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Jun 27, 2011
04:49 PM
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Styx and Yes: Headlining Together at the 102.9 MGK Let Freedom Rock Fest

By Debbi Calton

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The British and Americans will play nice together on this Fourth of July at the 11th annual 102.9 MGK Let Freedom Rock Fest. Pioneering prog-rock band, Yes, and keepers-of-the-flame, Styx, will deliver a one-two punch of musical fireworks.

The event is still on the river, just a different one this year. Economic situations in Camden County, N.J., have forced the festival to relocate from Cooper River Park to the Susquehanna Bank Center. A few other things will also be different this year, with two headliners and several bands playing earlier in the afternoon. It will truly be a day of rockin’ into the night.

Yes (top) and Styx (bottom)Things start to kick off at 2 p.m., when I broadcast from the parking lot. Stop by! Andre Gardner and Ray Koob will also broadcast as the day progresses.

Doors officially open at 5:30 p.m. and, as you walk into the Walt Whitman lobby, you'll be greeted by a group of young guys who call themselves Heroes in Error. We love these boys—I can call them that because I could be their mother! The MGK house band, Them Bones, will play the lawn stage around 6:30 p.m. They are young guys, too, and you will love both their energy and take on your fave classic rockers.

Styx should hit the stage around 7:30 p.m., and then Yes will take over at 9:30 p.m. Both headliners will do 90-minute sets.
 

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Debbi Calton has done middays on Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK-FM for more than 16 years. Catch her on the air 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every weekday. You might also remember her from her 10-year stint at WYSP-FM. She and her husband, guitarist Chip Roberts, along with their teenage son, Dustin, reside in Media, well known as “Everybody’s Hometown.”
 

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