0 s . ▁Will ie ▁Nelson , ▁Reb a ▁Mc Ent ire , ▁George ▁Stra it , ▁Steve ▁Ear le , ▁H ank ▁Williams , ▁Jr ., ▁Cl int ▁Black , ▁Alabama , ▁Dol ly ▁Part on , ▁Bro oks ▁& ▁D unn ▁and ▁D w ight ▁Y o ak am ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁many ▁country ▁acts ▁to ▁regularly ▁appear ▁at ▁Star plex ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁More ▁recently , ▁the ▁Pav il ion ▁has ▁wel com ed ▁acts ▁like ▁Thomas ▁Rh ett , ▁Ras cal ▁Fl att s , ▁Florida ▁Georgia ▁Line , ▁D ier ks ▁Bent ley , ▁Mir anda ▁Lam bert ▁and ▁Chris ▁Young . ▁ ▁Soul , ▁R & B , ▁hip - h op ▁and ▁rap ▁ ▁Star plex ▁hosted ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁R & B ▁and ▁soul ▁super st ars ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁including ▁Earth , ▁Wind ▁& ▁Fire , ▁S ade , ▁B . B . ▁King , ▁The ▁T empt ations , ▁Al ▁Jar re au , ▁W ynt on ▁Mars alis , ▁George ▁B enson , ▁Whit ney ▁Houston , ▁Bud dy ▁Guy , ▁Jan et ▁Jackson , ▁An ita ▁Baker , ▁Rick ▁James , ▁and ▁Bo yz ▁II ▁Men . ▁The ▁ven ue ▁was ▁slow ▁to ▁em brace ▁hip - h op ▁and ▁rap ▁acts ▁except ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁festival ▁b ills : ▁T one ▁Loc ▁played ▁Star plex ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 , ▁ 1