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‘Badboys’ of Rock Tour coming to The 155 th , , to perform on August 29

For release Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Allentown, Pa . The self-proclaimed ‘Badboys’ of Rock, modern rock bands Hinder, Papa Roach and

Buckcherry, are coming to The 155 th Great Allentown Fair on Wednesday, August 29.

These bands, touted as the successors to the monster rock bands of the ‘70s and ‘80s, are hitting the road together this summer predominantly playing state and county fairs. Their current singles are all over contemporary rock and pop charts. A fourth band to be announced will open their mini-festival type concerts.

Tickets for the Allentown Fair’s “Badboys” show are $35 and go on sale starting Saturday,

June 2. There will be festival-style standing room in front of the stage and reserved tiered seating under cover in the Fair’s Grandstand. Tickets purchased in advance of the show date include admission into the

Fair. The show will start at 7 p.m.

Hinder is still pumping out hits off of its “” released in late 2005. They include “,” “Better Than Me” and Hinder’s power ballad, “,” that has since been re-recorded by Country singer who performs at the Fair as part of the Tour the next day after Hinder’s scheduled appearance.

Papa Roach’s current album “Paramour Sessions” has spawned singles “To Be Loved,” and

“Forever” getting a lot of airplay. Former hits include “Last Resort” and “Scars.” 2 Buckcherry has perhaps the most obvious “Badboy” tune, “,” off of its current album

“15.” The band’s latest single on the charts “Everything” follows up one of its best known singles “” in popularity.

The Fair adds this show to its previous announcements of Brad Paisley’s Bonfire and Amplifiers

Tour featuring , Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler for Thursday, August 29 and The American

Idols LIVE! Tour for Saturday, September 1. More shows will be announced for the remaining dates of the

Fair that runs August 28-September 3.

Ticket information is available by calling 610-433-7541 or going online at www.allentownfairpa.org .

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