Internationally renowned active rock legend Queensrÿche will take the stage at the Puyallup Fair on Sept. 20, with Tesla opening the show.
Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday through www.thefair.com/concerts/concert-info/?o=2d17aaa9985e1e11f9f692f85b021bc0. The 7:30 p.m. concert is part of Columbia Bank’s Puyallup Fair concert series lineup at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center.
Ticket prices range from $25-$40 and include fair gate admission. Seats are reserved.
Queensrÿche, the heavy metal band that got its start in Bellevue, has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, including more than six million albums in the U.S., including hit single, “Silent Lucidity.” Tesla is a multi-platinum-selling rock band known for their melodic songs and down to earth appeal, recognized for songs “Love Song” and “Signs.”
Tesla has been selling out concerts around the world for decades. They were formed in Sacramento in 1985, and named for the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla, who pioneered the radio.
In 2008 the band released its seventh studio album, Forever More. The new collection of songs included “I Wanna Live,” “Breakin’ Free,” “Fallin’ Apart” and the title track “Foreever More.” For further information, visit: www.teslatheband.com.
To date, the line-up includes:
• Sept. 24 – Billy Currington, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 20 – Queensrÿche with Tesla, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 10 – Puyallup Rodeo Justin Boots Playoffs followed by Bret Michaels “Roses & Thorns Tour 2010 (active rock), 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
• Sept. 10-11: PRCA Puyallup Rodeo, 1 p.m.
• Sept. 11: Puyallup Rodeo followed by Asleep at the Wheel Concert and Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed, 6:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: PRCA Puyallup Rodeo finals, 1 p.m.
• Sept. 13: Kenny Rogers with The Tacoma Symphony, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 16: Willie Nelson, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 17: Chris Botti and Natalie Cole, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 18: Dierks Bentley “Miles and Music for Kids”, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 22: Daryl Hall and John Oates “Do What You Want, Be What You Are Tour 2010, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 23: MercyMe and Jeremy Camp, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 25: Heart, 7:30 p.m.
Check www.thefair.com/concerts/concert-info/ or www.ticketmaster.com for prices.
