Hank Williams III to visit Orbit Room

Outlaw country and hardcore metal-rocker Hank Williams III will visit the Orbit Room on Saturday, October 16 for a 16-and-over show.

The grandson of country icon Hank Williams and son of Hank Williams Jr., Hank III is known for three-hour shows that often volley among three genres: traditional country music, a metal-country sound he likes to call "hellbilly" and straight-up hardcore punk-metal with his band Assjack. For the uninitiated, the country set usually happens first -- and III's country songs include a lot of lyrics about alcohol, pot and pills -- and things get crazier as the night progresses. Go to hank3.com for more on him.

Tickets, which go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m., are $16.50 in advance and $18 the day of the show.   Tickets are available at the Orbit Room box office, all Ticketmaster outlets,