THE FIRST
ANNUAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL
ANNOUNCES DATES AND ON-SALE INFORMATION
TOUR TO
KICK OFF JULY 9 IN
SEATTLE
BURBANK,
CA
(April 1)
– Organizers of the first-ever Rockstar
Energy Mayhem Festival have announced
dates, venues and on-sale information
for the highly anticipated all-star
thunderfest. Multi-platinum rock acts
SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED will lead the
much-buzzed-about amp-shattering road
show, which will feature hard music’s
most influential bands and its new wave
of heavy-hitting acts. The tour is set
to kick off July 9 at the White River
Amphitheatre in Seattle and will hit
Live Nation Amphitheaters in 30 cities
in the U.S. and Canada between July 9
and August 19, 2008.
Fans can purchase tickets beginning
April 4 at
10AM local venue time via the Official
Mayhem Fan Community at
http://mayhemfest.tickets.musictoday.com.
Pre-sale orders also allow fans to hear
tracks from Mayhem bands, receive early
entry venue passes, purchase a
discounted subscription to Revolver
magazine and receive a Mayhem t-shirt.
In addition, pre-orders enroll fans into
a contest offering one grand prize
winner an electric guitar and two meet &
greet passes to get the six-string
signed.
Fans that pre-register to be a part of
the Mayhem Fan Community before April 4
can purchase tickets upon immediate
availability. And by pre-registering,
they’ll also be entered into a contest
to win a merch pack featuring CDs from
every band on the tour.
Tickets go on sale nationally beginning
April 19.
You can get more information at
www.Mayhemfest.com or
www.livenation.com.
In addition to Slipknot and Disturbed,
the main stage features DRAGONFORCE and
MASTODON, as well as a JÄGERMEISTER
second stage with MACHINE HEAD,
AIRBOURNE,
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, WALLS OF
JERICHO and the JÄGERMEISTER Battle of
The Bands Winner. There will also be a
HOT TOPIC STAGE featuring UNDEROATH,
BLACK TIDE, SUICIDE SILENCE, THE RED
CHORD and 36 CRAZYFISTS.
The World’s Greatest Freestyle Motocross
team THE METAL MULISHA is also confirmed
to perform on all dates.
Sponsors for the 2008 ROCKSTAR ENERGY
MAYHEM FESTIVAL include Title Sponsor
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK and JAGERMEISTER,
HOT TOPIC, X BOX, IBANEZ GUITARS, TAMA
DRUMS, I LOVE VAGINA, METAL BLADE
RECORDS, PETA, ROADRUNNER RECORDS, THE
END TIMES, DiNGSTORE.com and THE IY.
Media Partners include REVOLVER
MAGAZINE, HOLLYWOOD MUSIC, KNAC.COM and
METAL INJECTION.
The Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival
brings together the creative team that
has founded many music tours including
the highly successful Vans Warped Tour
and the Worldwide Rockstar Taste of
Chaos Tour. Kevin Lyman, John Reese and
CAA’s Darryl Eaton have partnered again,
this time with Live Nation, to bring
fans the next great music festival
juggernaut, which will be MAYHEM!
Following the proven model of utilizing
sponsorship to deliver a lower ticket
price and an enhanced concert experience
the tour organizers have joined forces
again with ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK as the
Title sponsor.
Live Nation is promoting the festival
nationally.
In addition to catching their favorite
bands live, fans can take part in a
number of festival activities, including
playing the newest video games, perusing
vendors, attending autograph signing
sessions and a slew of other interactive
activities that will add to the festival
experience.
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK will be sampling
their products and providing great
surprises for attendees and will also
present the
VIP/Contest winner area designated THE
ROCKSTAR LOUNGE and the festival area
PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR TENT where fans
can sample ice cold Rockstar and get
autographs from their favorite bands.
