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Bad Company is an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of fellow British rock band Led Zeppelin's rise to fame, managed the band.

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“I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but we had the goods. We knew what we were doing”: how Bad Company conquered in America in the ’70s

Bad Company played their first US gig in July 1974. Within 12 months, they were one of the biggest rock bands on the planet

Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers onstage in the 1970s

Boston, Massachusetts, October 10, 1974. It was the final night of Bad Company ’s inaugural American tour and despite an uninterrupted string of unqualified successes, the exultant mood among the musicians had chilled with the news that their manager, the Herculean Peter Grant , wanted to see them, pronto. Among the four musicians – vocalist Paul Rodgers , guitarist Mick Ralphs, bassist Boz Burrell and drummer Simon Kirke – none could fathom what transgression they might have committed to find themselves called onto the carpet of arguably the most menacing figure in the music industry. 

Their concerns were well founded. Grant, a notoriously hot-headed former wrestler, had been known to administer savage beatings to promoters, bootleggers and anyone else who might threaten his interests. As the hottest band in the United States, Bad Company ranked among the highest of Peter Grant’s interests.

Grant had famously amassed his musical empire through his ruthless stewardship of his ‘other’ band, Led Zeppelin , with whom he had launched the Swan Song record label in 1974. Bad Company were Swan Song’s first signing and their eponymously titled debut, recorded in nine blustery days, was the label’s first North American release. Not surprisingly, observers heaped suffocatingly high expectations on this new band and their platinum pedigree, although the men of Bad Company would easily sidestep such concerns, all four being battle-hardened veterans from well-established bands such as Free , Mott The Hoople and King Crimson. Yet where each feeder band had enjoyed a certain level of success, none had come close to conquering the Promised Land of the US. 

Free had made a splash with All Right Now , but their distillation of British R&B fell short of commanding North American attentions with a truly classic album. Mott The Hoople were even more inscrutable, due in no small part to a name that would only confound American DJs and record buyers. It smacked of stuffy British pretence, and while Mott’s All The Young Dudes did achieve bona fide hit status, such acclaim was down to the David Bowie connection, rather than their previous studio albums, none of which had gained traction in the US. Likewise, while achieving name recognition and a healthy following abroad, King Crimson’s proggy experimentalism had failed to gain purchase in the colonies beyond the obsessive attentions of America’s record-store junkies and import enthusiasts.

Together, however, the four musicians congealed into a hard-hitting pack of blue-collar rock’n’roll heroes whose steadfast rejection of flash and posing would only endear them to a Yankee fanbase eager for a new sound. In the early days of Bad Company ’s release, fans might not have recognised the names of the musicians, but in short order the entire country was buzzing over the first single, Can’t Get Enough . Any lingering vestiges of anonymity would soon evaporate and within two months of that single’s release, they were superstars.

While the response to Bad Company was massive on both continents, there was an immediate and uniquely charged chemistry between rock-thirsty American audiences and this swaggering new supergroup from England. Although Bad Company’s lineage was British to the core, they had a stormy outlaw menace that was all American. That included their name, which they culled from the 1972 Jeff Bridges movie Bad Company , about a spirited Civil War draft dodger and his rambunctious gang of outcasts. Set against the violent protests of the Vietnam war and the explosive revelations of President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, the film would tap into those duelling forces of protest and idealism that fuelled young American audiences in the early 70s.

Moreover, on a romantic level, America has always loved its outlaws. Names such as ‘Mott The Hoople’, ‘King Crimson’ or even ‘Free’ offered precious little insight into the band’s beating heart, but ‘Bad Company’ was something that American fans could get behind. 

On the heels of the debut, a supporting mini-tour consisting of a handful of UK dates would showcase the band’s ferocious live presence, setting the scene for their historic 1974 US campaign, beginning one month after the album’s release. Never one for subtlety or nuance, Grant orchestrated their North American advance publicity as a no-holds-barred media blitzkrieg. Danny Goldberg, then Swan Song’s US representative, proclaimed that, “Our entire team is going to be fully concentrated on Bad Company.” 

choing Goldberg’s commitment, Pete Senoff, the head of promotions at the time for Atlantic Records, launched an extensive national campaign that included papering the United States with literally thousands of vibrant promotional posters and outrageously over-the-top billboards that cheekily asked, “Does Your Mama Know You’ve Been Keeping Bad Company?”

The higher the band’s stature became, so too did the demand for their time from the American media. Always protective of his boys, Grant aggressively shielded them from overexposure, carefully measuring out their interviews to a hand‑picked few outlets, causing one journalist at the time to grouse, “Bad Company will possibly follow Led Zeppelin down the trail to where permission to speak is like a Nobel Prize for Credentials.” This was, of course, precisely the mystique that Grant had been hoping to create.

As reviews of Bad Company poured in, the American press united in both their lofty critical assessments, as well as their prediction that the band stood at the beginning of a meteoric career. Rolling Stone , which had historically held Led Zeppelin in astonishingly low regard (the magazine once referred to Jimmy Page as “a writer of weak, unimaginative songs”), proclaimed Bad Company to be “an uncompromising album, reflecting the wills as much as the talents of the participants, and it’s all the more impressive in light of the fact that it was recorded immediately after the group’s formation… Bad Company could become a tremendous band.”

Meanwhile, Circus magazine hailed the release as “a raw, keen-edged record bubbling with Rodgers’ tenderly tortured vocals”, rightly predicting that the album would launch the band into the strata of superstardom. Creem referred to Bad Company as “the great white hope of the Seventies”, likening the band to the blockbuster movie The Towering Inferno , which also boasted a richly talented, star-studded cast. 

