As many of you may know we unofficially kick off our arena season this Sunday with the Jonas Brother concert here at Rupp Arena at 7:00pm. It is already looking to be a wild night with over 17,500 people already slated to be there. Are you attending the show? There are a variety of tips and info you can find out after the jump that you will want to read through before heading here on Sunday.

On a different note, the Jonas Brothers are hosting a webcast on their Facebook page this Saturday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. If you are going to the show, then we will see you there. If not, then know that this show is only the beginning. The schedule is beginning to look packed, especially in October.
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Cue the spooky music… [presses play]… much better. The ScareFest Horror and Paranormal Convention is back at the Lexington Center this September 11th through 13th! Many may remember last year (it’s first year), which was very successful and hosted a lot of celebrities and exhibitors involved with horror and the paranormal. Although last year set the bar high, this year will push it even higher! Hit the jump to see a list of some of the celebrities coming to the event.
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The 2009 Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago took place a week ago from this last weekend. Some big names hit the stage, such as Kings of Leon, who headlined one of the days. Fuze TV did a special with the fesitival and interviewed many of the big bands. Below is their quick interview they did with Kings of Leon. Check it out! Kings of Leon and White Lies (their opener, who was also at Lollapalooza) will be here at Rupp Arena on October 10th at 8:00pm.

Every now and then we like to poll our readers/fans/followers to see who they would like to see come to Rupp Arena. It gives us a good idea of what the demand is for certain artists/acts and tells us to keep an ear to the ground for when they are routing their tour. So, we want to know who you want to see! As a little extra incentive, next Monday (August 10th) we will choose a random commenter here, on Facebook, and on Twitter and each will win a Rupp Arena Blog tshirt. So take a second and hammer out some of your favorite bands/shows that are currently touring, planning a tour, or may tour at some point in the future. You never know, they may end up hitting the stage here at Rupp!

As we mentioned earlier, the Sugarland Concert at Rupp Arena (from October 25th 2008) is going to be shown on primetime TV tonight on ABC at 8:00pm EST. In addition to that, the DVD/CD combo comes out tomorrow at Walmart of the whole concert. If you went to the show, be sure to check it out and see if you can spot yourself. If you were able to attend, then here is your chance to catch an awesome concert filmed here at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY!

Kings of Leon performed on the Today Show this morning for their concert series. They played “Use Somebody,” “Notion” & “Sex On Fire.” Above is the embedded video of “Use Somebody.” Hit the jump below to check out the other two songs.
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Kings of Leon’s latest album, Only By The Night, just recently went platinum. Congrats to them! Here is a snippet from their website: “Congratulations to Kings of Leon on their first RIAA-certified platinum album in the United States! Only By The Night has been certified platinum for sales of 1,000,000 units less than a year after its release.” Kings of Leon will be hitting the stage at Rupp Arena on October 10th, with opening act White Lies.

This morning at 10:00am, we officially announced that Smackdown & ECW Live TV will be coming to Rupp Arena on October 13th. This will be a double-header event, both being taped to be aired on TV later. Currently, the lineup includes Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho, Kane, CM Punk, Christian, The Great Khali, Tommy Dreamer, Melina, and Michelle McCool. There will be more people announced later, and those announced are subject to change, but it looks like a solid group of people for a long night of wrestling.

We just recently announced that Casting Crowns will be coming to Rupp Arena on October 8th. With Kings of Leon two days after, The Incredible Food Show the weekend before, and a yet-to-be-announced show, October is already looking to be a busy month. We are working on doing some exciting things on the blog surrounding those events, like perhaps more interviews similar to the one we did about a week ago, and an even more exciting thing that I can’t mention yet that will be the coolest thing we have done to date.