“There will be a few more surprises, but it’s pretty jam-packed already.There are so many rock artists who were never given much credit as great musicians and performers, and we are here to show them recognition.”
— Sally Steele
Metal Sludge — Las Vegas rock queen Sally Steele is back, celebrating her 20th year of Vegas Rocks! magazine with her annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards event Sunday, Jan. 21 at Sam’s Town Live Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Rikki Rockett from Poison, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and Kip Winger are among a star-studded group who will both perform live and be honored at the seventh annual event.
“This is going to be the best one yet,” Steele said. “At first I didn’t have anyone, because there are a lot of moving parts to put on an event like this, and I knew we needed some huge legends, and now we’ve got them.”
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, ex-Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick, Orianthi, Blue Oyster Cult’s Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma and Criss Angel are all set to appear, among other big names.
“In all honesty, I’m really looking forward to this,” Steele said. “There will be a few more surprises, but it’s pretty jam-packed already.There are so many rock artists who were never given much credit as great musicians and performers, and we are here to show them recognition.”
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster HERE, and the event is scheduled to be streamed live on Steele‘s YouTube and Social Media channel.
The live jam should be epic, as Winger, Nielsen and Rockett plan to jam a Cheap Trick song.
Other key members of the live jam include Tim “Ripper” Owens, who is singing a Judas Priest song, along with Robert Sarzo, Blas Elias, Simon Wright, Marco Mendoza, Frankie Moreno and Lizzy Borden.
The awards show also includes a red carpet with appearances by “major celebrities and some of the most famous rock artists in the music industry,” according to Steele.
The Sponsors are Dollar Loan Center, Count’s Vamp’d, Metal Blade Museum, Findlay Toyota, KOMP, The POINT, Svanlund Designs, Rock’N Vodka and NIX RockStar Garage.
Past Vegas Rocks! Awards events have featured personal appearances by Scorpions, Twisted Sister, Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake and Palmer), Jon Anderson, Vince Neil (Motley Crue), Sammy Hagar, Dee Snider, Twisted Sister, Nicolas Cage, Wes Cage, Stephen Pearcy, Steve Lukather, David Paich (Toto) Rikki Rockett (Poison), Tracii Guns, Michael Schenker, David Coverdale (Whitesnake), Lita Ford, Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Dj Ashba (Guns N’ Roses), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Rudy Sarzo (Dio/ Quiet Riot), Vinnie Paul (Pantera), Michael Anthony (Van Halen), Zakk Wylde( Ozzy/Black Label Society), Steven Adler (Guns N’ Roses), Kip Winger (Winger), John 5 (Rob Zombie/ Motley Crue), Vinny Appice, Carmine Appice, Jordan Rudess (Dream Theatre), Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.), Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats), Glenn Hughes, Wayne Static, Blas Elias (Slaughter), Dead Sara, Levi Benton (Miss May I), Nick Oshiro, Ron Jeremy, Criss Angel, James Kottak, Eddie Trunk and Flavor Flav.
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