BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DOPE Confirmed For CHICAGO POWERFEST

March 30, 2009

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has been confirmed as the headliner and DOPE as the direct support for the second night of the Chicago Powerfest, set to take place on May 7-9 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, Illinois. Tickets for the May 8 date of the festival will go on sale this Saturday, April 4 at 11:00 a.m. CST via all Ticketmaster locations.

Commented festival organizers: "In keeping with the Powerfest tradition of spanning a wide variety of hard rock and metal genres, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and DOPE are two more bands who will contribute perfectly. This is what we feel a metal fest should be and plan to continue in this multi-dimensional direction with the goal of being bigger and better each year."

Powerfest main-stage lineup:

Thursday, May 7 (kick-off show with Paganfest tour):

KORPIKLAANI
PRIMORDIAL
MOONSORROW
BLACKGUARD
SWASHBUCKLE

Friday, May 8:

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
DOPE
KIUAS
ASSAILANT
MINDWARP CHAMBER

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Saturday, May 9:

DEVILDRIVER
SOIL
NOVEMBERS DOOM
PERZONAL WAR
SHEEPHEAD
LUNA MORTIS
DIAMOND PLATE

Acoustic sets:

Friday, May 8:

SACRED DAWN
WILL BOZARTH

Saturday, May 9:

NOVEMBERS DOOM
GWYNBLEIDD

Tickets for May 7 and May 9 are now available via all Ticketmaster locations.

For more information, visit www.ChicagoPowerfest.com.

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