Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Well…better late than never right? We’ve got our major event update…and it’s about time!
This time we’re (as suspected) going Musical!
Note: At the moment this is only live on Android…. on iOS and Android now
I just got home from work and have a Tiny Addict to feed and get to bed. So i’ll be back with more info later tonight..but for now, remember this is an APP STORE update, which means you have to go into the app store to download it. If you don’t see it, search Tapped Out and see if the update is available.
Also, things get started with some auto dialogue, followed by a 6s task for Lisa. This will be followed by another 6s task for Lisa, which is followed by a task to build the Rock Stage (Free) and a 10s task for Homer. This will trigger SOME of the event stuff…
Back with more later on tonight… Ok the Tiny Addict is in bed, I’ve reviewed the files, converted over 5,000 images (yikes!) and have everything ready to go. More details below the fold…
Act 1 Ends/Act 2 Starts August 15th
Event Ends September 12th
First up…New LAND!
TWO new strips of land (thanks to a couple of tappers for helping out with this), located far right and very bottom.
Note: There is an issue with the strip of land on the bottom. You can place buildings but not roads, water, dirt etc for some reason. Hopefully, that’s fixed soon.
Now onto everything else…
As mentioned above things will get going with some auto start dialogue between Lisa and Homer. This is followed by a couple of 6s tasks for Lisa and a 10s task for Homer. You’ll also be required to build the Rock Stage…
Rock Stage- Free. 6s Build. 8×8 in size
Neighbor Actions:
After you’ve built the Rock Stage (and sent Homer to perform for 10s), you’ll then be tasked with sending Lawyers to neighbors towns.
Some of you are getting tripped up with this. To perform this, and clear the task, visit a neighbor (Other Springfield always works) and tap the legal file in the top right corner. 
You’ll earn Cuffs from Tapping Fans in your Neighbor’s town. 3 Fans/town..
I’ve still got to play around with the breakdowns and details. So we’ll have a post up breaking down the details of neighbor actions later.
Act 1 Event Currency:
Cuffs are the Act 1 Event Currency
And tickets are the crafting currency…
Tappables:
For this event you’ll have to clear Fans in your Springfield. Each Fan you tap will yield 10 
and a chance for 2 
Spawn Rate….
1/ 10 Minutes. Max of 30 in your town at once, bank of 30.
Act 1 Prizes:
Act 1 Ends August 15th (Act 2 starts the 15th)
Pig Balloon- 4,800
Free Land Token (and New Venue)- 11,100
Rock Camp Thread Shed- 18,800
Nick Delacourt- 27,500
200 Festival Tickets- 36,200
Sungazer Studio (& Peter Dabbruzio)- 48,300
New Items In the Store:
As with all events…a bunch of new items are in the store (As a are a bunch of returning ones)
New Stuff
Festival Fence- $270
Do you hear that sound? It’s the sound of Bracket Battle Brackets busting everywhere….
The Jazz Hole and BLEEDING GUMS MURPHY(!)- 165 Donuts. BGM can play Jam Sessions
Sungazer Tour Bus and Shredder Stevens & Freddy Freeman- 150 Donuts. 1% bonus on cash and XP. Both characters can play Jam Sessions.
Flaming Moe’s- 60 Donuts. This is a FACADE for Moe’s NOT a whole new building. Generates Tickets (for crafting)/4hrs.
Legal Credentials- 90 Donuts. (Unlocks after you’ve cleared that sending Lawyers action as noted above) DO NOT BUY THIS! Total waste of donuts.
Returning Stuff…
7,200 Ounce Squishee- 25 Donuts .60% Bonus on all cash and XP
Welcome Bob Sign- 30 Donuts.
Guitar Central- 50 Donuts
And yes of course…a new Mystery Box full of old items…
Concert Mystery Box- 65 Donuts. Inside the Box…
Springfield Hyperstadium
Springfield Clamphitheater
Duff Center Arena
Captain Bob
Open Air Stage
Duff Barney Blimp
Saxophone Lisa
Crafting:
This will unlock at Rock and Roll Never Forgets, Unfortuantely Pt. 7. First you’ll need to build the Kwik-E-Merch…
Kwik-E-Merch- Free, 3×5. 6s Build
Same crafting as before. Level up to unlock more items to craft… (16 total levels, and you’ll need 4,600 to reach level 16)
As always I’ll have a detailed Crafting Post up at some point in the event…
Duff Fences- 20
Duff Tent- 50
White Spotlight- 15
Floor Speaker- 20
Cheering Crowd- 80
Skylight- 30
Rock ‘N’ Roll Cart- 150
Rock Camp Entrance- 250
Buzz Cola Fences- 40
Buzz Cola Tent- 100
Rude Crowd- 200
Laser Light- 40
Smoke Machine- 40
Concert Lights- 240
Multi-Colored Spotlight- 100
Speaker Stack- 240
Cycling Spotlight- 120
Bling Cup- 400
Jam Sessions:
So in this event, similar to a few events in the past (TapBall, Superheroes, Halloween come to mind), you’ll be task with sending characters on a secondary task. In this case it’s Jam Sessions.
Jam Sessions are done at the Rock Stage initally & has you progress through the event and Prize tracks you’ll unlock more Jam Sessions. Various characters can Jam (perform on stage) to earn more event currency. Which you’ll need to unlock all of the event prizes…
And the more characters you send to Jam the more currency you’ll earn…and also the better the character will get. i.e. Practice Makes Perfect.
The goal is to get your characters to 5 star performers to earn the most event currency possible from each Jam Session.
As with other items in this event there’s A LOT more to Jam Sessions than I can detail in this rundown post. So we’ll have a full breakdown post of Jam Sessions and star ratings up soon.
Weird Al Prizes:
You may have noticed Weird Al is roaming around your Springfield in this event. So how do you get him to be a full character?
Well unlock the Weird Al Prizes of course. Once you’ve triggered Weird Al-truism questline you’ll unlock the ability to start the Weird Al prizes. And to do this you send other characters on 3hr tasks to earn funding to Keep Al in Springfield…
Earning the funding will unlock various prizes…
More event currency, crafting currency and Weird AL!
As with others, more on this in another post upcoming.
What’s Still to Come?
So long time readers of this site know, we don’t do Spoilers. EA’s often changed their mind on things and made changes as events progress, so as a rule of thumb we don’t post about stuff until it’s actually in the game.
HOWEVER…if you look at your Character Groups (in the game) you’ll see a sneak peak at which characters will be coming…here’s a preview:
And there you have it my friends…the details on Homerpalooza 2017!
What are your thoughts on the event? Excited to see the charcters/buildings? Which prizes are you looking forward to unlocking? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
Should I save lawyers or dump them on towns before the new act starts tmrw?
Wouldn’t hurt
I’m experiencing a glitch where a bunch of stuff has gone wacky. My star management has disappeared, and I can no longer use the event’s premium characters (like Bleeding Gums Murphy) in jam sessions. Also, can’t buy any event items (like the plain fence) but can still craft event items.
Other weird stuff going on too… NARA is generating stars and my mars town has reset to having nothing, the synagogue is generating pennies, and my tap radius is suddenly decreased.
Anyone experienced similar issues or have any suggestions?