Trace Adkins to appear at Time Warner Cable Field
Fox Cities Stadium show Aug. 16 part of Time Warner Cable Concert Series
APPLETON (April 3, 2008) – Country music superstar and “Celebrity Apprentice” runner-up Trace Adkins will headline the centerpiece concert of the Time Warner Cable Concert Series co-sponsored by Miller Brewing and supported by WFRV-TV, WPKR-99.5 the Wolf and US Bank. The Adkins’ concert will be held Aug. 16 at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium, concert series partners Time Warner Cable, Miller Brewing and Saferide Appleton announced.
Details on other artists that will perform at the Aug. 16 daylong event will be announced as soon as they are available. Tickets for the concert will go on sale June 13 at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium box office and on line at timberrattlers.com and range from $25 to $99.50 and will be available from the Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium box office and Web site.
Time Warner Cable, Miller Brewing and Saferide Appleton have joined to create the concert series that includes four nationally renowned acts headlining four shows at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton throughout the summer and early fall, as well as the extended outdoor event at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. The series will also include nine free concerts to be held Thursday nights in Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton, from June 26 to Aug. 24. These concerts will be operated jointly with Appleton Downtown Inc. and will feature local acts.
Proceeds from the concert series will help fund Saferide Appleton, Inc.’s Saferide Appleton Values Everyone program. The S.A.V.E. program dramatically reduces drunk driving by providing safe, free rides home for area residents from Appleton restaurants and taverns.
Adkins, whose hits include “Every Light in the House Is On,” “Chrome,” “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” and “I Got My Game On,” earned three nominations for the upcoming CMT music awards.
The first series concert at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will headline REO Speedwagon on May 23. Tickets are on sale at the PAC ticket office and on-line through the ticket office and Ticketmaster.
Ticket sales for all shows in the Time Warner Cable concert series presented by Miller Brewing feature a “Beat the Brokers” policy: All tickets in the first rows are available for concert goers who buy their tickets at the box office in a special advanced time period on the first day of sales. “This is part of our commitment to the fans,” says Apple Jam co-founder Bill Maloney. “Nothing can be more disappointing than standing for hours, and to be one of the first in line, only to discover that your seats are way in back because the brokers have gobbled up all the good tickets. That won’t happen with us. This is about the fans and about raising money for Saferide.” Fans were in line for REO Speedwagon tickets at 5:30 a.m. on March 9 even though tickets went on sale at 10 a.m.
The media partners for the REO Speedwagon concert include WAPL, 105.7 FM, and Deluxe 920 magazine.
The Time Warner Cable Concert Series co-sponsored by Miller Brewing will book performers drawn from a variety of musical genres and selected for their appeal to a broad spectrum of area residents. In addition to country and classic rock, concert artists will be drawn from new rock, alternative rock, soul/R&B and other fields.
About Time Warner Cable. Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas — New York state (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. As of December 31, 2007, Time Warner Cable served approximately 14.6 million customers who subscribed to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services. Time Warner Cable is a leader in corporate-based community service in the Fox Valley.
About Miller Brewing Company. Miller Brewing Company has grown from a small local brewer in Milwaukee to the second largest brewery in the U.S. The company’s family of nearly 6,500 people worldwide share a strong commitment to responsibly brew, bottle and market the highest quality beer. As part of this commitment, Miller Brewing has embraced its role in encouraging and supporting the responsible consumption of alcohol. As part of its Live Responsibly® platform, Miller has created programs, supported initiatives and promoted messages that embrace one simple, obvious reality: Alcohol is not for everyone, every time or every place. Miller's responsibility platform covers three key focus areas: Youth Access Prevention, Effective Self-Regulation, and Safe Roads. The company’s Respect the Road™ program recognizes that drunk driving is completely preventable and promotes the use of designated drivers and transportation alternatives. This includes working with community partners, restaurants, taverns and event planners to provide transportation alternatives, such as "Last Call: Safe Ride Home®."
About WFRV-TV. WFRV-TV Channel 5 has been broadcasting in Northeast Wisconsin since 1955. Owned by Liberty Media, this CBS affiliate has a strong commitment to providing the best in local news, weather, and sports. Annually, WFRV donates over one million dollars in airtime to charities, community events, and individuals in need. In 2007, WFRV helped raise more than $2.5 million for over one hundred non profit organizations. WFRV is working for you.
About WPKR. WPKR, 99.5 The Wolf, is the Fox Cities “HOWLIN” country station playing the new, the known, and the legends. George Strait to George Jones, Toby Keith to Keith Whitley, you hear the best country variety on 99.5 the Wolf. Rob & Louise wake up the valley each morning and then it’s at least 50 minutes of HOWLIN’ country every hour!
About WAPL. WAPL, 105.7 FM, is part of Woodward Communications. Woodward Communications, Inc. is a multimedia communications company employing nearly 600 people at 15 locations servicing communities in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, and customers throughout the nation. With its corporate headquarters in Dubuque, Iowa, WCI is owned by the Woodward family and its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
About Appleton Downtown Inc. Appleton Downtown Inc. is a not-for-profit community coalition dedicated to an economically strong, safe, attractive and exciting downtown. It seeks to provide unified leadership to energize the retail, business, cultural, educational and residential life of the central city using human and financial resources provided by the Greater Appleton Area. The downtown Appleton area is a destination for Fox Cities and regional residents and is viewed as the economic, cultural, and social heart of a thriving community where residents, businesses and visitors come together to live, work, play, shop and do business in a quality environment.
About Saferide Appleton, Inc. Saferide Appleton, Inc. is a non-profit organization that operates a program called Saferide Appleton Values Everyone (S.A.V.E.). The program provides safe, free rides home to tavern and restaurant patrons that live in Appleton and adjacent communities. The program uses licensed taxi companies to give rides 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The program is made possible by the support of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Appleton Police Department, Wisconsin Distributors, General Beer, Appleton Downtown Incorporated, and participating establishments in Appleton. Saferide transportation is provided by Appleton-Neenah-Menasha (Yellow) Cab, Darboy Cab Co., and Fox Valley Cab Co. S.A.V.E. was started in March of 2007. In less than a year of operation the program has provided over 1300 rides to area residents.
Any further questions please contact:
Bill Harke, Time Warner Cable (920) 831-9105
George Schroeder, Saferide Appleton Values Everyone (S.A.V.E.) (920) 205-7209
