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Thursday July 2nd

Roadshow
Thursday July 2nd
@ Porky's Bike Night

Abate of Iowa Freedom Rally
UnKald4 in the Beer Barn @ 1 PM
The Shallows on the main stage @ 7 PM
Altimate Ozzie on the main stage @ 9 PM
Judd Hoos on the main stage @ 11 PM
@ Freedom Rally Park - Near Algona IA

Toots and the Maytals
Public Property
Thursday July 2nd
@ Peoples on Court

Open Jam 
Thursday July 2nd
@ Blues on Grand

Tony Valdez Large Band
Dave Camwell and the Jazz Addicts
Thursday July 2nd - 4:30pm
@ Lions PArk - Urbandale 4th Celebration

Sister Hazel
Thursday July 2nd- 6:00pm
@ Nite Fall on the River - Simon Estes

Pull The Trigger
12 Seconds of Silence
Thursday July 2nd- 9:00pm
@ Vaudville Mews

The Poison Control Center's
Pre 80/35 Party
Thursday July 2nd- 10:00pm
@ Vaudville Mews

Yankee Doodle Pops & Fireworks
Roxi Copland Band will perform at 7 p.m
Thursday July 2nd-
@ West Capitol Terrace, State Capitol Grounds

Friday July 3rd

Mindrite
Friday July 3rd 9 pm
@The Hull

Gimikk
1st Annual P.B. Choppers Cool
Your Pipes Party
@ One Mile West on J18 in Moravia, Iowa

Seven Hells
Friday July 3rd 9 pm
@ The Edge

Marcato
Waiting for the Fall
Gleek
Taciturn
High While Driving
Friday July 3rd 7 pm
@ The Des Moines Social Club
- 1408 Locust St.

Abate of Iowa Freedom Rally
Whiskey Meltdown in the Beer Barn
@ 1 PM
T.S. Sherlock on the main stage @ 7 PM
Edgar Winter on the main stage @ 9 PM
Blue Oyster Cult on the main stage
@ 11 PM
The Gibbs Brothers in the Beer Barn
at 1 AM(Sat)
@ Freedom Rally Park - Near Algona

The Melody Proffit Band
Friday July 3rd- 9pm
@ Maingate

Throwing Toast
One Nite Stand
Friday - July 3rd
@Valley Junction

80-35
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
@ Western Gateway Park is located
at 13th and Locust in downtown Des Moines.
Main Stage
4:00 PM – Tilly and The Wall
5:45 PM – Matisyahu
7:30 PM – Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
9:30 PM – Public Enemy

East Stage
4:00 PM – Buster and the Punks
4:45 PM – William Fitzsimmons
5:45 PM – Modern Skirts
6:45 PM – Maps and Atlases
7:45 PM – The Nadas
8:45 PM – House of Large Sizes

West Stage
4:00 PM – MooseKnuckle
5:15 PM – The Dig Angees
6:15 PM – The Autumn Project
7:15 PM – Occidental Brothers
8:30 PM – Public Property
9:30 PM – DJ Diverse
10:45 PM – Brad Goldman and Jade Reed

These Stains Is Us
Friday July 3rd- - 10:00 pm
@ Vaudville Mews


KARAOKE
Friday July 3rd- 9 pm
@ House of Bricks

Standing Hampton
Friday July 3rd - 9pm
@ Kelly Cortum Inc

After Hours
Friday July 3rd- 9pm
@ Sudsuckers

Greg Koons
Friday July 3rd - 8:30 pm
@Mars Cafe

Split Second Band
Friday June 12th - 9 pm
@ All in the Family

Final Mix
Fridays At the Fountain
Friday June 27th - 5:30pm
@ Fountain Plaza at West Glen Town Center

