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Feb 21st, 2008 Stream The Frantic's new album on Punknews.org!
Head over hereto stream the entire cd!! Catch the band on tour now. Visit www.myspace.com/thefrantic for the latest tour dates.
Feb 20th, 2008 National Product Wins MTVU's The Freshmen!!
Thanks to overwhelming support from fans, National Product won last week's MTVU The Freshmen competition.
Check out the BY ALL MEANS video here.
and stay tuned to MTVU where the video has been officially added into rotation!
Catch National Product on tour with Lorene Drive, Ivoryline, Kaddisfly, Bedlight for Blue Eyes and more...
Feb 20 2008 8:00P
The Door w/ Lorene Drive & Farewell Dallas, Texas
Feb 23 2008 7:00P
*CANCELLED* The Beta Bar w/ Lorene Drive, Farewell Tallahassee, Florida
Feb 24 2008 3:00P
BackBooth *EARLY SHOW* w/ Lorene Drive & Farewell Orlando, Florida
Feb 26 2008 7:00P
The Orpheum - Lorene Drive, Farewell Tampa, Florida
Feb 27 2008 7:00P
New Brooklyn Tavern - Lorene Drive, Farewell Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 28 2008 7:00P
The Brewery - Lorene Drive, Farewell Raleigh, North Carolina
Mar 1 2008 7:00P
Sterling Community Center w/ Lorene Drive & Farewell Sterling, Virginia
Mar 2 2008 7:00P
Trocadero Balcony Philly, Pennsylvania
Mar 3 2008 8:00P
Knitting Factory - Lorene Drive, Farewell New York, New York
Mar 5 2008 6:00P
The Masquerade (SIDEROOM) w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Atlanta
Mar 6 2008 6:00P
Boney Junes Music Venue w/ Ivoryline, Breathe Carolina Evansville, Indiana
Mar 7 2008 6:30P
The Living Room w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Mt. Vernon
Mar 8 2008 6:00P
Main Street Cafe w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 10 2008 6:00P
Eagles Lodge North w/ Drop Dead Gorgeous, Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Wichita, Kansas
Mar 11 2008 8:00P
The Music Hall - AL w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 14 2008 4:00P
The Plano Centre w/Automatic Loveletter, Halifax, The Audition & Scary Kids, Scaring Kids Plano, Texas
Mar 15 2008 11:15P
SXSW - Besos Cantina w/ Action Action, The Working Title, Breathe Carolina Austin, Texas
Apr 4 2008 7:00P
The Venue - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Boise, Idaho
Apr 5 2008 7:00P
The BLVD - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Spokane, Washington
Apr 7 2008 7:00P
Studio 7 - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Seattle, Washington
Apr 8 2008 7:00P
The Domino Room w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Bend, Oregon
Apr 10 2008 7:00P
Club Retro - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Orangevale, California
Apr 11 2008 6:00P
Sidelines - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Modesto, California
Apr 12 2008 7:00P
The Zone - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Bakersfield, California
Apr 16 2008 7:00P
The Venue - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes San Antonio, Texas
Apr 17 2008 7:00P
The Junction - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes College Station, Texas
Apr 18 2008 7:00P
Fat Daddys Sound Shack - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Lewisville, Texas
Apr 19 2008 7:00P
The Factory w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
www.nplunaeffect.com
www.myspace.com/nationalproduct
Feb 19th, 2008 Rockstar Taste of Chaos!! 3 New Dates Added!!!
Stellar 2008 Lineup Includes
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
ATREYU
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
BLESSTHEFALL
PLUS
JROCK Invades America with performances by MUCC, D'ESPAIRSRAY, THE UNDERNEATH
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK continues as TITLE SPONSOR
Fuse Television, Alternative Press and MySpace Are Announced as Media Partners
Tour to Kick Off February 29, 2008 in DENVER
Due to overwhelming demand, Rockstar Taste of Chaos has added three additional dates to this year's tour which kicks off February 29 in Denver, CO.
The new cities/dates are: Norfolk, VA (3/13 @ Constant Convocation Center), Little Rock, AR (3/30 @ Riverfest Ampitheatre) and Las Vegas, NV (4/8 @ The Pearl Theatre at the Palms; Note: Avenged Sevenfold will not be performing in Vegas.) Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
After over 200 worldwide dates in the past three years, playing in over 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy among others, Rockstar Taste of Chaos, the only worldwide lifestyle festival tour, is back with another onslaught of winter arena shows in North America.
