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STAGECOACH 2014: What you need to know about the festival

Luke Bryan performs on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 28, 2012. (File Photo)

With the announcement of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival lineup today, here are some basic questions you might want to know the answers to if you’re planning on hitting up the festival’s eighth year in Indio next spring.

Q: When/where is the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival?
A: Stagecoach 2014 will be held April 25-27, 2014 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Q: Who’s playing Stagecoach 2014?
A: Eric Church, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are headlining. Other notable acts include Loretta Lynn, Hunter Hayes, Jennifer Nettles, Florida Georgia Line, Lee Brice, Crystal Gayle and more. You can see the initial 2014 Stagecoach Lineup here at the Audio File blog.

Q: How much are Stagecoach tickets?
A: General admission passes are $249. The new Corral reserved seating and new standing pit areas will be $799. Kids 10 and younger get into the general admission areas for free.

Q: When do Stagecoach 2014 tickets go on sale?
A: Tickets for the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 at http://stagecoachfestival.frontgatetickets.com. Do yourself a favor and set up an account early.

Q: Can I camp at Stagecoach? How much does it cost?
A: Yes, but only RV camping is allowed. If you are camping with a 50 AMP power source, the price is $950. It’s $850 for a 30 AMP power source. Dry camping is $550.

Q: Can I borrow or rent an RV to camp in?
A: Yes. After changing the RV policy for Stagecoach 2013, the policy has been amended and you are allowed to rent or borrow an RV to camp at the festival. However, you still have to apply to camp at Stagecoach and your application must be in by 5 p.m. Oct. 15.

Q: How can I get more Stagecoach Festival updates?
A: Sign up for the Press-Enterprise’s Stagecoach newsletter. Just fill out the form below.

Q: I have more questions. Where can I find more answers?
A: Check out the Stagecoach Festival official site.

STAGECOACH 2014: Festival dates, lineup, prices announced

Country music fans listen to Martina McBride as she performs on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 29, 2012. (File Photo)

Eric Church, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan will headline the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival. The festival will run April 25-27 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. General admission passes will be $249. The new Corral reserved seating will be $799, as will the new Corral standing pit passes. The Corral Standing Pit is a standing room only section directly in front of the main stage. The other choice to be a VIP is the Corral Reserved Seating which will be like the traditional VIP seating at the fest, but behind the pit.

For all tickets, taxes, shipping and fees are included in the ticket prices. There are layaway options available. Children 10 and under get in for free to general admission areas. There is no re-entry to the festival unless you are camping in the RV resort.

The Stagecoach 2014 Poster. Click to enlarge. (Stagecoach Festival)

LINEUP

Friday’s lineup is topped by Eric Church and includes Brantley Gilbert, Easton Corbin, Loretta Lynn, Thomas Rhett, Shelby Lynne, Eric Paslay, Jon Pardi, Corey Smith, Katey Sagal and the Forest Rangers, The Wailin’ Jennys, Shakey Graves, The Black Lillies, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Lindsay Ell, JD McPherson, Sarah Jarosz, The Howlin’ Brothers, Hannah and Talbot, Radney Foster’s Bluegrass Trio and the Wild Feathers.

PHOTO GALLERY: Here’s who’s playing Stagecoach 2014

Saturday’s lineup is topped by Jason Aldean and also includes Hunter Hayes, Jennifer Nettles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Crystal Gayle, Tyler Farr, Ashley Monroe, Don McLean, John Conlee, Trampled by Turtles, Daniel Bradbery, Holly Williams, Dan + Shay, Jason Isbell, Hooray for the Riff Raff, Spirit Family Reunion, Sara Haze, Whiskey Shivers, The Seldom Scene, Willy Watson and Corb Lund.

Sunday’s lineup is topped by Luke Bryan and will also feature Florida Georgia Line, Lee Brice, John Prine, Dustin Lynch, Chris Cagle, Michael Nesmith, Asleep at the Wheel, Charlie Worsham, Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Shovels and Rope, Sleepyman Banjo Boys, Kelleigh Bannen, Johnny Fritz, The Railers, Susanna Hoffs, I See Hawks in L.A. and Shelly Colvin.

