Planet Desert Rock Weekend V: Duel Join as Final Band for ‘Last Call’
As one might have suspected, the final act to be added to Planet Desert Rock Weekend V‘s ‘Last Call’ final-day lineup is a doozy. Austin marauders Duel will make their way westward to Las Vegas to top the bill, which has been unveiled piecemeal as featuring BoneHawk, Iota, Luna Sol and Jason Walker’s Badmotorfinger — the latter a covers set celebrating the Soundgarden album — and has turned out to be a party with no less a sense of curation than that which is bringing Sergeant Thunderhoof to the US for the first time to play the fest-proper. Planet Desert Rock Weekend happens at the behest of Vegas Rock Revolution aka promoter John Gist, who believed Vegas could be a place for heavy rock to dwell before many, then went ahead and proved the concept himself.
I think this is the end of Planet Desert Rock Weekend V‘s lineup reveals — though there’s always the potential for things to change — so I’ve included the poster for the fest-proper so you get the full picture of what the weekend looks like. It’s a sight I’m trying hard to get there to see for myself.
From the PR wire:
PDRW Last Call final band announcement – DUEL
Alright we are super excited to announce our final band for Planet Desert Rock Weekend V – Last Call on February 2nd at Sinwave in the Arts District in Las Vegas! We are bringing in a former Vegas Rock Revolution band from Austin Texas… DUEL! These guys have been putting out spectacular albums since 2016 as they have 5 studio albums and 2 live albums. Their latest album “Breakfast With Death” on Heavy Psych Sounds Records took it up a notch in heaviness and landed #5 on the July Doom Charts as voted on my insiders from around the world. Duel has toured all over the world and continuously brought a smoking set to each crowd. They are a can’t miss kinda band live and will be wild to see their new heavier stuff incorporated into their sets. And lastly frontman Tom Frank may have the best hair in the heavy underground!
We think the blending of having this wildly good heavy rock/ doom band (Duel) from Texas pairing with bluesy hard rocking Luna Sol 
(Dave Angstrom from Hermano fronted) from Denver along with the mighty Bonehawk who is a premier stoner rock band with amazing harmonies out of Michigan and then a rare appearance from heavy psychers Iota out of Utah whose 2024 album “Pentasomnia) will give our rocking fans an adventure in live heavy music. And starting off that show is Jason Walker’s Badmotorfinger who will play most of that iconic grunge era album along with a few older tracks to get the party going.
Jason recently toured as part of the Gene Simmons band in Europe alongside Brian Tichy ( Whitesnake/ Pride and Glory/etc) and Brent Woods (a Randy Rhoads student). Word has it Dave Angstrom (Luna Sol) has a few tricks up his sleeve for their set which will be final band of the evening. We are so honored to have such talented bands joining us for all 4 nights of Planet Desert Rock Weekend V and we have one more band to announce in the near future. VRR is very humbled to get such great support and feedback about PDRW V! Legacy bands like Fireball Ministry, Unida, Solace, Mos Generator don’t play a ton of shows in the states and pair that with 8 international bands joining us from all over the world truly personify what we try to achieve at PDRW. Sergeant Thunderhoof and Fire Down Below will be playing exclusively PDRW V while in the states.
See you in Vegas!
Tickets for PDRW Last Call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1022254108557
Tickets for PDRW V: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/873750791137
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