The multi-artist package in the U.S.A. and Canada will feature AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BLESS THE FALL and IDIOT PILOT and this year we are proud to bring audiences the best Japanese Rock bands to the United States (a burgeoning movement also known as JROCK). The JROCK explosion will include MUCC, D’ESPAIRSRAY and THE UNDERNEATH.
Million-selling artist AVENGED SEVENFOLD will head up closing the night with their unique brand of rock. It’s the band’s maverick spirit and rabid fan base that has helped A7X do what few bands before have accomplished – to become the only band to headline Warped Tour and Ozzfest and be No. 1 on MTV’s TRL at the same time. Avenged Sevenfold knows that it’s a combination of the power of their music along with the dedication of their fans that has propelled them to where they are today. Says frontman M. Shadows, “We have the best fans in the world.”
ATREYU is touring in support of their blistering new album LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR, which entered Billboard’s Top 200 at No. 8 and Billboard’s Rock and Hard Rock Album charts at No. 1. The powerhouse album has garnered rave reviews from the likes of Revolver, Blender, Metal Hammer and Kerrang!.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (who just released their new album SCREAM AIM FIRE which debuted at #4 on the Billboard top 200 chart in late-January) hails from England and has become one of the most popular hard music bands around the globe.
BLESSTHEFALL was clearly the most popular new band on the 2007 Van's Warped Tour and were hand picked by the tour founders to bring their fiery live show to the RTOC stage.
“As a tour it is so amazing for us to see how far AVENGED SEVENFOLD have come and the fact that they have done the hard work necessary to go from clubs to arenas. They have built their career through hard work and great songs.” states tour producers Kevin Lyman and John Reese.
“ATREYU performed on the 2006 RTOC in the USA and have performed numerous times on the Van’s Warped Tour and have proven themselves as a huge headlining draw in hard rock venues all over the World.” states Kevin Lyman
In announcing the JROCK Revolution coming to America, Kevin Lyman states "After having a chance to be involved with introducing DIR EN GREY to American audiences and working on the successful JROCK Revolution Festival with Yoshiki from X Japan and founder of the JRock Revolutio, last May in Los Angeles, I felt that the fans across the U.S. would really appreciate a chance to have these bands come to their cities. When I have worked these shows the energy of the bands and the fan involvement is amazing and is rarely captured at shows in America these days and this is going to be an amazing opportunity for all in attendance."
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK will continue to be the title sponsor of the 2008 tour and will be sampling their products, as well as coming up with some great surprises for attendees. Other sponsors include Hurley, PETA 2, Hard Rock Café, Hot Topic, Vans, Tokyo Pop, Skull Candy, Shirts for a Cure, Sugar Hooker, Music Saves Lives, The Dingstore.com, Declare Yourself and Ernie Ball (who will provide musical instruments for fans to play and will pick the opening act through their massively successful Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands). FUSE Television, JROCKRevolution.com, MySpace and Alternative Press (who will produce the Official Tour Program) have signed on as official Rockstar Taste of Chaos media partners. The Canadian Leg sponsors include West 49, D-Tox and Vexy.
Having already spawned multiple soundtrack CDs and a Live DVD, the Rockstar Taste of Chaos, like its summer sibling the Van's Warped Tour, is only getting bigger and better, offering fans the opportunity to see their favorite bands and take part in a number of concourse activities including playing the newest video games, acoustic performances, attending autograph signing sessions and a slew of interactive fan activities that will add to the experience.
Tour co-founders Kevin Lyman, Darryl Eaton and John Reese state, "We are very excited about the great bands and concourse activities planned for the 2008 North American Tour, as in years past we want to bring Music Fans a BIG show at a very reasonable price. The RTOC has become an important event on music fans’ calendars in the long, cold winter in the U.S. and Canada."
Rockstar Energy Drink Marketing guru Mike Kelso states,” We are very proud to be the title sponsor again for the 2008 Rockstar Taste of Chaos. Rockstar Energy Drink is committed to supporting live music and to bringing rock fans a great show at a reasonable price. The Rockstar Taste of Chaos has been our marquee music presentation for the past three years and we look forward to a great year in 2008.”
Hurley Sr. VP Paul Gomez states, “Hurley looks forward to RTOC every year. The RTOC team always brings the best and most relevant music. The tour is about giving the kids what they want and Hurley is all about being the microphone of the youth. I'm sure this year’s tour will be the loudest. Let the kids make some noise.”
