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Radio music fest bringing big names to Las Vegas
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Singer Lady Gaga performs in concert at Radio City Music Hall Jan. 20, 2010 in New York. She is scheduled to perform in the iHeart Radio Music Festival.
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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated: Jul. 12, 2011 | 12:11 p.m.
Lady Gaga, Kenny Chesney, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Carrie Underwood and other top musicians are coming to Las Vegas to celebrate that which they dominate: the airwaves.
Self-annointed as "the biggest live music event in radio history," the iHeart Radio Music Festival will overtake the MGM Grand Garden arena on Sept. 23 and 24, featuring live performances by some of the biggest names in pop, rock and country in what will be perhaps the largest collection of stars on one stage that Vegas has seen yet.
On Friday, Sept. 23, the show will feature Brit rockers Coldplay, who have packed the MGM Grand Garden on their own in recent years, along with hip-pop chart toppers The Black Eyed Peas, country belle Underwood, R&B leading light Keys, guitar hero John Mayer, reactivated alt-rock luminaries Jane's Addiction and hit maker Bruno Mars.
The next night will see Lady Gaga return to the venue, which she had sold out in the past, along with current "American Idol" judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, classic rockers Aerosmith, superstar DJ David Guetta, bawdy female rapper Nicki Minaj, country stars Rascall Flatts and Chesney, ska punk troupe Sublime with Rome, popster Kelly Clarkson and special guests Usher and Sting.
More acts will be announced in the coming weeks.
Ryan Seacrest will host the event.
The festival is timed with the debut of a new version of Clear Channel's streaming-radio app and website iHeartRadio, which will be available on Sept. 23 and will allow downloaders to listen to hundreds of Clear Channel radio stations around the country.
The event will be broadcast on the iHeartRadio app as well as on various Clear Channel stations and their respective websites.
Tickets, priced at $54.05, $108.65, $177.20 and $289.65, go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets.
In the meantime, fans can log onto the iHeartRadio Facebook page (facebook.com/iheartradio) for access to presale tickets.
Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@review journal.com or 702-383-0476.
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With the use of the name iHeart - lets get the group Heart on the list. Ann, Nancy - how about it. You would be a perfect addition to an "A" list group of performers.
With concert ticket sales dropping and sales of actual "legal" music in decline, it would appear the music industry is trying to get their "best" out there to stimulate sales. The ticket prices are somewhat reasonable on this (they would have to be) but the article doesn't say if the purchase price is for one night or both. I can splice together an Ed Sullivan variety show at home on the computer so not really sure about attending a live show of such eclectic artists.
How many songs will each artist get to play during their set??
The world is GaGa over GaGa. Weirdness and all. Don't know why. Same with the then early Elvis, then any punk/new wave/rap. All were/are strange. What ever happened to real music of the mid-'60s to early '70s?
Whats up with those infected cuts on her arm?? Is that make up? And......why???
Woah!! Look at that snout!!
I see...
So, yeah, kind of like American Idol and mainstream radio going after people who listen to music as a distraction rather than a passion.
Yeah. I get it.
Radio playlists... I would not use them if I was out of Charmin...
@Darrin
Well it is a promotional event for a radio station. They aren't really trying to appeal to a specific artist fan base, more the casual radio music fan who likes 3-4 songs by the above listed artists. All of the artists are commercially, well known via radio playlists. Therefore it will appeal to the well-off radio fan, who likes artists to play their hits and for $300 they see 10 artists they actually know.
What a strange lineup. I don't know too many Aerosmith fans that would want to see Rascal Flatts, Kelly Clarkson or David Guetta, and vice versa. No, these tickets will not be bought by hard-core fans, but by tourists who are there for the event as a place to be and not for the music. Shame.