Action Bronson performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)
The Rock the Bells festival, which heads to San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Sept. 7 and 8, has announced a final round of artist additions as well as single-day tickets.
The festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, has added supergroup A$AP Mob (featuring A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Ant, A$AP Twelvy and A$AP Nast), Joey Bad… and Pro Era, Stalley, Young Dirty … and The Internet to all of the shows.
The San Bernardino festival dates, which are the Los Angeles area shows, will also include Trinidad James and Action Bronson.
Other performers already announced for the show include Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, Kid Cudi and more.
The festival has also announced single-day tickets. You can see the individual lineup dates for the San Bernardino show at the Rock the Bells website. Single-day tickets for San Manuel Amphitheater will be $89 each, plus fees, until Aug. 18, when the prices go up to $99 each. For VIP, tickets are listed at $189 per day. A two-day general admission pass is $165 and a two-day VIP pass is $399.
One of the other big things about this year’s Rock the Bells is the holograms that will be on stage. While the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brought hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur back to life with Dre and Snoop back in 2012, Rock the Bells is doubling the hologram fun.
Wu-Tang Clan will be joined on stage at Rock the Bells in San Bernardino in September by an O.D.B. hologram. (2013/File Photo)
Eazy-E will be with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on Sept. 7 and O.D.B. will join Wu-Tang Clan on Sept. 8, but at first there reports of hologram rights issues.
Rock the Bells founder Chang Weisberg said this in the press release:
Despite initial reports of problems with rights clearances, I’m very pleased to announce that the estates are both 100 percent on board. Furthermore, not only are the families on board with the virtual performances, they are actually participating with the creation of them. This ensures the authenticity and integrity of the performances. It’s a monumental moment for music and technology that Eazy’s and ODB’s children have lent their DNA to these historic performances. Their bodies, faces, and voices have been captured to help recreate their fathers’ avatars. The process has been extremely rewarding to say the least. Seeing family members honoring their fathers in such a unique way has been incredible to witness.
There’s also a really cool contest the festival is running to give a winner in every market (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York) a prize that includes seeing the soundcheck for the virtual performances of O.D.B. and Eazy-E. (The winners also get a pair of two-day passes and hotel accommodations for the weekend. You can enter at www.rockthebells.net/contests.)
Visit www.rockthebells.net for more information on the festival.