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Avenged Sevenfold is poised to be “the next great American rock band” (Guitar World). With the larger than life, awe-inspiring excitement of their live performances and "musicianship that is unimpeachable" (Entertainment Weekly), A7X continually strives to raise the bar. By self-producing their highly acclaimed self-titled October 2007 release, the Huntington Beach, CA hard rock band rose to the challenge and masterfully crafted an album that Revolver Magazine calls a “magnum opus.” Indeed the band’s follow-up to the 2005 million-selling City of Evil, topped the Billboard Alternative, Hard, and Rock Charts, and debuted at Number Four on the Billboard Top 200. In seeing Avenged Sevenfold live, you’ll experience what the Los Angeles Times witnessed as a “capacity crowd…come in devotion.”
ATREYU
Since muscling their way into the Orange County metal/punk scene in 1998, Atreyu (Alex Varkatzas, vocals; Dan Jacobs, guitar; Travis Miguel, guitar; Marc McKnight, bass; Brandon Saller, drums) have sold over a million albums by constantly challenging themselves and their audience with charged music and acrobatic performances that push the boundaries of catharsis and emotional exorcism. The band's recently released album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor, fueled by the hit single "Becoming The Bull," rocketed onto Billboard's Top 200 debuting at #8 and Billboard's Rock and Hard Rock Album Charts at #1, making it the highest-charting album of the band's career and landing them on the cover of Revolver Magazine, who called the disc "a coffin-tight collection of singles...the potential for hugeness is all over these 11 tunes...," while Metal Hammer declared it "a truly landmark album."
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
The four-piece metal core band from Bridgend, South Wales, UK - Matthew "Matt" Tuck/vocals, Michael "Padge" Paget/Guitar, Michael "Moose" Thomas/drums, and Jason "Jay" James/Bass - are, according to the UK's Kerrang!, well on their way to "phase two of world domination" with their just released sophomore full-length, “Scream Aim Fire,” (Jive/ SonyBMG). For their 2006 debut album, "The Poison," Bullet For My Valentine graced the covers - at least once - of Kerrang!, Rock Sound, and Metal Hammer. In addition, they won Metal Hammer's 2006 "Golden God Award" for Best British Band, and the 2006 Kerrang! Award for "Best UK Single" for their track "Tears Don't Fall." Here in America, the band was named "British Import of the Year" in Revolver, and "The Poison" generated the hit singles "Tears Don't Fall" and "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)," with the video for "All These Things I Hate" going to the #1 spot on MTV2.
BLESSTHEFALL
One of the breakout acts from the Van’s Warped Tour, Arizona’s Blessthefall won over audiences on a daily basis thanks to their incendiary live show which included their jaw-dropping “wall of death” mosh pit. As the band’s profile sky rocketed, resulting in over 6 million plays on Myspace, fans voted them into the top spot in the Energizer “Demand It” contest in Phoenix, Virginia Beach and Montreal, earning Blessthefall longer sets in each city on Warped Tour. Stalwarts of the Smartpunk Stage, the band saw its debut video for “Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad” enjoy a solid two-month run on MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” and Fuse’s “Uranium.” A well oiled touring machine that takes no prisoners, Blessthefall has toured the U.S., Canada and Europe extensively with numerous established acts and held their own on the first year of the Radio Rebellion Tour. Be forewarned, Blessthefall will be a hard act to follow for any band on this year’s Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour.
MUCC
In August 2006, the members of MUCC (pronounced "mukku"ť) were featured as musical guests at Otakon, the largest Japanese culture convention on the East Coast, playing to two full houses at Rams Head Live in Baltimore. That was their ninth year. Now at a decade together, MUCC has proven itself to be not only prolific, having produced more than ten unique releases to date, but long-lasting--and with throngs of Stateside fans to boot.
D’ESPAIRSRAY
This rock band, D'espairsRay, first crossed international borders in 2004 when Japanese bands were still unknown to foreign land. They started out activities abroad in Europe and debut stateside in 2005 for their very first American headline tour, hitting San Jose, San Francisco, and Dallas. In fall of the same year they played Europe once more and returned to West Coast America, opening for Genitorturers, playing in 8 states. In 2006, they released their first album in Europe and received tremendous response from local fans. They were also among the last few bands to play at the legendry rock club CBGB in New York. In summer, they were invited to participate in the Wacken Open Air metal festival in Germany again garnering vast attention from press and music lovers. In winter of 2006, they headlined a European tour, appearing at 14 venues in 8 countries, with their popularity only growing forth. In July 2007, they are also slated to appear at rock festivals in Finland.
