Billings, Montana- TOOL to perform at the MetraPark Arena November 25, 2007 at 8pm. Tickets Go On Sale Saturday, October 13 at 10:00 am.

Emerging with a heavy metal sound on their first release when the genre was dominated by thrash metal, Tool were later seen at the top of the alternative metal movement with the release of their second full-length studio album Ænima in 1996. Efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution continued with Lateralus (2001) and their most recent album 10,000 Days (2006), and gained the band critical acclaim and worldwide success. Tool has won three Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries. Due to their relatively long and complex releases as well as their incorporation of visual arts, they are generally described as a style-transgressing act and part of progressive and art rock.

Formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, the group consists of drummer Danny Carey, bassist Justin Chancellor, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan.

Tickets, priced at $35 and $45 will be available for sale on Saturday, October 13 at 10 am and can be purchased at MetraPark Arena Box Office, Rimrock Mall, or at local Cellular Plus stores.  Purchase tickets online at www.metrapark.com or by phone at:  406.256.2422 or toll free: 1.800.366.8538.  Tickets are subject to applicable service charges.

Numbered wristbands for the on-sale will be available during regular business hours, 8am – 5pm at MetraPark beginning on Wednesday, October 10 through Friday, October 12. Wristbands will also be available on Saturday, October 13 until 9:30 a.m.  At that time, a random number will be drawn and the wearer of that wristband will be first in line for tickets. Subsequent numbers will follow in order. 

OZZY OSBOURNE will bring his massive 40-concert North American tour to MetraPark Arena in Billings, Montana on Friday, November 9, 2007.  This will be his first ever solo concert in Billings and will feature special guest, Rob Zombie.  The tour follows BLACK RAIN— Ozzy’s critically acclaimed first album of new studio material in six years and ZOMBIE’s hit film Halloween, which premiered number one at the box office in its debut weekend and broke all Labor Day Weekend records, grossing an estimated 31 million dollars.

Tickets, priced at $49.75, $69.75, and $89.75 are on sale Saturday, September 29^th at 10:00 AM and can be purchased at MetraPark Arena Box Office, Rimrock Mall, or at local Cellular Plus stores.  Purchase tickets  online at www.metrapark.com or by phone at:  406.256.2422 or toll free: 1-800-366-8538.  Some special packages including back stage access are also available for sale.  Tickets are subject to applicable service charges and event time and date are subject to change.

Numbered wristbands for the on-sale will be available during regular business hours, 8 am – 5 pm at MetraPark beginning on Wednesday, September 26 through Friday, September 28. Wristbands will also be available on Saturday, September 29 until 9:30 a.m.  At that time, a random number will be drawn and the wearer of that wristband will be first in line for tickets. Subsequent numbers will follow in order. 

Promoted by AEG Live, these concerts will mark OZZY's first solo arena tour in six years and pairs two of rock’s best and most dynamic frontmen in one unforgettable extravaganza. OZZY’s latest studio album BLACK RAIN finds the two-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as vital, creative and evocative as ever.  First single “I Don’t Wanna Stop” is OZZY’s biggest rock song of his career, spending 20 weeks at #1 on the R&R Rock Chart and peaking at #1 on the R&R Active Rock chart. The song is also the lead track from EA’s Madden NFL ’08. His second single, currently at radio, is the powerful manifesto "Not Going Away." BLACK RAIN was released in May and entered the Billboard pop albums chart at #3 with over 150,000 copies sold the first week. Overall, OZZY has sold over 100 million albums combined as both a member of Black Sabbath and as a solo artist.

Hot off the heels of the record breaking box office hit Halloween, ROB ZOMBIE unleashes his first-ever live album ZOMBIE – LIVE (Geffen Records/UMe) due out on October 23. ZOMBIE - LIVE is a brain-bashing, soul-shaking sonic earthquake that spans the hard rocker’s entire career. ZOMBIE has sold over fifteen million albums worldwide and is one of Geffen Record’s top selling artists. He has directed dozens of high profile music videos including OZZY OSBOURNE’s “Dreamer” video, contributed recordings to soundtracks and is known for twisting the imagination and boundaries of both film and music. In 2005, ZOMBIE assaulted the film world with the critically-acclaimed, macabre and twisted masterpiece The Devil's Rejects, the follow-up to his already cult classic House of 1000 Corpses (2004). As Halloween is well on its way towards cult status, ZOMBIE once again takes his horror show back on the road.  

