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04/25/2003 Entry: "Ray Alder to appear at ProgPower in Atlanta"

PROGPOWER USA IV TICKETS ON SALE MAY 5, RAY ALDER CONFIRMED TO PERFORM

ATLANTA - Tickets go on sale Monday, May 5 for ProgPower USA IV, which takes
place at Atlanta's Earthlink Live on September 5 and 6.

Ray Alder, vocalist for Fates Warning and Engine, has been confirmed to make a
special guest appearance at the show, where he is scheduled to perform with
Sensory recording artist Redemption.

Alder will be joined at ProgPower by Finland's Nightwish and Germany's Rage,
both making exclusive U.S. appearances, New Jersey's Symphony X, Sweden's
Evergrey, Florida's Circle II Circle, Germany's Vanden Plas, Italy's Secret
Sphere, Denmark's Mercenary, Norway's Pagan's Mind, and California's Redemption,
now featuring vocalist Corey Brown, formerly of Magnitude Nine and Psycho Drama.

Other special guests will be added in the coming months.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. EDT on May 5 via all Ticketmaster outlets.
Only 800 general admission tickets are available. All 300 "Gold Badge" tickets
for the show sold out within two days over six weeks ago. Last year's festival
- which featured Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Angra, Edguy, Threshold, Pain of
Salvation, Devin Townsend, Silent Force, Zero Hour, and Reading Zero - sold out
in just six days, four months in advance of the show. Tickets were sold to 36
States and 18 countries as far away as Japan.

ProgPower USA is an affiliate of the ProgPower Europe Festival and is sponsored
by Pacific Drums, Sabian Symbols, Evans Drumheads, Shure Microphones, Sensory
Records, and Metal Ages Media.

Visit www.progpowerusa.com for complete event information.

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