PP USA XII: Kick-Off & Midweek Mayhem Announcement

[Harvester]

“An Evening with Evergrey and Vanden Plas” has been announced for the ProgPower USA XII Kick-Off Show on Thursday, Sept 15th as part of the annual event’s festivities. The returning fan favorites will co-headline the night and will each perform a 90+ minute special set. There will be no opening act.
In addition, Evergrey will perform an acoustic show as part of Mid-Week Mayhem on Wednesday, Sept 14th with metal karaoke immediately following to round out the night. Due to the intimate nature of the setting, only 200 tickets will be made available to the public.

Vanden Plas will also perform a semi-acoustic show on Saturday, Sept 17th as part of the exclusive “Gold Badge Series” of shows. Tickets for this show are not available to public, as ProgPower USA XII Gold Badge tickets are sold-out.
North America’s premier progressive and power metal festival returns to Center Stage in Atlanta, GA on September 16 &17th with the following confirmed bands:


THERION (U.S. exclusive)
SANCTUARY
ARCTURUS (U.S. exclusive)
DREAM EVIL (U.S. exclusive)
LABYRINTH (U.S. exclusive)
MOB RULES (U.S. exclusive)
ELDRITCH (U.S exclusive)
WHILE HEAVEN WEPT
RED CIRCUIT (U.S. exclusive)
VOYAGER
HAKEN (U.S. exclusive)
CREATION'S END

Ticket information for all nights will be announced soon on the festival website. (www.progpowerusa.com).


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Now for the personal message…

The Kick-Off Show is a true 50/50 effort this year. Shane is taking care of Vanden Plas while I take care of my boys. I also want to thank Shane for helping coordinate and pull off the Vanden Plas Gold Badge show as well.

Let’s get the albatross out there now for discussion up front. We do NOT anticipate any further problems with Vanden Plas’s visas next year. I have already explained in the past what happened two years ago and proved that to be correct as all visas were approved last year in record time. Neither Shane, the band, nor myself would risk further problems if we did not believe this was no longer a concern. Regardless, we are not putting tickets on sale until May after the visas are approved.

In regards to the Mid-Week Mayhem, it will indeed return to Vinyl’s next year. We are going to relax & kick back like we did back when we partied with Oliva that year.

And once again, thanks to Wayne Joyner for the video productions.

 

[KingsGene]

This will abso-fckin-lutely RULE!!!!!

 

[Rider of Theli]

awesomely awesome news!!!

 

[Dragongrrrl]

WOOHOO!! That's gonna rock! And I'm really glad you're going back to the scaled-down version of Wednesday. Can't f'ing wait!!!

 

[Jibrille]

Niiiice. I'm not coming in until Thursday this year so I'm not that disappointed about missing Wed.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Yep ... very nice. I can't wait to see VP !! They have released two fantastic albums since their last visit. Very Excited !!



Britt

 

[Azrael LenGraden]

Third times the charm!!!

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

Holy shit! Mad fucking props to Glenn and Shane! Thank you, boys.

 

[MysticX9]

WTF? Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! notworthy

Cheers on that one guys, you rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mandaX]

/runs around like a little girl screaming.

 

[AMBR]

OMG! This has to be, for me, one of the most stunning announcements EVER!!! I practically beside myself with joy! I absolutely must see every piece and parcel of both these bands. Wow, wow, WOW!

 

[zinescene]

Nice, I really hope to be able to make it to the show next year.

 

[mandaX]

OMG! This has to be, for me, one of the most stunning announcements EVER!!! I practically beside myself with joy! I absolutely must see every piece and parcel of both these bands. Wow, wow, WOW!

You know when you've been on Facebook too long when I was looking for the "Like" Button for your post

 

[KristoferX]

Freakin' sweet!

 

[Bear]

Awesome that just sealed the dealio for me

Bear

 

[Justin G]

RULES!!!

 

[manowarfan1]

it aint Saxon yet but dammit I have such a mancrush on Glenn and Shane right now. Off to buy some scandinavian style party favors And I normally only buy russian vodka, oh well not tonight

 

[Diamond45]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!! When I thought this festival wouldn't get any better IT GETS 10000000000000000000 TIMES BETTER!!!
notworthy

Vanden Plas will also perform a semi-acoustic show on Saturday, Sept 17th as part of the exclusive “Gold Badge Series” of shows. Tickets for this show are not available to public, as ProgPower USA XII Gold Badge tickets are sold-out.

What an AWESOME birthday present!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

BTW, I fucking love the video idea for the Kick-Off show! Nice to see some video love for this show, too.

 

[Thorn23TX]

This is an absolutely AWESOME announcement! Evergrey *and* Vanden Plas, both with special shows as bookends to Thursday night? Well done, Glenn and Shane!