Phoenix To Host Greatest Concert Lineup Since The US Festival

Dan Gibson | October 17, 2008 1:00 am

I’m sure it’s more due to the booking power of Clear Channel than the promotional talents of morning show idiots Johnjay and Rich, but this year’s installment of KZZP’s Phooson looks to be the greatest collection of talent ever. Sure, the concert has abandoned its original mission of bringing music to the gap between Phoenix and Tucson (get it? that’s why it’s called Phooson) and set up shop at an amphitheater in Phoenix. But when you look at the lineup, you’ll realize that Casa Grande–the little town smack in the middle of the two bigger cities–couldn’t have handled this much star power.

Of course, the current lineup has the “…and many more” caveat, but what would the rest of the world do for entertainment on Dec. 5 if more acts were added to this incredible cavalcade of stars?

Rihanna Katy Perry Jesse McCartney Fall Out Boy Pussycat Dolls and many more!

The Pussycat Dolls and Katy Perry? I’m going to need some heart medicine. However, you have to admire the career turn of Fall Out Boy, the only act on the bill who had any sort of organic growth as a band, playing gigs, etc. And now they’re sandwiched between a kid who got his start on a soap opera and a Hollywood burlesque show turned pop group with largely interchangeable parts. You guys have come a long way from playing the Knights of Columbus!

Phooson 2008 [KZZP]