The Beach Boys Headline Artists At Gold Coast 600 V8 Races
June 3rd 2010 10:08
Race Drivers Will Power and Ryan Briscoe
The ‘600 Sounds festival’, an integral part of the three days and nights of the Armor All Gold Coast 600, already boasted a massive world-class line-up of Australian and International artists prior to yesterday’s announcement.
The Beach Boys will headline Saturday evening’s entertainment program, which will also feature The Baby Animals, Noiseworks, The Angels, Mondo Rock, James Reyne and Richard Clapton taking to the two stages of the Broadwater Parklands.
Before they do, Ian Carey (Ministry of Sound), Static Revenger featuring Luciana, The Potbelleez, Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock, The Only and Hook N Sling will kick off the action on Friday night. Empire of the Sun and Sneaky Sound System will be joined by The Funkoars to close out the festivities on Sunday night.
The Beach Boys’ Mike Love said the band couldn’t wait to get onto the Gold Coast come October.
“There is going to be a lot of great music, as well as great racing, - the Rock and Race format is going to be exciting and we’re really happy to be headlining Saturday night,” said Love.
“Our impressions of Australia go back to our early impressions of when we first went there back in the early sixties and I’ve always loved Australia, the beer, great girls, fantastic beaches, what’s not to like…so I give it a thumbs up, and a G’day mate!”
Shane Howard and Phi Reeves
Armor All Gold Coast 600 General Manager Shane Howard said the entertainment line up for ‘600 Sounds’ is going to set the Broadwater Parklands precinct alight nightly.”
“World-class names from dance to rock to pop are set to hit the Gold Coast during this entertainment extravaganza which is a continuance of V8 Supercars’ highly successful Rock ‘N’ Race format.
“The admission for each night of 600 Sounds is included in the same day ticket price – for instance Friday night’s ticket – for a full day’s racing and six big acts that night - is just $49!”
Minister for Sport, Phil Reeves, said he expects this year’s event to improve significantly on the $48 million generated by last years race.
“Pairing high quality music acts with the pinnacle of Australian motor sport will yet again deliver a major boost to the South East Queensland economy,” Reeves said.
The Rock ‘N’ Race format, which was implemented at V8 Supercar events in Townsville and Sydney for the first time last year, will see the Gold Coast revved up with entertainment both on and off the track.
Tickets for the Armor All Gold Coast 600 are now on sale from ticketek. Friday admission tickets start from just $49 and three day passes from $136, with each ticket providing admission to the day’s racing plus the same night’s entertainment line-up at 600 Sounds.
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