Billings, MT      MetraPark management is pleased to announce that pre-eminent singer and songwriter of the seventies, James Taylor and his band, will perform in concert at MetraPark Arena on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 8 pm.  Tickets go on sale Saturday, September 22. The concert is presented by AEG Live.   

Over the course of his long career, James Taylor has earned 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards and 5 Grammy Awards for a catalog running from 1970's Sweet Baby James to his Grammy Award-winning efforts Hourglass (1997) and October Road (2002). Taylor's first Greatest Hits album earned him the RIAA's elite Diamond Award, given for sales in excess of 10 million units in the United States. For his accomplishments, James was honored with the 1998 Century Award, Billboard magazine's highest accolade, bestowed for distinguished creative achievement. The year 2000 saw his induction into both the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriter's Hall of Fame. In February 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences selected James its MUSICARES Person of the Year.

Raised in North Carolina, James now lives in western Massachusetts. He has sold some 40 million albums throughout his career, which began back in 1968 when he was signed to the Beatles' Apple Records. The album James Taylor was his first and only solo effort for Apple, which came a year after his first working experience with Danny Kortchmar and the band Flying Machine. It was only a matter of time before he would make his mark.

Above all, there are the songs: "Fire and Rain," "Country Road," "Something in The Way She Moves," "Mexico," "Shower The People," "Your Smiling Face," "Carolina In My Mind," "Sweet Baby James," "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," "You Can Close Your Eyes," "Walking Man," "Never Die Young," "Shed A Little Light," "Copperline" and many more. Taylor's songs have had a profound influence on both songwriters and music lovers of all generations and from all walks of life. As a recording and touring artist, James set a precedent for solo singer/songwriters and blazed a path to which countless numbers of earnest young musicians have since aspired. His warm baritone is among the most recognized voices in popular music and his guitar playing has established its own standard.

James released Sweet Baby James in 1970. It went triple-platinum and spawned his first Top 10 hit, the intensely personal "Fire and Rain." The following year saw the release of another million-seller, Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon and the #1 single, "You've Got a Friend," written by long time friend Carole King. The recording won a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Pop Male Vocal. In 1972, Taylor scored another Gold album with One Man Dog, which was followed up in 1973 with Walking Man. The album Gorilla (1975) included two more major chart entries: "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "Mexico."

Following his final Warner Brothers recording, In The Pocket, James moved on to Columbia Records and released a string of critically praised and commercially successful albums: JT, his 1977 double-platinum debut, included a Top 10 cover of Jimmy Jones' "Handy Man," a song that gave Taylor another Grammy for Best Pop Male Vocal. Flag (1979), Dad Loves His Work (1981), That's Why I'm Here (1985), Never Die Young (1988), New Moon Shine (1991) and the double-disc Live album (1993), show Taylor's consistency: all were certified platinum. Hourglass (1998), which garnered James' first Grammy Award for Best Pop Album, and October Road (2002), another Grammy winner, also enjoyed platinum sales.

James Taylor's music embodies the art of songwriting in its most fundamental form. He has been at it for decades: transforming introspective meditations into lyrics, melodies and harmonies that comfort and reassure the listener with the sense that these sometimes painful, sometimes celebratory moments are a part of life, shared by us all. In 1971, James was featured on the cover of TIME magazine, who heralded him as the harbinger of 'the singer/songwriter era". Today, the quintessential singer/songwriter has seen that era crossover into the 21st century. James currently resides in The Berkshires with his wife, Caroline and their sons Henry and Rufus.

Tickets for James Taylor in concert are priced at: $39.50, $59.50, and $69.50 and go on sale Saturday, September 22 at 10 a.m. at MetraPark, Rimrock Mall customer service counter, and at all Billings Cellular Plus stores as well as by mail, phone, and on-line at:  www.metrapark.com. For phone orders please call:  256-2422 or toll free: 1-800-366-8538.  Some fees may apply. For those with special needs, please mention those when ordering. 

Numbered wristbands for the on-sale will be available during regular business hours, 8 am – 5 pm at MetraPark beginning on Wednesday, September 17 through Friday, September 21. Wristbands will also be available on Saturday, September 22 until 9:30 a.m.  At that time, a random number will be drawn and the wearer of that wristband will be first in line for tickets. Subsequent numbers will follow in order.