VAN HALEN TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA SUMMER/FALL 2015: 2 NC Dates Set

Wed., Sept. 9	Raleigh, NC	Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Fri., Sept. 11	Charlotte, NC	PNC Music Pavilion

- VAN HALEN to Perform March 30 on Hollywood Boulevard for ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ In Rare Television Concert Appearance -

- Songs from the Concert to Air March 30 and March 31 -

"In celebration of a 2015 Summer/Fall North American Tour, VAN HALEN will perform a special concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live March 30 on Hollywood Boulevard. Featuring some of the band’s essential rock and roll classics, the concert will be broadcast over two nights, March 30 and March 31, on the late night talk show and marks VAN HALEN's first U.S. television performance with original lead singer David Lee Roth. Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. / 10:35 p.m. Central time on ABC.

VAN HALEN is touring North America beginning July 5 in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through October 2 in Los Angeles, California at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. Special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will support all dates along the tour.  

VAN HALEN will play Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Raleigh on September 9 and PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte on Friday September 11.  Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale beginning April 3 at www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com. A complete list of tour dates can be found below.

The special Hollywood Boulevard concert will be a hit-heavy set of songs featured on TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, the first-ever live album to feature original singer David Lee Roth. Recorded on June 21, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan, TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT includes 23 songs spanning all seven of the band’s albums with Roth. It is being released as a double CD, four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl and digitally beginning March 31,

2015. Fans who pre-order TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT before its March 31 release date through Amazon and digitally at iTunes will instantly receive downloads of “Panama,” “Runnin’ With The Devil,”  “Jump” and “Hot For Teacher.”

Also being released beginning March 31 are remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984, with remastered versions of Diver Down, Women and Children First, Van Halen II and Fair Warning due out later this spring. Each album has been cut straight from the quarter-inch tapes for CD, 180-gram vinyl and for the digital version by mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA. These albums are being released beginning March 31 with pre-orders available now through Amazon and iTunes now.

Jimmy Kimmel Live is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format. Jimmy Kimmel and Jill Leiderman serve as executive producers. Jason Schrift, Douglas DeLuca and Erin Irwin serve as co-executive producers. Emmy Award®-winning Jimmy Kimmel Live is shot live in front of a studio audience and produced by Jackhole Industries in association with ABC Studios. (CLOSED-CAPTIONED)

Enjoy Jimmy Kimmel Live on the web at www.abc.com/JimmyKimmeLive and at www.youtube/JimmyKimmelLive. Artwork is available on www.abcmedianet.com and on Facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive; Twitter @JimmyKimmel #Kimmel

Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, VAN HALEN changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock songs ever written that fans will admire for decades to come. With more than 75 million albums sold worldwide, and more No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart than any other artist, the band's record of achievement is hard to top. The eponymous debut album and 1984 were both certified Diamond, for U.S. sales in excess of 10 million, placing them on an elite short list of double RIAA-certified Diamond Award honorees. VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

Go to http://van-halen.com/ for updates and more information.

 VAN HALEN 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR:

 All dates, cities and venues subject to change.

Sunday, July 5	Seattle, WA	White River Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 7	Portland, OR	Amphitheater Northwest
Thursday, July 9	Concord, CA	Concord Pavilion
Saturday, July 11	San Bernardino, CA	San Manuel Amphitheater
Tuesday, July 14	Irvine, CA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thursday, July 16	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 18	Salt Lake City, UT	USANA Amphitheatre
Monday, July 20	Morrison, CO	Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 22	Kansas City, MO	Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Friday, July 24	Chicago, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 26	St. Louis, MO	Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 28	Pittsburgh, PA	First Niagara Pavilion
Thursday, July 30	Bangor, ME	Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Saturday, August 1	Boston, MA	Xfinity Center
Monday, August 3	Cleveland, OH	Blossom Music Center
Wednesday, August 5	London, ON	Western Fair District
Friday, August 7	Toronto, ON	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sunday, August 9	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Tuesday, August 11	Hartford, CT	Xfinity Center
Thursday, August 13	Wantagh, NY	Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sunday, August 23	Hershey, PA	Hershey Park
Tuesday, August 25	Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Thursday, August 27	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
Saturday, August 29	Washington DC	Jiffy Lube Live
Monday, August 31	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday, September 2	Indianapolis, IN	Klipsch Music Center
Friday, September 4	Detroit, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sunday, September 6	Bethel, NY	Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
NC DATES
Sunday, September 13	Tampa, FL	MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tuesday, September 15	West Palm Beach, FL	Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Thursday, September 17	Birmingham, AL	Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Monday, September 21	Austin, TX	Austin360 Amphitheater
Wednesday, September 23	Dallas, TX	Gexa Energy Pavilion
Friday, September 25	Houston, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Monday, September 28	Phoenix, AZ	Ak-Chin Pavilion
Wednesday, September 30	San Diego, CA	Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Friday, October 2	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl" - A Press Release

