Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec is upon us once again on June 20-21 and this year is promising to be the festival’s biggest edition yet. In fact, it’s almost as if festival organizer Alex Martel compiled a random dream list of headliners, threw it against the wall and see what stuck.
Please enter into evidence exhibit A: Headliners range from Blink-182, to Weezer, to Alice in Chains, to Megadeth, to Mötley Crüe. Consistency? Pish posh, what’s that? But you’ve got to hand it to him because Martel sought to make a festival that gets people talking, and he certainly accomplished that this year.
Mötley Crüe
Speaking of the Crüe, they’re among my top five don’t-miss bands, if only as a guilty pleasure. I’ve never had the privilege of seeing them live, unless seeing Vince Neil play solo on Fremont Street in Las Vegas to a bunch of people with fanny packs counts. And after Rockfest, I’ll never have the chance again; the festival marks the kickoff to the band’s supposed last tour ever. Mötley Crüe is scheduled to take the stage Saturday at the stroke of midnight, closing out the fest for most show-goers. Unless, of course, there are some big…
-Tracey Lindeman
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