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Brad Paisley recently announced the first leg of his highly anticipated 2010 tour, H2O World Tour presented by Chevy. Paisley is proud to partner with Hope Through Healing Hands’ campaign for clean, safe water. With donations made to the campaign at each tour stop HTHH will be digging wells and purifying water in America and around the world.

H2O World Tour will hit more than 75 cities in the United States, Canada and Europe over the next 12 months. Chevy is title sponsor for the tour. Special guests will be Darius Rucker and Justin Moore. Appropriately, Paisley’s current single is “Water,” from his American Saturday Night album. The tour stops in Phoenix on Saturday, September 18th at Cricket Wireless Pavilion. Tickets go on sale Next Saturday, June 26th at 10am. Reserved tickets priced at $75.75, $57.75, $38.50 and lawn tickets priced at $29.25 will be available at livenation.com, Ticketmaster locations or charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000. A limited number of Four Pack Lawn tickets are also available.

H2O World Tour will include a “Water World Plaza,” sponsored by Sea Ray Boats and Skinny Water, and will turn every city into a water festival. Focal point in the Plaza area will be the “Water World Plaza Stage” featuring emerging new stars Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia and Josh Thompson. The tour extravaganza will open each day at 4:00pm with music starting at 5:00pm. In addition to the music stage there will be multiple water-themed activities – including a Chevy H2O FLW fishing simulator, dunking booth, Hope Through Healing Hands’ campaign booth, and more.

Chevy will be providing a Corvette driving simulator for concert goers to test the latest Corvette ZR1 series as well as their individual driving and racing skills against Paisley himself. “If they can beat me, they can meet me,” laughs Paisley.

“I’ve never been this excited about a tour,” continues Paisley. “After one of the worst winters I can remember, we’re going to make up for it this summer.”

The tour kicked off May 21-22 in Virginia Beach, VA and Washington, DC. Live Nation is the national tour promoter.

“Brad has always considered the fans first and foremost when planning a tour, and the H2O Tour is no exception. Brad’s vision was to have a full day of activity at each of the shows, and also provide a great value for the fan’s dollar,” says Brian O’Connell, President, Nashville Touring, for Live Nation. “Introducing Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia, and Josh Thompson to the tour on the “Water World Plaza Stage,” and Darius Rucker and Justin Moore sharing the Main Stage continues Brad’s commitment to bring the hottest acts in Country Music to enhance his spectacular show, and deliver value to the fans each and every night. The H2O tour will prove to be the kick off to a great fun- filled summer!”

Country music superstar Brad Paisley is a consummate singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer, which has earned him three GRAMMY’s, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards and 13 Country Music Association Awards. Paisley has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums and has accumulated sales of over 10 million units. His most recent album, American Saturday Night, was ranked as TIME magazine’s 2009 #1 album of the year in any genre of music. Paisley’s most recent #1 single, “American Saturday Night,” was his 16th #1 – the last 12 consecutive. Paisley’s innovative and entertaining tours have consistently placed in the Top 5 in Pollstar for attendance and his 2009 American Saturday Night tour played to nearly 1.2 million fans in 8 months. Currently Paisley is nominated for four ACM Awards – Entertainer, Male, Album (American Saturday Night) and Video (“Welcome to the Future”).

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By: Michael Todd

(Phoenix, AZ): Rock legends KISS will bring their Sonic Boom Tour to Cricket Wireless Pavilion on September 24th.  Original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have enlisted guitar player Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer into their line up.  The band, famous for playing the same handful of songs year after year at their concerts has mixed up the set list and according to the band they are playing songs they’ve never played live before. The KISS Army, which has stood strong for the bands 35 year history will not doubt be in force to support their cause.  The bands show is for the most part family friendly. There is an occasional moment on the big screen that is not kid friendly, but for the most part the show is appropriate for all ages.  During KISS’s stop last year at Jobing.com Arena, Paul Stanley took time out to recognize the newest members of the KISS Army: The many children who were in attendance.  Stanley promised them “We were there for your moms and dads, and we’ll be here for you!”.

For those who have never been to a KISS show, they are a production like no other.  There is pyrotechnics that rival the Fourth of July in nearly any city, as well as bright lights and a lot of fun.  Despite the fact the Simmons and Stanley both qualify for an AARP membership, you would never know it when they take the stage.  Famous for their make up, the band goes on stage with as much energy as they did when they began playing years ago.

With famous hits such as Rock and Roll All Night, Beth, and Lick It Up, you can’t go wrong with buying a ticket or two and heading to the show.  KISS is donating one dollar from every ticket sold to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.  They are also allowing kids to come to the concert for free with each paid adult ticket.

On September 24, plan to Rock and Roll All Night

By: Michael Todd

(Phoenix, AZ): The Goo Goo Dolls paid a visit to Phoenix on Saturday night as they played to a near sell out crowd at the Dodge Theater. The Goo’s frontman John Rzeznik led the band through a series of old, new and soon to be released music. The Goo Goo Dolls have not changed much over the years. They came into the music scene as a favorites and by all indications of the crowd last night they are still favorites.

Switchfoot was the opening act, but as it turns out, they were the closing act also. After the Goo Goo Dolls riffed through a 90 minute set, members of Switchfoot were found along the back side of the theater leading a group of fans originally gathered to get a glimpse of Rzeznik on the way to his bus, in an acoustic set that played on for nearly an hour. Switchfoot stole the show by taking to the streets and providing a well refined and crisp acoustic set, while others signed autographs, and chatted with fans.