“This festival will be our marquee music
presentation for years to come,” says
Rockstar Energy Drink Marketing Director
Mike Kelso. “We at Rockstar are excited
to team up with our partners from
Rockstar Taste of Chaos to launch an
all-out summer tour that will blow you
away!”
Fans can go to
www.mayhemfest.com
to keep up with additional details as
they are released.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date
City Venue
7/9
Seattle, WA White River
Amphitheatre
7/11
Sacramento, CA Sleep Train
Amphitheatre
7/12
San Francisco, CA Shoreline
Amphitheatre at Mountain View
7/13
San Bernardino, CA Glen Helen
Pavilion
7/15
Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
7/16
San Diego, CA Coors
Amphitheatre
7/18
Phoenix, Az Cricket
Wireless Pavilion
7/19
Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
7/20
Denver, CO Coors
Amphitheatre at Fiddler's Green
7/22
Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
7/23
St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless
Amphitheater St. Louis
7/25
Dallas, TX Superpages.com
Center
7/26
San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless
Amphitheater
7/27
Houston, TX Sam Houston Race
Park
7/29
Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
7/30 W.
Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
8/1
Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless
Virginia Beach Amphitheater
8/2
Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette
Pavilion
8/3
Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
8/5
Boston, MA Tweeter Center
for Performing Arts
8/6
Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
8/8
Toronto, ON Downsview Park
8/9
Detroit, MI DTE Energy
Music Theatre
8/10 Chicago,
IL First Midwest Bank
Amphitheatre
8/12
Atlanta, GA Lakewood
Amphitheatre
8/13
Indianapolis, IN Verizon
Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
8/15 Camden, NJ
Susquehanna Bank Center
8/16
Hartford, CT New England
Dodge Music Center
8/17
Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
8/19 Buffalo,
NY
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
SLIPKNOT
Uncompromising. Intense. Chaotic.
Unforgiving. Cathartic. Destructive.
Dominant. These words barely scratch the
surface in describing the
multi-platinum, Grammy-Award winning
hard rock enigma known as Slipknot.
This groundbreaking nine-piece, born out
of the desolate landscape of Des Moines,
IA, have sold in excess of 10 million
albums worldwide over the course of 3
studio albums. Their last studio album
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) was
released in May 2004, debuting at #2 on
the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has sold
over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. to
date. The album broke new ground for the
band, spawning a string of hit singles
including “Duality,” “Vermilion” and
“Before I Forget.” December 2006 saw the
release of the DVD Voliminal: Inside the
9. Certified double-platinum, it’s a
vivid, brutally honest glimpse of the
world inside the ‘Knot. Slipknot, along
with their maggots, has forged their own
path on their own terms.
This isn’t a band. This is a way of
life.
DISTURBED
Known for their punishingly powerful
music and socially conscious lyrics,
Disturbed has sold a collective 9
million copies worldwide of their three
albums — 2000’s RIAA-certified
triple-platinum The Sickness, 2002’s
Billboard album chart-topper Believe,
and in 2005 their second consecutive
number one debut on the Billboard
charts, Ten Thousand Fists — since
forming in Chicago in 1996. The band,
which is singer David Draiman, guitarist
Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren and
bassist John Moyer, will release their
self-produced forthcoming album titled
Indestructible on Reprise Records in
May. Get ready for what the band calls
"a little bit darker, really complex and
furiously paced record."
DRAGONFORCE
DragonForce are the next generation of
guitar heroes. The lead single, “Through
The Fire And Flames,” is the massively
popular breakout track from
Guitar
Hero III. Thanks to the
superhuman guitar wizardry and soaring
vocals on their most recent album, the
jaw-dropping
Inhuman
Rampage, the DragonForce buzz
has erupted from the underground and has
escalated to a deafening roar. Headline
tours always sell out. Heads are
consistently turned. New fans are
immediately made. Radio reacts. Sales
continue to go up. The appetite for
DragonForce is insatiable, and so is the
band’s desire to dominate the US tour
market. Guitar virtuoso Herman Li says,
“It’s great for us to be back after a 16
month absence from touring the U.S. The
demand from fans for DragonForce to
return has been overwhelming, so we’re
very excited to be part of the biggest
tour of the summer. Get ready for some
serious Mayhem on and off stage. Don’t
blink or you’ll miss something!” It’s
time to experience all that DragonForce
have to offer!
