2015 Sounds Like Summer Concert Series line-up announced

Apr 16, 2015 in "Sounds Like Summer"

Posted: Thursday April 16, 2015 10:14am EDT by WDWMAGIC Staff

The line-up for the 2015 Sounds Like Summer Concert Series at Epcot is now available.

Show times are 5:30, 6:45 and 8pm. Sounds Like Summer concerts are included with Epcot admission and take place at the America Gardens Theater in World Showcase.

As always, performers are subject to change.

June 7-13: DSB – A Tribute to Journey
June 14-20: 2U – A Tribute to U2
June 21-26: Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot – A Tribute Billy Joel Show
June 27 – July 4: Don’t Look Back – A Tribute to Boston
July 5-11: Fire & Ice – A Tribute to Pat Benatar
July 12-18: Stayin’ Alive – A Tribute to the Bee Gees
July 19-25: Hotel California – A Salute to the Eagles
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ScooterApr 22, 2015

Please don't feel offended. I Love a good cover band. British Invasion in The United Kingdom pavillion was always a must see when I was in Epcot. Truth is though, I'm an autograph collector and have collected many autographs at events like Epcot has. I go to a ribfest concert every year where I live and have collected the autographs of the likes of Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Barbara Mandrell, Peter Frampton, John Prine and many others. And I know while these aren't "Big names" to some people, they are people I grew up listening to so to get the chance to meet them in person is a thrill to me. While nothing impresses like a good cover band, I have seen a few not so good cover bands and while I enjoy all kinds of good music, nothing makes me happier than meeting a celebrity musician...even the ones that aren't as popular as they once were, it's important to me, if I get the chance, to tell them personally how they made an impression on me and cheered me up while I went through some troubling teenage times. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say here. Sometimes I struggle trying to put my thoughts into words.

Horizons '83Apr 21, 2015

See I am the opposite, why would you want to see a shell of a band that was once great. Its sad really, like Smashing Pumpkins for example or Guns and Roses. Cover bands get a bad rap, IMO its much more difficult to cover a band accurately then one believes.

HDSApr 21, 2015

As a person in a 80s tribute band, the negativeness make me sad. Cover bands like The Mad T Party in DCA are well loved. Why so down on tribute bands? A lot of the real bands sound like shadows of their former selves and are phoning it in with half step\whole step and even 2 whole steps down tuning (I'm looking at you Phil Collins). These bands are an added atmosphere to your park enjoyment. Hell I would LOVE to play that stage!

awilliams4Apr 21, 2015

Seen several of these. Journey so far was the best. Seen the Bee Gees, Billy Joel and will see Boston this year. The worst was the Janet Jackson tribute band...we just skipped it.

fillerupApr 21, 2015

Yes, Blast was fun. And you probably remember that either before or after Blast - I think after - they had the Irish dance troupe for a year or two.

COProgressFanApr 21, 2015

I hope that's not the case, but with the way things go in today's WDW, its very possible that any entertainment can be cut at any time. Historically, even before the Sounds like Summer series, there was usually a summer entertainment act at the America Gardens theater. I loved the Blast! shows they ran for a few years in the early 2000s. As long as they never bring back that godawful Barbie show from the 90s, I'm good!!!

bethymouseApr 21, 2015

I agree 100%.:D

DsnyFevrApr 21, 2015

I am so mad about this, we plan our Summer trip around seeing them every year.

JimboJones123Apr 21, 2015

No Jon Bovi this year???

sshindelApr 21, 2015

I would much rather see 1/8th of the original band that was popular 40 years ago toddle around the stage with a random cast of musicians to play their 3 hits than to see a cover band play the music of an iconic band who's greatest hits catalog would make an excellent 3 hour set.

OtterheadApr 21, 2015

I truly think it's because good cover bands are super popular on their own. If the point of your fest is to give people some fun background music to dance and sing along to, why book a band like Earth Wind and Fire, whose members are pretty old and essentially their own cover band, when you can get a band who sounds just like them in their prime? If U2 costs a million dollars a show and Bono's in the hospital anyway, you get a band who sounds like classic U2. If Journey's on tour and they have a new lead singer these days, you get a cover band with a singer that sounds like Steve Perry.

ScooterApr 21, 2015

Sorry if anyone misunderstood my point which was: If they can get bands for food and wine and flower and garden festivals, then why not for summer fling? I'm not talking about Paul McCartney or Aerosmith or some hugely and currently popular band, but personally, I'd rather see a real band from the past like Earth Wind and Fire than a Tom Petty wanna be cover band. But maybe that's just me.

OtterheadApr 21, 2015

Most of those 'real' bands are either (a) on tour, (b) nonexistent, or (c) waaay too expensive to book for a week. Disney always gets tribute bands for this time of year: they're fun and folks love singing along to the hits. For Food & Wine, they get "real bands".

jakemanApr 21, 2015

/slowclap
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