O.A.R. will headline the final night of Riverbend.PINS
Riverbend pins, good for all nine nights of the festival, go on sale at area Kangaroo stores May 1. They cost $32 until June 7, then go to $45. Single-night admission is $26.
Rock/pop band O.A.R. and the traditional fireworks show will close out the Riverbend 2013 festival on June 15.
Joining O.A.R. at the festival will be ’80s pop sensations the Psychedelic Furs, former Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Willie Watson and British blues rockers Leogun, according to assistant talent coordinator Jeff Styles.
Set to headline on the Coca-Cola Stage, O.A.R. (Of a Revolution), formed in 1996 in Rockville, Md., and released its first album, “The Wanderer,” before graduating from high school. Vocalist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman and saxophonist Jerry DePizzo each attended Ohio State University and they recorded two additional albums before leaving the campus.
Their most recent studio album, “King,” was released last year and debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Digital Album Chart, and was No. 3 at iTunes on the day of the release.