If you've ever purchased tickets to one of the big summer festivals, I'm sure you've looked at the V.I.P. packages available and thought there's no way they're worth the generally insane prices. But for the readership of Forbes, they're really the only option.
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Because of "overwhelming response from members of the rock community and their fan" (um, sic?), the hard-rock reunionfest Rocklahoma has swelled to a fifth day, news that's probably thrilling all the businesses within a 500-mile radius of the festival's home city, Pryor, Okla. The festival will now run July 9-13; a ton of hard-rock stalwarts, including Extreme, Cinderella, Tesla, and Sebastian Bach, have already been announced, leaving me to puzzle over just who, exactly, will be performing on that extra day. (Also, am I the only one who just realized that Living Colour was on the bill?) Full roster of acts, including the many second-stage bands, after the jump.
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The initial lineup for Rocklahoma, the festival of Headbanger's Ball darlings of yore taking place in Pryor, Okla., this July 10-13, was just announced at a press conference helmed by radio host and personal Mike Piazza fan Eddie Trunk, who called the bands playing the festival "a new generation's classic rock" who are currently handing the baton to bands currently making their way up the ranks (cough, cough). I listened to the whole press conference—from fakeout involving a pre-conference spin of Faith No More's "Epic" to the revelation that Black N' Blue is reuniting because the lead singer needs a gig to the "WE NEED BIG BANDS" proclamations from those gathered in the press conference's attached chat room—so I could bring you the lineup as it stands now. It's after the jump. (Don't say I don't care.)
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Rocklahoma—the Oklahoma hard-rock fest taking place July 10-13, which I am totally attending this year come hell, high water, or my lack of a driver's license—is announcing its 2008 lineup at an Eddie Trunk-helmed press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. Confirmed so far: Bret Michaels, Tora Tora, Warrant (with Jani Lane), Vixen, and the version of LA Guns that doesn't have its best-known lead singer Phil Lewis, but does have guitarist/namesake Tracii Guns. If only Kelly Nickels would come back to music and rejoin one of the bands so I could figure out which side to take in this conflict! [Blabbermouth]
Allyson at Bring Back Glam reports from Rocklahoma: "While waiting, I heard 'Headed for a Heartbreak' and [Winger] closed with 'Seventeen.' Kip changed one of the verses to 'She's only 35.' The crowd seemed pleased." Also: Vince Neil, clearly fresh off a product-sampling binge, thought he was in Montana. [Bring Back Glam]
"News On 6 anchor Omar Villafranca reports it's like an 80s flashback. Just a few bands taking the stage include Poison, Dokken, Twisted Sister, and Vince Neil of Motley Crew, and organizers are expecting more than 60,000 people to show up." Well, at least they didn't name-check Enuff Z'Nuff. [KOTV]
This July, Rocklahoma—a three-day music festival featuring Poison, Ratt, and at least one version of L.A. Guns—will take place in a field in northwestern Oklahoma. Tickets have been selling at a brisk rate, and the promoters are claiming that the festival is on track to attract Coachella-level numbers:
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The nearly-full docket of summer rock festivals has added another date to its calendar with Rocklahoma, a three-day music festival in the middle of Oklahoma taking place the same weekend as Pitchfork's outdoor fest. The rumored (and, somehow, Hinder-free) lineup, courtesy of Hard Rock Hideout:
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