Rock on the Range 2010
ROCK ON THE RANGE - 2010
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people involved in organizing Rock on the Range.
* The event is always well organized (except for finding the wristband lines each year)
* The CSC event staff is amazing!! They work their asses off! All of them were very friendly, but did not mess around in keeping everyone as safe as possible.
* All of the bands ROCKED!
* There were plenty of opportunities to get beverages - even on the main floor where all of the craziness happens...
* Everyone that showed up was there to have a great time!
For anyone that doesn't know, here is a brief summary of what Rock on the Range is all about:
Rock on the Range is an annual rock festival featuring some of the most popular bands in hard rock, alternative rock, and metal today, with a classic band usually headlining the show. The festival is held at two venues; Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio and Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rock on the Range debuted in Columbus on May 19, 2007 and in Winnipeg on June 27, 2009.
Columbus
The first Rock on the Range was held on May 19, 2007 at Columbus Crew Stadium. The sold-out festival ran all day, beginning around noon and ending after 11:00 PM. Due to such success, Rock on the Range was turned into an annual event by returning to Columbus Crew Stadium in 2008. The second festival was a two-day event held on the weekend of May 17–18, 2008. This show had the very first Stone Temple Pilots performance in 7 years, ending the band's hiatus.[1] The 2009 show was two days as well, on the weekend of May 16–17, 2009. The lineup was announced on Rock on the Range's official website on Friday, February 13, 2009. For the 2010 festival, each stage has its own sponser. While the Jagermeister Music Stage is still the same, the "second" stage and the main stage (as they have been previously called) are now referred to as the Kicker Stage and the Monster Energy Stage, respectively. Other sponsers host their own events, such as Sony's Playstation bus that demos new video games. An FYE tent is located near the Kicker Stage where, upon purchase of certain bands' CDs, many meet-and-greets take place.
The festival usually draws around 30,000 fans each day onto the Columbus Crew Stadium grounds. In 2007 and 2008, two stages were set up: The main stage is inside the stadium at one end of the soccer field, and the second stage is in the parking lot just outside the stadium. For the 2009 show, a third stage was added, the Jagermeister Music Stage.[2] It is located outside of the stadium on the opposite side of the second stage. The typical ticket price in the past, and for 2010 as well, is around $50–65 per day, depending on whether attendees choose to have field-access or not. Rock on the Range 2009 was Avenged Sevenfold's last place they played together as a band in the United States before their drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan died on December 28, 2009.
2010 Lineup
Day 1 (Saturday, May 22nd)
Monster Energy Stage
* Godsmack
* Three Days Grace
* Rise Against
* Deftones
* Papa Roach
* Puddle of Mudd
* Drowning Pool
* Sevendust
Kicker Stage
* Killswitch Engage
* Skillet
* Halestorm
* Adelitas Way
* Violent Soho
* Richy Nix
Jagermeister Stage
* Helmet
* Nonpoint
* Janus
* Taddy Porter
* Like A Storm
Day 2 (Sunday, May 23rd)
Monster Energy Stage
* Limp Bizkit
* Rob Zombie
* Seether
* Slash
* Theory Of A Deadman
* Bullet For My Valentine
* Five Finger Death Punch
* Apocalyptica
Kicker Stage
* Mastodon
* Coheed and Cambria
* Anberlin
* Circa Survive
* Airbourne
* Shaman's Harvest
Jagermeister Stage
* Mushroomhead
* Taproot
* Year Long Disaster
* Noise Auction
* State Your Cause
Source: Wikipedia
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