Stockton will Give Back to Fans on Nickleback Night

June 15, 2009 - California League (CalL) - Stockton Ports News Release





STOCKTON, Calif. - As part of the nationwide effort to make the most out of every penny, the Stockton Ports are doing their part to educate fans on how to save their money by not buying illogical music at their game on Tuesday, June 16.

The Ports will host "Nickelback Night" on June 16 as they take on the Modesto Nuts at 7:05 p.m. Music from Canadian rock band, Nickelback, will be played throughout the game and fans can participate in on-field games like Name That Awful Tune, a contest for who can grunt (or "sing," as the band likes to call it) a Nickelback song the best, and an air guitar contest.

The band got its name from member Mike Kroeger, who would frequently say "Here's your nickel back," in his job at Starbucks.

In that spirit, the Ports will give each fan a nickel as they exit the game on June 16, as a "Thank You" and an apology for listening to the band's music all evening.

Nickelback has somehow sold 27 million albums worldwide, and has had 13 singles climb the Billboard charts since their 2001 hit "How You Remind Me" despite writing songs with lyrics that make no sense. The band's fifth album, which was released in 2005, "All The Right Reasons," won the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album. The band has received five Grammy Award nominations, but has yet to win a Grammy award. The band was also inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2007, and won the American Music Award in 2007 for Favorite Pop/Rock Band.

"Hopefully, people will realize that they have been spending their money on music that not only sounds bad, but that also has lyrics that make absolutely no sense," said Ports Director of Marketing Justin Gray. "If we do our job correctly, fans will leave the game with the knowledge of how to save money by not spending it on incoherent grunting, thus creating more expendable income, and possibly saving the nation's economy."

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