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KLAQ & Leg Up Entertainment Announce VIP Pre-Show Acoustic Set & Q&A with Dead Poet Society
August 19, 2025
EL PASO, TEXAS – August 19, 2025 – KLAQ and Leg Up Entertainment announce a private VIP opportunity featuring Dead Poet Society (DPS). The opportunity includes an acoustic performance and an intimate question-and-answer session with the band ahead of their appearance at KLAQ Rocks the Park, presented by Speaking Rock, on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Southwest University Park.
Fans with a VIP ticket to KLAQ Rocks the Park will enjoy exclusive early entry at 5 p.m. through the Big Dog House, a private VIP entrance, followed by the special performance by DPS beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the VIP section on the field.
The music festival features a lineup that spans multiple rock genres and generations. Scott Stapp, the Grammy-winning songwriter and voice of Creed, will headline the event. DPS, Poppy, and Hooked Like Helen will open the show. Gates for the general public open at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now at southwestuniversitypark.com or the Southwest University Park Durango box office.
KLAQ Rocks the Park, presented by Speaking Rock, revives the KLAQ Street Fest, bringing back an annual tradition that was once a staple in El Paso. The popular downtown festival first kicked off in 2009 and continued annually until its last event in October 2018. KLAQ Rocks the Park also marks the first concert at Southwest University Park since Way Out West Festival in 2023.
For more information, visit klaq.com, southwestuniversitypark.com, or tune in to KLAQ 95.5 FM.
EVENT DETAILS
Event: KLAQ Rocks the Park
Date: Saturday, October 4
Location: Southwest University Park
VIP Gates Open: 5:00 p.m.
Gates Open: 5:30 p.m.
Dead Poet Society VIP Show: 5:45 p.m.
Show Starts: 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: SouthwestUniversityPark.com
KLAQ
Website: KLAQ.com
Instagram: @klaqofficial
Facebook: @KLAQRocks
X: @KLAQ
SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY PARK
Website: southwestuniversitypark.com
Instagram/Facebook: @southwestuniversityparkep
HEADLINER & OPENING ACTS
Scott Stapp is a Grammy award-winning songwriter, solo artist, and lead vocalist of the rock band Creed. Stapp has sold more than 53 million records, has been streamed over 1 billion times, and has 11 No. 1 singles. He is currently in the studio recording the follow-up album to The Space Between the Shadows (2019), which debuted at the top of the Rock and Album charts in the US and UK.
Website: scottstapp.com
Instagram/Facebook/X: @scottstapp
Poppy's creativity has propelled her through the worlds of music, art, and performance, constantly defying genres and expectations. From performance art and video directing to writing sci-fi graphic novels, she blends everything from metal and grunge-punk to trap-pop. Her 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Metal Performance (“BLOODMONEY”) made history as the first solo female artist in the category. In 2024, she toured with 30 Seconds to Mars and Avenged Sevenfold and released major collaborations with Bad Omens and Knocked Loose. She debuted her fifth album, Negative Spaces, exploring industrial anthems, 80s synth, and pop-punk.
Website: impoppy.com
Instagram: @impoppy
Facebook: @poppy
X: @PoppyUpdate
Dead Poet Society’s second album, FISSION, is a powerful exploration of personal transformation, emotional turmoil, and self-discovery. Frontman Jack Underkofler, alongside bandmates Jack Collins, Will Goodroad, and Dylan Brenner, crafts a record that examines themes of heartbreak, addiction, and the struggles of adulthood. Following their acclaimed debut –!– (2021), FISSION blends alternative rock, dark hard rock, and progressive indie.
Website: wearedps.com
Instagram/X: @wearedps
Facebook: @deadpoetsocietyband
Hooked Like Helen has become a sought-after band for TV and film placements, with music featured on E!, MTV, Netflix, and more. Their song “Liar” inspired the script for High Strung: Free Dance and was prominently featured in the film, while Nikki also scored multiple scenes in the Emmy-winning docu-series CHEER. The band has built a reputation as a powerful live act, touring nationally, opening for Jewel, Taylor Hicks, and PVRIS, and releasing their acclaimed EP, Promise Me You’ll Run, co-produced by K Thrash (Jelly Roll, MGK).
Website: hookedlikehelen.com
Instagram/Facebook/X: @hookedlikehelen