Dates:
Fri 02/29/08 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
Sat 03/01/08 Kansas City, KS Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
Sun 03/02/08 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Eagles Club
Tue 03/04/08 Saint Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Wed 03/05/08 Saint Charles, MO Family Arena
Fri 03/07/08 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
Sat 03/08/08 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena
Mon 03/10/08 Rochester, NY The Armory
Tue 03/11/08 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Thu 03/13/08 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center (NEW DATE)
Fri 03/14/08 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 03/15/08 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Center
Mon 03/17/08 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
Tue 03/18/08 Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center
Thu 03/20/08 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Fri 03/21/08 Lowell, MA Paul E. Tsongas Arena
Sat 03/22/08 Albany, NY Armory Center
Mon 03/24/08 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center
Tue 03/25/08 Tampa, FL USF Sun Dome
Wed 03/26/08 Miami, FL Bayfront Park
Fri 03/28/08 Orlando, FL New UCF Arena
Sat 03/29/08 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Sun 03/30/08 Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre (NEW DATE)
Tue 04/01/08 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie
Thu 04/03/08 Oklahoma City, OK State Fair Arena
Fri 04/04/08 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater
Sat 04/05/08 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
Sun 04/06/08 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum
Tue 04/08/08 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theater At Palms (*NEW DATE; ALL BANDS EXCEPT AVENGED)
Wed 04/09/08 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Thu 04/10/08 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
Sat 04/12/08 San Jose, CA Event Ctr. At San Jose State Univ.
Sun 04/13/08 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
Tue 04/15/08 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
For more information go to:
www.rockstartasteofchaos.com
www.myspace.com/rockstartasteofchaos
Feb 19th, 2008 AGAINST ME! PERFORM "NEW WAVE" ACOUSTIC; CATCH THEM ON TOUR WITH FOO FIGHTERS!!
"New Wave" Acoustic
Feb 18th, 2008 AGAINST ME! TEAM UP WITH KYTE MOBILE GIVING FANS A UP CLOSE PEEK AT THEIR TOUR WITH FOO FIGHTERS
Against Me! have teamed up with Kyte Mobile (www.kyte.tv) where they are uploading video and pictures direct from their tour with Foo Fighters! Check out some of the clips here: http://www.kyte.tv/channels/browse.html?mode=SEARCHALL&search=against+me&x=0&y=0#uri=channels/35759/101843.
Against Me! Tour Dates (w/ Foo Fighters):
Feb 18 2008 7:00P
DCU Center Worcester, Massachusetts
Feb 19 2008 7:00P
Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Feb 21 2008 8:00P
Wachovia Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 22 2008 7:00P
SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, New York
Feb 23 2008 7:00P
Gravity Cheswick, Pennsylvania
Feb 24 2008 7:00P
Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Feb 25 2008 7:00P
Allstate Arena Chicago, Illinois
Feb 27 2008 7:00P
Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 28 2008 7:00P
Mid-America Center Council Bluffs, Iowa
Feb 29 2008 8:00P
Aggie Theater Ft. Collins, Colorado
Mar 2 2008 7:00P
Jobing.com Arena Glendale, Arizona
Mar 3 2008 8:00P
Cox Arena/SDSU San Diego, California
Mar 5 2008 7:00P
Great Western Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 6 2008 8:00P
Great Western Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 17 2008 7:00P
Bell Center Montreal, Quebec
Mar 18 2008 7:00P
Imperial Theater Quebec, Quebec
Mar 19 2008 7:00P
Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Ontario
Mar 20 2008 7:00P
John Labatt Center London, Ontario
Mar 22 2008 7:00P
Air Canada Center Toronto, Ontario
Mar 24 2008 7:00P
Kilroy’s Thunder Bay, Ontario
Mar 25 2008 7:00P
MTS Center Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mar 26 2008 7:00P
Conexus Arts Center Convention Hall Regina, Saskatchewan
Mar 27 2008 7:00P
Credit Union Center Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mar 28 2008 7:00P
Rexall Place Edmonton, Alberta
Mar 29 2008 8:00P
The Republik Calgary, Alberta
Mar 30 2008 7:00P
Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 3 2008 8:00P
Vega Copenhagen
Apr 4 2008 8:00P
Huxley’s Berlin, Berlin
Apr 5 2008 8:00P
Haus Auensee Leipzig
Apr 6 2008 8:00P
Tonhalle Munich
Apr 7 2008 8:00P
AB Brussels
Apr 8 2008 8:00P
Le Bataclan Paris
Apr 9 2008 8:00P
Longhorn Stuttgart-Wangen
Apr 10 2008 8:00P
La Laiterie Strasbourg
Apr 11 2008 8:00P
Den Atelier Luxembourg City
Apr 12 2008 8:00P
Melkweg Amsterdam
Apr 14 2008 7:00P
Academy 2 Bristol Bristol
Apr 15 2008 7:00P
Academy 2 Liverpool Liverpool
Apr 16 2008 7:00P
Corporation Sheffield
Apr 17 2008 7:30P
The Garage London
Jun 14 2008 12:00P
Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, Tennessee
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Head over hereto stream the entire cd!! Catch the band on tour now. Visit www.myspace.com/thefrantic for the latest tour dates.
