INDIANAPOLIS –- Rock’s supergroup Kings of Chaos and legendary Grammy Award winner Rick Springfield will co-headline the Miller Lite Carb Day Concert on Friday, May 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Legendary funk and R&B band Morris Day and the Time will open the concert, followed by Springfield and Kings of Chaos. The show starts at 3:30 p.m. on the Miller Lite Stage inside Turn 3 of the IMS oval.
All general admission, concert pit and VIP Deck concert tickets include admission to the concert and to on-track activities that day at IMS, which include the final practice for the 106th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge and the INDYCAR Pit Stop Challenge.
“It will be fantastic to see fans enjoying live music on Miller Lite Carb Day for the first time since 2019,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “As everyone comes back home again to IMS this May, Kings of Chaos, Rick Springfield, and Morris Day and the Time will shift race weekend into top gear by performing hit after hit at one of the biggest parties of the year in the Midwest.”
Kings of Chaos was formed by Grammy-winning and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver). The band features a lineup of rock and roll royalty performing the biggest hit songs from the bands that made them global superstars. The group is comprised of Sorum, Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees), John Waite (Bad English, The Babys), Lita Ford (The Runaways), Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses), Warren DeMartini (Ratt) and Sean McNabb (Great White, Dokken).
The band’s setlist includes hits such as “Sister Christian” and “(You Can Still) Rock in America” from Night Ranger, “Youth Gone Wild” and “I Remember You” from Skid Row, “Kiss Me Deadly” and “Gotta Let Go” from Ford/The Runaways, as well as the iconic “Paradise City” and “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” from Guns N’ Roses.
Over the past four decades, Australian-born Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. He’s the creator of some of the finest power-pop of the ’80s, while also being a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits — including “Jessie’s Girl,” “An Affair of the Heart” and “Love Somebody.”
In 2019, Springfield released his 17th studio album, “Orchestrating My Life,” as his career-defining revisitation of a lifetime of hits. The album is a collection of hits that have been rerecorded with a mixture of pure rock instrumentals and orchestral accompaniment.
With his dynamic dancing and smooth vocals, Morris Day played an essential role in the development of the Twin City dance/club sound of the 1980s. A founding member of Prince’s band, the Time, in 1981, he remained with the group until 1984 when he launched his solo career.
Day’s involvement with Prince traces back to 1980 when his composition “Partyup” was covered on Prince’s “Dirty Mind” album. Day reached his apex with his second solo album, “Daydreaming,” two years after releasing his debut solo album in 1985.
The 106th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge is scheduled for Sunday, May 29.