own record label, restaurants, clothing, movies and more. And he remains one of the most compelling artists of his day by continuing to write, record and produce smash hits, selling millions of albums and filling arenas and amphitheaters coast-to- coast. Forbes named him the Top Earning Male Musician in 2008.