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"�) 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

www.againstme.net
www.myspace.com/againstme

Feb 18th, 2008 Check out an All Time Low acoustic session and Sherwood's tour blog on Altpress.com!!
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Feb 14th, 2008 Do Something and Take Action! Announce Grant Winners! Take Action! Tour Kicks Off Tonight!!!!
Do Something and Take Action! Tour award $500 grants to Outstanding Young People across the US
Grants Empowered by Hot Topic, MySpace and Hopeless/Sub City Records

Take Action! Tour

Kicks Off Tonight In Detroit With

Every Time I Die, From First Last,

The Bled, August Burns Red and

The Human Abstract!

New York, NY- February 14th, 2008 – Do Something, the national not-for-profit that makes it possible for teens to change the world, and Hopeless/Sub City Records’ Take Action! Tour awarded $500 grants to 9 amazing young people who want to make change in their communities.

The Take Action Grants, empowered by MySpace Impact, the Hot Topic Foundation and Hopeless/Sub City Records, focus on everything from music and art education to suicide prevention and poverty. The Take Action! Tour, an annual charity tour that kicked off today, features Every Time I Die, From First to Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, and The Human Abstract.

The Do Something Take Action Grant Winners Include:

James Bearden, 18, of Milan, NM for his suicide prevention project I Love Life that includes a suicide prevention month at his high school, a kick-off assembly, a concert, a fund-raising dance, and speakers from a teen suicide awareness organization.
Naima Green, 21 of Stanford, CA for her project The eXchange (Cape Town-East Palo Alto Music Program). The eXchange project aims to connect two groups of students living in less than ideal conditions in Cape Town, South Africa and Palo Alto, California.
Chester Eastman, 22, of Center Conway, NH for his project The Alpaca Paper Service which is run and operated by developmentally disabled adults who want to work jobs that let them meet and interact with people in their community.
Arielle Barrientos, 17, of Biloxi, MS for her project Strings with Wings. For Strings with Wings, Arielle has organized a group of fellow musicians who will travel to Mexico this June to run a Violin workshop for the children of Saltillo, Mexico.
Jourdan Urbach, 17, of Roslyn Heights, NY for his project Children Helping Children--Saving Lives Through Music which raises funds for national medical organizations, hospitals and cutting edge research targeting neurological disease.
Linda Salinas, 23, of San Pablo, CA for her project Arts as a Vision for Change which brings together community and student organizations together to talk about their vision for Richmond High School and ultimately beautify a school that students can feel proud of, and bring color onto a campus that has no windows.
Stevie Peacock, 14, of Venice, FL for her project, Project KINDNESS which stands for Kids In Need Deserve New Elementary School Supplies. Stevie organizes supply collections and then donates the supplies to impoverished schools in and around Arcadia, Florida.
Andrew Chow, 22, of New York, NY for his project, East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP), which is a student-run free clinic serving the uninsured residents of East Harlem.
Elliot Goldstein, 16, of Los Angeles, CA for his project, Carts for the Homeless. CFTH will provide homeless people with a functioning, durable cart with features such as a pull out tarp for rain, a water basin, and a lockable mechanism so their belongings are not stolen, all designed with their lifestyle in mind.
For more information on the Do Something Take Action Grant Winners and their projects, visit www.DoSomething.org/TakeActionWinners.

Charity partner Do Something is a place where young people are given the opportunity to help change the world. Instead of telling young people what cause they should get involved with, Do Something asks them “What’s your something?” and then gives them the information, resources, and grant-money to make change around the causes they are passionate about.

“DoSomething.org is a trusted resource for young people that want to make a difference and we believe in their ability to take action. When a 17-year-old has a great idea for making change in their community, Do Something is the organization that will step up and give them $500 to make that happen”, says Do Something CMO, Aria Finger

Hopeless/Sub City Records has chosen non-profit organization Do Something as the official charity for their 2008 Take Action Tour. Sharing a common mission to help young people make a positive difference in the world, Take Action and Do Something kicked off the annual tour today on February 14th, 2008.

“Our recent generations brought the world the personal computer and the mobile phone but also brought the world global warming and world violence over a theology dispute,” said Louis Posen, President of Hopeless/Sub City Records. “I can't imagine a better way to change the world than helping young, eager social entrepreneurs with resources to take action to solve the world’s problems. The Do Something grant program is amazing and does just that: directly believes in and empowers young people to make a difference.”

In 2007 alone, Do Something issued over $240,000 to young people who are making change in communities across the globe. Last year Do Something reached over 10 million young people, age 25 and under, and helped them take action. To apply for a grant or find out more information, check DoSomething.org

In 1999 Hopeless Records formally started supporting non-profit organizations through their Sub City imprint and Take Action initiatives. Since then the label has released over 30 charitable titles and donated over 1 million dollars to various non-profit organizations. Take Action 2008 will benefit Do Something by donating 10% of all ticket sales and 5% of the suggested retail price for each Take Action! Volume 7 compilation sold.

Hot Topic, the music lifestyle mall retailer (hottopic.com), is once again the title sponsor of the tour. Hot Topic is a natural fit, as they demonstrate a passion for music in everything they do. Since the inception of Take Action! in 1999, Hot Topic has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Take Action! cause, helping to educate millions of people to make a difference. Additional generous sponsors and partners of the 2008 tour are: tour producer, Live Nation, MySpace, Purevolume, Alternative Press, Absolutepunk.net, and Fanscape.

The latest information can always be found at www.takeactiontour.com.

2008 Take Action Tour Dates:

2/14/08 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
2/15/08 Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club (The Rave)
2/16/08 St. Paul, MN - Station 4
2/17/08 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
2/19/08 Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
2/20/08 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
2/21/08 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
2/22/08 Boise, ID The Big Easy Concert House
2/23/08 Spokane, WA The Big Easy Concert House
2/24/08 Seattle, WA El Corazon
2/25/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
2/27/08 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
2/28/08 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
2/29/08 San Diego, CA House of Blues
3/01/08 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
3/02/08 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
3/03/08 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
3/05/08 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
3/06/08 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
3/07/08 McAllen, TX Cine El Rey Theatre
3/08/08 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
3/11/08 Port St. Lucie, FL - Mojo Room
3/12/08 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
3/14/08 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
3/15/08 Norfolk, VA Norva
3/16/08 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live!
3/19/08 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
3/20/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
3/21/08 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
3/22/08 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at the TLA
3/23/08 New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza

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