Feb 20th, 2008 National Product Wins MTVU's The Freshmen!!
Thanks to overwhelming support from fans, National Product won last week's MTVU The Freshmen competition.
Check out the BY ALL MEANS video here.
and stay tuned to MTVU where the video has been officially added into rotation!
Catch National Product on tour with Lorene Drive, Ivoryline, Kaddisfly, Bedlight for Blue Eyes and more...
Feb 20 2008 8:00P
The Door w/ Lorene Drive & Farewell Dallas, Texas
Feb 23 2008 7:00P
*CANCELLED* The Beta Bar w/ Lorene Drive, Farewell Tallahassee, Florida
Feb 24 2008 3:00P
BackBooth *EARLY SHOW* w/ Lorene Drive & Farewell Orlando, Florida
Feb 26 2008 7:00P
The Orpheum - Lorene Drive, Farewell Tampa, Florida
Feb 27 2008 7:00P
New Brooklyn Tavern - Lorene Drive, Farewell Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 28 2008 7:00P
The Brewery - Lorene Drive, Farewell Raleigh, North Carolina
Mar 1 2008 7:00P
Sterling Community Center w/ Lorene Drive & Farewell Sterling, Virginia
Mar 2 2008 7:00P
Trocadero Balcony Philly, Pennsylvania
Mar 3 2008 8:00P
Knitting Factory - Lorene Drive, Farewell New York, New York
Mar 5 2008 6:00P
The Masquerade (SIDEROOM) w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Atlanta
Mar 6 2008 6:00P
Boney Junes Music Venue w/ Ivoryline, Breathe Carolina Evansville, Indiana
Mar 7 2008 6:30P
The Living Room w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Mt. Vernon
Mar 8 2008 6:00P
Main Street Cafe w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 10 2008 6:00P
Eagles Lodge North w/ Drop Dead Gorgeous, Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Wichita, Kansas
Mar 11 2008 8:00P
The Music Hall - AL w/ Ivoryline & Breathe Carolina Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 14 2008 4:00P
The Plano Centre w/Automatic Loveletter, Halifax, The Audition & Scary Kids, Scaring Kids Plano, Texas
Mar 15 2008 11:15P
SXSW - Besos Cantina w/ Action Action, The Working Title, Breathe Carolina Austin, Texas
Apr 4 2008 7:00P
The Venue - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Boise, Idaho
Apr 5 2008 7:00P
The BLVD - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Spokane, Washington
Apr 7 2008 7:00P
Studio 7 - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Seattle, Washington
Apr 8 2008 7:00P
The Domino Room w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Bend, Oregon
Apr 10 2008 7:00P
Club Retro - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Orangevale, California
Apr 11 2008 6:00P
Sidelines - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Modesto, California
Apr 12 2008 7:00P
The Zone - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Bakersfield, California
Apr 16 2008 7:00P
The Venue - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes San Antonio, Texas
Apr 17 2008 7:00P
The Junction - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes College Station, Texas
Apr 18 2008 7:00P
Fat Daddys Sound Shack - w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Lewisville, Texas
Apr 19 2008 7:00P
The Factory w/ Kaddisfly & Bedlight For Blue Eyes Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
www.nplunaeffect.com
www.myspace.com/nationalproduct
Feb 19th, 2008 Rockstar Taste of Chaos!! 3 New Dates Added!!!
Stellar 2008 Lineup Includes
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
ATREYU
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
BLESSTHEFALL
PLUS
JROCK Invades America with performances by MUCC, D'ESPAIRSRAY, THE UNDERNEATH
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK continues as TITLE SPONSOR
Fuse Television, Alternative Press and MySpace Are Announced as Media Partners
Tour to Kick Off February 29, 2008 in DENVER
Due to overwhelming demand, Rockstar Taste of Chaos has added three additional dates to this year's tour which kicks off February 29 in Denver, CO.
The new cities/dates are: Norfolk, VA (3/13 @ Constant Convocation Center), Little Rock, AR (3/30 @ Riverfest Ampitheatre) and Las Vegas, NV (4/8 @ The Pearl Theatre at the Palms; Note: Avenged Sevenfold will not be performing in Vegas.) Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
After over 200 worldwide dates in the past three years, playing in over 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy among others, Rockstar Taste of Chaos, the only worldwide lifestyle festival tour, is back with another onslaught of winter arena shows in North America.