American fans hadn’t been waiting for the blessing of their critics to embrace Bad Company as the standard-bearers of the new generation of rock – they were all-in from the iconic one-two beat that kicked off Can’t Get Enough . Behind that anthem and follow-up hits like Rock Steady , Ready For Love and, of course, Bad Company , the album had stormed onto the US charts, muscling upward through the Top 40 to join a company of monster releases, such as Bob Dylan ’s Planet Waves , Eric Clapton’s 461 Ocean Boulevard , and Band O n The Run by Paul McCartney And Wings. 

Meanwhile, the band landed in the US for a six-week coast-to-coast arena tour, starting in mid-July. While the musicians had individually toured the States with their previous bands, the 1974 tour crackled with a new electricity unlike anything the boys had experienced in their previous lives, causing Ralphs to note, “This is just like your first group – everything you do excites you.” 

With renewed fervour and bolstered by an album that seemed incapable of stalling, the band criss-crossed the continent, enjoying the exquisite pleasures of rock’n’roll excess in a manner befitting of their label. Rodgers would later recall, “I think the first rush of success really sort of went to our heads and we were a bit over the top, wrecking bars and whatever,” although quickly clarifying, “The music’s the most important thing, not necessarily the image, and there’s no need to try and over-exaggerate the whole badder-than-thou attitude.”

From one city to the next, Bad Company discovered that they held universal appeal, rooted as much in their steadfast opposition to chasing fads as to their simple and emotive approach to songwriting. More than any other time since the rise of Elvis, US audiences looked to music for a release from the seething tensions and gathering paranoia that had overtaken a country beset by war, betrayal and spiralling waves of domestic violence. With a punishing blues-based attack, coupled with unaffected lyrics, Bad Company offered the anthemic majesty and lyrical honesty America craved. 

Speaking about this relationship with US fans, Rodgers remarked, “I don’t like lyrics to be overbearing – I like them to say something. But I’m not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple and understandable that people can relate their own everyday experiences to.”

With such towering success would come the spoils of victory which, in Rodgers’ case, played out as a chance to see Elvis Presley performing live. Rodgers chuckled as he later recalled his failed attempt at actually meeting Elvis after the show – a bid brought to a rather unceremonious conclusion when a security guard nabbed him trying to sneak backstage at the tail end of Led Zeppelin’s entourage. 

Protesting that he was “with Led Zeppelin”, his entreaty was still denied and Rodgers returned to the hotel, nonetheless happy to have seen his hero performing up close and personal. He would later use his souvenir programme to pull a bit of a prank on his bandmates, assuring them that he had, in fact, spoken with Elvis, offering the booklet as proof. His mates were thoroughly impressed, if not somewhat baffled by Rodgers’ immensely good fortune.

Behind one of the strongest debut albums in history, and with six weeks of hard touring under their belts, nothing could stand between Bad Company and their destiny. On September 28, 1974, Bad Company settled into the top slot on the Billboard Albums chart. They now owned the No.1 album in the United States of America. 

History would later reveal Bad Company to be only the second British band to hit No.1 on the US charts with their debut album – the first being The Beatles . “I must say it felt very natural,” Rodgers would later tell Classic Rock . “I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but it felt like we had the goods. And Peter was very clever – put us straight into arenas, often headlining. We’d already paid our dues in Free and Mott and [King] Crimson, so we knew what we were doing.” 

And so, on an unseasonably warm autumn evening in the blue-collar town known as the ‘Cradle of Liberty’, barely a week after reaching the top, the band’s enthusiasm had suddenly withered at the shape of Peter Grant darkening their dressing room doorway, just as they were preparing to take the stage. Simon Kirke recalls: “It was the final night of the first US tour, in Boston. G came into the dressing room; we were just ready to dash out and play. He puts this meaty arm across the door and says, ‘You’re not going anywhere.’ I thought, ‘Oh, fuck me, is he gonna shoot us?’ ‘Let them wait!’ he said. That was one of his stock phrases: ‘Let them wait.’”

Motioning brusquely for them to follow, he led them into an adjoining room. “There was a big sheet on one of the tables and he pulled it back and there were four gold albums. He had tears in his eyes – we all had tears in our eyes – and he gave a lovely little speech and then he said, ‘Now get the fuck out of here and knock ’em dead!’ We shot out of that dressing room like greyhounds chasing the rabbit, and we just put on a blinding show. And that was how Peter did things.”

The fires continued to burn hot when Bad Company returned to the States for a handful of dates in 1975 in support of their sophomore outing, Straight Shooter . That album, like its predecessor, wasted little time making its way into the US Top 10, earning the band a second gold certification a mere month after its release. Not surprisingly, it would be the bittersweet saga of a rock’n’roll cowboy, Shooting Star , that would grab hold of American audiences. 

Ironically, that song was also the only non-love song on the album, which also boasted the chart-smashing pair of Feel Like Makin’ Love and Good Lovin’ Gone Bad , songs which, nearly 40 years later, still enjoy regular rotation on America’s classic rock stations. Straight Shooter would fulfil Bad Company’s covenant with their fans by delivering another clutch of soulful and impeccably balanced anthems that met their audience on the most intimate of grounds. As one US reviewer noted, “It’s easy to form an emotional affinity with Bad Company because their lives become intertwined with the lives of the listeners.”

As a gauge of the band’s enduring Stateside success, the Straight Shooter tour would find Bad Company selling out the same venues visited by the likes of Zeppelin, The Who and the Stones. While some have estimated that it typically takes a talented, well-managed band up to seven tours to build a fanbase sizable enough to fill a Madison Square Garden, Bad Company were there on their second go-round. For a point of comparison, consider that Queen , on their third US tour, were playing 3,000-seat venues, while Bad Company’s second campaign saw the band selling out 20,000-seat arenas in the blink of an eye.

If pressed to identify a single event that would put the stamp on Bad Company’s US coronation, it would unquestionably be the evening of May 16, 1976, when the band were preparing to headline a show at the Los Angeles Forum, with Kansas in support. As Bad Company undertook pre‑show preparations for their final concert of that tour, across the sprawling, sun-splashed boulevards of Los Angeles, an armada of 12 limousines was departing Beverly Hills en route to the Forum, with a police escort leading the way.