Bob Pace Band
Friday July 3rd - 5pm
@Lucky Pub and Grub - Ankeny

Sumpin' Doo
Friday July 3rd
@ Blues Before Sunset - State Hisotrical Society

Axis Band
Friday July 3rd
@ The Eagels - Osceola

The Van Dells
Friday July 3rd- 9:00 pm
@ Prairie Meadows

Friday - July 4th
@ Blues on Grand

Saturday July 4th

Seven Hells
Saturday July 4th
@ The Edge

Johnny Reeferseed
and the High Rollers
Saturday July 4th
@ The Hull

Gimikk

Alchemist
Saturday July 4th
@ Block Party

Abate of Iowa Freedom Rally
The Bryan James Gang
in the Beer Barn @ 1 PM
Splinter on the main stage @ 7 PM
The Edge of Forever in
the main stage @ 9 PM
The Kentucky Headhunters on the main stage @ 11 PM
35 South in the beer barn @ 1 AM (Sun)
@ Freedom Rally Park - Near Algona IA

80-35
Saturday July 4th - 11am
@ Western Gateway Park is located
at 13th and Locust in downtown Des Moines.
Main Stage
12:00 PM – Poison Control Center
1:30 PM – New Monsoon
3:15 PM – Man Man
5:00 PM – G. Love and Special Sauce
7:00 PM – Broken Social Scene
9:00 PM – Ben Harper and Relentless7

East Stage
12:00 PM – Hanwell
12:45 PM – Beati Paoli
1:45 PM – Miss Derringer
2:45 PM – Audrye Sessions
3:45 PM – The Josh Davis Band
4:45 PM – Wild Sweet Orange
5:45 PM – Cleo’s Apartment
6:45 PM – Mr. Baber’s Neighbors
8:00 PM – Brother Ali

West Stage
12:00 PM – Anni Rossi
1:00 PM – Baby Teeth
2:00 PM – Paper Route
3:00 PM – Girl In A Coma
4:00 PM – Floodplane
5:15 PM – Cymbals Eat Guitars
6:15 PM – Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos
7:15 PM – Maximilian Eubank
8:15 PM – The Envy Corps
9:00 PM – All Bugs
10:00 PM – Al Brown
11:00 PM – Flatform

The Nadas
The Box Brothers
Saturday July 4th- 9 pm
@ Ames on the Half Shell

515 Alive pre party
and
80/35 post party
Saturday July 4th- 9 pm
@ House of Bricks

Porno Galactica
These Stains Is Us
Saturday July 4th-10:30pm
@ Vaudville Mews

Windsor Hieghts 4th of July
5-6:30 p.m. Throwing Toast
7-10 p.m. The Blue Band
@6900 School St.
Windsor Heights, IA

Rocket Transfer
Saturday July 4th -2pm
@Blue Moon Dueling Pianos - Jordon Creek

Melodie Proffitt Band
Saturday July 4th
@Red Rocks Marina

One Nite Stand
Saturday July 4th -  9pm
@ Court District - Between Water and Fifth streets

Final Mix Show Band
Saturday July 4th - 9pm
@ Pelican Bar and Nightclub

Hold On
Saturday July 4th - 9pm
@ Saylorville Lake Marina

Axis Band
Saturday July 4th - 9pm
@ Easy Street - Murry

Split Second
Saturday July 4th
@Orlandos

The Rivieras
Saturday July 4th
@Prairie Meadows.

Sumpin' Doo
Saturday July 4th
@Blues on Grand


Sunday July 5th

The Bud Green Band
@ The Firehouse

Voodoo 3 with Dave Thrift
@ The Maingate

Local Radio Shows Sundays :
Channel Q 105.1
The Garage
Sunday @ 8pm


Local Licks with Suzy
On Lazer 103.3
- Sunday Night at 10 pm

Tuesday June 30th

The Bob Pace Band
Tuesdays - FREE
@ Blues on Grand


MORE UPCOMING  SHOWS
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Gov't Mule
Friday July 10th
@ Simon Estates Riverfront


Kid Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd
July 4th
@ Sandstone - Kansas City

