PALMDALE – The City of Palmdale has announced the lineup for its summer concert series and Family Movie Nights at the Palmdale Amphitheater (The Amp).
Now in its 11th year, The Amp will kick off its summer concert series Saturday, July 11, with an appearance by soft rock legends Air Supply, followed by classic Latin rockers Los Lobos on July 18, R&B and Pop divas En Vogue on July 25, and duranguense stars Montéz de Durango on August 1.
More on the performers
Celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2015, Air Supply members Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock met in 1975 at rehearsals for “Jesus Christ Superstar” in Sydney, Australia. In 1980, “Lost in Love” became the fastest selling single in the world, leaping to the top of all of the charts and was named Song of the Year. The albums “Lost in Love,” “The One That You Love,” “Now & Forever,” and “The Greatest Hits” sold in excess of 20 million copies. The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock’s soaring tenor voice and Graham Russell’s simple yet majestic songs created a unique sound that would forever be known as Air Supply.
Los Lobos were already East L.A. neighborhood legends, Sunset Strip regulars and a Grammy Award winning band (Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance) by the time they recorded their major label debut “How Will The Wolf Survive?” in 1984. Although the album’s name and title song were inspired by a National Geographic article about real life wolves in the wild, the band — David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano and Steve Berlin — saw parallels with their struggle to gain mainstream rock success while maintaining their Mexican roots. Three decades, two more Grammys, a worldwide smash single (“La Bamba”) and thousands of rollicking performances across the globe later, Los Lobos is still jamming with the same raw intensity they had when they began in that garage in 1973.
The all-female group En Vogue fuses style, sophistication, sass and sex appeal, which have resulted in more than 8 million albums sold and a string of red-hot R&B and pop hits including “Hold On,” “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” “Giving Him Something He Can Feel,” “Free Your Mind” and “Whatta Man,” featuring Salt-N-Pepa. Since En Vogue’s 1990 debut, the ladies set a standard for female R&B and pop acts like Destiny’s Child and the Pussy Cat Dolls.
Formed in 1996, Montéz de Durango, led by its founder and musical director, José Luis Terrazas, comprises a group of talented musicians who, like him, had a strong desire to succeed and make a difference in the Mexican regional music genre. One of the pioneers of the duranguense style, Montéz de Durango’s sound is deeply rooted in traditional Mexican music, but it is also influenced by the members’ hometown of Chicago. They have produced 21 albums, including the million-sellers “Dry Branch,” “Your Look,” “De Durango A Chicago,” and “Live from Chicago.”
“Variety and excellence —that’s what this year’s summer concert series is all about,” stated Palmdale’s Recreation and Culture Director Keri Smith. “We have some of the biggest names in four different styles of music to offer something for everyone. And there is nothing quite like a live music concert on an Antelope Valley summer evening at The Amp!”
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, May 12 at 7:30 a.m. at www.cityofpalmdale.org/amp. Tickets are $10 for all ages for general admission seating.
A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $20, which includes express entry and seating at the front of the stage, ensuring that VIP ticket holders can arrive just before the concert and still get one of the best seats in the house. VIP seating is theater style (first-come, first-served).
VIP and individual concert tickets will also be available beginning Tuesday, May 12, at the recreation and culture office, located at 38260 10th St. East, open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cash, Discover®, MasterCard® and Visa® are accepted. Tickets will also be available the day of each concert beginning at 4 p.m. on a cash-only basis.
Gates open at 6 p.m. and the concerts begin at 8 p.m., rain or shine. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Carry-in food, beverages, coolers, alcohol and pets are not permitted. Food, beer and wine will be available for purchase.
Family Movie Nights on four Fridays, starting July 31
Following the concert series will be the popular “Family Movie Nights,” coming to The Amp on four consecutive Friday evenings beginning July 31.
The movies are: Frozen, Friday, July 31; Jurassic Park, Friday, Aug. 7; Monster’s Inc., Friday, Aug. 14; and Guardians of the Galaxy, Friday, Aug. 21.
The Academy and Grammy Award winning 2013 Disney animated film Frozen tells the story of the newly crowned Queen Elsa who accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home into infinite winter. Her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition. Movie attendees are invited to join in on a “Let It Snow” dance party before the movie.
Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction blockbuster film. Paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park’s mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.
