SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND
This tour has packed it's bag and left for good. No SOTU any longer. The stiff competition from OZZFEST and ROCKSTAR has forced this tour to be no more. Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says tour organziers informed him they are only going to miss 2008.
ROCKSTAR MAYHEM TOUR
Mainstage: Disturbed, Slipknot, Dragonforce, Mastodon
Jager Second Stage: Sevendust, Five Finger Death Punch, Airbourne, 36 Crazyfists
Second Second Stage: Machine Head, Black Tide, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Walls of Jericho
Official Tour Dates per www.MTVnews.com
· 7/9 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
· 7/11 - Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
· 7/12 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
· 7/13 - Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
· 7/15 - Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena
· 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
· 7/22 - Kansas City, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
· 7/23 - St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
· 7/25 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Centre
· 7/26 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Ampitheater
· 7/27 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
· 7/29 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
· 7/30 - Miami, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
· 8/1 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheatre Amphitheatre
· 8/2 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
· 8/3 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
· 8/5 - TBA
· 8/6 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
· 8/8 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
· 8/9 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion
· 8/10 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
· 8/12 - TBA
· 8/13 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
· 8/15 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
· 8/16 - Washington, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
· 8/17 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
· 8/20 - Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
· 8/21 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
OZZFEST 2008
Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that Ozzy Osbourne told reporters during a teleconference today (Oct. 8) that he will headline next year's Ozzfest bill — "as far as I know."
Other bands who are unconfirmed but may tour on Ozzfest 2008 (bands who have recently released new albums or have new albums coming out in 2008 that would likely be on tour):
Judas Priest, Heaven & Hell, Down, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Megadeth, Black Label Society, Mudvayne, Killswitch Engage, Avenged Sevenfold, Shadows Fall, Atreyu, Slayer, In This Moment, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Job For A Cowboy, Anthrax and others who aren't involved with the ROCKSTAR MAYHEM tour.
WARPED TOUR 2008
According to Alternative Press, the following bands are confirmed for the entirety of next year’s Warped Tour:
Warped Tour 2008 is back, word. We know you are just itching for the routing schedule, so here it is:
June 20 - Pomona, CA
June 21 - San Francisco, CA
June 22 - Ventura, CA
June 25 - Phoenix, AZ
June 26 - Las Cruces, NM
June 28 - Salt Lake City, UT
June 29 - Denver, CO
July 1 - Saint Louis, MO
July 2 - Kansas City, KS
July 3 - Dallas, TX
July 5 - San Antonio, TX
July 6 - Houston, TX
July 9 - Atlanta, GA
July 10 - Orlando, FL
July 11 - Tampa, FL
July 12 - Miami, FL
July 13 - Jacksonville, FL
July 14 - Charlotte, NC
July 15 - Virginia Beach, VA
July 16 - Washington, DC
July 17 - Cleveland, OH
July 18 - Detroit, MI
July 19 - Toronto, ON
July 20 - Montreal, QC
July 22 - Buffalo, NY
July 23 - Boston, MA
July 24 - Englishtown, NJ
July 25 - Philadelphia, PA
July 26 - New York, NY
July 27 - Scranton, PA
July 29 - Pittsburgh, PA
July 30 - Cincinnati, OH
July 31 - Indianapolis, IN
August 1 - Milwaukee, WI
August 2 - Chicago, IL
August 3 - Minneapolis, MN
August 6 - Calgary, AB
August 8 - Boise, ID
August 9 - Seattle, WA
August 10 - Portland, OR
August 13 - Fresno, CA
August 14 - San Diego, CA
August 15 - San Francisco, CA
August 16 - Sacramento, CA
August 17 - Los Angeles, CA
GIGANTOUR 2008
Megadeth
Children Of Bodom
In Flames
Job For A Cowboy
HIgh On Fire
/12 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
4/13 Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
4/15 Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie
4/16 Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheatre
4/17 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre
4/19 Louisville, KY @ Louisville Gardens
4/20 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
4/22 New York City, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
4/24 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
4/26 Baltimore, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
4/28 Quebec City, QC @ Pavillon de la Jeunesse
4/29 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
4/30 Toronto, ON @ International Centre
5/1 London ON @ The John Labatt Centre
5/3 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Center
5/4 Cleveland, OH @ Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
5/6 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
5/7 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Eagles Club
5/9 Minneapolis, MN @ Myth
5/10 Winnipeg, MB @ Convention Centre
5/11 Saskatoon, SK @ Prairieland Park
5/12 Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre
5/14 Calgary, AB @ Stampede Corral
5/16 Vancouver, BC @ P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum
5/17 Salem, OR @ Salem Armory
5/19 San Jose, CA @ Event Center at San Jose State
5/20 San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena
5/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Long Beach Arena
5/22 Phoenix, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre
WACKEN FESTIVAL 2008
You want bands who won't play on Ozzfest 2008? TheWacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany, during Ozzfest in the US is the most well known metal festival in the world. Bands confirmed for the 2008 festival are as follows:
AS I LAY DYING
AT THE GATES
AUTUMN
AVANTASIA
AXEL RUDI PELL
AXXIS
BEFORE THE DAWN
CARCASS
CHILDREN OF BODOM
CORVUS CORAX
CREMATORY
DESTRUCTOR
DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER
ENEMY OF THE SUN
ENSIFERUM
EVOCATION
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
GIRUGÄMESH
GOREROTTED
GORGOROTH
GRAVE
HATEBREED
HEADHUNTER
IRON MAIDEN
KAMELOT
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KREATOR
KRYPTERIA
LORD BELIAL
LORDI
NIFELHEIM
NIGHTWISH
OBITUARY
POWERWOLF
PRIMORDIAL
PSYCHOPUNCH
SABATON
SALTATIO MORTIS
SONATA ARCTICA
THE BONES
VAN CANTO
WARBRINGER
WATAIN
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR FESTIVAL 2008
Dimmu Borgir
At The Gates
Opeth
Bloodstock Open Air Festival takes place during August 15-17 2008.
ROCK AM RING IM PARK
The following bands have been announced for next year’s Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, which are set to take place on June 6th and 7th in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively:
BABYSHAMBLES
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
DIE TOTEN HOSEN
DIMMU BORGIR
IN FLAMES
METALLICA
MOTÖRHEAD
NIGHTWISH
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
SPORTFREUNDE STILLER
THE HELLACOPTERS