YES
Asia
July 14th
@ Uptown Theatre - KC

Steve Miller Band
Friday July 24 - Monticello, Ia
@ Jones County Fairgrounds


Cruefest 2
Motley Crue
Godsmack
Theory of a Dead Man
Drowning Pool
Charm City Devils
Sunday August 8th
@ Sandstone KC

Aerosmith
ZZTop
Tuesday Sept. 1st
@ Sandstone KC


David Mathews Band
Robert Randolph Family Band
Sept.25th
@ Principal Park

Enter Mr. FastFinger
Guitar Shred Show
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Mark Jung
Iowa Musician
Extraordinar
RIP

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Abate of Iowa Freedom Rally
July 2nd - 3rd & 4th
Featuring
Altimate Ozzie
Edgar Winter
Blue Oyster Cult
The Kentucky Headhunters
 & Many More

Kid Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd
July 4th
@ Sandstone - Kansas City

Hatebreed
Chimaira
Winds of Plague
Dying Fetus
Toxic Holocust
Wednesday, August 5th
@ Peoples on Court


Backwoods Fest 2009
Aug 7, 8, & 9
@ Hickory Hills Park

Rick Springfield
Val Air Ballroom
West Des Moines, IA
Thu, Jul 9, 2009 08:00 PM

Whitesnake & Judas Priest
Friday - July 3rd
@ Taste of Minnisota
AT Harriet Island /St Paul, MN

Hollywood Undead
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, IA
Fri, 07/10/09
07:30 PM

Rockfest Coucil Bluffs
Korn, Mudvayne, Black Label Society,
Static X, Suicide Silence,
Dope and Bury Your Dead
Friday Aug. 14th
@ Westfair Amphitheater

Return of A Rant of Sorts 

Amanda Lead Vocals
Ginger Jake

Pictured in Guitar World Magazines
Guitar Girls

The Midwest favorites Ginger Jake appeared at the House of Bricks with their CD release for their new EP "Distillery". They did 2 shows with local faves Mindrite. Odium and World Under (check out their newest tune "Poetic Arson") also b featured on the late bill. The early show will rock featuring the "familiar yet refreshing" sounds of “Divided We Stand” and Cirrus Minor.

And speaking of Matt Biegger, along with Calous' Joey Corigliano, Cold Filters' Doug Root and Big D have combined to create "Pretty Noose" a rock-cover act. We are so psyched that they will be playing the House of Bricks on March 28tth and the Hull on May 22nd. The Double "D" street party
(Big D palys in two bands) @ the Surf Sahck June 13th features "Pretty Noose" and Cold Filtered.

Meanwhile, Calous continues to hit the road in support of their new CD (the one
you are GOING to buy from the link above this column) and will play dates in Colorado and Wisconsin. Calous   will be supporting none other than the blistering shredders, Dragon Force @ the Rave in Milwaukee, WI.

The (515) Management Group's founder, Denny Harvey, announce that up and coming Midwest acts Junk Poet and DI-FI have joined the (515) Management roster. Both acts have been playing select Midwest gigs and look to continue to expand their fan base by blasting open the ears of those whom believe that only people in California create music worth listening to and thus hope to enlighten the musical world. DI-FI ‘s new EP, written, produced and engineered by Ed Anton is being pressed as we post. Junk Poet now is available on iTunes, and will play the House of Bricks April 25th, and Dizzy will be in town for the festivities.

Destrophy will continue supporting National acts throughout the Midwest by playing on the “Music as a Weapon Tour” here in Des Moines @ Vets on May 9th. Destrophy joins Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil, and Bury Yer Dead in what should be a very interesting indoor festival style show that starts at 2pm. For more on Destrophy check them out in the LAZER 103.3 studio on March 29th with Suzy on Local Licks.

Armed to the Teeth   seems to be laying low …we need MORE !