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CAMPING

One of the changes for fans is that camping has been expanded for 2014. In 2013, promoter Goldenvoice curbed Stagecoach’s campground partying by limiting the number of RV camping passes and adding more rules to the area.

This year you ARE allowed to have rented RVs and borrowed RVs. For each RV, you can get 8 RV resort wristbands. Children 10 and younger are excluded. You still have to apply for the RV campground, though. Applications for RV camping are due by 5 p.m. Oct. 15. If you are camping with a 50 AMP power source, the price is $950. It’s $850 for a 30 AMP power source. Dry camping is $550.

Read more about the RV resort on the Stagecoach site.

PARKING
Day parking is free at the festival. However, if you are camping in an RV and arriving separately from it, the companion parking pass is $30. Preferred parking is $100.

STAGECOACH HISTORY

The country festival started in 2007 as a sister event to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and has hosted the biggest names in country music since its inception, including Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Reba McEntire and more.

Take a look at our Stagecoach timeline:

What do you think of the lineup? Are you happy with the artists?

PE LIVE: Filming postponed, new Strangebrew Band video posted

Strangebrew Band performs at Hangar 24 for PE Live. (Matt Schoenmann/Freelance Photographer)

If you were planning to come to the PE Live taping with the McKintree Boys tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 9), I have some bad news: the weather has postponed the show.

Instead, we’ll be out Saturday, Oct. 12, at Hangar 24 Brewery in Redlands to film PE Live. The band will be playing between 7 and 10 p.m.

However, I do have a new PE Live performance for you–Strangebrew Band performing “Alive.”
(By the way, if you sign up for the PE Live newsletter, you will get access to certain PE Live performances like this one before anybody else.)

TEMECULA: The Venetia Fair, Late Night Revival play The Vault

The Venetia Fair will play The Vault in Temecula. (Contributed Image)

The Venetia Fair, a rock band out of Boston, is stopping at The Vault in Temecula on Saturday on its national tour.

Late Night Revival, Survive This, One Below, Fly By Night, The End Returns and Dope By Design will be the supporting acts.

The venue has two notable shows coming up: Andrew W.K. on Friday, Oct. 18 and Voodoo Glow Skulls return for Ska-Loween on Thursday, Oct. 31.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, The Vault, 41607 Enterprise Circle North, Temecula, $10 in advance, $12 at the door, all ages.

Visit www.thevaultconcerts.com for more information.

CORONA: Go for Gold plays EP release show

Riverside’s Go For Gold is celebrating the release of EP “Mixed Feelings” in Corona on Saturday. (Janette Dominguez/Contributed Image)

Go for Gold, a pop punk band out of Riverside, is holding its EP release show at Maya’s Café in Corona on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The band’s debut EP, “Mixed Feelings,” is a six-song pop-punk assault that has some sweet synth lines going on in there and even some turntable scratching.

Hard Feelings, Anchorless, Scarlett Avenue and Seasons Change are also on the bill.

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Visit http://goforgoldpoppunk.bandcamp.com to check out the EP and www.goforgoldca.com for more on the band.

7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, Maya’s Café, 13627 Magnolia Ave., Corona, $4, all ages.

You can stream the EP below.

RIVERSIDE: Salvador Santana performs Oct. 11

Salvador Santana will play the Mission Tobacco Lounge in Riverside on Friday, Oct. 11. (Contributed Image)

Salvador Santana will return to the Mission Tobacco Lounge in Riverside on Friday, Oct. 11.

Santana, son of Carlos Santana, will perform in addition to Dyles Mavis and Evan Palmer and Seefor Yourself. Santana had a well received set at the venue last October.

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Fun fact: Santana’s musical lineage goes beyond his famous dad. His grandfathers were R&B piano pioneer Saunders King, who played with Billie Holiday, and Jose Santana, a famous mariachi bandleader.

9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, Mission Tobacco Lounge, 3630 University Ave., Riverside, 951-682-4427, $10, 21 and older.

