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Syracuse,
NY – March 2019 / Newsmaker Alert / Rock superstar Rick Springfield
makes his fifth appearance at the Great
New York State Fair with a 7 p.m. show Saturday, August 31 at the New
York Experience Stage. All shows in the Chevrolet
Music Festival at Chevy Court and the Experience Stage are free with
Fair admission.
“We love Rick Springfield
and are very excited to have him back. He puts on a great show that’s full
of his big hits and he always draws a big crowd. This will be a party and
I hope all his fans get here,” said Fair Director Troy Waffner.
Rick Springfield is the
first national act announced for the Experience Stage. He joins a star-studded
and diverse Chevy Court lineup that includes:
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Bad Company, 8 p.m., Aug. 21
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Dropkick Murphys, 8 p.m., Aug.
25
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Midland, 8 p.m., Aug. 26
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Why Don’t We, 2 p.m., Aug 29
Over the Fair’s 13 days, the
Chevrolet Music Festival at Chevy Court and at the New York Experience
Stage will feature more than two dozen national touring group performances
in diverse genres. Chevrolet sponsors the performances on both stages.
About Rick Springfield
Over the past four decades,
Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. The
creator of some of the finest power-pop of the ’80s, a Grammy winning singer,
songwriter, and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S.
Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An
Affair of the Heart,” “I've Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,”
and “Human Touch.” He’s an accomplished actor who has starred opposite
Meryl Streep in the feature film “Ricki and the Flash,” gave a chameleonic
performance as the creepy Dr. Pitlor in HBO’s prestige drama “True Detective,”
earned great reviews for his portrayal of Lucifer on the CW hit “Supernatural”
and most recently played Pastor Charles on “American Horror Story.” In
2014, Springfield was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
located around the corner from the first apartment he lived in when he
first arrived in the U.S. from Australia in 1971.
Rick’s upcoming album “Orchestrating
My Life” is due out April 2019.
About New York State Fair
Founded in 1841, the Great
New York State Fair is America’s third largest state fair. The fair showcases
the best of New York agriculture and provides top-quality entertainment.
The 2019 Fair runs from August 21 to September 2. Information about the
Fair can be found here.
The New York State Fairgrounds
is a 375-acre exhibit and entertainment complex that operates all year.
A year-round schedule of events is available
here. Find the Great New York State Fair on Facebook,
follow @NYSFair on Twitter, on
Snapchat at nysfair and enjoy photos from the Fair on Flickr.
Also, New Yorkers are invited to send their ideas for the Great New York
State Fair at statefairideas@agriculture.ny.gov.
Media Contacts:
Jola
Szubielski
Public Information Officer
NYS Department of Agriculture
& Markets
518-457-0752
Dave
Bullard
Public Relations
New York State Fair
315-487-7711 x 1377 |