As the motorcade arrived at the venue, from the sunroof of a gold Lincoln, none other than Zep frontman Robert Plant poked out his golden mane to wave to the gobsmacked fans lined up outside. Seeing the adoration and excitement marshalled for Bad Company would only whet his own appetite for performing, and after pulling himself back into the limousine, he would confess to a journalist, “I wish Bad Company all the luck in the world, but… I’m fucking jealous tonight. Really fucking jealous!” 

Though ostensibly there to support his Swan Song labelmates, Plant’s enthusiasm through the Bad Company show would not dim. After an impromptu backstage chat following Bad Company , the intended finale, the crowd were rewarded with a bonus encore, with the band joined by Plant and Jimmy Page for a four-song jam that included Train Kept A-Rollin’ , You Shook Me , Bring It On Home and I Just Wanna Make Love To You . 

The roar of the audience nearly drowned out the levels of the PA system, yet this historic session would only confirm what the 20,000 fans in attendance had known for three years now – Bad Company had joined the ranks of rock’n’roll’s living legends. And on this balmy spring evening, it was official – they had conquered America.  

Originally published in Classic Rock Presents Bad Company

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February ?, 1974 Zoom Club, Frankfurt, GER

February 23, 1974 Palais Des Beaulieu, Lausanne, SUI

February 24, 1974 Mehrzweckhalle, Zofingen, SUI (with Nazareth, Tempest)

March 9, 1974 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG

April 7, 1974 New Theatre, Oxford, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 8, 1974 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 9, 1974 Town Hall, Birmingham, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 10, 1974 City Hall, Guildford, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 11, 1974 Rainbow, London, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 13, 1974 Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 14, 1974 Hardrock Concert Theater, Manchester, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 16, 1974 Guildhall, Portsmouth, ENG (with Darien Spirit)

April 18, 1974 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (with Darien Spirit)

May 18, 1974 Charlton Athletic FC, London, ENG (supporting The Who, Lou Reed, Humble Pie, etc.)

June 8, 1974 Houston, TX (with Jo Jo Gunne)

June 26, 1974 Landover, MD

July 20, 1974 Charleston, WV (Cancelled, supporting Edgar Winter)

July 23, 1974 Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL

July 25, 1974 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA

July 25, 1974 Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI

July 28, 1974 Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL (supporting Black Oak Arkansas)

August 2, 1974 Robertson Gym, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA (supporting Santana)

August 9, 1974 Tempe, AZ (supporting Edgar Winter & REO Speedwagon)

August 11, 1974 Coliseum, Denver, CO (supporting Edgar Winter)

August 15, 1974 Forum, Inglewood, CA (supporting Edgar Winter)

August 17, 1974 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA (supporting Edgar Winter)

August 25, 1974 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE (supporting Edgar Winter)

August 26, 1974 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Des Moines, IA (supporting Edgar Winter)

September 1, 1974 University Of Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX (“First Annual Texas Sized Rompin' Stompin' Barn Dance and Bar B.Q.", with ZZ Top, Santana, Joe Cocker, Bad Company (with Jimmy Page sitting in) & Jay Boy Adams)

September 3, 1974 Coliseum, New Haven, CT

September 4, 1974 Central Park, New York City, NY (with Foghat)

September 6, 1974 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON

September 7, 1974 Forum, Montreal, QC (supporting Edgar Winter)

September 9, 1974 War Memorial, Syracuse, NY

September 10, 1974 Music Hall, Boston, MA

November 28, 1974 Gaumont Theater, Ipswich, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

November 30-December 1, 1974 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 3-4, 1974 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (with Duster Bennett)

December 6, 1974 Guildhall, Preston, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 7, 1974 Lancaster University, Lancaster, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 8, 1974 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 10, 1974 Town Hall, Leeds, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 11, 1974 Empire, Liverpool, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 12, 1974 Palace, Manchester, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 13, 1974 Victoria Hall, Hanley, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 15, 1974 Town Hall, Birmingham, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 16, 1974 Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

December 18-19, 1974 Rainbow, London, ENG (with Duster Bennett)

February ?, 1975 Cirque Royale, Brussells, BEL

February 1, 1975 Olympia, Paris, FRA

February 21, 1975 Frankfurt, GER

February 22, 1975 Ahoy, Rotterdam, NED

February 23, 1975 Friedrish-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, GER

March 3, 1975 Budokan Hall, Tokyo, JPN

April ?, 1975 Melbourne, AUS

April ?, 1975 Sydney, AUS

April ?, 1975 Festival Hall, Brisbane, AUS (with Regos)

May 1, 1975 Adelaide, AUS

Bad Company US Tour 1975

May 7, 1975 Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 9, 1975 Civic Center, Lakeland, FL (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 12, 1975 Municipal Auditrorium, Atlanta, GA (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 14, 1975 Hampton Road Coliseum, Hampton, VA (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 15, 1975 Coliseum, Greensboro, NC (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 18, 1975 Hare Arena, Dayton, OH (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 19, 1975 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 21, 1975 Arena, Toledo, OH (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 22, 1975 Municipal Auditorium, Cleveland, OH (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 24, 1975 Coliseum, Springfield, IL (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 25, 1975 Coliseum, New Haven, CT (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 26, 1975 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 27, 1975 Civic Auditrorium, Baltimore, MD (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 28, 1975 Civic Center, Pittsburgh, PA (supported by Maggie Bell)

May 30, 1975 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 8, 1975 Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 10, 1975 Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 11, 1975 Arena, San Antonio, TX (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 12, 1975 Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 13, 1975 Memorial Auditorium, Kansas City, MO (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 15, 1975 Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 17, 1975 Seattle Arena, Seattle, WA (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 19, 1975 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 20, 1975 Auditorium, Sacramento, CA (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 21, 1975 Forum, Los Angeles, CA (supported by Maggie Bell)