Speaking of Studios - Des Moines favorites Roadshow (David Ellis, Bill King, Kelly Starret and the Skully Sound team ) continue to laydown tracks on there yet to be titled new CD project. Look to hear more originals from one of Des Moines longest running cover bands who are already booked to play Hawgstock, The Italian Festival, Clivefest and the Badride this summer in appearances around the state.

Gimmick will start out the spring doing a few select gigs with new drummer Nate King look for them to  rock with Havick and  Kerosene (former members of Rearview) at Chad's Birday Bash April 25th at Sudsuckers. Complete with Guitar Raffle Chad's Birthday Bash should be a fun event for all. Gimmick will also be playing Clivefest, Urbandales Friday fest and a list of others as they ramp up to the busy summer schedule.

Standing Damaged is no more - replaced by Seven Hells in a name change that will end any confusion in the line-up that includes Ronnie Richardson on guitar. Seven Hells has a full spring gig schedule ahead- for more information check their myspace. 

Second Side has been pretty damn busy trying to play out and write more songs for the new CD that should be out by this fall if we are lucky. We are really excited about the new material. Straight Jacket Coma is currently working on this summer’s bookings and has been bringing in the crowds since there primer at KGGO’s homecoming last fall at the Val Air. Their next show is March 28th at The Maingate.

Iowa will have its own new version of Rock festival this year with “Rock Gone Wild “ featuring

Puddle of Mudd, Candlebox, Saliva, Skid Row, Saxon, and Lita Ford -the four-day festival is in Algona and will be held Aug 20th – Aug. 23rd. The Four day festival has the blessing of the Algona Chamber of Commerce and could turn out to be Iowa’s own Rocklahoma, Houston’s Rock the Bayou or Caddet Wisconsin’s Rockfest (http://rock-fest. com). We wish the Rockfesters in Algona all the best with this wildness!

Locally, Summer events will include the yet to be announced lineup of this years July 3 and 4th
80/35 Festival at the Gateway Park in Des Moines, sponsored by Greater Des Moines Music Coalition. We congratulate them on the success and wish them future success – AND ask “HOW BOUT SOME METAL!”

KGGO’s Summer Jam   - Saturday June 27th

  @ Waterworks Park  - will Feature  : Ratt - Brain Howes Bad Company - April Wine - Pat Travers - Great White  and Cold Filtered.

Brett Micheals, Peter Frampton, Shinedown and Journey with Hart  will all be at the Iowa State Fair.

Blue Oyster Cult, Spin Doctors and Buddy Guy at Rib America here in Des Moines for a low dow show.

The David Mathews Band and Robert Randolph Family Band play Principal Park on September 25th.

Getting geared up for the Summer Rock Festival season just got Geared down a Notch for Hard Rock/Metal fans – NO Ozzfest …WTF !

In The meantime Ozzfest Alums , Black Label Society , Lamb of God,  Sno Core Tour with
Static X , Avenged Sevenfold hit the road, others alums do different festivals : Rockstar Mayhem with Marylyn Mason & Slayer, Music as a Weapon with Disturbed , Killswitch Engage & Lucuna Coil all head out on early spring/ summer tours in the absence of Ozzfest. Just announced is the Nine Inch Nails and Janes Addiction co headlineing tour starting in May and running through July, including a date at Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre on Wednesday May 27th. We are Hoping for Alice in Chains may announce more dates after the Rock on the Range show in Ohio? we will have to wait an see. Rockfest

Kansas City has announced that Saturday May 30th for the 1 day Rockfest : Korn - Buckcherry -Shinedown - Cory Taylor and the Junk Beer Kidnap Band - Drowning Pool - Dope - Theory of a Deadman  -The Palor Mob - Saving Able - Duff McKagans Loaded, Rev Theory and The Veer Union

Not to be forgotten - Aerosmith will kick off a Summer tour in in support of a new release. There will also be the Classic rock tours this Summer with the Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick Tour and The REO Speedwagon, Styx, Journey Tour. Original members of Blind Faith, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood hit the road and Jeff Beck plays 13 dates in the states while the Allman Brothers do 16 in a row in New York at the Beacon Theatre. (whew)! The Dead Return do a nation wide tour and mixed. Big events include Bannaroo, Lalapolooza (Chicago), or east of the big pond Sweden Rocks. The Download festivals in Donnigton UK are always huge shows. And a new festival tour in Europe is “Sonispher”. It features Metallica – Lamb of God and many notable many others … could they play Des Moines too ? For a taste of Swedish Rock Opeth will play Omaha on May 8th.

