"Rock Fest 77"
Stadium rock is coming to Beaumont on June 25, 2005, in the form of "Rock Fest '77," featuring AC/DC, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. Not the real ones, of course. It's only Beaumont, after all. It's Hells Bells doing AC/DC, Us and Them doing Pink Floyd, Satisfaction doing the Stones, and Zoso doing Led Zeppelin. I've seen all of them but Zoso, and they do what they do very well. And Zoso says they're pretty good on their website.
But there's more. It seems that the guy whose producing it (or at least a guy who said he was the guy producing it) was at The Vortex the other night (when 9 Station Drive and The Gourds played). And it seems that the show is being staged in connection with the filming of a movie of some sort. And people who dress in proper 70s fashion might end up being extras in the movie.
If I recall correctly, tickets are $12 and they'll be playing somewhere on the Lamar University campus. (They must have a stadium there somewhere since they used to have a football team.)
Should be interesting.
Edited to add: You may be wondering why I'm posting something about a show that hasn't happened yet. The reason is simple. I saw the June 25 date "Rock Fest 77" on Satisfaction's website a few weeks back, and I wanted to know more. Like what "Rock Fest 77" was. But when I Googled "Rock Fest 77," all that came up was Satisfaction's tour dates. Which I already knew. Which made it sort of unhelpful. (And taking Google's suggestion of "Rockfest 77" didn't do any better.)
Even today as I write this, "Rock Fest 77" only pulls up Satisfaction's and Us and Them's sites. (Zoso has the date on their site, but doesn't list it as "Rock Fest 77." Hells Bells doesn't seem to know they've been booked yet.)
So now people who want information on "Rock Fest 77" will end up here; the most informative site on the Net.
Edited again to add the really important stuff: The official website with complete and (we hope) accurate information is EventsNow.com. This event is being promoted nationwide (they say), so get your tickets now!
Edited one last time to add: "RockFest '77" That's how they write it on the official site. Google's finally found it.
But there's more. It seems that the guy whose producing it (or at least a guy who said he was the guy producing it) was at The Vortex the other night (when 9 Station Drive and The Gourds played). And it seems that the show is being staged in connection with the filming of a movie of some sort. And people who dress in proper 70s fashion might end up being extras in the movie.
If I recall correctly, tickets are $12 and they'll be playing somewhere on the Lamar University campus. (They must have a stadium there somewhere since they used to have a football team.)
Should be interesting.
Edited to add: You may be wondering why I'm posting something about a show that hasn't happened yet. The reason is simple. I saw the June 25 date "Rock Fest 77" on Satisfaction's website a few weeks back, and I wanted to know more. Like what "Rock Fest 77" was. But when I Googled "Rock Fest 77," all that came up was Satisfaction's tour dates. Which I already knew. Which made it sort of unhelpful. (And taking Google's suggestion of "Rockfest 77" didn't do any better.)
Even today as I write this, "Rock Fest 77" only pulls up Satisfaction's and Us and Them's sites. (Zoso has the date on their site, but doesn't list it as "Rock Fest 77." Hells Bells doesn't seem to know they've been booked yet.)
So now people who want information on "Rock Fest 77" will end up here; the most informative site on the Net.
Edited again to add the really important stuff: The official website with complete and (we hope) accurate information is EventsNow.com. This event is being promoted nationwide (they say), so get your tickets now!
Edited one last time to add: "RockFest '77" That's how they write it on the official site. Google's finally found it.
Labels: Entertainment, Music
posted by Jack at 5/10/2005 12:46:00 PM
3 Comments:
Excellent research, Wang. I'm linking to this.
Good tracking. I'll add it on the next update. I hope they'll have water hoses ready to cool off the crowd. It should be really darn hot about that time of day in June. :-(
Rockfest'77 went off like a ligtning bolt.It was a very memorable event.
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