June 22, 1975 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA (supported by Maggie Bell)

January 2-3, 1976 Olympia, London, ENG (Great British Music Festival)

March 14, 1976 Fairgrounds Arena, OK

March 18, 1976 Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX

March 19, 1976 Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX (with Ted Nugent)

April 5, 1976 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

April 16, 1976 International Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY

April 18, 1976 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON (with Styx)

April 19, 1976 Forum, Montral, QC (with Styx)

April 23, 1976 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL

May 13, 1976 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA

May 15, 1976 Veterans Memorial, Phoenix, AZ

May 16, 1976 Forum, Los Angeles, CA (supported by Kansas)

May 19, 1976 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (supported by Wet Willie)

April 18, 1977 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON April 25, 1977 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO April 27, 1977 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT May 1, 1977 Coliseum, Seattle, WA May 3, 1977 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR May 4, 1977 Coliseum, Spokane, WA May 7 & 9, 1977 Forum, Los Angeles, CA May 11, 1977 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA May 13, 1977 Coliseum, El Paso, TX May 14, 1977 Convention Center, Tucson, AZ May 15, 1977 Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ May 19, 1977 Mobil Center, Norman, OK May 20, 1977 Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX (cancelled) May 21, 1977 Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, TX May 22, 1977 Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX (with Rockpile) May 23, 1977 Summit, Houston, TX June 2, 1977 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL June 3, 1977 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI June 4, 1977 Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI June 5, 1977 Expo Center, Louisville, KY June 9, 1977 Coliseum, Charlotte, NC June 10, 1977 Coliseum, Greensboro, NC June 11, 1977 Capital Centre, Largo, MD June 11, 1977 Scope, Norfolk, VA (cancelled) June 12, 1977 Capital Centre, Largo, MD June 16, 1977 Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS June 17, 1977 Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA June 18, 1977 Coliseum, Memphis, TN June 19, 1977 Jefferson Civic Center, Birmingham, AL June 23, 1977 Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, FL June 24, 1977 Sportatorium, Miami, FL June 25, 1977 Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL June 26, 1977 Omni, Atlanta, GA July 2, 1977 Earls Court, London, ENG July 14, 1977 Civic Center, Tulsa, OK July 15, 1977 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO July 16, 1977 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE July 17, 1977 Expo Center, Milwaukee, WI July 21, 1977 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH July 22, 1977 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH July 23, 1977 War Memorial, Rochester, NY July 24, 1977 Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghampton, NY July 28, 1977 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY July 29, 1977 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA July 30, 1977 Civic Center, Providence, RI July 31, 1977 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY August 4, 1977 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY August 5, 1977 Coliseum, New Haven, CT August 6, 1977 Boston Garden, Boston, MA August 7, 1977 Portland Expo, Portland, ME August 11, 1977 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA August 12, 1977 Hershey, PA August 15, 1977 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA August 16, 1977 Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN August 17, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN August 18, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL

March 10, 1979 unknown, ENG March 26, 1979 Odeon, Birmingham, ENG March 30, 1979 City Hall, Sheffield, ENG April 30, 1979 Summit, Houston, TX (with Carillo) May 2, 1979 Tarrant County Convention Cetner, Fort Worth, TX (with Carillo) May 4, 1979 Coliseum, El Paso, TX (with Carillo) May 5, 1979 Coliseum, Lubbock, TX (with Carillo) May 6, 1979 Hemisphere Arena, San Antonio, TX (with Carillo) May 8, 1979 Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK May 8, 1979 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (with Carillo) May 9, 1979 University of OKlahoma, Norman, OK (with Carillo) May 10, 1979 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN (with Carillo) May 12, 1979 Civic Center, Huntsville, AL (with Carillo) May 13, 1979 Coliseum, Knoxville, TN (with Carillo) May 15, 1979 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH (with Carillo) May 15, 1979 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH (with Carillo) May 16, 1979 Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI (with Carillo) May 18, 1979 Fairgrounds, Louisville, KY (with Carillo) May 19, 1979 Roberts Stadium, Evansville, IN (with Carillo) May 20, 1979 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN (with Carillo) May 21, 1979 Michigan State University, Lansing, MI (cancelled) May 23, 1979 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL (with Carillo) May 24, 1979 Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (with Carillo) May 26, 1979 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (with Carillo) May 27, 1979 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (with Carillo) May 27, 1979 Civic Center, Des Moines, IA (cancelled) May 30, 1979 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA (with Carillo) May 31, 1979 Coliseum, Portland, OR (with Carillo) June 2, 1979 Coliseum, Oakland, CA (with Carillo) June 4, 1979 Forum, Los Angeles, CA (with Carillo) July 14, 1979 Civic Arena, St. Paul, MN July 17, 1979 War Memorial, Rochester, NY July 18, 1979 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY

November 13, 1986 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA November 14, 1986 Henry J. Kaiser Arena, Oakland, CA November 15, 1986 Lawlor Events Center, Reno, NV November 17, 1986 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT November 21, 1986 Harper Stadium, Fort Smith, AR November 22, 1986 Memorial Auditorium, Kansas City, KS November 23, 1986 Brady Theater, Tulsa, OK November 25, 1986 Civic Center, Lansing, MI November 26, 1986 Horizon, Rosemont, IL November 27, 1986 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN November 28, 1986 Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN November 29, 1986 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI November 30, 1986 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH

