LAS VEGAS, NV (Top40 Charts/ MultiVu Media Relations/ Fremont Street Experience) - Fremont Street
Experience takes Las
Vegas back 40 years this summer with the "Summer of '69:
Vegas or Bust" festival and concert series beginning Memorial Day weekend.
Fremont Street
Experience will offer an exclusive sneak preview of the upcoming "Summer of '69:
Vegas or Bust" concert and event series on Friday, May 22. The event kicks off with the unveiling of a custom work of art by renowned artist, John Van Hamersveld, most known for his prominent 1960s iconic image of the Pinnacle Indian and The
Beatles cover for the "Magical Mystery Tour" album.
The celebration offers tourists and residents a summer full of free concerts by major iconic bands from 1969, including The Guess Who, Blood Sweat & Tears, Rare Earth, Janis Joplin's Original Band Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Grass Roots, Jefferson Starship, The 5th Dimension, Canned Heat and Three Dog Night.
Fremont Street Experience will transform itself for the 40th anniversary of 1969 by taking visitors back to the legendary year. The "Summer of '69: Vegas or Bust" event series kicks off Memorial Day weekend and continues 108 days through Labor Day weekend. All summer long, themed nightly entertainment will also include cover bands and tribute artists, theatrical performances with costumed entertainers, new Viva Vision shows paying tribute to the year 1969 and special guest appearances.
SATELLITE FEEDS:
Monday, May 25th, 2009 - Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET - 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM ET
AMC 3 - AMC 3
C-Band - C-Band
Transponder 3 - Transponder 3
Downlink Freq. 3760 Horizontal - Downlink Freq. 3760 Horizontal
NEWS: The "Summer Of '69: Vegas or Bust" Event Series Kicks off Memorial Day Weekend and Continues 108 Days Through Labor Day Weekend
FORMAT: B-roll and Soundbites
SOUNDBITES:
* Jeff Victor, President of Fremont Street Experience
* Oscar Goodman - Las Vegas Mayor
* Rossi Ralenkotter -President and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
* John Van Hamersveld - Multidiscipline Artist Designer
B-ROLL INCLUDES:
* Unveiling of a vintage school bus painted by John Van Hamersveld as an art piece for Fremont Street Experience
* footage of performance of the Summer of '69 street show, "Psychedelic Ride - A Hippie Bus Street Party"
* preview of the John Van Hamersveld Hippie Nation Gallery & Records at Fremont Street Experience
* A gallery featuring Van Hamersveld's artwork that is indicative of the 1960s which also doubles as a vinyl record store
* Video of "Signs of Life" by John Van Hamersveld, a Viva Vision show he created with Fremont Street Experience to be shown on the huge canopy
* Footage of The Guess Who and Blood, Sweat & Tears concerts
