Two-time Grammy award winner Maroon 5 and classic rockers ZZ Top and Mick Fleetwood Blues Band are slated to play during the 2010 Kansas State Fair.
Fair Manager Denny Stoecklein also announced three country acts that will grace the Sprint Grandstand stage: Rodney Atkins and Blake Shelton. Opening for Shelton is James Otto.
"We have some great variety," Stoecklein said Thursday morning. "And we still have two more nights left to announce that will add to that variety."
He said fair officials are excited about signing on Maroon 5, which will have a new album released in the next month and just announced a major U.S. tour.
The R&B-influenced Maroon 5 is scheduled for Sept. 16. Their first album, "Songs About Jane," contained four hit singles - "Harder to Breathe," "This Love," "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning." Ticket price for the Thursday concert is $39.
Country music star Atkins - best known for his No. 1 hit, "Watching You" - will perform Sept. 12. Atkins has had five No. 1 singles in all, including "It's America" and "Cleaning This Gun." Ticket price for the Sunday concert is $25.
Shelton, whose song "Hillbilly Bone" is currently No. 1 on the charts, will be appearing at the Sprint Grandstand on Sept. 17. Overall, Shelton has had 17 singles on the country charts, including "The Baby" and "Some Beach." Newcomer Otto is recognizable for his single "Since You Brought It Up." Ticket price for the Friday concert is $28.
Closing the 10-day fair will be performances by ZZ Top and Mick Fleetwood Blues Band on Sept. 19. American blues/rock group ZZ Top played at the fair in 2005, drawing 6,850 people to the more-than-9,500-seat grandstand. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
Opening for ZZ Top is Fleetwood's band - a tribute to the 1967 Fleetwood Mac. The group includes veteran bluesman and former Fleetwood Mac vocalist and lead guitarist Rick Vito and legendary Mick Fleetwood, the drummer.
These acts join the previously announced classic rock group Foreigner, performing Saturday, Sept. 11, and comedian ventriloquist Terry Fator, who takes the stage on Monday, Sept. 13.
