July 30th | Austin Meade | Colin Stough | The ShotGunBillys
85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally at Kickstands | To GUARANTEE ADMISSION After 5 PM, you need your Kickstands Camping Admission OR Kickstands Bar & Grill Rally Cover Charge Wristband. Nightly Cover Charge after 5 PM at the door (don’t risk waiting for the door; we WILL SELL OUT NIGHTLY).
Austin Meade | 9PM
Thanks to his metal- and classic-rock loving dad, Meade got to see bands like Judas Priest and worshipped Whitesnake. In junior high he related to the intense emo-rock of Paramore and Fall Out Boy, and the power of songwriters like John Mayer. Yet, thanks to plainspoken but deep heartland songwriters like Tom Petty, and cutting his teeth touring in the Texas and Oklahoma Red Dirt scene, Meade’s music overflows with wide-open soulfulness. He was a drummer for years, even teaching to pay the bills, but Meade found his true voice when he began playing guitar as a teen in his pastor-father’s church.
Those experiences lend both a gravitas and rebelliousness to Meade’s songs and self. Now the frontman of his own band slinging guitar licks with expert precision, his music rolled out with two releases in 2014, his first EP “Long Ways To Go” followed by his first full-length album “Chief Of The Sinners.” His next EP “Heartbreak Coming” came in 2016 with a couple of singles to announce his commencement on the Texas Music Chart, followed by his second full-length album “Waves” in 2019. In 2021, Meade introduced his third LP 'Black Sheep' including the hit tracks "Happier Alone," "Cave In,"'Dopamine Drop," and "Deja Vu." Meade released his fourth LP 'Abstract Art Of An Unstable Mind' fall of 2022, further showcasing his ability to seamlessly blend genres into a groovy yet piercingly fresh sound of rock 'n' roll. Now comes for a new era, ushering in Meade's latest rock EP ‘Pretty Little Waist’ featuring singles “Blackout,” released with Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria, Stoner Fantasy, and “Insignificant Other” featuring Sam Canty and Lance Vanley of Treaty Oak Revival.
Colin Stough | 7PM
A horse-loving, motorcycle-riding 19-year-old from Gattman, Mississippi has lived through a lot in his relatively short life. And, every ounce of heartbreak can be heard in his gravelly yet commanding rock-leaning vocal.
Dubbed “the Brad Pitt of country music” by Katy Perry — the southern-rock, country artist is releasing his single, “I Still Talk to Jesus.” The bluesy, rock ballad, written by Francisco Martin and Hank Compton, is about loneliness, loss and addiction, themes Colin is all too familiar with.It is a song about feeling so emotionally alone it's hard not to question “why” yet also feeling a semblance of hope — that you're not truly alone. Tender yet gritty, Colin's striking vocal performance emotes the perfect blend of “I've been there too” and “to anyone out there feeling this way, you are not alone.”
The ShotGunBillys | 5PM
The ShotGunBillys are a high-energy southern rock band that blends Memphis blues with a steady Arkansas country handshake. The band hails from the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. They were nurtured by the sounds that made Memphis great but have carved a distinct sound that blends it all.
"We are proud to be back at Kickstands as the house band for the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally! We have played here for several years as the house band, and everyone at Kickstands has become family to us! We look forward to playing music and partying with all the Kickstands Krazies! The bands, the fans, the staff, all of em'! We have 3 albums of original music out. Just check Spotify or any of the streaming services to listen to SGB! For 2025, we will be bringing lots of new music and a few cool new surprises!"~The ShotGunBillys
Detailed Schedules and passes are available at kickstandsllc.com
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