• Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen)
• Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)
• Buch Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult)
• Loverboy
• Eddie Money
• Robin Zander & Rick Nielson (Cheap Trick)
• Brian Johnson & Cliff Williams (AC/DC)

Back In Black
TNT
Dirty Deeds
Rock and Roll and Noise Pollution
You Shook Me All Night Long

And for the encore, everyone listed above came out and sang Highway To Hell. Never had I seen that song played on stage with the likes of LoverBoy’s Mike Reno, Joe Lynn Turner, Robin Zander and Brian handling the vocals. Rick Nielson and Mark Farner added their guitar work to it and the rest of the guys sang back-up. Incredibly cool! Another guy came out and sang a line of the song, but I don’t know who it was. I think it was the guy whose band Brian is producing, but I’m not sure.

For $25 US, it was a great, great show with all the proceeds going to help Floridians affected by Hurricane Wilma. I can tell you first hand that our area is still recovering from that storm. I didn’t have power for 13 days and the area’s trees, stop lights and roofs are hardly back to normal. This concert was a relief to me, my wife and the other 3000 AC/DC fans who came out to watch this truly magnificent show from some of Rock n Roll’s best acts. I thank all those who donated their time and performed one of the best concerts I have seen in my life!! Thanks very much!!

Thanks to Dave Aurand

Cheap Tricks Robin Zander and a local musician shared the vocals with Brian on Highway to Hell with everyone joining in for the back up band. Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple), Mike Reno (Loverboy) backing vocals. Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult), Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) on guitar. All in all it was a great show.

Thanks to Gozone1

LEE COUNTY- AC/DC, Cheap Trick and Eddie Money were part of the blast from the past that rocked the stage at Germain Arena Thursday night. The concert benefits victims of Hurricane Wilma, but the acts didn't play to the packed house organizers hoped for.

Some of the biggest names in classic rock took the stage at Germain Arena to benefit victims of Hurricane Wilma.

"There's lots of stormy weather been coming through here in the last two years and some of our friends got their houses knocked down," said Robin Zander of Cheap Trick.

"It's a great cause. As soon as we heard about it we bought tickets," said Richard Hazen of Fort Myers.

Concert organizers and performers hoped others would do the same.

"The great thing is it's for the people so a lot of people come it'll be a lot of fun. The more the merrier as we say," said Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

The more the merrier - and the more money for hurricane relief.

"It's only $25 and it's for a good cause. You should be here. We should jam this place so you find it hard to get a seat," said Zander.

By the time the concert started, seats were not hard to find.

"I hate to even say it's only 2900 tickets sold so far," said Jeff Hickcox of K-ROCK.

He doesn't know why sales are low, but says it may just be bad timing.

"Maybe it's close to Christmas, maybe they're going to Christmas parties I don't know," said Hickcox.

Low sales at the ticket window don't mean the concert's losing money. While only about 3000 tickets have been sold, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts donated $12,000 toward the cause.

"That pretty much helped us cover costs. Our costs are very, very low," said Hickcox.

"Everybody's contributed everything from lights to sound," said Johnson.

While the arena wasn't full, fans got their fill of fun. And for those hit hard by the hurricane, the sound of relief is music to their ears.

Organizers have only been advertising the concert for a few weeks. Even though the turnout wasn't as big as they'd hoped for they say every little bit helps.

All proceeds will stay in Southwest Florida to benefit Hurricane Wilma victims

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