The multi-artist package in the U.S.A. and Canada will feature AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BLESS THE FALL and IDIOT PILOT and this year we are proud to bring audiences the best Japanese Rock bands to the United States (a burgeoning movement also known as JROCK). The JROCK explosion will include MUCC, D’ESPAIRSRAY and THE UNDERNEATH.
Million-selling artist AVENGED SEVENFOLD will head up closing the night with their unique brand of rock. It’s the band’s maverick spirit and rabid fan base that has helped A7X do what few bands before have accomplished – to become the only band to headline Warped Tour and Ozzfest and be No. 1 on MTV’s TRL at the same time. Avenged Sevenfold knows that it’s a combination of the power of their music along with the dedication of their fans that has propelled them to where they are today. Says frontman M. Shadows, “We have the best fans in the world.”
ATREYU is touring in support of their blistering new album LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR, which entered Billboard’s Top 200 at No. 8 and Billboard’s Rock and Hard Rock Album charts at No. 1. The powerhouse album has garnered rave reviews from the likes of Revolver, Blender, Metal Hammer and Kerrang!.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (who just released their new album SCREAM AIM FIRE which debuted at #4 on the Billboard top 200 chart in late-January) hails from England and has become one of the most popular hard music bands around the globe.
BLESSTHEFALL was clearly the most popular new band on the 2007 Van's Warped Tour and were hand picked by the tour founders to bring their fiery live show to the RTOC stage.
“As a tour it is so amazing for us to see how far AVENGED SEVENFOLD have come and the fact that they have done the hard work necessary to go from clubs to arenas. They have built their career through hard work and great songs.” states tour producers Kevin Lyman and John Reese.
“ATREYU performed on the 2006 RTOC in the USA and have performed numerous times on the Van’s Warped Tour and have proven themselves as a huge headlining draw in hard rock venues all over the World.” states Kevin Lyman
In announcing the JROCK Revolution coming to America, Kevin Lyman states "After having a chance to be involved with introducing DIR EN GREY to American audiences and working on the successful JROCK Revolution Festival with Yoshiki from X Japan and founder of the JRock Revolutio, last May in Los Angeles, I felt that the fans across the U.S. would really appreciate a chance to have these bands come to their cities. When I have worked these shows the energy of the bands and the fan involvement is amazing and is rarely captured at shows in America these days and this is going to be an amazing opportunity for all in attendance."
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK will continue to be the title sponsor of the 2008 tour and will be sampling their products, as well as coming up with some great surprises for attendees. Other sponsors include Hurley, PETA 2, Hard Rock Café, Hot Topic, Vans, Tokyo Pop, Skull Candy, Shirts for a Cure, Sugar Hooker, Music Saves Lives, The Dingstore.com, Declare Yourself and Ernie Ball (who will provide musical instruments for fans to play and will pick the opening act through their massively successful Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands). FUSE Television, JROCKRevolution.com, MySpace and Alternative Press (who will produce the Official Tour Program) have signed on as official Rockstar Taste of Chaos media partners. The Canadian Leg sponsors include West 49, D-Tox and Vexy.
Having already spawned multiple soundtrack CDs and a Live DVD, the Rockstar Taste of Chaos, like its summer sibling the Van's Warped Tour, is only getting bigger and better, offering fans the opportunity to see their favorite bands and take part in a number of concourse activities including playing the newest video games, acoustic performances, attending autograph signing sessions and a slew of interactive fan activities that will add to the experience.
Tour co-founders Kevin Lyman, Darryl Eaton and John Reese state, "We are very excited about the great bands and concourse activities planned for the 2008 North American Tour, as in years past we want to bring Music Fans a BIG show at a very reasonable price. The RTOC has become an important event on music fans’ calendars in the long, cold winter in the U.S. and Canada."
Rockstar Energy Drink Marketing guru Mike Kelso states,” We are very proud to be the title sponsor again for the 2008 Rockstar Taste of Chaos. Rockstar Energy Drink is committed to supporting live music and to bringing rock fans a great show at a reasonable price. The Rockstar Taste of Chaos has been our marquee music presentation for the past three years and we look forward to a great year in 2008.”
Hurley Sr. VP Paul Gomez states, “Hurley looks forward to RTOC every year. The RTOC team always brings the best and most relevant music. The tour is about giving the kids what they want and Hurley is all about being the microphone of the youth. I'm sure this year’s tour will be the loudest. Let the kids make some noise.”
