Guns N' Roses, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold Lead Inland Invasion Lineup

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Guns N' Roses, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold Lead Inland Invasion Lineup
08.15.2006 9:14 AM EDT

Papa Roach, Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars also featured on SoCal concert's bill.?

Los Angeles radio station KROQ has recruited some of rock's heaviest hitters to anchor its sixth annual Inland Invasion festival.

On Monday evening, the station revealed that it had enlisted none other than Guns N' Roses to headline the end-of-summer event. GN'R will be joined by the reunited Alice in Chains and ? fresh from their mainstage stint on this summer's Ozzfest (which wrapped Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida) ? Avenged Sevenfold.

The Inland Invasion is set to take over Devore, California's Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen on September 23. Tickets for the show, priced at $35-75, will be available starting Saturday at 10 a.m.

Invasion organizers have mined rockers Papa Roach, Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, Rise Against, Atreyu and Buckcherry to round out the bill.

Axl Rose's Guns recently wrapped a run of European festival shows, following a string of sold-out gigs at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom in May (see "Guns N' Roses Live: No Reunion Of Classic Lineup, But Great Anyway") ? the band's first American gigs in more than three years, after their 2002 comeback tour sputtered to a halt (see "It's Extra Official: Promoter Says GN'R Tour Totally Off").

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will play host to Guns N' Roses for two shows at the Joint, scheduled for September 16 and September 17. Tickets for those dates will also go on sale August 19. Earlier this month, via a press release, Rose said that he plans to return to the road this fall for another round of U.S. touring.

Alice in Chains, who've been touring with Comes With the Fall singer William DuVall filling in for late frontman Layne Staley, hit the road back in May for a successful run of five club dates (see "Alice In Chains Wrap Up String Of U.S. Club Dates In New York"). The band unveiled plans last week for a total of 40 gigs this fall throughout the U.S., with one date in Canada (see "Alice In Chains Unlock North American Fall Tour"). That trek gets underway September 22 in Las Vegas and runs through November 26 in San Francisco, with additional dates expected to be added over the next few weeks.

In addition to the Inland Invasion, Avenged Sevenfold have booked nine North American dates for September, with three gigs in the U.S. ? September 7 in Anchorage, Alaska; September 13 in Fargo, North Dakota; and September 15 in Des Moines, Iowa ? and the remainder scheduled for Canada.

? Chris Harris