December 15-17, 1990 Orange Pavillion, San Bernadino, CA

January 31-February 1, 1991 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (Rehearsal on 31st) February 2, 1991 Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH February 3, 1991 Market Square Arena, Indinapolis, IN February 5, 1991 Roberts Stadium, Evansvuille, IN February 7, 1991 Minicipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN February 8, 1991 UTC Rena, Chatanooga, TN February 9, 1991 Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL February 10, 1991 Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN February 12, 1991 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA February 13, 1991 Red Bird Arena, Normal, IL February 14, 1991 Five Flags Center, Dubuque, IA February 15, 1991 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL February 16, 1991 Hullman Center, Terre Haute, IN February 17, 1991 Civic Center, Ashville, NC February 19, 1991 Myrian Convention Center Arena, Oklahoma City, OK February 20, 1991 Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, KS February 21, 1991 Shrine Mosque, Springfield, MO February 22, 1991 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE February 23, 1991 Pershing Arena, Kirksville, MO February 25, 1991 Mayo Civic center, Rochester, MN February 26, 1991 Mecca Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI February 27, 1991 Duluth Arena, Duluth, MN February 28, 1991 Brown County Arena, Green Bay, WI March 2, 1991 Rushmore Plaza, Rapid City, SD March 3, 1991 Civic Center, Bismarck, ND March 5, 1991 Metra Park, Billings, MT March 6, 1991 Events Center, Casper, WY March 7, 1991 Exhibition Hall, Salt Lake City, UT March 9-10, 1991 Hult Center, Eugene, OR March 11, 1991 Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA March 13, 1991 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA March 14, 1991 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR March 15, 1991 PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, BC March 17, 1991 Carlson Arena, Fairbanks, AK March 18, 1991 Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK March 20, 1991 Civic Center, Wheeling, WV March 21, 1991 War Memorial Arena, Johnstown, PA March 22, 1991 Erie Civic Center, Erie, PA March 23, 1991 Kingston Armory, Wilkes Barre, PA March 24, 1991 Rhodes Arena, Akron, OH March 25, 1991 War Memorial, Syracuse, NY March 26, 1991 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY March 28, 1991 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME March 29, 1991 Civic Center, Springfield, MA March 30, 1991 Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, PA March 31, 1991 The Ritz, New York City, NY June 25, 1991 Ted's World, Omaha, NE (Rehearsal) June 26-28, 1991 Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (Rehearsals on 26th & 27th and supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) June 29, 1991 Civic Cernter, La Crosse, WI (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) June 30, 1991 Civic Cernter, Peoria, IL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 2, 1991 Athletics and Convocation Center, South Bend, IN (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 3, 1991 Starlake Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 4-5, 1991 Pine Knob Music Center, Clarkston, MI (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 6, 1991 Castle Farms Amphitheater, Charlevoix, MI (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 8, 1991 Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 9, 1991 Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 10, 1991 Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 11, 1991 World Music Theatre, Chicago, IL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 12, 1991 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, MI (supporting Steve Miller, with Damn Yankees & Eric Johnson) July 13, 1991 Trout Aire, Minneapolis, MN (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 14, 1991 Arena, Sioux Falls, SD (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 16, 1991 Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, KS (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 17, 1991 Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 18, 1991 Riverfront Amphitheatre, Hannibal, MO (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 19, 1991 Riverfront Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 20, 1991 Swiss Villa Amphitheatre, Lampe, MO (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 26, 1991 Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 27, 1991 Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 28, 1991 Irving Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, CA (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 29, 1991 Starlight Bowl, San Diego, CA (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 30, 1991 Compton Terrace, Phoenix, AZ (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) July 31, 1991 Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) August 2, 1991 Aquafest, Austin, TX (with Damn Yankees) August 3, 1991 Woodlands, Houston, TX (with Damn Yankees) August 4, 1991 Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX (with Damn Yankees) August 8, 1991 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA (with Damn Yankees) August 9, 1991 Paladium at Carolwinds, Charlotte, NC (with Damn Yankees) August 10, 1991 Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC (with Damn Yankees) August 12, 1991 Roverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH (with Damn Yankees) August 13, 1991 Deer Creek Music Center, Indianapolis, IN (with Damn Yankees) August 14, 1991 Blossom Music Theatre, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (with Damn Yankees) August 15, 1991 Finger Lakes PAC, Canandaigua, NY (with Damn Yankees) August 16, 1991 Kingswood, Toronto, ON (with Damn Yankees) August 17, 1991 The Garden, London, ON (with Damn Yankees) August 18, 1991 CCE, Ottawa, ON (with Damn Yankees) August 20, 1991 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (with Damn Yankees) August 21, 1991 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY (with Damn Yankees) August 22, 1991 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (with Damn Yankees) August 23, 1991 SEAPAC, Old Orchard Beach, ME (with Damn Yankees) August 24, 1991 Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (with Damn Yankees) August 25, 1991 Broome County Arena, Binghampton, NY (Cancelled, with Damn Yankees) August 25, 1991 Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT (with Damn Yankees) August 27, 1991 New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY (with Damn Yankees) August 28, 1991 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (with Damn Yankees) August 29, 1991 Great Woods, Mansfield, MA (with Damn Yankees) August 30, 1991 Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA (with Damn Yankees) August 30, 1991 Vets Memorial Park, Manchester, NH (Cancelled, with Damn Yankees) August 31, 1991 Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ (with Damn Yankees) September 1, 1991 Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT (Cancelled with Damn Yankees) September 1, 1991 Thames River Pavilion, Groton, CT (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 2, 1991 Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown, NY (with Damn Yankees) September 5, 1991 Scope, Norfolk, VA (with Damn Yankees) September 6, 1991 Coliseum, Richmond, VA (with Damn Yankees) September 7, 1991 Civic Center, Roanoake, VA (with Damn Yankees) September 9, 1991 Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 10, 1991 Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Birmingham, AL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 11, 1991 Civic Center, Pensacola, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 12, 1991 Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 13, 1991 Sundome, Tampa, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 14, 1991 Convention Center, Miami, FL (cancelled, supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 14, 1991 Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 15, 1991 Lee County Civic Center, Fort Myers, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 17, 1991 Arena, Orlando, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 18, 1991 Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 20, 1991 UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA (supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo) September 21, 1991 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO (cancelled, supported by Damn Yankees & Tattoo Rodeo)

