Ed Masley

The Republic | azcentral.com

The Arizona State Fair has added a handful of shows to this year's concert lineup. And one of them is definitely in the "Man, I can't believe these guys are the State Fair" camp. Fresh from ending 2013 near the top of many album-of-the-year lists with "...Like Clockwork" and topping azcentral's list just days ago of this year's greatest videos, Queens of the Stone Age will play the fair on Thursday, Oct. 30 . That's amazing news.

Also, Weezer. Maybe not so "Wow, I did not see that coming." But they're great at these fish-out-of-water events, from the last time they were at the State Fair to that Birds Nest gig they played in February. They're playing the State Fair on Thursday, Oct. 16.

Other recent additions to the lineup are Barenaked Ladies (Wednesday, Oct. 22), Dave Pratt's 1980 Something featuring Berlin, Cinderella's Tom Keifer, and John Waite (Saturday, Oct. 25) and, of course, the Old School Jam with Treach and Kay Gee of Naughty By Nature, Shock G of Digital Underground, Coolio and Kurtis Blow (Saturday, Nov. 1).

Previously announced were five artists whose latest efforts hit the Top 5 on the Billboard album charts -- Wiz Khalifa, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival and country stars Darius Rucker (formerly of Hootie and the Blowfish), Justin Moore and Josh Turner.

Sublime with Rome will also perform. Sublime's singer, Rome Ramirez, launched a Twitter war last month with Linkin Park over a backstage incident in which Ramirez accused Linkin Park of calling police over Sublime smoking weed in Tucson.

So the schedule now reads:

Saturday, Oct. 11 — Justin Moore.

Sunday, Oct. 12 — Sublime with Rome.

Wednesday, Oct. 15 — Darius Rucker.

Thursday, Oct. 16 -- Weezer

Friday, Oct. 17 — Wiz Khalifa.

Saturday, Oct. 18 — John Fogerty.

Wednesday, Oct. 22 -- Barenaked Ladies

Saturday, Oct. 25 -- Dave Pratt's 1980 Something featuring Berlin, Cinderella's Tom Keifer, and John Waite

Sunday, Oct. 26 — Josh Turner.

Thursday, Oct. 30 -- Queens of the Stone Age

Saturday, Nov. 1 -- Old School Jam

All shows start at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

General admission is, as always, free with fair admission. Reserved seats go on sale Sept. 13, at azstatefair.com.