You can purchase tickets online at www.purplepass.com/salvadorsantana2013.

PIONEERTOWN: Conor Oberst and The Felice Brothers play Oct. 10

The Felice Brothers will play Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace. (Contributed Image)

Indie favorite Conor Oberst heads to the high desert on Thursday, Oct. 10 when he plays Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace along with fellow Coachella fest vets the Felice Brothers.

The show is outdoors and general admission. Doors open at 6 p.m.

8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, 760-365-5956, $20.

Visit www.pappyandharriets.com for tickets and more information.

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Here are two drastically different clips from the artists. The first is Oberst solo performing “First Day of My Life.”

Now, here’s the rollicking “Frankie’s Gun” from the Felice Brothers.

TEMECULA: The Vault hosts Forty Winters, Monsters Scare You

Andrew W.K. will perform at The Vault in Temecula on Oct. 18. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 7. (Andrew W.K. official Facebook page)

The Vault in Temecula has some notable shows coming up, including Andrew W.K. on Oct. 18 and Voodoo Glow Skulls on Oct. 31.

This weekend, Forty Winters, A Fight For Life, After Me the Flood, Skies of Iris and The In City View perform on Friday, Oct. 4.

Then, Monsters Scare You, Lion I Am, Victory Heights and Dead Before We Fall will perform on Saturday, Oct. 5.

6:30 p.m. Friday, The Vault, 41607 Enterprise Circle North, Temecula, $10 in advance, $12 at the door, all ages.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, The Vault, $10, all ages.

Visit www.thevaultconcerts.com for more information.

MURRIETA: The Maxies and The Beat visit The Dial

The Maxies kick off their tour with Paul Collins’ Beat this week. (Paul Silver/Contributed Image)

The masked men of The Maxies, the pop-punk band that claims to be from Greenland that mysteriously relocated to the Inland Empire, are releasing a new split 7-inch record with Paul Collins’ The Beat. The two bands are also touring together this month.

They stop at The Void in San Diego on Wednesday, Oct. 2 and The Dial in Murrieta on Thursday, Oct. 3. On Friday, Oct. 4, The Maxies will play the Constellation Room in Santa Ana with Teenage Bottlerocket, The Queers and The Copyrights while The Beat will be at The Wheelhouse in Hemet with The Walking Toxins.

Here’s what Maxies’ leader Maximum Maxie had to say about the new split, touring and zoos via an e-mail interview.

Q: How did the split 7″ with Paul Collins and The Beat come about?

A: The Maxies being the amazing band that we are wooed Paul Collins (The Beat-The Nerves) while playing a show with them at a local concert venue VLHS. After the show Paul and I spoke and the conception of a tour and split 7” began. I mean how lucky can ones band be? The Beat now has a release with the greatest band ever from Greenland and The Maxies get to grace some vinyl with a power pop legend. It works for us both!

Q: You both have songs with the word “Baby” in the title on the release. Coincidence or is it required for all power-pop splits?

A: Funny you asked that. Paul Collins is the Godfather of power pop and you would expect that kind of title from him, but from The Maxies? Really? The title of The Maxies tune “Baby I Love You” came when we were recording right here in Riverside at Mind Control Studios. I was talking on the phone with Paul Silver the owner of Radius Record (label that is releasing the split) He had asked me the song title because he needed it for print. I told him The Maxies wanted the song to be titled “I’ll Kill Your Handsome Boyfriend” but Silver thought it would be cool to name it “Baby I Love You” to play off The Beat’s side “Baby I’m In Love With You” now it’s all power pop punk history.

Q: How much has Paul Collins been an influence on you?

A: Paul Collins is an amazing American song writer. For years I have tried to emulate his style in hopes of creating a song as good as his “Rock N Roll Girl”. A good song writer can change the world, the way you feel and take you somewhere else at times. Paul’s songs do that for me. I know his influence has made The Maxies a better band. Watch out King of Power Pop our frozen five is catching up.