ZAC BROWN BAND COMING TO NC

May 7 – Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Raleigh

June 4 – PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte

Zac Brown Band's New Album 'JEKYLL + HYDE' Out April 28

"Today Zac Brown Band announced their 2015 North American Tour with stops at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh on May 7 and PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte on June 4. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday March 20 at 10am and will be available at LiveNation.com, the venue box offices, Ticketmaster and by phone 800-745-3000.  Pre-sale tickets for Zac Brown Band fan-club members are available for select dates - for all fan club information visit www.ZacBrownBand.com. 

Zac Brown Band's forthcoming album 'JEKYLL + HYDE' will be out April 28, 2015, on Southern Ground/John Varvatos Records/Big Machine Label Group/Republic Records. The band will premiere new music from the album this weekend during their first performance on Saturday Night Live.

Describing the album's direction, Zac told Rolling Stone earlier this year that it will have "things that people will expect and things that they won't." Digital pre-orders will include immediate downloads of "Homegrown", "Dress Blues" and "Heavy Is the Head (feat. Chris Cornell)" at select partners. "Homegrown" -- the band's highest chart debut, which is bulleted at #10 on country radio this week -- has earned massive fan support and early praise for its "rock feel" (Country Weekly) and "intricately arranged vocal harmonies" (Billboard); "Dress Blues", written by Jason Isbell, is a somber and stirring tribute to members of the military who have been killed in service; and "Heavy Is the Head", which features Chris Cornell, the multi GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter and legendary frontman for pioneering rock bands Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, makes its world premiere this Friday, March 6th, on iHeartRadio's Mainstream and Active Rock station. The album also features a collaboration with Sara Bareilles.  'JEKYLL + HYDE' physical copies are available for pre-order now at: www.ZacBrownBand.com

'JEKYLL + HYDE' follows Zac Brown Band's three platinum-selling albums, 'Uncaged', 'You Get What You Give', and 'The Foundation', and their 2013 project 'The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1', which have together sold over seven million copies, produced a historic series of eleven #1 hit singles and earned three GRAMMYs.

Zac Brown Band is: singer/guitarist Zac Brown, violinist/singer Jimmy De Martini, multi-instrumentalist/singer John Driskell Hopkins, guitarist/organist Coy Bowles, multi-instrumentalist/singer Clay Cook, drummer Chris Fryar, percussionist Daniel de los Reyes and bassist Matt Mangano."

- A Press Release

Kid Rock announces two NC shows with $20 tickets

KID ROCK DOUBLES DOWN

WITH MASSIVE $20 TICKET TOUR THIS SUMMER IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM "FIRST KISS."

Saturday July 11 – Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Raleigh

July 14 – PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte

-- The legendary FOREIGNER to support on all dates!! --

"Kid Rock broke all the rules when he last set out on tour, and now he’s back to break them all again.  The “$20 Best Night Ever” tour set all sorts of attendance records, proving that the combination of top notch entertainment and affordable tickets are a win/win for everyone.  Now with the eminent release of his new album “First Kiss,” (his first on Top Dog/Warner Bros. Records) Kid Rock, along with his trusted Twisted Brown Trucker Band, is announcing a full summer tour with very special guest Foreigner.    The tour kicks off June 24th in Hartford, includes 6 special nights in Detroit, and wraps September 5th in the great state of Washington.  Pre-order the album now on iTunes (iTunes.com/KidRock) or starting today, stream the record in its entirety on iTunes Radio -  iTunesRadio.com/KidRock.