MASTODON
Hailing from Atlanta,
Georgia, Mastodon have been critically
acclaimed by almost every publication in
the US and UK. “Late Night with
Conan O'Brien” took note of this and put
them on his show, which set a precedent
and paved the way for more metal acts to
be considered on NBC. Their Grammy
nominated album,
Blood
Mountain, the group's third
release, isn't just unconventional, it's
surreal, progressive and unrepentantly
heavy. Mastodon combined their favorite
musical styles, including thrash, doom,
prog and psychedelic metal to concoct
something utterly original, undeniably
devastating and irrefutably entrancing.
MACHINE HEAD
With virtually no mainstream radio or
video play whatsoever the San Francisco
Bay Area's 2nd biggest metal band
Machine Head have become one of the most
credible and influential metal bands of
all time, and their unique brand of
bludgeoning metal has gone on to sell
over 1.8 million records throughout the
world. Recently nominated for a Grammy,
Machine Head's latest album The
Blackening was in the #1 or
top 5 “Album of the Year” spot in nearly
every single metal magazine throughout
the world, and shocked the mainstream
press at the 2007 Kerrang! Awards
ceremonies, where The
Blackening was named "Album
Of The Year" over My Chemical Romance
and Fall Out Boy.
UNDEROATH
Underoath are
currently recording the follow up to
their juggernaut gold-certified and
critically acclaimed third album DEFINE
THE GREAT
LINE (Tooth
& Nail/Solid State). The Florida-based
sextet's inexplicably delightful amalgam
of mayhem and melody--plus their depth
and ability--propelled the landmark 2006
album to a #2 debut on the Billboard Top
200 Chart. Renowned for their cathartic
and frenzied live performances UNDEROATH
have solidly built their fan base from
incessant touring and their
unrelentingly intense live shows,
establishing an unbreakable bond with
their fans. The combined sales of their
three albums is close to one million copies. The strength,
and explosive lure of UNDEROATH
continues in 2008.
BLACK TIDE
Fresh off their now legendary Ozzfest
stint, Avenged Sevenfold dates and a
forthcoming tour with All That Remains,
Black Tide are set to take the world by
storm with their debut album
Light
From
Above, produced by Johnny K
(Disturbed, Staind).
Revolver Magazine dubbed them
the “Future of Metal” and
Spin
called them "a combination of Megadeth
riffage, Metallica brutality, and Guns
N' Roses melodicism." They not only
embrace the charisma, character and
unwavering attitude of those who
shredded before them, but they do so in
a manner that would make the virtuosos
that inspired them proud. Black Tide is
not only bringing music back from the
dead, but they're returning the power to
metal. The meltdown is long overdue.
WALLS OF JERICHO
Detroit's hardest, Walls Of Jericho,
have been described as "Murderous
Metal-core" by
Alternative
Press
in their recent feature for the "Most
Anticipated 2008" issue. With Candace
Kucsulain, who is arguably the most
energetic and courageous front-woman in
all of metal and a twin guitar attack,
Walls Of Jericho have won over audiences
worldwide. WOJ have an EP due out Spring
2008 produced by and featuring Corey
Taylor (Slipknot), and a new album due
Summer 2008. Other recent touring
credits include Ozzfest 2006, Family
Values 2006 as well as Devil Driver,
Stone Sour, Unearth, Bullet For My
Valentine, and Mastodon.
