Rock Gone Wild, America’s newest and most diverse rock festival, is on the move-literally. Organizers of the show announced that the Iowa-based, four-day festival is being moved from Freedom Park in Algona to The Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood. “The size of the festival necessitated the change,” stated Donnie Frizzell, managing partner of Rock Gone Wild. “Thus, the move to Diamond Jo’s will allow us to best serve the fans of the festival who have already bought tickets, all of the great bands we’ve booked, our employees and those who are still making plans to attend." “We’d like to thank everyone involved at Abate and the City of Algona who helped us prepare over the last year for the event. Unfortunately, after visiting the venue several times this year and also looking forward to next year, we decided to make the move to best serve the future of the festival, ” Nathalie Faghihi, festival general manager, added. The Diamond Jo Casino is a gambling casino and entertainment complex located just south of the Iowa/Minnesota border on Interstate 35 in Northwood. The new venue is 110 miles south of Minneapolis and 135 miles north of Des Moines, which means fans who are flying into those areas will actually be closer to the venue than they would have been to the Algona site. “This is the first four-day, mega rock, outdoors festival in the world that has aligned itself with a major casino location,” Frizzell said. “We want to offer all concert goers the ultimate experience to fulfill all of their entertainment desires. This is something Rock Gone Wild as an intellectual property will roll out worldwide in 2010.” A list of hotels in the Clear Lake/Mason City and Albert Lea areas will be posted at the festival website this week. “There are more than 20 major hotels in the area to accommodate our fans,” Frizzell added. “The move allows us to consolidate our festival operations into one premium site that is located just off a major highway,” Frizzell continued. “We will be able to set-up stages in one venue instead of two, and can use the hotel and casino to accommodate the bands, media and also give fans something to do after the music stops.” The festival will still be held on August 20th-23rd. All previously sold tickets will be honored on the original dates. Rock Gone Wild in a four day outdoors Rock Festival. VIP, Platinum and general admission advance tickets are now on sale. RV and tent camping site are also available for those wanting to experience everything at Rock Gone Wild has to offer. The festival organizers have announced the line-ups for each day of the festival: Thursday, August 20th: Saxon, Jackyl, Warrant, April Wine, Honeymoon Suite, Black ‘N Blue, Ernie and the Automatics (featuring former Boston members Barry Goudreau and Sib Hashian), Sick of Sarah, and Savior. Friday, August 21st: Puddle of Mudd, Saliva, Saigon Kick, Cherie Currie (of the Runaways), Powerman 5000, Tyketto, Marcy Playground, Rhino Bucket, Attention, Signum A.D., Throw the Figh and Ashamed. Saturday, August 22nd: Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Lita Ford, Dokken, Great White, Kix, L.A. Guns (featuring Phil Lewis), Hardcore Superstar, Primal Fear, Dangerous Toys, Helix, Junkyard, Frankenstein 3000, Sex Department, Mighty Swine and Stallion Four. Sunday, August 23rd: George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Candlebox, Sevendust, Saving Abel, Eve 6, Tantric, Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, Tuff, Lillian Axe, The Texas Hippie Coalition, Downtread, Archer, Fresh Hot Lint and Stuck on Stupid. For more information, updates and festival news, please visit www.rockgonewi ld.com .

It's looking like our bulletin may not have gone out? We would love to play Chicago in late August. Anyone know any venues, bands or promoters we can hook up with? It is kinda last minute, and we do have a few options out there, but really want to reach out to our fans for this one. Hit us back here (on myspace) or join us on facebook. Cheers-Junkyard

Yes. In November. Dates soon. Countries? Spain, France, Austria and Germany.

This is a "please read" :-)

Rather then answer each email individually here is an explanation (see interview link below) of our touring philosophy.

Interview link - http://www.sleazeroxx.com/interviews/junkyard.shtml

If you want a quick answer here it is:
As far as doing a full blown US tour it comes down to a simple answer...It wont happen anytime soon.

Yes, there is always a slight chance that something could happen and we would be able to hit the road (in the USA) for a few weeks but that chance is extremely slim.

We urge you to please read the interview. We have some of the most loyal fans a band can have and we would love to play in front of each and every one of you but, like we wrote above, we urge you to please read the interview. It will explain everything.

We are trying to sort out how to make up the SF and Seattle shows that were cancelled....that didn't slip our minds.

Here are some LA dates for Nov.
Friday November 14th 2008
The Blue Cafe
17208 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, Ca
90742
(562) 592-1302
Advanced tickets at www.thebluecafe.com
$15.00 advanced
$18.00 Day of Show

Saturday November 15th 2008
Safari Sam's
5214 W.Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, Ca
90027
(323) 666-7267
Advanced tickets at www.safari-sams.com
$15.00 Advanced
$18.00 Day of Show

Sorry about that. We have been getting a lot of emails about the 2 shows. We had to cancel them due to prior commitments that a few of the guys needed to attend to.

We are looking at doing a bunch of shows next year....stay tuned.

2 shows in August are booked. 1 is awaiting confirmation.

August, 21 2008
TBA

August, 22 2008
Fat City
314 11th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco, California 94103

August, 22 2008
Slim's Last Chance
5606 - 1st Ave. South
Seattle, Washington 98108
Tix available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/34746
This show will be a late in the day outdoorsevent so its gonna be one BBQ/Rock/Motorcycle fest o' fun!
Special guest openers TBA.

May 10th
Its almost here! We are pretty damn excited to play our 1st real gig in Hollywood since June of 1992! We have done a few shows in LA since we got back together but only one has been a "real" gig. The last time we played was at The Viper Room in 2003 and that was a complete mess.

Tickets
Get 'em now! Get 'em online!! Dont be left outside. Go to http://www.safari-sams.com/ and get some.

Merch
Yes, we will have 2 designs. The 'ol Spade shirts, with a new twist, as well as the Junkyard, Junkyard, Junkyard shirts in Med, Large and XL. We will only have apx. 50 of 'em so get 'em early.
CD's, DVD's?..yep we will have those too. Might even have some of those 'ol back patches!

Some people have been emailing us about cameras. Contact Safari Sams in advance to find out the skinny on that.

Spain
We cant believe its almost here! In 11 days we will be onstage in Barcelona at KGB! WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!If it wasn't for Eduard and Vinny at Funhouse Productions this would have never happened! Great guys!!!
We will have DVD's (PAL format), CD's, 2 different designs shirts, Back Patches and some more surprises.

Here is a sneak peak of some of the songs we are working on. Dont worry...we are playing the standards. These are in addition to our regular set.

Back on the Streets
All the Time in the World
One Foot in the Grave
Nowhere to Go But Down
B******hip C****s
Wh****y B**t and Hell B****
One ** *** Boys
Sonic R*****r