The first round of bands that will be performing at the second annual Charlotte Pop Fest event being held Sept. 24-27 at the Epicentre are:
The Posies
The Spongetones
Myracle Brah
The Singles
The Jellybricks
Starbelly
Cliff Hillis
Dennis Schocket
Barry Holdship
stratocruiser
Ed James
Michael Slawter & The Saving Graces
Crisis
Cool King Chris
gogoPilot
Transmission Fields
The Stellas
Scotts Garage
The Vinyl Strangers
Tony Low
Josh Burch
James Deem
So, we are about half-way through our tour and figured we could take this time to talk about living conditions and such. The food everywhere has been outstanding. The only bad food we have had was the airline food. We have been fed steaks twice, most dining facilities have grills in them. One especially good DFAC in Qatar actually had a Krispy Kreme in it. People are definitely getting fed well over here.
The rooms we have been given have all been nice as well. Mostly it's two per room, a couple of times we have had our own rooms, and once all six slept of us in a room with three bunk beds. Which was fun, except our sound guy Devin snores ridiculously loud, and Adam somehow imagined to hit his head on the TV stand. Although nobody can figure out exactly how he did it...
Everybody so far has been extremely grateful for us coming to play for them. We have to remind them we are way more thankful for what they do for us. Thats why we wanted to do this tour.
Tool will be performing at Bojangles Coliseum on July 29. Tickets go on sale on May 29.
According to pollstar.com, The Cult will perform at Amos' Southend on Sept. 7.
Plain White T's will perform at The Fillmore Charlotte on June 20 with Day's Difference and Company of Thieves.
Tickets go on sale on May 22 through LiveNation.com.
Jamie Foxx will perform in Charlotte on Sept. 18. No word yet on venue or when tickets will go on sale.
J.J. Grey & Mofro will perform at Belk Theater on Sept. 13 with The Derek Trucks Band.
Tickets and more information here.
Live Nation has announced a $10 lawn ticket blow out on Saturday, May 16, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
There will be no service charge at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre box office, which is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets with service charges are available at livenation.com, select Blockbuster stores or charge by phone at 877.598.8698.
$10 lawn tickets will be available for:
VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE
No Doubt with Paramore & The Sounds on June 6
Bad Company & The Doobie Brothers on June 20
311 with Ziggy Marley on July 3
Aerosmith with ZZ Top on July 9
Kid Rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Black Stone Cherry on July 26
Nickelback with Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel on July 31
Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick on Aug. 8
Incubus with The Duke Spirit on Aug. 12
Crue Fest 2 on Aug. 30
UPTOWN AMPHITHEATRE AT THE MUSIC FACTORY
The Fray on June 13
Counting Crows, Michael Franti & Spearhead and Augustana are scheduled to perform at the Uptown Amphitheatre on Aug. 21, according to Pollstar.com.
No word on ticket sales yet.
The June 2 concert by New Kids on the Block at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre has been canceled due to production delays. Tickets purchased online or via phone will be refunded automatically starting May 12. Tickets purchased at the box office or at Blockbuster stores can be refunded at point of purchase starting on May 13.
I would guess they canceled them because the band was just here last year for a concert which may have led to poor ticket sales, but "production delays" is the official reason.