Guns 'n Roses, Evanescence, Hoobastank live in SA for the My Coke Fest 2007
Coca-Cola has enjoyed great success in the past few years with very exciting music concepts, from Coca-Cola Popstars 1, 2 and 3, to the Coca-Cola Collaboration CD, Coca-Cola Colab Live-On-Tour and last year’s Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix Festival. This year Coca-Cola and 5FM are proud to announce the coming of MY COKE FEST - 2007's biggest music festival. This exciting music festival kicks off in Johannesburg on Friday the 27th of April at the New Market Racecourse, then moves to Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on Tuesday the 1st of May. It’s music on the Coke side of life, so naturally, the festival will boast the usual impressive mix of SA talent and international music heavyweights.

MY COKE FEST is set to attract thousands of fans who will feast on some of the world’s best live music at two spectacular venues that will add to the unique festival spirit. It’s going to be a 12-hour, adrenalin filled festival that will quench the strongest music thirsts. Just think of it all going down the way an ice cold Coke goes down on a hot day.

Michelle Wright, Coca-Cola’s Senior Brand manager, comments – "Coca-Cola is always proud to present the best of SA music as well as global music heavyweights. MY COKE FEST is our way of celebrating music on the Coke side of life; it’s the sharing of a stage in one big all day festival."

The festival zone will offer world-class music tailor-made for those who live on the Coke side of life… We’ve searched the globe for some of the biggest bands around, and are delighted to tell you, that we have confirmed alternative rock outfit HOOBASTANK, Grammy Award winning EVANESCENCE, and headlining MY COKE FEST, is none other than the legendary GUNS N’ ROSES! And this is only the beginning…during the next few weeks we’ll be announcing more local and international artists as part of MY COKE FEST. Twelve hours, Two Cities and ten bands performing live at each venue!

So steal some sunshine, have some fun, grab a Coke and enjoy music on the Coke side of life.

GUNS N' ROSES

Brand new biography to follow!

EVANESCENCE

Having sold nearly 14 million records worldwide with their debut major-label album Fallen, Evanescence continues their meteoric rise with their latest offering, The Open Door. The album from the two-time Grammy-winning band is defined by Amy Lee’s beautiful melodies, compelling lyrics, poignant piano and stunning vocals, fused with the urgent, yet intricate guitar sounds of Terry Balsamo and John LeCompt, and the powerful drumming of Rocky Gray, to form a seamless, ethereal mixture that perfectly channels the band’s hard rock and classical sensibilities. The bands evolving sound is a nearly mystical marriage between rock, goth and classical. The internationally appealing Top 10 singles “Bring Me to Life” and “My Immortal” helped drive airplay and led to two 2003 Grammy Awards (Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance for “Bring Me To Life”). Fallen spent more than 100 weeks on Billboard’s Top 200 chart, was certified gold or platinum in over 35 countries, and sold out concerts globally… And the band has only just begun to make its mark on the music world!

HOOBASTANK

Listeners tired of rock's same-sounding rap will rejoice upon hearing the melodic resonance of Hoobastank. Dan Estrin (guitar), Doug Robb (vocals), Chris Hesse (drums), and Markku Lappalainen (bass) deliver electrifying tunes that slice through the genre's stylistic fetishes and goes straight for its emotional core, blending invigorating melodies and sharp, insistent hooks with blasting rhythm rock guitars. Hoobastank delivered one of the true phenomenon’s of rock’s last two years with The Reason. The title hit, “The Reason,” 2004’s longest-running rock single inside the Hot 100, was nominated for Grammy awards as Song Of the Year and Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal, while The Reason was nominated as Best Rock Album. Released December 2003, The Reason eventually peaked at #2 and became the Island Def Jam Music Group’s biggest and hottest-selling album of 2004. “The Reason” hit #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks, Adult Top 40, and Top 40 Mainstream charts, and rose to #2 on the Hot 100. The song was heard by tens of millions when it was featured on the high-rated Friends retrospective special, and an episode of The O.C. The group subsequently earned three nominations at Teen People magazine’s “Teen Choice” Awards. The Reason was nominated for Best Group Video and Best Rock Video at the 20th annual MTV VMAs, where Hoobastank performed. They also performed at the 14th annual World Music Awards, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, they were the only rock band chosen to perform at the A-list “Fashion Rocks” concert event at Radio City Music Hall! Named Favorite International Rock Act at the MTV Asia Awards in 2005, and after logging more than a year on the Billboard 200 albums chart, their long-awaited second album, Every Man For Himself was released last year.

TOUR ITINERARY

Friday, 27 April 2007 - New Market Racetrack, Germiston - Gates open at 10h00.

Tuesday, 1 May 2007 - Kenilworth Racetrack, Cape Town - Gates open at 10h00.

TICKET PRICES (JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN)
on sale 2 February 2nd

Golden Circle - R550.00 -excl Computicket service charges
General Admission - R375.00-excl Computicket service charges

BOOKING AT COMPUTICKET
Computicket Internet Site www.computicket.com
Computicket Call Centre 083 915 8000

Although, GNR without Slash is pretty lame.

creati0n is gonna buy me 2 tickets. woosah!