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July 31, 1993 Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT (with 38 Special, Steppenwolf, Peter Frampton, Steven Stills, BTO) October 3, 1993 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 4, 1993 New Portland Meadows, Portland, OR (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 6, 1993 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 7, 1993 Pinewood Bowl, Lincoln, NE (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 8, 1993 Mohawk Park, Tulsa, OK (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 10, 1993 Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 12, 1993 Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, AL (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 13, 1993 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 14, 1993 Blockbuster Pavillion, Charlotte, NC (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 15, 1993 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 17, 1993 Classic Amphitheatre, Richmond, VA (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 19, 1993 Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 20, 1993 Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd. with Brother Cane) October 22, 1993 Central Florida Fair, Orlando, FL (with 38 Special) October 24, 1993 Harvey's Lake Amphitheatre, Harvey's Lake, PA (with 38 Special) October 26, 1993 Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, PA (with 38 Special) October 27, 1993 Festival Tent, Rochester, NY (with 38 Special) October 28, 1993 Cape Cod Melody, Hyannis, MA (with 38 Special) October 29, 1993 Suntan Lake, Riverdale, NJ (with 38 Special) October 31, 1993 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY (with 38 Special) September 1, 1993 Starlite Music Theatre, Latham, NY (with 38 Special) September 2, 1993 Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH (with 38 Special) September 3, 1993 Warwick Music Theatre, Warwick, RI (with 38 Special) September 4, 1993 Oakdale Musical, Wallingford, CT (with 38 Special)

September 28-29, 1995 NAF Productions, Seattle, WA (Rehearsals) September 30, 1995 Ballard Firehouse, Seattle, WA October 1, 1995 Roseland Ballroom, Portland, OR October 3, 1995 General Motors Place, Vancouver, BC (supporting Bon Jovi) October 5, 1995 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB (supporting Bon Jovi) October 6, 1995 Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon, SK (supporting Bon Jovi) October 8, 1995 Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, MB (supporting Bon Jovi) October 10, 1995 Jack Singer Hall, Calgary, AB October 12-13, 1995 Konocti Harbour, Kelseyville, CA October 14, 1995 The Joint / Hard Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV October 16, 1995 Hilton Pavilion, Reno, NV October 17, 1995 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA October 19, 1995 The Zone, Abuquerque, NM October 20, 1995 Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO October 21, 1995 Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, AZ (supported by Cheap Trick) October 22, 1995 Hollywood Grand, Los Angeles, CA October 24, 1995 Wind River Casino, Redding, CA October 25, 1995 Cherry heights Casino, Eureka, CA October 26, 1995 Hult Centre, Eugene, OR

May 15-16, 1999 Ruth Eckard Hall, Clearwater, FL May 19, 1999 Amphitheatre, Pompano Beach, FL May 21, 1999 Hard Rock Live Theatre, Orlando, FL (with Rick Derringer) June 23, 1999 Lawrence Joel, Winston Salem, NC (with David Lee Roth) June 24, 1999 MCI Centre, Washington, DC June 26, 1999 Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA June 27, 1999 Trump Marina, Atlantic City, NJ June 30, 1999 Greatwoods, Boston, MA (with David Lee Roth) July 1, 1999 Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, PA July 3, 1999 Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA (with David Lee Roth) July 4, 1999 Darien Lake PAC, Buffalo, NY (with David Lee Roth) July 6, 1999 Montage Mountain PAC, Scranton, PA (with David Lee Roth) July 8, 1999 World Music Theatre, Chicago, IL (with David Lee Roth) July 9, 1999 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI (with David Lee Roth) July 10, 1999 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Milwaukee, WI (with David Lee Roth) July 13, 1999 Keil Auditorium, St.Louis, MO July 14, 1999 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN (with David Lee Roth) July 17, 1999 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX (with David Lee Roth) July 18, 1999 River Park, Toledo, OH July 20, 1999 Fiddler's Green, Denver, CO (with David Lee Roth) July 24, 1999 Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA (with David Lee Roth) July 25, 1999 BSU Pavilion, Boise, ID (with David Lee Roth) July 28, 1999 Rose Garden, Portland, OR (with David Lee Roth) July 30, 1999 Lawlor Events Centre, Reno, NV (with David Lee Roth) July 31, 1999 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV (with David Lee Roth) August 1, 1999 SDSU Open Air Theater, San Diego, CA (with David Lee Roth) August 3, 1999 San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA (with David Lee Roth) August 4, 1999 Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA (with David Lee Roth) August 6, 1999 Delta Centre, Salt Lake City, UT August 7, 1999 Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ August 8, 1999 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

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A Willy Wonka-inspired experience ‘scam’ was so bad that people called the cops

People who attended a Willy Wonka-inspired “Chocolate Experience” in Glasgow, Scotland, were promised “extraordinary props, oversized lollipops, and a paradise of sweet treats” — all promoted with dreamlike, candy-colored images on its website .  

When ticketholders arrived at the event over the weekend, they instead found a sparsely decorated warehouse with nothing resembling the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” franchise the event invoked in its advertising.

“It was just ridiculous. I mean, just very amateurish. Absolutely nothing like what was described,” said Alana Lockens, who paid £35 per ticket, or $44.40 , to take her two young kids to the experience. “For the sake of my children, we were trying to be happy and smiley so that they wouldn’t pick up on the disappointment and just tried to make the best of a bad situation.”

House of Illuminati's "Willy's Chocolate Experience" event

Outraged attendees immediately began posting their experiences online, calling the event underwhelming and a “scam.” Some people quickly likened the event to the infamous Fyre Festival , a chaotic and pricey island concert that was falsely advertised as a “once-in-a-lifetime musical experience.”

By Saturday afternoon, the experience had been canceled and local police confirmed to NBC News that they were called to the scene after attendees who felt conned began demanding refunds. And further examination, along with interviews of people hired to work the event, hints that artificial intelligence-generated media may have played a key role in creating its veneer.