Starring the “voices” of Billy Crystal and John Goodman, Monster’s Inc. is a 2001 computer-animated comedy film centering on two monsters employed at the titular Monsters, Inc. — top scarer James P. “Sulley” Sullivan and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski. Monsters, Inc. employees generate their city of Monstropolis’s power by targeting and scaring children, but they are themselves afraid that the children may contaminate them. When a child enters their city, Mike and Sulley have their world disrupted and must return her.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 Academy Award winning hit movie based on the Marvel Comics superhero group of the same name. Brash space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain. To evade Ronan (Lee Pace), Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with four disparate misfits: gun-toting Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), treelike-humanoid Groot (Vin Diesel), enigmatic Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and vengeance-driven Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista). But when he discovers the orb’s true power and the cosmic threat it poses, Quill must rally his ragtag group to save the universe.
Tickets for Family Movie Nights are $2, with children 12 and under admitted free. The gates will open at 6:30 p.m., and movies will start at dusk. Moviegoers are allowed to bring a picnic dinner and non-alcoholic beverages to Family Movie Nights.
For more information on the concert series and movies, visit www.cityofpalmdale.org/amp or call 661-267-5611.
Sponsorships are available for the concert series and Family Movie Nights, which offer businesses the opportunity to reach potential customers in a unique setting that allows for personal interaction for greater impact. To learn more about either series of events, contact Sponsorship & Marketing Specialist Stella Devine-Knight at 661-267-5120 or sknight@cityofpalmdale.org.
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INDIANA JONES says
HELP!! THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY FANATICS WHO THINK REX IS A DEMIGOD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY EVIL IN THE WORLD . ATTENTION FANATICS YOU MUST NOT SEE YOURSELVES AS EMASCULATED AND DEFENCELESS BUT RAISE AND SEE YOURSELVES AS EQUAL TO HIM AND SEE REALITY.
William says
And pray tell, Indiana Jones, why on earth would we want to be ‘equal’ to a lying, scheming, pathologically jealous megalomaniac such as r. rex parris?
He has enough of those qualities for the entire ‘good ol’ boys’ club in Lancaster. Others need not apply. They can just sit there and say “Yes, sir”.
Tigger says
No, he’s only responsible for a lot of bullying, wrongdoing, and evil here in the AV. He is insignificant in terms of the world. But he can ruin you here real good. He has and he will for as long as he is able.
Anon says
People have a voice here to speak out against all that is wrong with Parris. You can’t speak up at a council meeting or you will get berated, harassed, or arrested. You can’t speak out in public, or your business will suffer. It is a sad truth that too many people here are apathetic to the situation and don’t turn up to vote him out. Maybe places like this will help educate people about what is really going on and then they’ll do something about it.
Johnny Trece says
José Luis Terrazas is a cold-hearted, greedy person who is responsible for putting an innocent man in a Mexican prison and for taking the name Grupo Montez de Durango away from it’s rightful owner. I discourage everyone from attending their concert.
Chris French says
Another disappointing summer series for the Palmdale Amphitheater. I’m not ragging on any of the bands, I used to buy season tickets all the time but realistically, I like to think of my musical taste as diverse but if all of these groups appeal to to one person THAT is diverse. Now we are repeating performers with only four concerts a year in the series and two are repeats it doesn’t amount to much. Granted $10 is cheap for a show look at concert prices but I think who ever is promoting the Amphitheater can do better or maybe it’s time to turn the management of the Amphitheater over to a private party. The ArtPark in New York has a similar venue. 10,000 seat amphitheater. They charge $12.00 a ticket and get 18 Amphitheater concerts a year. Season tickets are $125.00. http://www.artpark.net/calendar/list/current_page,1/per_page,10/event_type_id,100004 Palmdale has appx population of 156,000. Lewiston where the Artpark is, has 2,500. Again I know $10 is a deal for a show, but as a homeowner who was taxed to build the Amphitheater and taxed to maintain it I feel short changed. I fear that in Palmdale’s haste to be PC that they have gone so far to the end of the spectrums that if you get two show that appeal, you’re lucky.
moll flanders says
Wow, what a difference from your comment on April 10, 2013, to your current comment.
Chris French says
I still stand by my previous comment for the most part. Liked I said, I used to get season tickets, but I can’t justify it now. I tried last year but it doesn’t do me any good to go to a concert where (1) I don’t particularly care for the genre (2) they didn’t speak one word of English either in their music or when talking to the audience, I simply didn’t know what was happening. My current comment is actually in support of the Amp. and it’s potential. I just don’t think that it is being marketed to it’s full potential. 4 concerts, 4 movies, a race or two, and an easter egg hunt, Gracefest and a Jazz festival. Every year I have friends call from the mid-west, Vegas and down below and ask who’s playing this year. This year when I mentioned who was playing one said well what’s happening at your fair?