In a funny but - not so funny note Guitar World .Com has a special article on their homepage entitled“Slipknot Gear Tour” which states: “Watch this video gear tour featuring Jim Root and Mick Thomson in their native land of Idaho.” We have thought about purchasing the domain Stars4Idaho. com to avoid any confusion for our world wide audience, but we could not contact Mr. Potato Head to be our first victim.

 In closing Congrats to Randy Van Hosen's life-long friend and band-mate, Chris Messenger on his recent wedding.

That's it for now,
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TYLER SANDERS


Of DYING EYES
& THE BLVD AGENGY

1. Who are Dying Eyes? Where did they come from . Dying Eyes is Chad Robinson-guitar, Chris Pardecooper-drums, Heath Ahlers-bass, Mark Mclaughlin-guitars, Jeremy (monke) Roberts-vocals and myself.. Tyler Sanders-vocals.  2. What is in the future, what are you currently doing? We are doing just few shows so we can record some new material. 3. What inspired you to start singing? What bands have you played in? It's funny, I wanted to be a singer when I was a kid, my parents used to have me sing Kenny Rogers and David Allen Coe songs to the family.. 4. What is going on right now with the Blvd Agency? (Upcoming events?) "The BLVD. Agency has alot going on, we have kings x coming in june and we are doing a big 2 stage concert out at clearwater beach on aug. 1st. We just landed a few nationals to start booking for. Its been great, the respect that we are starting to get has been awesome, it took along time but we are getting it." 5. How did The Blvd Agency start ? I started the blvd agency 2 years ago because i worked for a booking agency and they were crooked as hell. They lied to the bands and they lied to the promoters/ venues. I just seen so much wrong and not much good in them. i know the industry is shady, I just felt like if I didn't try, I would regret it. CONTINUED HERE

Denny Harvey Of the Dum Fuxx & Founder of (515) Management
Ed Anton Of Di-Fi & SCRUE
Chris Watrous of Standing Damaged and Now Seven Hells
Mike Bates Of Second Side
Erich Tran Of ONLY
Jason Boggs Of Ressurection Mary
Billy Sevenbergen of Gimikk
Mark of Dark Mirror
Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association /Hall of Fame Mike & Dan Interview :
Kelly Starret Of Monkey Finger, Full Blast, Can of Worms and Kelly Ray and Moose
Realitys Flaw The Band ..
Tommmy Haring of Cruciful Now - Divided We Stand
Mo and Jonie Dum F*xxettes & Now MoJoSIrens
Ricc of The MK Ultra and Now SuperChief
Tony Alaniz aka .. " Taco " of Soul Sick
Matt Biegger Treblehook
Tony Konecne Jimi Pig
Kelly Moriarity Artist & Drummer
Josh Brainard On A Pale Horse
Nate Fetus Black Market Fetus
Randy Van Hosen Of Roze
Ronnie Richardson Of Formerly of Full Throttle
Joe Corigliano aka KGGO's "Joey the Ratt of Calous
John DIngman Formerly of Gimmick
Chris Watland Slaughter House 6
Matthew Lemons The Cassandra Disease
Frankie Burke of Slitheryn
Brian Burgett of Cold Filtered
Gary Seddon Cylinder & More than This
Bill King of Roadshow & Full Throttle
Lewis "Metal Blast From the Past" Brundige ..aka IOWASK8ER.
Kelly Heathcote Full Throttle

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