QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — Tributes to two iconic rock bands who had their biggest runs in the 1970s and 1980s are coming to Univest Performance Center's Sounds of Summer concert series, it was announced.
It was announced that Almost Queen, which performs the music of bombastic 1970s and '80s rockers Queen, will perform July 13.
And Get The Led Out, which performs the music of 1970s heavy metal band Led Zeppelin, will close out the season with a show Aug. 24.
The announcements conclude the lineup of acts for the 2024 series, which kicks off June 15 at the center, at 301 W. Mill St.Univest Performance Center release
The announcements conclude the lineup of acts for the 2024 series, which kicks off June 15 at the center, at 301 W. Mill St.
Tickets for Almost Queen, at $32 for lawn seating $40-$90 for reserved seats, go on sale at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 3, at QuakertownEvents.com.
Tickets for Get The Led Out, at $32 for lawn seating and $40-$105 for reserved seats, are on sale now.
Almost Queen recreates Queen's best-loved songs — including "Somebody to Love," "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions," "You're My Best Friend," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "Under Pressure," "Radio Ga Ga" and "Bohemian Rhapsody," as well as occasional lesser-known selections.
The Philadelphia-based Get The Led Out consists of six veteran multi-instrumentalists who re-create Led Zeppelin's catelog, with a strong focus on the early years and also present deeper cuts.
It also includes a special “acoustic set” with Zep favorites such as “Tangerine” and "Hey Hey What Can I Do."
But it also plays the expected Led Zeppelin songs: "Dazed and Confused," "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love."
Nine Sounds of Summer shows
The shows bring to nine the number in the Sounds of Summer series at the amphitheater. Tickets remain available for every show.
The others are:
Let’s Sing Taylor — A Live Band Experience Celebrating Taylor Swift, a Taylor Swift tribute, will perform June 15. Tickets are $28 for lawn and $38 to $68 for reserved.
Scotty McCreery, who won “American Idol” in 2011 and since has released three No. 1 Country chart albums, will perform at 6 p.m. June 21. Tickets are $42 lawn and $62 to $147 reserved.
LoCash, which had three Top 10 Country chart hits, including 2016's No. 1 "I Know Somebody," will perform at 6:30 p.m. July 19. Tickets are $35 lawn to $120 for front-row seats.
Southern rockers .38 Special, best known for the 1981 hit “Hold on Loosely” and 1982’s “Caught Up in You,” will perform Aug. 16. Tickets for that show are $40 lawn and $50-$120 reserved.
The Hooters, the Philadelphia band best known for hits 1980s hits "Day By Day" and "And We Danced," will perform at 6 p.m. Aug. 23. Tickets are $40 lawn and $50-$70 reserved.
And Blues Traveler and Big Head Todd and The Monsters, who together in the 1990s had five gold and platinum albums and hits including "Run-Around" and “Bittersweet,” will perform Aug. 24. Tickets are $40 lawn and $50-$130 reserved.