Practically every performer has told it’s audience Palmdale what a terrific venue you have here, but it sits empty for the most part. You see the poor turn out in the audiences. I actually feel sorry for the talent, the “curtain goes up” and nobody is watching. The last two benefits for Wounded Warrior were absolutely embarrassing. Last year I counted about 20 people in the audience, there were more venders. I have spoken to more than one vendor that used be at the Amp, they said after Palmdale takes their cut they’ll be lucky if they break even so they choose not to participate. One mid-west visitor asked if En Vogue were from the AV because they remember seeing them here before.
The Amp is built. Does the city want it to be a success? Some of the performances/ events do they really need an Amphitheater? Our property taxes are paying for it – let’s use it to it’s full potential. I don’t know what the solution is. Wouldn’t it be to everyone’s benefit to find out what makes the other venues a success? The venue I mentioned in my previous is so similar to us it’s creepy. Would it not be in our interest to explore the differences and maybe adopt some of them? How can a town of 2,500 have 18 headliner concerts for $12 and a town of 156,00 have 2 or 3 headliner? The answers are out there if you got the right people asking the questions.
Just like performers feed off the vibe of an audience, the audience feeds off the audience but when only 50 people are clapping it’s kind of hard to get excited.
Moll Flanders, yes my comment is different from my comment 2 years ago but so is the Amphitheater. Instead of being Hall Monitor how about some thoughts, compliments, complaints or suggestions on the subject.
I want the Amp the be a success. I want to look forward to the Amp again. I want to be able to look to Palmdale as a source of recreation NOT “The Blvd” or the LPAC or the AV Fair. I live in Palmdale and I want to support Palmdale.
john howard says
Just think of how much better these concerts would have been if the city of Palmdale had settled the CVRA $4 million earlier. Shoot we could have gotten Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Ricky Martin. Instead we got lack of air supply, out of vogue, and some guys that made us believe Lou Diamond Phillips could actually sing. Wait that wasn’t him singing in La Bamba? Some people are just …” never gonna get it… “
Lawyers in Love says
Just think how much better the valley would be if nosey, greedy people like Paris would mind their own business, take care of their own city, and quit sticking his fingers in the business of others. Think of how much better this place would be if he would quit wasting our money on his stupid eye in the sky spy plane to line the pockets of his pals. Think of how much better the valley would be if he had a shred of decency, instead of being possessed by money, power, and greed. Is there a more despised meglomanaic amongst us? To the good people of Palmdale and Santa Clarita, accept our apologies for this cretan.
William says
Could it be……that…….parris……is……the……………DEVIL???
moll flanders says
Really William? dumbing down your comments with Ad Hominem attacks. This what you always do; no facts, just inconsequential words.
William says
@foll mlanders
I’m surprised you can read. You sure can’t tell sarcasm but that requires an adult mind not a child’s.
Letlow says
Hey!! I happen to love En Vogue. Best female group of all time! I caught them the last time they were in Palmdale and I can’t wait to go again. Looks like they have a new member, but I’m sure they still sound flawless. That’s a classic act right there! Quit putting politics into everything, this is a very good lineup for 10 bucks a show. I don’t know what you talking ’bout!
moll flanders says
I agree, love En Vogue! And only ten bucks a show. Can’t wait for the family movie nights either!
moll flanders says
There will always be those that will try to turn positive events in Palmdale, into hate. So sad indeed!
William says
There will always be those that won’t shut up such as…………YOU!.
William says
Y’know, moll flanders. Most of us here have dreams that make more sense than your comments.
You can take that to the bank. The West Bank of the Amargosa Creek.
Ah Ha says
Funny! John Howard was a name Rex used to use all the time on the original AV blog, intheav. Looks like he got tired of people here only beotching about Lancaster, and decided to dust of his old sock puppet so it would look like at least one person here in the valley has a complaint against Palmdale. Best Rex could come up with was not liking Palmdale’s musical line up. What a loser!!!
AV Truth says
All that money, all that power (in Lancaster anyway) and no respect, no admiration and no love. He is living proof that money can’t buy you love. Bullying, lying, jealousy, and hurting others for sport are not characteristics of leaders that people follow. They are the marks of a tyrant.