36 CRAZYFISTS
After three critically acclaimed
records, 36 Crazyfists switches labels
to Ferret Music for their new album,
The
Tide and Its' Takers due out
May 27. Still the only hard rock band
to build a career from Alaska, 36
Crazyfists has built an international
following by doing extensive touring
around the world from appearing on the
mainstage of UK's Download Festival, to
a sold-out European/UK and Australian
tour with co-headliners Atreyu. 36
Crazyfists is poised to finally break
the US market with the new album
produced by guitarist Steve Holt and
mixed by legendary hard rock mixer Andy
Sneep.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
Five Finger Death Punch has been
pummeling audiences since the release of
their critically acclaimed debut album,
The
Way of the Fist. With their
hit single “The Bleeding” pulverizing
the Active rock charts and MTV2’s
Headbanger’s Ball, the album has been
called a “Cowboys from Hell for this
millennium (Outburn).”
The band has already toured with the
likes of Korn, Hellyeah, Flyleaf,
Trivium, and Atreyu in the short time
since their album debuted in the
Billboard Top 200. Five Finger Death
Punch features an all-star gang of
musicians, including vocalist Ivan Moody
(formerly of Motograter), Darrel Roberts
(W.A.S.P.) and Zoltan Bathory (UPO).
This summer audiences will see why
Metal
Edge calls Five Finger Death
Punch “the sound of violent
exhilaration, giving contemporary metal
a belligerent shove in an exciting
direction.”
SUICIDE SILENCE
Suicide Silence’s rise through the ranks
of extreme metal saw them headline
full-scale tours in both the US & UK in
the Summer/Fall of 2006 while still an
unsigned band. Upon finally finding a
home with Century Media Records, the
band’s debut full-length impacted the
Billboard 200 at #94 cementing them as
the highest selling debut artist in
Century Media history. According to
Revolver Magazine, “The
Cleansing was well worth the
wait” and as the band continues to
shatter the boundaries of
conventionality with a uniquely
devastating live show & rigorous
commitment to touring, it comes as no
surprise that Suicide Silence has been
cited by
Alternative
Press
as one of the 100 bands you need to know
about in 2008.
AIRBOURNE
“Stand Up For Rock n’ Roll.”
It is as clear a statement of intent as
you’re ever likely to hear. One verse
that says everything you need to know
about Melbourne, AU four piece Airbourne
and their debut album,
Runnin’
Wild: forget your worries,
get down to the front of the stage and
lose your mind to some ear-bleeding,
sweat-soaked rock n’roll. Or, as the
song continues, “Drink your beer/Drink
your wine/Let’s have a good time.”
Stand up for rock n’ roll indeed. From
the album’s fist-pumping title track to
the anthemic “What’s Eatin’ You” and the
self-explanatory rock explosions of “Too
Much, Too Young, Too Fast” and “Diamond
In The Rough,”
Runnin’
Wild is an exercise in
booze-and-sweat soaked rock n’ roll that
isn’t looking to change the world by
abolishing Free Trade, but simply
provide the ultimate soundtrack to the
biggest all-night rock party there is.
THE RED CHORD
The Red Chord have been crafting
intriguing heavy music since their
independent debut
Fused
Together in Revolving Doors
in 2002. Combining elements of grindcore,
death metal and hardcore, that release
established them as one of the premier
Massachusetts extreme metal acts. In
2005, Metal Blade released the follow-up
Clients, a tortured concept
album about mental patients, drug
addicts, the homeless, the desperate and
downtrodden. While they decimated crowds
worldwide touring with the likes of Gwar,
High On Fire, Unearth, Every Time I Die
and Hatebreed, as well as stints on
Ozzfest 2006 and Sounds of the
Underground 2005, Clients established
The Red Chord as innovators in the
burgeoning underground metal scene. By
staying away from the cliché trappings
that crippled some of their
contemporaries, 2007's
Prey
For Eyes hit
Metal
Maniacs’ "Critics Picks" Top
10 Albums of 2007,
Revolver’s Top 20 Albums of
2007 and
Decibel’s
Top 40 Albums of 2007, further
solidifying The Red Chord as a force at
the top of their game.
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