Stillwater pop-rock band The All-American Rejects posted on Facebook today this video of the band ringing the bell this morning at the New York Stock Exchange.

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Carrie Underwood (Associated Press photo)

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame today released several additional blocks of reserved seating for its 2009 upcoming concert and induction ceremony, featuring Oklahoma artists Carrie Underwood, Rocky Frisco and Ramona Reed.

Underwood, Frisco and Reed have been named the class of 2009 inductees into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, joining other previously inducted performers and artists including Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Wanda Jackson, Hank Thompson, The All-American Rejects and David Gates.

The three will perform at the 13th Annual Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Induction…

Oklahoma pop-rock band The All-American Rejects continues to make the rounds with new single “I Wanna,” the opening track from the 2008 album “When the World Comes Down.”

The Rejects performed the song Tuesday night (technically, early this morning) on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.” The band recently played the song on “Today,” too.

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Oklahoma pop-rockers The All-American Rejects appeared Friday on the “Today” show’s Toyota Summer Concert Series.

Besides performing three of their hits and showing off their matching tattoos on the show, the band also took questions from country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Oklahoman Joe Don Rooney, in an exclusive Web video.

Enjoy these AAR videos from “Today.” And remember that rockers Kings of Leon, who also have Oklahoma ties, will appear on the morning show July 31.

The All-American Rejects (Photo by Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman)

Kings of Leon

Oklahoma pop-rock band The All-American Rejects will play Friday on NBC’s “Today” show.

The performance will be part of the morning program’s Toyota Summer Concert series.

Also, alt-rockers Kings of Leon, which also have Oklahoma ties, will perform July 31 on “Today.”

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Soundtrack

Various artists “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Album” (Reprise)

Modern and emo-rock bands like Staind, Hoobastank and Nickelback add extra sonic fuel to the many battles, crashes and explosions in the summer blockbuster “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

For the soundtrack, director Michael Bay and Co. assembled a collection of loud, driving rock tracks ideal for accenting the mega-hit movie’s biggest draw: the ginormous action sequences featuring the towering transforming robots known as Autobots (the good guys) and Decepticons (the baddies).

Linkin Park contributes the…

Former Picher resident Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts, left, and lead singer Gary LeVox with Rascal Flatts perform last Friday night at Buffalo Run Casino Amphitheatre in Miami, OK, just three miles from Rooney’s hometown. (Photo by Gary Crow/For The Oklahoman)

Rascal Flatts band member, from left, Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney (who hails from Picher), show their Unstoppable Breakfast in the Denny’s kitchen. You’d better rock as hard as they are in the above photo to afford this gravy-covered calorie bomb.

Multi-platinum-selling country music group Rascal…

The All-American Rejects

From left, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Optimus Prime in the sequel.

Oklahoma alt-pop rockers The All-American Rejects will contribute their song “Real World” to the soundtrack of the blockbuster sequel “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

Reprise Records will release the soundtrack to the hotly anticipated feature film on June 23, the day before the film opens in theaters, according to a news release.

the sequel to the 2007 Oscar®-nominated summer blockbuster Transformers, hits theaters nationwide.

The film’s director and executive producer Michael Bay asked Warner Bros. Records’ multiplatinum rock…

James Petree, Oklahoma City, gets on his knees to get a photo of the Collins Kids display at the opening of Another Hot Oklahoma Night rock ‘n’ roll history exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center today. (Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman)

While I was checking out an early screening of “Star Trek” and collecting comic books at Free Comic Book Day, my colleague George Lang was covering the grand opening of the huge exhibit “Another Hot Oklahoma Night,” which pays homage to our state’s rich rock ‘n’ roll heritage.

Local bands Mike Black…

This Hanson display is part of the “Another Hot Oklahoma Night” rock ‘n’ rock exhibit at Oklahoma History Center. (Photo by Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman)

Today’s featured event:

Celebrate the grand opening of the new exhibit “Another Hot Oklahoma Night,” which explores and celebrates Oklahoma’s rock ‘n’ roll history.

The grand opening is today at the Oklahoma History Center, 2401 N Laird.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, the opening will feature live music by John Moreland & the Black Gold Band, Crocodile, The City Lives, The Oh Johnny! Girls, Mike Black and & the…