Kid Rock with special guest Foreigner will play Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Raleigh on Saturday July 11 and PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte on July 14. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, February 24 at 10AM at livenation.com, the venue box offices, all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone 800-745-3000. 

Tickets for this tour, which is again being promoted by Live Nation, will be handled as they were for the last run, with every effort made to keep fees down and scalpers at bay.  Tickets from the 2nd row to the lawn will be $20, plus reduced parking and service fees keeping the total ticket price at about $30 or under.  $20 all-in tickets (including parking) will be offered at the venue box office and from participating Walmart stores.  Everyone who purchases a ticket at Walmart will receive a coupon for $2 off their purchase of “First Kiss.” 1000 tickets from each show will be put on sale via LiveNation.com’s Platinum ticketing program to combat scalping.  The first row of seats for every show will be held back and given as free upgrades for lucky fans, and $20 special food packages will be available during the shows.  And of course, since they were so popular last time around, there will be specially priced draught beers and special $20 tour t-shirts available throughout the amphitheaters.  

On Sunday, February 22nd, Kid Rock will be performing a massive show before the start of the Daytona 500 where “First Kiss” will be debuted live for the first time.  Fans can tune by 12:15 EST to Fox television to make sure they catch the performance.  Following that he’ll be appearing on the Tonight Show on February 23rd, the Today Show on February 24th, talking with Howard Stern on February 25th, and in a first for Kid Rock he’s going to be experimenting with this new technology called “Twitter” on February 19th, when he takes over the iTunes twitter handle at 5 pm EST to answer fans’ questions.  In addition, starting today, fans will be able to stream the record in its entirety via iTunes.  There of course will be more promotional surprises in store.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale the day “First Kiss” is released, February 24th on www.LiveNation.com.  Fan Club members will be able to purchase tickets beginning February 19th, and fans who pre-order the album through www.KidRock.com will be eligible for a special pre-sale beginning on February 20th.   

ONEREPUBLIC ANNOUNCES NC DATES

WALNUT CREEK AMPHITHEATRE RALEIGH – AUG. 13

PNC MUSIC PAVILION CHARLOTTE – AUG. 14

- OneRepublic to Perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on August 11 -

- Tickets On Sale Now at Livenation.com -

OneRepublic is kicking off the second leg of their successful Native Summer Tour Presented By Malibu Rum today in Omaha, NE at the Century Link Center.  After selling out dates on the first leg of the tour including the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and the Nikon At Jones Beach Theater outside New York City and performing to over half a million fans around the country, the band will return to the road with The Script, Christina Perri, American Authors and Jamie Scott on select dates.  Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the tour will take the band to an additional 21 cities across the country including St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and New Orleans. 

OneRepublic with special guest The Script will play Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh on August 13 and PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte on August 14. Tickets are on sale now at livenation.com, the Belk box offices at the venues, Ticketmaster and by phone 800-745-3000.

OneRepublic performed on “The Today Show Toyota Concert Series” on Friday, July 25 and will be the musical guest on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on August 11 where they will perform their Top 5 single “Love Runs Out.”  The band recently debuted an original song, "Ordinary Human," they recorded for the upcoming film "The Giver," due out in theaters on August 15.  "Ordinary Human” is also featured on The Giver: Music Collection in stores August 5. OneRepublic released an iTunes Session last week featuring live versions of some of their biggest hits including "Apologize," "Good Life" and "Secrets."

The band also revealed a behind-the-scenes look at their Native Summer Tour Presented By Malibu Rum with Live Nation's "First Date" series.  Check out the video on the link below:

http://onenation.livenation.com/shows/first-date/episodes/one-republic-tour-kickoff-2014

A Press Release

FARM AID MUSIC AND FOOD FESTIVAL HEADS TO NORTH CAROLINA SAT. SEPT. 13

Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young,

Dave Matthews and Jack White to headline

Farm Aid 2014 at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre

Raleigh, N.C. — Farm Aid announced today that its annual benefit festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, N.C., with tickets on sale to the public on Friday, Aug. 1.

