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SamaritanMag Features Arkells On Eve Of Hometown Fest

Arkells host their own festival in Hamilton this Saturday with some of the proceeds benefitting Syrian refugees who have resettled in the city.

SamaritanMag Features Arkells On Eve Of Hometown Fest

By Aaron Brophy

Canadian rock act Arkells have become one of the country's biggest bands since forming a dozen years ago. So big, in fact, they've created their own music festival at a stadium in their hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, just outside Toronto, with some of the proceeds benefitting the thousand Syrian refugees the city has settled recently.


Taking place this Saturday, June 23, at Tim Hortons Field, The Rally, as it's being called, will feature Arkells, American band Cold War Kids, English singer Bishop Briggs and local act Ellevator.

Read the SamaritanMag interview with band member Max Kerman to find out more about Saturday’s show, and why the band chose this cause.

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Sebastian Bach attends the premiere of "DIO Dreamers Never Die" during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Paramount Theatre on March 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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Sebastian Bach attends the premiere of "DIO Dreamers Never Die" during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Paramount Theatre on March 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

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The Canadian Skid Row singer will step up for a run of shows with TS guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda.

A month after iconic singer Dee Snider resigned from Twisted Sister due to “health challenges,” the group announced on Tuesday (March 3) that their planned 50th anniversary run of shows will still take place with another legendary hard rocker stepping in to handle lead vocals.

“Twisted Sister members Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda are thrilled to announce that iconic vocalist and front man Sebastian Bach will be fronting the band for a handful of select dates this fall,” the band’s longtime guitarists said in a statement. “These appearances do not affect or conflict with Sebastian’s current or future solo touring schedule, which remains fully intact”; Bach reposted the announcement on his Instagram page.

This article first appeared on Billboard U.S.
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