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| | name = Alpine Valley Music Theatre | | name = Alpine Valley Music Theatre | ||
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| | image_caption =Atreyu performing at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI on Ozzfest 2006.jpg | |||
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| | nickname = ''Alpine Valley'' | | nickname = ''Alpine Valley'' | ||
| | location = County Highway D<br />] | | location = County Highway D<br />] | ||
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For the Australian wine region, see Alpine Valleys. For the ski resort in Ohio, see Alpine Valley Ski Area.| Alpine Valley | |
 Atreyu performing at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI on Ozzfest 2006.jpg | |
| Location | County Highway D East Troy, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 42°44′16″N 88°26′01″W / 42.737778°N 88.433611°W / 42.737778; -88.433611 |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Type | Outdoor amphitheater |
| Seating type | reserved, lawn |
| Capacity | 37,000 |
| Opened | 1977 |
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Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 37,000 capacity amphitheater on County Highway D in East Troy, Wisconsin. The seasonal venue was built in 1977 and it features a characteristic wooden roof, covering the 7,500-seat pavilion and a sprawling lawn. It was reported on Urban Milwaukee Dial on August 25, 2014 to be for sale for over $8 million.
The theatre is located roughly equidistant between Madison, Milwaukee, Rockford, and Chicago, and therefore draws a wide regional audience.
Alpine Valley is generally considered the Milwaukee stop on major tours and the Chicago stop when the act doesn't perform in Illinois.
Until 1993, when the San Manuel Amphitheater was built in California, it was the largest amphitheater in the United States. That year, it was taken over by Nederlander Concerts. SFX (now Live Nation) acquired Alpine Valley from the Nederlanders in 1999.
Events
The amphitheater has played host to many concerts and music festivals, including Family Values Tour, Furthur Festival, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Lollapalooza, Monsters of Rock Festival, Ozzfest, PJ20 Festival, Projekt Revolution, Tibetan Freedom Concert and World Series of Rock Festival.
Boz Scaggs headlined the venue's inaugural event on June 30, 1977.
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band played during its inaugural summer of 1977 and every subsequent year since 1995, with the exception of 2005.
Shaun Cassidy played here to thousands of screaming young fans, mostly teenage girls, on June 24, 1978.
Aerosmith have performed here thirteen times since 1977, including the venue's inaugural season.
The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley 20 times from 1980 through 1989. Their album, Dick's Picks Volume 32, was recorded here in 1982 and their concert performance video, Downhill From Here, documents concerts from 1989.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed here on July 12 and 13, 1984 during the Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
Mötley Crüe filmed their music video for "Same Ol' Situation" at a concert here on July 7, 1990.
On August 26, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble played at the amphitheater along with other blues greats Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and his brother Jimmie Vaughan. After the concert, Vaughan left the area on a helicopter to return to Chicago and he and four others were killed, when the helicopter crashed into a ski hill, within the Alpine Valley resort.
Phish played Alpine Valley 13 times, their live album, entitled, Live Phish Volume 5, was recorded here on July 8, 2000. Alpine Valley is one of the sacred venues of Phish, along with Deer Creek Music Center, Hampton Coliseum, Madison Square Garden, The Gorge Amphitheatre and Shoreline Amphitheatre, among others.
The annual Ozzfest tour comes here almost every year and the CD, Ozzfest 2001: The Second Millennium, is culled from performances here.
The Dave Matthews Band has played a two night stand each year at Alpine Valley since 1999 except for 2011 and 2014. Their live releases, Live Trax Vol. 8 was recorded on August 7, 2004 and Live Trax Vol. 15 was recorded on August 9, 2008.
Coldplay performed during their Twisted Logic Tour on August 13, 2005. It was their largest American show ever, as it sold out the entire venue.
Korn recorded the music video for their song "Politics", during the Alpine Valley stop of the Family Values Tour on August 26, 2006.
Rage Against the Machine played a concert at Alpine Valley, with Queens of the Stone Age, for their only announced solo show, on August 24, 2007.
The Black Crowes filmed their "Hard to Handle" music video here.
Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Rush and Phish have all regarded Alpine Valley as one of their favorite venues to play. Former Phish road manager Brad Sands regards Alpine Valley as his favorite venue to see the band. Pearl Jam also played their only scheduled U.S. dates at the venue in 2011, as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations.
Resort
The resort is not owned by the owners of the music theater. The hotel serves over a hundred rooms in a Bavarian themed decor. There is also a ski hill and golf course as part of the entire resort complex.
See also
References
- New Moves From Nederlander
- SFX completes Alpine Valley purchase
- http://dmbalmanac.com/
- http://www.jambands.com/Features/content_2006_01_15.02.phtml
- "Pearl Jam Announce Details of Their Festival, Film, Tour and Book". artistdirect.com. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- "Pearl Jam reveals WI Labor Day Festival". billboard.com. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
External links
- Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Official Site
- Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Myspace Page
- A little bit of the history of Alpine Valley Music Theatre