Texas-based blues rockers ZZ Top, a perennial live favorite of bikers, and the progressive metal group Queensryche are among the acts confirmed to appear at this year’s Sturgis Rally concert at the Buffalo Chip Music Festival. Billed as the “largest music festival in motorcycling,” the annual event features a mix of classic rock and country acts. This year’s rally takes place Aug. 2-11 in South Dakota.
Queensryche have been touring and breaking in their new lead singer, former Crimson Glory front man Todd LaTorre, after firing founding member and longtime front man Geoff Tate last year (Tate will launch a tour with his own newly-announced lineup of Queensryche this fall)., and they are touring to promote their most recent album ‘La Futura.’
Fans can expect a rocking and diverse lineup this year, as other acts to appear in 2013 include country artists Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert. Classic rockers are always welcome in Sturgis. Past performers at the enormously popular festival include Journey, Loverboy, Boston, Slash and (of course) Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Buffalo Chip.
wow… another cutting edge lineup, at least it will draw the same toothless motor reving hicks away from the other venues i will be at
Operation Mindcrime: best soundtrack to a movie you’ll never see.
Awesome line up BUT Quenensryche will never be the same without Geoff Tate!!!
Same artists again at the “Greed Festival”, why not charge more too? Maybe there will be hot showers this time around ! Yeah Right !