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Festival Preview: Rock On The Range, Columbus, OH - May 17th & 18th

Written by Art Michalski

Friday, 16 May 2008

Last year, almost 20 bands descended on the capital of the Buckeye State for the first Rock on the Range. With a packed house and pretty solid mix of bands, it helped usher in a new rock festival to the Midwest. Rock on the Range is now back for a second and much more expanded year two and now brings two days of rock to Columbus Crew Stadium.
After Velvet Revolver and Buckcherry stole the show from headliners ZZ Top and Evanesance last year, the organizers decided to deliver on some big names for this year’s ROTR. Also, the festival will feature plenty of up and comers that you are already hearing a lot about, or will be hearing about in the near future. Here’s what Rock on the Range is serving up this year:

Day 1 - Saturday, May 17^th: Last year, Scott Weiland and his now former band, Velvet Revolver, put together a big night. Now it's time for Weiland to regroup with his first band, Stone Temple Pilots, for the first show on their reunion tour. ROTR will be the first date on their 65-date tour, which will run through at least fall. It should be up being the most intriguing set of the weekend. Also on Saturday is Disturbed, the hard rock superstars who are touring in preparation for the release of their Indestructible album, due out June 3^rd. Another band back after many years is Filter, who is just releasing their new album, Anthems for the Damned which was out on Tuesday. Killswitch Engage will be playing one of their last dates before they head back into the studio, as well as Finger Eleven. But if you get there early, make sure to check out Airbourne. We haven’t really been able to shut up about this band, but their AC/DC influenced rock won us over and we made it mandatory listening here at My City Buzz.

Day 2 - Sunday, May 18^th: Kid Rock has been criss-crossing the country with his “Rock & Roll Revival” tour the past few months. The tour is the showcase of the second night of the festival, no word on if it will be an abridged version of the marathon 3-hour sets we saw in Detroit a few months back. A favorite of Fox News (more than likely but never confirmed), 3 Doors Down, will be out touring behind their new album, out on May 20^th. Besides Kid Rock, the second day will be most entertaining in the middle part of the day, with long time Atlanta rockers Sevendust and Five Finger Death Punch, a band definitely on their way up. Also on Sunday will be the Miami teenage rockers Black Tide, who is receiving plenty of love from fans with their 80s throwback thrasher “Shockwave,” and their cover of Metallica’s “Hit The Lights.” Also on Sunday are Alter Bridge, Saving Abel and Bobaflex.

Festival Information: Rock on the Range tickets are all general admission. Two day passes are $99.50 and single day passes are $49.50, are available through Ticketmaster or at Columbus Crew Stadium’s box office. More information is available at www.rockontherange.com, or www.crewstadium.com. .

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