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Lineup Announced For Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players
The lineup for the all-star concert to go along with Dave Grohl’s documentary “Sound City” is ready for fans to gush over. Featuring musicians from the film, the band includes more than a dozen players from Stevie Nicks to Slipknot’s Corey Taylor.
As previously reported earlier this month, the concert takes place at Park City Live in Park City, Utah, Jan. 18. The band has been dubbed the Sound City Players. The documentary premieres around the same time at Sundance Film Festival, which is held Jan. 17-27 in Park City.
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Beacon Theatre, New York City
The rest of the Foo Fighters will be joining Grohl as part of the Sound City Players – Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear. This will also be another opportunity for Grohl and Smear to reunite with former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic.
The lineup also features John Fogerty, Jessy Greene, Chris Goss, The Wallflowers’ Rami Jaffee, Alain Johannes, Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Rick Springfield, Fear’s Lee Ving and Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave.
Tickets went on sale yesterday.
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DeLuna Festival, Pensacola Beach, Pensacola, Fla.
“Sound City” is a film about the Van Nuys, Calif., recording studio Sound City Studios. Before closing in 2011, the studio was used by acts including Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica and Rage Against The Machine. Grohl not only directed the film, but he also purchased Sound City’s custom-built Neve 8028 recording console.
You can preorder “Sound City” and its soundtrack on iTunes now. The documentary is set for release Feb. 1 and the soundtrack is due out March 12.
For more information visit SoundCityMovie.com or click here for Sundance Film Festival’s website.