27.07.2012

Amp It Up with Michael Schenker

Classic rock is having a heyday on the Côte d’Azur this summer as a stellar line-up including Status Quo, Simple Minds, Jean-Louis Aubert and Michael Schenker come to Antibes for the Amp It Up Riviera rock festival. Watch some of the world’s rock icons as well as getting a taste for fledgling French talent as a handful of promising new musicians also take to the stage at the Pinede Gould Arena in Juan Les Pins.

25th: Simple Minds

26th: Jean-Louis Aubert (supported by Rock Revelations winners The Running Birds)

27th: Michael Schenker (The Scorpions)

30th: Status Quo

For tickets, please visit: ampitupfestivals.com.

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