“In North Carolina and across the Southeast, family farmers have struggled to stay on the land, but they have also pioneered new roads to economic sustainability. This region knows the value of its farmers and offers increasing opportunities for new farmers to build a strong regional food system,” said Farm Aid President Willie Nelson. “On the Farm Aid stage Saturday, September 13, we’ll celebrate family farmers and the healthy communities they’re growing for all of us.”

Farm Aid 2014 will feature Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews — with Tim Reynolds — as well as Jack White, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jamey Johnson, North Carolina’s own Delta Rae, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Carlene Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Insects vs Robots.

Farm Aid 2014, an all-day music and food festival, will feature a unique lineup of artists and genres and will offer concert-goers family farm-identified, local and organic foods with its own HOMEGROWN Concessions^®. In Farm Aid’s HOMEGROWN Village, attendees will have the chance to meet farmers, engage in hands-on food and farm activities, and learn about the ways family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water and growing our economy, in addition to bringing us good food for good health.

“There is a fair-like feeling when you go to Farm Aid. All day long, people are performing onstage and food from family farmers is being served,” said Farm Aid board member John Mellencamp. “It’s a great occasion for families to come listen to great music and teach their children about where their food comes from. We’re proud to bring Farm Aid 2014 to North Carolina for the first time to feature the family farmers whose hard work and innovations are essential for all of us.”

Farm Aid has long collaborated with and supported organizations and organizers in the Southeast who are keeping family farmers on the land and growing the Good Food Movement. Many of the region’s farmers have been served by Farm Aid’s Resource Network and hotline. Over the past 29 years, Farm Aid has made grants of more than $3.6 million in the Southeast region — more than half a million in North Carolina alone — supporting programs that help farmers thrive, grow new markets for farmers and create much-needed change in the food system so that everyone benefits.

Tickets for Farm Aid 2014 will go on sale Friday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m. EDT. Tickets will be available at www.livenation.com, the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 800-745-3000. A limited number of pre-sale tickets will be sold beginning at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 25, at www.farmaid.org.

Farm Aid is teaming up with IfOnly to offer special VIP packages with premium center stage tickets with exclusive backstage access, in addition to signed Gibson guitars. Proceeds from auction items benefit Farm Aid and bidding opens Friday, July 25 at www.ifonly.com.

Farm Aid is partnering with eBay and Auction Cause to offer concertgoers a chance to bid on premier concert experiences and autographed memorabilia beginning Thursday, Aug. 14. For more information, go to http://is.gd/farmaid. 

Farm Aid welcomes the participation of the local business community and offers corporate sponsorship opportunities. For more information, contact Glenda Yoder at glenda@farmaid.org. Sponsors include Amy’s Kitchen, Rudi’s Bakery, Horizon Organic, Greener Fields Together, Organic Valley, Chipotle Mexican Grill, PLOTSAVER and EcoScraps.

Concertgoers can enhance their Farm Aid experience with the official Farm Aid 2014 mobile app, which will be available in mid-August for iPhone and Android.

For concert updates, follow Farm Aid on Twitter (@farmaid) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/farmaid), and visit www.farmaid.org/concert.

Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised more than $45 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.

- A Press Release

ZAC BROWN BAND coming to the Carolinas

WALNUT CREEK AMPHITHEATRE RALEIGH – OCT.  9

ZAC BROWN

"Three-time GRAMMY winners and multi-platinum artists Zac Brown Band have become one of music's most heralded acts. The band's three platinum-selling albums, Uncaged (Atlantic/Southern Ground), You Get What You Give (Atlantic/Southern Ground), and The Foundation (Atlantic Records/Home Grown/Big Picture) have together sold over six million copies and produced a historic series of eleven #1 hit singles. On the road, the group performed for over 1.3 million fans in 2013 with 70+ headline dates and more than a dozen major festival appearances. The band's latest project, The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1, is out now on Southern Ground. Zac Brown Band is represented by ROAR, a Beverly Hills-based talent and brand management company. Additional information can be found at http://www.zacbrownband.com/.

Zac Brown Band will play Walnut Creek Amphitheatre Raleigh on October 9. Tickets go on sale Friday June 27 at 10am at LiveNation.com, the Belk box office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 800-745-3000.   For further details visit http://livenation.com."

Submitted by LiveNation