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Avenged Sevenfold is poised to be “the next great American rock band” (Guitar World). With the larger than life, awe-inspiring excitement of their live performances and "musicianship that is unimpeachable" (Entertainment Weekly), A7X continually strives to raise the bar. By self-producing their highly acclaimed self-titled October 2007 release, the Huntington Beach, CA hard rock band rose to the challenge and masterfully crafted an album that Revolver Magazine calls a “magnum opus.” Indeed the band’s follow-up to the 2005 million-selling City of Evil, topped the Billboard Alternative, Hard, and Rock Charts, and debuted at Number Four on the Billboard Top 200. In seeing Avenged Sevenfold live, you’ll experience what the Los Angeles Times witnessed as a “capacity crowd…come in devotion.”
ATREYU
Since muscling their way into the Orange County metal/punk scene in 1998, Atreyu (Alex Varkatzas, vocals; Dan Jacobs, guitar; Travis Miguel, guitar; Marc McKnight, bass; Brandon Saller, drums) have sold over a million albums by constantly challenging themselves and their audience with charged music and acrobatic performances that push the boundaries of catharsis and emotional exorcism. The band's recently released album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor, fueled by the hit single "Becoming The Bull," rocketed onto Billboard's Top 200 debuting at #8 and Billboard's Rock and Hard Rock Album Charts at #1, making it the highest-charting album of the band's career and landing them on the cover of Revolver Magazine, who called the disc "a coffin-tight collection of singles...the potential for hugeness is all over these 11 tunes...," while Metal Hammer declared it "a truly landmark album."
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
The four-piece metal core band from Bridgend, South Wales, UK - Matthew "Matt" Tuck/vocals, Michael "Padge" Paget/Guitar, Michael "Moose" Thomas/drums, and Jason "Jay" James/Bass - are, according to the UK's Kerrang!, well on their way to "phase two of world domination" with their just released sophomore full-length, “Scream Aim Fire,” (Jive/ SonyBMG). For their 2006 debut album, "The Poison," Bullet For My Valentine graced the covers - at least once - of Kerrang!, Rock Sound, and Metal Hammer. In addition, they won Metal Hammer's 2006 "Golden God Award" for Best British Band, and the 2006 Kerrang! Award for "Best UK Single" for their track "Tears Don't Fall." Here in America, the band was named "British Import of the Year" in Revolver, and "The Poison" generated the hit singles "Tears Don't Fall" and "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)," with the video for "All These Things I Hate" going to the #1 spot on MTV2.
BLESSTHEFALL
One of the breakout acts from the Van’s Warped Tour, Arizona’s Blessthefall won over audiences on a daily basis thanks to their incendiary live show which included their jaw-dropping “wall of death” mosh pit. As the band’s profile sky rocketed, resulting in over 6 million plays on Myspace, fans voted them into the top spot in the Energizer “Demand It” contest in Phoenix, Virginia Beach and Montreal, earning Blessthefall longer sets in each city on Warped Tour. Stalwarts of the Smartpunk Stage, the band saw its debut video for “Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad” enjoy a solid two-month run on MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” and Fuse’s “Uranium.” A well oiled touring machine that takes no prisoners, Blessthefall has toured the U.S., Canada and Europe extensively with numerous established acts and held their own on the first year of the Radio Rebellion Tour. Be forewarned, Blessthefall will be a hard act to follow for any band on this year’s Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour.
MUCC
In August 2006, the members of MUCC (pronounced "mukku"ť) were featured as musical guests at Otakon, the largest Japanese culture convention on the East Coast, playing to two full houses at Rams Head Live in Baltimore. That was their ninth year. Now at a decade together, MUCC has proven itself to be not only prolific, having produced more than ten unique releases to date, but long-lasting--and with throngs of Stateside fans to boot.
D’ESPAIRSRAY
This rock band, D'espairsRay, first crossed international borders in 2004 when Japanese bands were still unknown to foreign land. They started out activities abroad in Europe and debut stateside in 2005 for their very first American headline tour, hitting San Jose, San Francisco, and Dallas. In fall of the same year they played Europe once more and returned to West Coast America, opening for Genitorturers, playing in 8 states. In 2006, they released their first album in Europe and received tremendous response from local fans. They were also among the last few bands to play at the legendry rock club CBGB in New York. In summer, they were invited to participate in the Wacken Open Air metal festival in Germany again garnering vast attention from press and music lovers. In winter of 2006, they headlined a European tour, appearing at 14 venues in 8 countries, with their popularity only growing forth. In July 2007, they are also slated to appear at rock festivals in Finland.