The event website touted interactive exhibits, and images shared on the site couldn’t be found elsewhere on the internet through reverse image searches. Some bore known hallmarks of AI creation, most notably strange and nonsensical lettering.

Two actors hired for the event who spoke to NBC News said they were promised £500 to perform in themed costumes that weekend. They each said the script they were given appeared AI-generated because of its “gibberish” wording. And when they showed up for rehearsal Friday night, more alarm bells went off.

Michael Archibald said he heard back the same day he applied to the acting gig, which was listed on the jobs site Indeed. When he showed up to rehearse the day before the event, the warehouse still looked barebones beyond a few props, and he said costumes weren’t delivered until rehearsal was nearly over.

Things didn’t look much better when he arrived the next morning.

“I thought, this is where dreams go to die,” he said of his reaction upon walking into the warehouse Saturday. “I already could feel the embarrassment. … I knew the script was AI-generated, as well. I was like, this isn’t normal human writing.”

House of Illuminati's "Willy's Chocolate Experience" event

The event was hosted by the London-based event company House of Illuminati, which was incorporated just three months ago, according to the U.K. government agency Companies House. It describes itself as “a realm where fantasy and reality converge to create unparalleled immersive experiences.” The company didn’t respond to a request for comment Tuesday. 

In the hours after the event’s abrupt cancellation, House of Illuminati posted a now-deleted statement on its Facebook page promising to return attendees’ money.

“Today has been a very stressful and frustrating day for many and for that we are truly sorry. Unfortunately last minute we were let down in many areas of our event and tried our best to continue on and push through and now realise we probably should havd cancelled first thing this morning instead,” the post said. “we fully apologise for what has happened and will be giving full refunds to each and every person that purchased tickets.”

It isn’t entirely clear whether the company used AI to generate its promotional images and character scripts, and the company hasn’t addressed the topic. 

Ever since the ongoing explosion in generative AI technology made it easy for internet users to instantaneously create web copy and images from text prompts, many sellers and services have begun using AI-generated content in their marketing . Deepfakes of celebrities and influencers advertising certain products have also circulated in recent months, tricking some potential buyers.

Paul Connell, another actor hired for the event, said some scenes in the script were “absolute nonsense” and impossible to replicate without special effects. The actors said event organizers soon told them to scrap the scripts and just improvise as the characters they were supposed to play.

At one point, Connell said, the actors began to suspect that the event was a sham and that they were unlikely to receive payment for their work. But after they discussed the situation among themselves, he said, they decided to stay and try to entertain the children as best as they could.

Paul Connell in his Willy Wonka costume

“I just thought of it as I just want the kids to have a good time. So I’m going to be silly and take photographs with them and play little games with them,” Connell said. “There was a little girl dressed as an Oompa Loompa that was just really upset, because she’d expected Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and got a dirty warehouse in Glasgow.”

Connell said the situation began to deteriorate soon after the event began. He said he took a lunch break as his “sanity was starting to go” — and returned to see chaos unfolding.

“There was just a mob of people outside and inside. It was carnage,” Connell said. “I joked when I walked back in, ‘I’ve been at lunch an hour, what’s happened?’ And there was people just running everywhere, shouting, threatening the organizers.”

By then, the Police Service of Scotland had been called to the scene. A spokesperson said in an email that it wasn’t a police matter but that officers offered advice to frustrated attendees.

Lockens said she has received an email confirming her refund but hasn’t yet received the money in her account, which House of Illuminati’s post said can take up to 10 working days.

The company’s director, Billy Coull, appears to have wiped most of his online presence since he drew backlash for the event. Coull didn’t respond to requests for comment through his Instagram page. 

Disgruntled attendees have also created a Facebook group called “ house of Illuminati scam ” to share their experiences at Willy’s Chocolate Experience and organize efforts to secure refunds.

Box Hub, the event venue that rented out its space to House of Illuminati, said in an email that it has been in contact with several parents about offering its venue as a space to host another event for the families who were dismayed by last weekend’s.

“We would love to offer our venue completely free of charge as a gesture of apology on behalf of House of Illuminati, who either have no regards for the families and young children they have disappointed or are too embarrassed to comment,” operations manager Matt Waterfield wrote. 

He reiterated that Box Hub had no involvement with House of Illuminati’s event beyond renting out the Glasgow venue and said the company was “shocked to see the way this event had unravelled after being led to believe this event would be a ‘fully immersive showcase.’”

For Lockens, purchasing five tickets for her family made a sizable dent in her wallet. But she said she thought the experience would be worth it for her children, who are major fans of all things Willy Wonka. (The event’s website said it had no official affiliation with Warner Bros., which owns the rights to the Willy Wonka character.)

“It’s just not what I expected at all, and it certainly was not worth £35 per ticket,” she said. “In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis in the U.K., that’s money that most families won’t be able to afford to part with for something that was just so terrible.”

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Metal rockers Five Finger Death Punch are coming to Des Moines in August. Get tickets

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You won’t be in “Bad Company” when heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch take over the Wells Fargo Arena in August.

The band from Las Vegas, Nevada will perform on Aug. 19 and are joined by controversial rocker Marilyn Manson and Russian deathcore band Slaughter to Prevail.

Some of Five Finger Death Punch’s popular songs are “Wrong Side of Heaven,” “A Little Bit Off” and “Welcome To The Circus.” Formed in 2005, Five Finger Death Punch recently released a special, digital deluxe edition of their 2022 album, “AfterLife.”

Five Finger Death Punch performed at another large Iowa show in recent years: the Iowa State Fair Grandstand in 2021 .

The hard rockers have joined Metallica for several shows throughout their 2023-2024 world tour.

Get tickets for Five Finger Death Punch at Wells Fargo Arena

The hard rock band will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Arena, 233 Center St., Des Moines. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 15 and are available to purchase at hyveetix.com .