The Maxies have a new 7-inch split with Paul Collins’ Beat. (Paul Silver/Contributed Image)

Q: The Maxies have been logging some time in the studio in the last few months. Are there more releases on the way?

A: Well as you know we have the split 7” vinyl being released October 2nd with The Beat. The next release will be late November on Its Alive Records out of Orange Ca. It will also be a split with Kingons (from Japan) but this one will be pressed on 10” vinyl and CD. The new Maxies full length album will follow at the beginning of next year coinciding with our tour of Japan in February 2014. All these releases will come with download cards for the record player impaired.

Q: What can those seeing the Maxies for the first time expect on the tour?

A: Wait who hasn’t seen us before? Those poor souls that haven’t are in for some fun. We will be slinging the pop punk, dancing along with you and raising our glasses to us, for being so amazing for your ears. Get ready to sing along and don’t let me catch you texting. The tongue lashing you will receive won’t be the fun kind. The Maxies are bringing sexy to punk. So please try to control yourselves. Clothing is better when its red and white or not worn at all. Above all you will have fun, its mandatory. The extra bonus is you will get to hear and see the legendary Paul Collins Beat!

Q: How many seals do you think will be clubbed this run of dates? Also, what zoos/animal parks have you been banned from, if any?

A: The sad part is probably few to none on this west coast and south west tour. There are so many laws here in the states against seal clubbing. It’s sad; these vicious little flappers are so abundant in the U.S.A. Over population can cause harm to the species as well as the environment around them. Gasses expelled from the seal and oils from the seals skin are a leading cause of global warming it’s just plain scientific fact people. We know this in Greenland and this is why we club them. Well, and the fact that they are very tasty. The Maxies are saving the world one clubbing at a time. Global Warming is real kids don’t listen to the haters. As for zoos no respectable Greenlandic person would ever step a foot in one. Those places are cruel, hateful and humiliating to animals. Plus the temptation of clubbing is far too great for The Maxies.

ONTARIO: X103.9’s Merry Meltdown to feature Korn, Stone Temple Pilots

Korn will perform at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown on Dec. 14. (Sebastien Paquet/Contributed Image)

The Merry Meltdown is back and San Bernardino’s X103.9 FM is bringing a huge show this year.

It will take place at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Saturday, Dec. 14 and the headliners are Korn and Stone Temple Pilots. The other performers include Sick Puppies, Big B and the winner of the X103.9 Localpalooza contest.

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Tickets go on sale Saturday, Oct. 5 at www.axs.com and at the Citizens Business Bank Arena box office. They are priced at $10.39 to $59.50, before fees. You can also win tickets by listening to the station and win your way into the VIP pre-show party. (FYI, to get the $10.39 tickets you HAVE to purchase them in person at the arena’s box office and they are only available to the first 500 people.)

Now, let’s talk about the bands–I think this is the biggest holiday show the Inland station has had yet.

If you haven’t been following the drama in the Stone Temple Pilots world, Scott Weiland is out (again) and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is in and receiving high praise for his vocals. Bennington is no stranger to the Inland region, either. He stopped by X103.9’s San Bernardino studios earlier this year. Stone Temple Pilots, with Bennington on vocals, will release a new EP, “High Rise,” on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

You can listen to the new STP song, “Black Heart” below.

In the meantime, for the rock fans who have more of an affinity for nu-metal rather than grunge, Korn is also releasing a new album on Oct. 8, called “The Paradigm Shift.” Plus, the band has been reunited with guitarist Brian “Head” Welch. They’re also traveling back in time and making the Family Values Tour happen for one night only in Denver this weekend. Seriously, don’t we all miss 1999?

Sick Puppies are big fans of X103.9 and I think they’ve done every one of the station’s Christmas shows. Their new album, “Connect,” is their best yet. I had an interview with Shim Moore from Sick Puppies a while back when “Connect” was about to be released.

Big B will be back in the Inland area, plus the winner of the X103.9 Localpalooza competition. Last year, Dose of Adolescence won the title (after a really close competition).

If you’re a local band, you can enter for a chance to participate in the competition.