Dates:
Fri 02/29/08 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
Sat 03/01/08 Kansas City, KS Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
Sun 03/02/08 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Eagles Club
Tue 03/04/08 Saint Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Wed 03/05/08 Saint Charles, MO Family Arena
Fri 03/07/08 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
Sat 03/08/08 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena
Mon 03/10/08 Rochester, NY The Armory
Tue 03/11/08 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Thu 03/13/08 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center (NEW DATE)
Fri 03/14/08 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 03/15/08 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Center
Mon 03/17/08 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
Tue 03/18/08 Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center
Thu 03/20/08 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Fri 03/21/08 Lowell, MA Paul E. Tsongas Arena
Sat 03/22/08 Albany, NY Armory Center
Mon 03/24/08 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center
Tue 03/25/08 Tampa, FL USF Sun Dome
Wed 03/26/08 Miami, FL Bayfront Park
Fri 03/28/08 Orlando, FL New UCF Arena
Sat 03/29/08 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Sun 03/30/08 Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre (NEW DATE)
Tue 04/01/08 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie
Thu 04/03/08 Oklahoma City, OK State Fair Arena
Fri 04/04/08 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater
Sat 04/05/08 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
Sun 04/06/08 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum
Tue 04/08/08 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theater At Palms (*NEW DATE; ALL BANDS EXCEPT AVENGED)
Wed 04/09/08 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Thu 04/10/08 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
Sat 04/12/08 San Jose, CA Event Ctr. At San Jose State Univ.
Sun 04/13/08 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
Tue 04/15/08 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
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Feb 19th, 2008 AGAINST ME! PERFORM "NEW WAVE" ACOUSTIC; CATCH THEM ON TOUR WITH FOO FIGHTERS!!
"New Wave" Acoustic
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Against Me! Tour Dates (w/ Foo Fighters):
Feb 18 2008 7:00P
DCU Center Worcester, Massachusetts
Feb 19 2008 7:00P
Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Feb 21 2008 8:00P
Wachovia Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 22 2008 7:00P
SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, New York
Feb 23 2008 7:00P
Gravity Cheswick, Pennsylvania
Feb 24 2008 7:00P
Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Feb 25 2008 7:00P
Allstate Arena Chicago, Illinois
Feb 27 2008 7:00P
Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 28 2008 7:00P
Mid-America Center Council Bluffs, Iowa
Feb 29 2008 8:00P
Aggie Theater Ft. Collins, Colorado
Mar 2 2008 7:00P
Jobing.com Arena Glendale, Arizona
Mar 3 2008 8:00P
Cox Arena/SDSU San Diego, California
Mar 5 2008 7:00P
Great Western Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 6 2008 8:00P
Great Western Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 17 2008 7:00P
Bell Center Montreal, Quebec
Mar 18 2008 7:00P
Imperial Theater Quebec, Quebec
Mar 19 2008 7:00P
Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Ontario
Mar 20 2008 7:00P
John Labatt Center London, Ontario
Mar 22 2008 7:00P
Air Canada Center Toronto, Ontario
Mar 24 2008 7:00P
Kilroy’s Thunder Bay, Ontario
Mar 25 2008 7:00P
MTS Center Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mar 26 2008 7:00P
Conexus Arts Center Convention Hall Regina, Saskatchewan
Mar 27 2008 7:00P
Credit Union Center Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mar 28 2008 7:00P
Rexall Place Edmonton, Alberta
Mar 29 2008 8:00P
The Republik Calgary, Alberta
Mar 30 2008 7:00P
Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 3 2008 8:00P
Vega Copenhagen
Apr 4 2008 8:00P
Huxley’s Berlin, Berlin
Apr 5 2008 8:00P
Haus Auensee Leipzig
Apr 6 2008 8:00P
Tonhalle Munich
Apr 7 2008 8:00P
AB Brussels
Apr 8 2008 8:00P
Le Bataclan Paris
Apr 9 2008 8:00P
Longhorn Stuttgart-Wangen
Apr 10 2008 8:00P
La Laiterie Strasbourg
Apr 11 2008 8:00P
Den Atelier Luxembourg City
Apr 12 2008 8:00P
Melkweg Amsterdam
Apr 14 2008 7:00P
Academy 2 Bristol Bristol
Apr 15 2008 7:00P
Academy 2 Liverpool Liverpool
Apr 16 2008 7:00P
Corporation Sheffield
Apr 17 2008 7:30P
The Garage London
Jun 14 2008 12:00P
Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, Tennessee
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