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Deniedwings · 06.01.2006, 01:07 AM

I might have to settle for this since I couldnt get tickets for the Electric Factory show.

Allentown Fair announces a ‘fair-fest’ of rock
Six hour show slated for August 31

For Release: Allentown, Pa. - Look out Bonnaroo and Coachella, two of the largest alternative band music festivals to be staged in the United States! This year’s Allentown Fair is having its own mini rock festival featuring four bands in a six-hour show at the fair’s grandstand concert venue Thursday, August 31.
Alternative rock pioneers The Flaming Lips, the underground duo from Bucks County Ween, the punk band celebrating its 25th anniversary SonicYouth , and the newcomer indie band from Great Britain The Magic Numbers will play from 5-11 p.m. Tickets for this concert go on sale to the public on Saturday, June 24 along with all shows the fair has confirmed by this date.
The Flaming Lips latest release, “At War With the Mystics,” debuted to critical acclaim at No. 11 on Billboard’s chart in March. The “Lips” have been around since 1983 with flamboyant stage shows that include lead singer Wayne Coyne riding around in a big gerbil ball and shooting confetti and fog into the audience. Coyne and fellow band-mates Steven Drozd and Michael Irvins are even joined on stage by a troupe of dancing Santa Clauses.
Ween’s roots date back to 1984 when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo became acquainted in their 8th grade typing class in New Hope, PA. They started making music under the aliases of “Gene and Dean Ween,” and have since produced 13 albums with songs that have been used in movies such as the “The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood” and “Spongebob Squarepants.”
The original four members of Sonic Youth formed in 1981 playing what they have described as “experimental rock music.” Three of the four originals, guitar and vocalists Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo are joined by drummer Steve Shelley for a new release due out June 13 to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary.
To round out the fair’s eclectic festival, The Magic Numbers have been described as a contemporary version of the ‘60s Mamas and the Papas and have been gaining a large following in Great Britain.
Tickets for this show are $39 and include admission to the fair when purchased in advance of the show date. There will be festival standing room in front of the stage and reserved seats in the covered grandstand.
For more information call 610-433-7541 or visit the dFair Web site at
www.allentownfairpa.org.

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Deniedwings empty page Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 9	I might have to settle for this since I couldnt get tickets for the Electric Factory show. Allentown Fair announces a ‘fair-fest’ of rock Six hour show slated for August 31 For Release: Allentown, Pa. - Look out Bonnaroo and Coachella, two of the largest alternative band music festivals to be staged in the United States! This year’s Allentown Fair is having its own mini rock festival featuring four bands in a six-hour show at the fair’s grandstand concert venue Thursday, August 31. Alternative rock pioneers The Flaming Lips, the underground duo from Bucks County Ween, the punk band celebrating its 25th anniversary SonicYouth , and the newcomer indie band from Great Britain The Magic Numbers will play from 5-11 p.m. Tickets for this concert go on sale to the public on Saturday, June 24 along with all shows the fair has confirmed by this date. The Flaming Lips latest release, “At War With the Mystics,” debuted to critical acclaim at No. 11 on Billboard’s chart in March. The “Lips” have been around since 1983 with flamboyant stage shows that include lead singer Wayne Coyne riding around in a big gerbil ball and shooting confetti and fog into the audience. Coyne and fellow band-mates Steven Drozd and Michael Irvins are even joined on stage by a troupe of dancing Santa Clauses. Ween’s roots date back to 1984 when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo became acquainted in their 8th grade typing class in New Hope, PA. They started making music under the aliases of “Gene and Dean Ween,” and have since produced 13 albums with songs that have been used in movies such as the “The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood” and “Spongebob Squarepants.” The original four members of Sonic Youth formed in 1981 playing what they have described as “experimental rock music.” Three of the four originals, guitar and vocalists Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo are joined by drummer Steve Shelley for a new release due out June 13 to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary. To round out the fair’s eclectic festival, The Magic Numbers have been described as a contemporary version of the ‘60s Mamas and the Papas and have been gaining a large following in Great Britain. Tickets for this show are $39 and include admission to the fair when purchased in advance of the show date. There will be festival standing room in front of the stage and reserved seats in the covered grandstand. For more information call 610-433-7541 or visit the dFair Web site at www.allentownfairpa.org.
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