More: These are some of the biggest concerts near Des Moines in 2024, from Jelly Roll to Chris Stapleton

Paris Barraza is a trending and general assignment reporter at the Des Moines Register. Reach her at  [email protected] . Follow her on Twitter @ParisBarraza.

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  5. Live in Albuquerque 1976

    Live in Albuquerque 1976 is a live album by the English hard rock band Bad Company featuring all four original members. The recordings were made by Mick Ralphs, who regularly taped the group's shows in the 1970s, so the band could use them to finely tune their set and performances. The album was released on Angel Air Records in 2006, 30 years after it was recorded.

  6. Bad Company

    Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run with the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and the US. ... For their 1996 tour, the Bad Company line-up was: Kirke, Hart, Rick Wills, and Dave "Bucket" Colwell. Ralphs sat out this tour due to health issues, which he had also done ...

  7. Bad Company Setlist at Madison Square Garden, New York

    Get the Bad Company Setlist of the concert at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA on April 5, 1976 from the Run with the Pack Tour and other Bad Company Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  8. Bad Company Tour Statistics: 1976

    View the statistics of songs played live by Bad Company. Have a look which song was played how often in 1976! setlist.fm Add Setlist. Search Clear ... 2018 U.S. Tour (16) Bad Company (71) Burnin' Sky (44) Company of Strangers Tour (35) Dangerous Age (67) ... 1976. Song Play Count; 1: Can't Get Enough Play Video stats: 17 :

  9. Bad Company

    Bad Company'Live At L.A. Forum 1976'Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, CASunday May 16th, 1976Very Good Audience RecordingJimmy Page and Robert Plant of Red Zeppe...

  10. Bad Company: the story behind the Run With The Pack album

    The date: January 3, 1976. The place: Olympia, West London, venue for The Great British Music Festival. Bad Company are headlining in the vast, old Royal Agricultural Hall. Promoter Mel Bush isn't best pleased. He'd hoped to sell out the 6,000-capacity glass and steel-roofed shed but huddled in his Afghan coat, this writer reckons the house ...

  11. Bad Company: how they conquered America

    Boston, Massachusetts, October 10, 1974. It was the final night of Bad Company's inaugural American tour and despite an uninterrupted string of unqualified successes, the exultant mood among the musicians had chilled with the news that their manager, the Herculean Peter Grant, wanted to see them, pronto.Among the four musicians - vocalist Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, bassist Boz ...

  12. Run with the Pack

    Run with the Pack is the third studio album by English supergroup Bad Company.It was released on 30 January 1976, by Island Records. The album was recorded in France using the Rolling Stones Mobile Truck in September 1975 with engineer Ron Nevison, and mixed in Los Angeles by Eddie Kramer.It was the only original Bad Company album without artwork from Hipgnosis, instead featuring artwork from ...

  13. Bad Company

    Experience the legendary rock band Bad Company in their prime with this official promo video for their first-ever live album featuring the original line-up. Recorded in 1977 and 1979, the album ...

  14. TourDateSearch.com: Bad Company tour dates

    Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982. Bad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run with the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and the US.

  15. Bad Company

    1976 January 2-3, 1976 Olympia, London, ENG (Great British Music Festival) March 14, 1976 Fairgrounds Arena, OK ... Bad Company UK Tour 2016. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Advertisement. Fan Feed More Concerts Wiki. 1 Suzanne Vega 1987 Tour;

  16. Concerts

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  17. List of Bad Company band members

    Bad Company in 1976. Bad Company were an English hard rock band from London.Formed in 1973, the group originally featured vocalist and rhythm guitarist Paul Rodgers, lead guitarist Mick Ralphs, bassist Boz Burrell and drummer / percussionist Simon Kirke.The band's final lineup featured constant member Kirke, Rodgers (absent between 1986 and 1998), guitarist Howard Leese (joined 2008), and ...

  18. TourDateSearch.com: Bad Company tour dates

    Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982. Bad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run with the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and the US.

  19. Bad Company Concert Setlist at Spectrum, Philadelphia on April 10, 1976

    Get the Bad Company Setlist of the concert at Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA on April 10, 1976 from the Run with the Pack Tour and other Bad Company Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  20. Bio

    The long awaited reunion came together in 1999 and saw the band not only complete a rousing 30-date U.S. tour that drew sell out crowds and much critical acclaim, but also oversee the release of the acclaimed Original Bad Company Anthology that year as well, a dynamic two-CD, 33-song overview of the band's career released on Elektra Records.

  21. Tour

    The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - with ZZ Top, Special Guest Cheap Trick

  22. A Willy Wonka-inspired experience 'scam' was so bad that people called

    House of Illuminati's "Willy's Chocolate Experience" event in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 24, 2024. Stuart Sinclair. Outraged attendees immediately began posting their experiences online, calling ...

  23. Five Finger Death Punch tour comes to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines

    You won't be in "Bad Company" when heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch take over the Wells Fargo Arena in August. The band from Las Vegas, Nevada will perform on Aug. 19 and are joined ...

  24. Bad Company Concert Map by year: 1977

    View the concert map Statistics of Bad Company in 1977! setlist.fm Add Setlist. Search Clear search text. follow. Setlists ... Bad Company > Tour Statistics. Song Statistics Stats; Tour Statistics Stats; Other Statistics; ... 1976 (47) 1975 (29) 1974 (61) Tours. Show all tours. 2009 Reunion Tour (1)

  25. Bad Company Concert Map by year: 1979

    View the concert map Statistics of Bad Company in 1979! setlist.fm Add Setlist. Search Clear search text. follow. Setlists ... Bad Company > Tour Statistics. Song Statistics Stats; Tour Statistics Stats; Other Statistics; ... 1976 (47) 1975 (29) 1974 (61) Tours. Show all tours. 2009 Reunion Tour (1)