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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.

ONTARIO: Cher visits Citizens Business Bank Arena in 2014

Cher performs on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo)

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Don’t call it a comeback, Cher’s been here for decades, even if she hasn’t been touring lately.

However, the singer, who has had a number one hit in each of the last six decades, is going back on the road in 2014 and one of the stops is Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario in July .

Cher, who made a singular name popular in music long before Madonna writhed around in a wedding dress, will come to the Inland Empire on Saturday, July 5, 2014 in Ontario.

Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, Oct.4, with the pre-sale starting Wednesday, Oct. 2. Tickets will be $25.50 to $131.00, before fees. And when you purchase a ticket, you get her new CD “Closer To The Truth.”

Tickets will be available over at www.axs.com.

Tickets for another big show at the arena go on sale Oct. 4, too–Lady Antebellum’s March 15, 2014 concert.

Even though Cher seems to defy the passage of time, here’s a blast from the past with “If I Could Turn Back Time.”

ONTARIO: Photos from Carrie Underwood’s live TV concert

Staff photographer Terry Pierson was on hand to capture Carrie Underwood’s performance at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Sunday, March 3. The concert was aired live on AXS-TV, too.

See photos of Carrie Underwood in Onatario or click on the photo below.