Oregon State Fair Announces 2008 Summer Concert Lineup
SALEM, Ore. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) March 24, 2008 --
The 2008 Oregon State Fair
announces its headliner concert line-up for the fair, to be held August
22 - September 1 in Salem, Oregon. Ranging from Vanessa Hudgens to
Willie Nelson, there is sure to be a summer
concert for every member of the family at this year's fair, one of
the premier Oregon
events.
AUGUST 23 - VANESSA HUDGENS
The first of the Oregon
State Fair concerts will feature Vanessa
Hudgens, star of the High School Musical movies, and will
take place on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Not only has Hudgens starred in
the movies, but she also helped contribute to their top-selling
soundtracks. Hudgens released her first solo album in 2006, which
produced hits such as, “Say OK”
and “Come Back To Me.”
AUGUST 24 - DOODLEBOPS
Get ready to rock along with the Doodlebops
at the fair for a special matinee performance on Sunday, August 24,
2008! Straight from their hit TV show on Playhouse Disney, Deedee,
Rooney, and Mo Doodle are getting on the bus, and ready to sing and
dance in an interactive concert experience that will have kids,
eighteen-months to five-year olds, and their parents rockin' and boppin'
together! This candy-colored trio is sure to be one of the premier Oregon
events this summer, and will be a treat for the whole family!
ALSO ON AUGUST 24 - GARY ALLAN
Rockin' Country artist Gary
Allan will perform a summer
concert on Sunday, August 24, 2008. Allan's hits include “Her
Man,” “Right Where I
Need To Be,” “Tough
Little Boys,” “Songs
About Rain,” “Best
I Ever Had,” and his current #1 single from Living
Hard, “Watching Airplanes.”
AUGUST 25 - WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
Weird Al Yankovic,
the king of pop culture parodies, is scheduled to perform a summer
concert on Monday, August 25, 2008. Yankovic's awards include 28
Gold and Platinum albums, 7 Gold and Platinum-certified home videos and
3 Grammy Awards (with 9 nominations). Yankovic's hits include “Smells
Like Nirvana,” “Amish
Paradise,” and “White
& Nerdy.”
AUGUST 26 - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED
Creedence
Clearwater Revisited, which includes two members from the original
Creedence Clearwater Revival, will perform a summer
concert on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. The band's newest release, Recollection,
includes new live versions of Revival's hits like “Susie
Q,” “Proud Mary,”
“Born on the Bayou,”
“Fortunate Son,”
and “Who'll Stop the Rain.”
AUGUST 27 - GARRISON KEILLOR
Garrison Keillor's, “A Prairie Home
Companion: The Rhubarb Tour” is set to
perform on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. The variety-show format, a great
addition to the Oregon
State Fair concerts, is normally performed in front of theater
audiences and broadcast live on over 580 radio stations throughout the
country. Since 1972, Garrison
Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion have entertained
audiences with comedy sketches and a wide variety of music.
AUGUST 28 - CHRIS CAGLE
Chris Cagle
will perform on Thursday, August 28, 2008. His newest single, “What
Kinda Gone” from his 2008
release My Life's Been a Country Song, follows the gold recording
artist's earlier career hits, “I
Breathe In, I Breathe Out,” “Laredo,”
“Miss Me Baby,” “Country
By The Grace of God,” “What
A Beautiful Day,” and “Chicks
Dig It.”
ALSO AUGUST 28 - TRACY LAWRENCE
Also performing a summer
concert on Thursday, August 28, 2008 is Tracy
Lawrence. Lawrence has produced sixteen No. 1s and at least 20 top
10 hits, making him one of the most influential artists of this
generation. For the Love, Lawrence's 2007 release, has already
produced the hit “Find Out Who Your Friends
Are,” featuring long-time friends Kenny
Chesney and Tim McGraw. His other hits include, “Sticks
And Stones,” “Alibis,”
“Texas Tornado,” “Time
Marches On,” “Lessons
Learned,” and “Paint
Me A Birmingham.”
AUGUST 29 - WILLIE NELSON
The Oregon State
Fair concerts will include iconic legend Willie
Nelson. He will perform a summer
concert on Friday, August 29, 2008. Nelson has recorded more than
200 albums, winning eight Grammys, a President's Merit Award, a Grammy
Legend Award and the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. His
legendary hits include, “Always On My Mind,”
“On The Road Again,”
the duets “Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow
Up To Be Cowboys,” “Good
Hearted Woman,” and “Beer
For My Horses.”
AUGUST 30 - POISON
Poison will
perform on Saturday, August 30. Debuting in 1986 with their album, Look
What the Cat Dragged In, Poison has been touring and making music
for more than 20 years. Hits include “Talk
Dirty to Me,” “Nothin'
But a Good Time,” “Something
to Believe In,” “Every
Rose Has Its Thorn,” and “Unskinny
Bop.”
TICKETS
Tickets for all Oregon
State Fair concerts will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on June 14, 2008.
Tickets will be available for purchase at all Safeway TicketsWest
outlets in Oregon, 1-800-992-8499 or www.Ticketswest.com.
All concert tickets include admission to the Fair.
The Oregon State Fair, a
division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, is a
144-year-old statewide tradition.
Spanning 11 days every summer, the State Fair brings together the best
of Oregon, including agricultural exhibits, animals, food, wine and beer
competitions, cultural events and world class entertainment. Over 26,000
exhibits will be on display during this year's Fair, held August 22 -
September 1, 2008 at the Fairgrounds in Salem. For more information on
the Oregon State Fair, visit www.oregonstatefair.org.
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