Dear N.C. State Fair: We’d like to fill your Oct. 22 slot
We're "totally" going to "rock" this "bitch."
The N.C. State Fair announced its lineup earlier this week, and there’s good news: Tickets are recession-cheap, ranging from $5 for several shows to $15 for Third Day. So much for The Beatitudes: Religion is expensive, y’all.
There’s bad news, too: The lineup isn’t very good. While WRAL trots out the local connections of the lineup (Eric Church, Kellie Pickler, Jason Michael Carroll), we don’t see a line-up that includes kid-stars Nat and Alex Wolff, “The Temptations” featuring Dennis Edwards (who was, lo and behold, actually the group’s lead singer once upon a time), and singer/ Dancing with the Stars beauty Julianne Hough to be worth selling the farm.
But good news remains! There’s an open slot on Oct. 22 for one more performer. Triangle Music predicts the return of a Food Network star, and they’re probably right. But we’ve got some ideas of our own. Hit the jump, and giggle… Continue reading »
