F1 Returns

Superstars Green Day and Ed Sheeran will speed into Austin for Formula 1 weekend

Green Day will kick off the weekend of musical performances on Friday, October 21.

Photo by Jonathan Weiner

Formula 1 is returning to Circuit of The Americas this October, bringing with it two multi Grammy Award-winning acts.

On March 29, COTA announced the event's global headliners will be five-time Grammy winner Green Day, kicking things off on Friday, October 21, with singer-songwriter and four-time Grammy winner Ed Sheeran performing on Saturday, October 22.

In addition to Green Day and Ed Sheeran, F1 weekend will feature a lineup of more than 20 bands on the Germania Insurance Super Stage.

Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix weekend, which runs October 21-23, 2022, has already sold out of reserved seat and general admission tickets for the weekend due to extraordinary demand. But good news for fans of F1, Green Day, and Ed Sheeran: COTA will release a limited number of single-day GA tickets this week.

“These superstar performers are for the fans, as the tickets are already almost sold out. We want the United States Grand Prix to be the greatest sports and entertainment event, along with the best ticket value, in the world,” says Bobby Epstein, COTA chairman. “With 20 other bands, these headliners round out a spectacular weekend festival of racing, music, camping and fun.”

Friday General Admission tickets ($59) and Saturday General Admission tickets ($129) will go on sale Wednesday, March 30, at 10 am at circuitoftheamericas.com/f1/tickets.

On Friday, visitors can watch their favorite drivers take on COTA’s legendary 3.41-mile track for initial practice laps before heading to the Germania Insurance Super Stage to experience Green Day’s electrifying performance. Saturday GA tickets will provide access to the Formula 1 qualifying races before Sheeran takes the stage in the evening.

All reserved seat and general admission tickets include access to the Germania Insurance Super Stage Festival Lawn for the concert, but super-fans of Green Day and Sheeran can purchase concert ticket upgrades, featuring add-ons allowing access to stand in front of the stage on the track itself.

Ed Sheeran will take the stage at COTA on Saturday, October 23.

Photo by Dan Martensen

Ed Sheeran will take the stage at COTA on Saturday, October 23.

Robbed Again

Robbers steal essential equipment from new Starlight Drive-In location

Photo courtesy of KVUE

Blue Starlite Drive-in has had more than its fair share of robberies.

A local drive-in movie theater is reeling from yet another robbery.

In an Instagram post Tuesday, Blue Starlite Drive-in said its newest location on VFW Road, in the Parmer Lane and Tech Ridge Boulevard area of northeast Austin, was robbed this week.

"Now, we have officially been robbed at every one of our locations," Blue Starlite wrote.

The drive-in said it was already using the last of its working equipment because "due to previous robberies, we no longer have backup equipment." Much of the business' equipment was stolen at its downtown location, off San Antonio Street, in January 2023.

The drive-in closed its other location in the Mueller neighborhood last July and opened the VFW location last fall.

According to Blue Starlite, all of its tech equipment from its main office trailer at the VFW location was stolen, including Blu-Ray players, iPads, projectors, cords and AV supplies.

The business said it's able to run a few screens at the VFW location this week and in the future. However, until it can replace the main equipment it has lost, it won't be able to add additional independent titles to its slate.

"We are pretty devastated that we took another hit and, to be honest, we can’t really take any more hits," the theater wrote on Instagram.

Read the full story and watch the video at KVUE.com.

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