Queensrÿche with Great White & Quiet Riot

Metal band Queensrÿche will rock the Bank Five Nine Main Stage with their sonic sounds on Sunday, August 3, 2025. 

With 20 million albums sold worldwide, Queensrÿche boasts innumerable accolades and a career that has charted the course of multiple genres. From well-known songs like “Jet City Woman” to the band’s GRAMMY-nominated hit single “Silent Lucidity,” rock on with their electric musical legacy. 

Openers Great White & Quiet Riot will each take the stage for this hardcore show. Get ready to experience Great White’s classic hits live like “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” “Rock Me,” “House of Broken Love,” and “Lady Red Light.” Rock & roll phenomenon Quiet Riot will play fan-favorite songs like “Bang Your Head (Metal Health),” Mama Weer All Crazee Now,” “The Wild And The Young,” and more. 

All seating for this show is reserved, and tickets range from $39 – $55. Each Main Stage ticket includes admission to the State Fair for the day of the show when purchased before entering the State Fair. Venue opens at 5:00pm for show seating. 

Wisconsin State Fair is not responsible for tickets purchased from third parties. No single ticket for this concert should exceed a ticket price of $55. 

Overcoming obstacles and defying expectations has always been at the heart of Queensrÿche. With 20 million albums sold worldwide, innumerable accolades and a career that has charted the course of multiple genres, Queensrÿche remains bloodied but unbowed. With its current lineup of Todd La Torre, Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, guitarist Mike Stone, and drummer Casey Grillo, Queensrÿche is looking towards the future while looking back on the influence and impact of its past. 

Track to track their sound embodies the lush melodies, passion, and intelligence that’s been the mark of the band since they first took hold of the flame with their hugely received self-titled 4-song EP in 1984. 

That cloying together of Queensrÿche’s past and present has become the mark of the band who regrouped in 2012. Over the course of its last triptych of albums Queensryche (2013), Condition Human (2015), and The Verdict (2019), the five-piece took hold of the proverbial flame to give fans Queensrÿche in its purest essence. Moments like the lush, contemplative “Forest” echo career defining highlights like the band’s GRAMMY-nominated hit single, “Silent Lucidity.” 

Currently teamed with producer and mixer, Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed), their latest album, Digital Noise Alliance, embraces and refracts Queensrÿche’s history from the classic drive of opener, “In Extremis” through “Behind The Walls” to epic album closer, “Tormentum.” Digital Noise Alliance is that elusive career-embodying album that echoes the most classic elements of the Queensrÿche’s sound. It pulses with the sort of sonic ambitions that changed the hard rock and metal landscape on albums like their multi-platinum Empire or their magnum-opus concept album, Operation: Mindcrime.  

Learn more about Queensrÿche on their website: Queensrÿche.com. 

For a band to continue to thrive 40 years in the music business, the mantra must be that these songs are bigger than any one member. GRAMMY-nominated hard rock legends Great White are adding onto that line with the saying: expect the unexpected.  

Their arsenal of songs includes the GRAMMY-nominated Best Hard Rock Performance hit, “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” Great White has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, has six Top 100 Billboard hits, nine Top 200 Billboard albums, two Platinum albums, and clocked the top of MTV four times.  

To experience their hits live in concert like “Rock Me,” “Mista Bone,” “Save Your Love,” “House of Broken Love,” and “Lady Red Light” is to ride an emotional wave of sultry connections, arousing lyrics, and an all-out marathon of hard-hitting orchestrations. Audiences might also hear tracks like “Something For You”, “Hard To Say Goodbye”, “Big Time” or one of the many deep cuts from Great White’s 13 studio albums. 

 California-based Great White is Mark Kendall (guitar), Michael Lardie (guitar, keyboards), Audie Desbrow (drums), Scott Snyder (bass), and Brett Carlisle (vocals).  

Since 1982, the Great White sound has captivated audiences worldwide with crushing, blues-based guitar riffs and swagger that invokes an emotional high for anyone that listens. The band’s core writing team of Lardie and Kendall forged numerous hits over the years, and when Desbrow joined in ’85, the grooves hooked an amazing stride. 

Learn more about Great White on their website: GreatWhite.com. 

Quiet Riot is a rock & roll phenomenon. Famously described as the first heavy metal band to top the pop chart at No. 1 on Billboard magazine, the Los Angeles quartet became an overnight sensation thanks to their monster 1983 smash album, Metal Health. 

Legendary bassist and Metal Health founding member Rudy Sarzo has returned to the band after almost a 20-year absence. As per the wishes of Frankie Banali who passed away in 2020, and the Banali estate, Quiet Riot continues its historic journey. The lineup is also composed of guitarist Alex Grossi, vocalist Jizzy Pearl, and is now joined by Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly. 

Hear classic hits like “Bang Your Head (Metal Health),” Mama Weer All Crazee Now,” “Cum on Feel the Noize,” “The Wild And The Young,” and more. 

Learn more about Quiet Riot on their website: QuietRiot.com.