They're serving Meatloaf this Summer in the Park

Summer in the Park
News Release

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The “Summer in the Park” Committee is ecstatic to announce multi-platinum selling album artist Meat Loaf to headline Saturday Night at the Summer in the Park Festival in North Bay August 4, 2012!!

For the past 35 years, the man born Marvin Lee Aday has been a towering monument on the musical landscape. His legendary 1977 album Bat Out Of Hell transformed this former high school football player, nightclub bouncer and stage actor into one of the great American rock 'n' roll icons. That record, with its staggering operatic sound and impassioned vocals, has sold more than 43 million albums worldwide - still one of the biggest-selling records ever.
Meat Loaf's reputation as one of music's greatest artists was underlined by such masterpieces as Dead Ringer (1981), Bad Attitude (1984) and the Bat Out Of Hell sequels Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993) and Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006).

Other artists might have tried to match his scale and copy his sound, but no one has come close.

Iconic singer MEAT LOAF has announced the first round of dates for his upcoming “MAD, MAD, WORLD” TOUR in connection with his newly released album HELL IN A HANDBASKET (Sony/Legacy). The Summer in the Park Festival in North Bay, Ontario is currently the only Canadian stop on the tour.

For the HELL IN A HANDBASKET tour, MEAT LOAF says, “People who come to Meat Loaf shows know what to expect. They know they're going to get full-on energy with the best rock 'n' roll band in the world. That's not an opinion. That's the truth.” Asked specifically what makes for a good show, he says, “Well, a great play can be done with a table, a light, and four chairs. Great shows are about people. You don't want to put up a wall with laser lights, production, and dancers. It's really about going out there and putting on the show of these people's lives without all of the bells and whistles.”

MEAT LOAF recently performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” where he sang “The Giving Tree” from HELL IN A HANDBASKET. "It’s is the most personal record I've ever made," said MEAT LOAF. "It's really the first record I've ever put out about how I feel about life and how I feel about what's going on at the moment." The album, produced by Paul Crook, is an expression of life’s metaphors, driven by excellent musicianship, and of course, the passionate vocals of MEAT LOAF. "Making this album was a great experience," said MEAT LOAF, "and I hope my fans enjoy hearing it as much as I did making it."

MEAT LOAF--whose 1977 breakout album Bat Out Of Hell defined the arena rock genre and remains as one of the world's five top-selling albums of all-time, with more than 43 million copies sold to date--is excited about HELL IN A HANDBASKET. It’s a thematic record that easily crosses any number of genres, featuring such unlikely contributors as rappers Chuck D and Lil Jon, country star Trace Adkins, and Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath.

Tickets are only $30 in advance and will increase at the gates. Tickets can be purchased online at www.capitolcentre.org or in person at the Parks, Recreation Leisure Services Department City Hall, Memorial Gardens, North Bay Transit Terminal, Capitol Centre Box Office, North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce, Clarion Resort Pinewood Park, TD Bank on Main Street, TD Bank in the North Bay Mall & TD Bank on Laurentian Ave.

The evening musical entertainment component of the Festival will take place Friday August 3rd and Saturday August 4th, 2012 at the Community Waterfront Park Amphitheatre (in between the Transit Terminal and Discovery North Bay).

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