Three Days Grace at the Sweetwater County Fair!

For Immediate Release – April 8, 2014

Contact: Lena Warren, Marketing & Events Coordinator

Phone:  307-352-6789 ext. 103

                                                                                                                                                                       

Wyoming’s Big Show® Announces Platinum Artist-Three Days Grace

Rock Springs, Wyoming –Platinum selling artist Three Days Grace will perform on Thursday, July 31 at Wyoming’s Big Show®- the Sweetwater County Fair After Dark Concert Series. Three Days Grace is known for hits like “I Hate (Everything About You)”, “Animal I Have Become” and “Never too Late” and has sold more than 6 million records in the United States alone.

Three Days Grace is originally from Ontario, Canada and has released five heavy hitting albums: Three Days Grace (2003), One-X (2006), One-X/Live at the Palace (2008), Life Starts Now (2009) and Transit of Venus (2012).

The latest album, Transit of Venus, debuted at #5 on the Billboard Charts in the first week and the first single, “Chalk Outline”, reached #1 at Active Rock Single where it stayed for 10 weeks in 2012. Other Three Days Grace singles that reached the #1 Active Rock song include “Break”, “The Good Life”, “World So Cold”, “Never Too Late”, “Animal I Have Become” and “Pain”.

Three Days Grace has also won multiple awards including the Billboard Music Awards for #1 Rock Artist of the Year (2007), #2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year (2007),  Rock Song of the Year for “Animal I Have Become” (2006), #5 The Billboard 200 (2006), #2 Top Canadian Albums One-X (2006) and Album of the Year “One-X” (2006). The band has also received additional awards from Mediabase, BDS Spin, BMI and multiple nominations from the Juno Awards.

Wyoming’s Big Show®- the Sweetwater County Fair After Dark Concert Series is currently featuring: David Nail on Tuesday, July 29; Adelitas Way on Wednesday, July 30; and Red on Friday, August 1. Additional attractions for the 2014 Fair include the Jest In Time Circus, Mango & Dango, Lady Houdini, Jason Huneke, Linda Hulet – Clown of Many Faces, Lanky the Clown, Animal Specialties Petting Zoo and much more.  You can check out all of the scheduled entertainment at SweetwaterEvents.com.

The Sweetwater County Fair is the largest annual event in Western Wyoming, drawing over 70,000 visitors in 2013. It features the largest midway in the area, a Grandstand Stage with top-ranked performing artists, traditional county fair exhibits and food, and fun for the whole family.  Additionally, the Sweetwater County Fair was named the NUMBER ONE summer event in Wyoming by Wyoming Lifestyle Magazine. 

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Photo: Three Days Grace