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Logan County Labor Day Rally to Include Sean Hannity, Ted
Nugent, Hank Williams Jr.
Massey Energy announced Monday there will be a free concert and Labor Day rally in
Logan County next month to support American jobs.
Called the "Friends of America" rally, its guests include nationally-syndicated radio
host and Fox television host Sean Hannity and country star Hank Williams Jr. Ted
Nugent will emcee the event.
The event will be located near Holden, W.Va.
“Our responsibility to the people of Southern West Virginia is to protect jobs not only
here in West Virginia but America as well, being the son and grandson of West Virginia
coal miners, we must keep these jobs from being regulated out of existence by policies
that would harm working families,” said John Hubbard, president of the Mingo County
Commission, in the news release from Massey.
Nugent, Hank Williams Jr.
Massey Energy announced Monday there will be a free concert and Labor Day rally in
Logan County next month to support American jobs.
Called the "Friends of America" rally, its guests include nationally-syndicated radio
host and Fox television host Sean Hannity and country star Hank Williams Jr. Ted
Nugent will emcee the event.
The event will be located near Holden, W.Va.
“Our responsibility to the people of Southern West Virginia is to protect jobs not only
here in West Virginia but America as well, being the son and grandson of West Virginia
coal miners, we must keep these jobs from being regulated out of existence by policies
that would harm working families,” said John Hubbard, president of the Mingo County
Commission, in the news release from Massey.
Ted Nugent will emcee the "Friends of America" rally in Holden, WV
on September 7.
on September 7.
The rally will be held on Monday, September 7, 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
Anyone wanting to attend must register online: www.friendsofamericarally.com
(Courtesy of wsaz.com; article by Mike Waterhouse)
Anyone wanting to attend must register online: www.friendsofamericarally.com
(Courtesy of wsaz.com; article by Mike Waterhouse)
Motley Crue's Cruefest Going On Hiatus Until 2011
After a successful two-year start-up, Motley Crue's Crue Fest may take a
year off in order to allow the band to record its next album.
"We have about a month left (of this year's Crue Fest 2) and then we're going
to be taking quite a bit of time off," Crue bassist Nikki Sixx tells
Billboard.com. "I feel like we're ending being out for quite a long time, touring
and 'Saints of Los Angeles' and the Carnival of Sins (tour) and 'Red, White &
Crue'...really going away on a big high to start working on writing a new record
and looking forward to the next Crue Fest, which'll probably be in 2011."
But Sixx adds that there's a possibility that future Crue Fests could even hit
the road without the namesake band on the bill.
After a successful two-year start-up, Motley Crue's Crue Fest may take a
year off in order to allow the band to record its next album.
"We have about a month left (of this year's Crue Fest 2) and then we're going
to be taking quite a bit of time off," Crue bassist Nikki Sixx tells
Billboard.com. "I feel like we're ending being out for quite a long time, touring
and 'Saints of Los Angeles' and the Carnival of Sins (tour) and 'Red, White &
Crue'...really going away on a big high to start working on writing a new record
and looking forward to the next Crue Fest, which'll probably be in 2011."
But Sixx adds that there's a possibility that future Crue Fests could even hit
the road without the namesake band on the bill.
"There have been offers and from suggestions of other bands that were interesting in going out and doing Crue Fest if we didn't do it," Sixx
says. "It's growing into something. It's more of a community than just about Motley Crue, which in the end is a really good feeling. There
might be a day we don't do it, a year we're working on something else and somebody comes in and says 'We want to do it.' We've heard
there's interest. It might be a bit young and premature to do that now, but it's nice to hear it."
The Crue Fest concept has been expanded this year to include a second stage, while Motley Crue is closing each stop by performing its 1989
album "Dr. Feelgood" in its entirety. The tour ends Sept. 5 in Darien Lake, N.Y.
As for the next Crue album, the follow-up to 2008's "Saints of Los Angeles," Sixx says he's "been plugging along, writing" new material, and
that bandmates Mick Mars and Tommy Lee have told him they have some ideas as well. All four members, including frontman Vince Neil, are
also working on solo projects -- Sixx with his Sixx:AM and Lee with a reconstituted Methods of Mayhem -- but the bassist says those often
yield music for the Crue as well.
"Any time any of us are writing, that always comes up," says Sixx, who's also expanding his clothing line, Royal Underground, as well as the
Eleven Seven record label. "I was actually working on something the other day for Sixx:AM and immediately was like, 'This is so Motley...'
It's an interesting process; it can take anywhere from six months to a year, but the good news is there's no rush, y'know?"
(Courtesy of www.billboard.com; article by Gary Graff)
says. "It's growing into something. It's more of a community than just about Motley Crue, which in the end is a really good feeling. There
might be a day we don't do it, a year we're working on something else and somebody comes in and says 'We want to do it.' We've heard
there's interest. It might be a bit young and premature to do that now, but it's nice to hear it."
The Crue Fest concept has been expanded this year to include a second stage, while Motley Crue is closing each stop by performing its 1989
album "Dr. Feelgood" in its entirety. The tour ends Sept. 5 in Darien Lake, N.Y.
As for the next Crue album, the follow-up to 2008's "Saints of Los Angeles," Sixx says he's "been plugging along, writing" new material, and
that bandmates Mick Mars and Tommy Lee have told him they have some ideas as well. All four members, including frontman Vince Neil, are
also working on solo projects -- Sixx with his Sixx:AM and Lee with a reconstituted Methods of Mayhem -- but the bassist says those often
yield music for the Crue as well.
"Any time any of us are writing, that always comes up," says Sixx, who's also expanding his clothing line, Royal Underground, as well as the
Eleven Seven record label. "I was actually working on something the other day for Sixx:AM and immediately was like, 'This is so Motley...'
It's an interesting process; it can take anywhere from six months to a year, but the good news is there's no rush, y'know?"
(Courtesy of www.billboard.com; article by Gary Graff)