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ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Unveils ‘Text To Donate’ Program – - Text MAYHEM to 41518 to Make a $5.00 Donation!

The ‘Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America’ Offer Access to the Rockstar ‘METAL OF HONOR’ Tent with Military ID

Metal Of Honor PSA Featuring David Draiman of Disturbed Revealed

Festival Kick-Off this Saturday, July 9^th in San Bernardino, CA!

 

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is pleased to unveil the official Text To Donate campaign, a program inviting people across the nation to assist in raising donations for our hard-working United States military.  The Text To Donate program is part of this year’s awareness and fundraising effort, ‘METAL OF HONOR’.  All one simply has to do is text MAYHEM to 41518 to make a $5.00 donation!  Your donation will help in aiding to the needs and challenges of our active duty military, veterans and their families.

 

Fans can view a brand new ‘METAL OF HONOR’ PSA featuring David Draiman of Disturbed at this link. The PSA highlights the efforts of Hope For The Warriors® and The Pathway Home, and explains how you can help via the ‘METAL OF HONOR’ program, including the Text To Donate info above, and that $.25 of each ticket sold will support the awareness program.

 

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL has joined forces with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA, www.IAVA.org). IAVA will distribute 30 tickets for each show to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through The Rucksack (http://rucksack.iava.org/). All festival guests can stop by IAVA’s tent for a chance to win a special meet and greet experiences with the bands backstage. Military personnel and veterans with ID will also be able to pick up ‘METAL OF HONOR’ wristbands from the IAVA tent. These wristbands will give active-duty military and veterans access to the Rockstar ‘METAL OF HONOR’ tent where they can hang out, have drinks and score free stuff from festival sponsors.

IAVA is the country’s first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and has more than 200,000 member veterans and civilian supporters nationwide.  Its mission is to improve the lives of this country¹s newest generation of veterans and their families.

 

The ‘METAL OF HONOR’ awareness campaign will include wrapping one of the tour’s semi trucks with logos of the charities, providing nationwide exposure on major highways throughout North America for over six weeks, and the Text To Donate program. Additional social media outreach efforts will be utilized to bring the message to rock music lovers worldwide.  ‘METAL OF HONOR’ will also have an onsite presence at each festival date highlighting Hope For The Warriors® and The Pathway Home along with other ways the patron can get involved in their own communities.

 

This year, the festival raised over $22,000 from the VIP Experience Charity Ebay auction!  The auction was created to raise additional funds for Hope For The Warriors® and The Pathway Home. During the auction, fans were able to bid on eBay for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to receive two VIP passes to the festival, and the top bidder and a guest would be able to watch their favorite festival artist onstage, amongst other great prizes.  The auction period has now ended.

 

 

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL begins this Saturday!  Tickets are on sale, so check in at www.rockstarmayhemfest.com and www.livenation.com for any updates to current ticketing information.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR DATES:

7/9 – San Manuel Amphitheater – San Bernardino, CA (Los Angeles, CA)

7/10 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA (San Francisco, CA)

7/12 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA (Seattle, WA)

7/13 – Idaho Center Amphitheater – Nampa, ID (Boise, ID)

7/15 – Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ

7/16 – Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM

7/17 – Comfort Dental Amphitheater – Englewood, CO (Denver, CO)

7/19 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Maryland Heights, MO (St. Louis, MO)

7/20 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH

7/22 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA (Boston, MA)

7/23 – Parc Jean-Drapeau – (Heavy MTL) - Montreal, QC /www.heavymtl.com

7/24 – Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT

7/27 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ

7/29 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh, PA)

7/30 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA (Washington DC)

7/31 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ

8/2 – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, VA

8/3 – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, NC

8/5 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, IL (Chicago IL)

8/6 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI (Detroit, MI)

8/7 – Verizon Wireless Music Center – Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis, IN)

8/9 – Zoo Amphitheatre – Oklahoma City, OK

8/10 – Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX

8/12 – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood – Atlanta, GA

8/13 – 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL

8/14 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL

 

 

For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Announces 2011 Festival Sponsors, Official Band Autograph Signings & Touring Eco Initiatives

 

“Side Stage” Now Officially Named the REVOLVER STAGE for 2011 Tour!

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is pleased to announce this year’s festival sponsors! The 2011 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is presented by Rockstar Energy Drink. Jägermeister, Revolver, Fuel TV, and Chevy are also sponsoring the tour, along with music and label sponsors Ibanez, NAMM, Sabian, Century Media, Nuclear Blast Records, Metal Blade Records, Roadrunner Records, lifestyle sponsor South Surf, awareness program sponsors Shirts for a Cure and Music Saves Lives, as well as the US Air Force Reserves, Metal Injection, and HollywoodMusic.TV.  See below to learn more about this year’s exciting sponsors, and stay tuned to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com for more information coming soon.

 

Rockstar Energy Drink and Jägermeister are presenting exclusive signings at each festival date!  Rockstar Energy Drink has confirmed signings with Machine Head and Suicide Silence, and Jägermeister will be offering signings with Kingdom of Sorrow and Unearth starting at the Boise, ID date through the end of the tour.  Hatebreed will also be taking part in signings on their specific show dates, and Dave Ellefson of Megadeth will be taking part in signings on various dates, as well.  Make sure to swing by the Rockstar and Jägermeister booths at your local festival date to check on signing times.

 

The Metal Mulisha Jump Team will also be taking part in special autograph signings!  The team will join together for two daily signings after two of their three daily jump shows.  Riders this year include Ryan Hagy, Derek Garland, Wes Agee, Jimmy Hill, and Julian Dessue.  You can find out about signing times and more at your local ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL show date.

 

This year, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is taking vigilant steps to reduce the festival’s environmental footprint.  There are many green initiatives that are being put in place at each festival date in order to keep the surrounding environment clean and functioning efficiently!  Some of the resourceful steps that the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is taking this year include using cleaner and environmentally friendly biodiesel fuel in the tour caravan, a Cell Funds donation program organized to raise funds for the Unite the United and Music Saves Lives organizations (fans will receive a Skip-the-Line pass for donating used working, broken, or defective cell phones), and a traveling on-site eco team put in place to make sure the individual venues have all of the recycling receptacles and materials that they need.  Local volunteers will join the festival dates to facilitate recycling onsite!  More initiatives are being planned in addition to the already stellar conservation efforts already in place.

 

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is only three weeks away!  Tickets are on sale now, so check in at www.rockstarmayhemfest.com and www.livenation.com for any updates to current ticketing information.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR DATES:

7/9 – San Manuel Amphitheater – San Bernardino, CA (Los Angeles, CA)

7/10 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA (San Francisco, CA)

7/12 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA (Seattle, WA)

7/13 – Idaho Center Amphitheater – Nampa, ID (Boise, ID)

7/15 – Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ

7/16 – Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM

7/17 – Comfort Dental Amphitheater – Englewood, CO (Denver, CO)

7/19 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Maryland Heights, MO (St. Louis, MO)

7/20 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH

7/22 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA (Boston, MA)

7/23 – Parc Jean-Drapeau – (Heavy MTL) - Montreal, QC /www.heavymtl.com

7/24 – Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT

7/27 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ

7/29 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh, PA)

7/30 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA (Washington DC)

7/31 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ

8/2 – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, VA

8/3 – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, NC

8/5 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, IL (Chicago IL)

8/6 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI (Detroit, MI)

8/7 – Verizon Wireless Music Center – Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis, IN)

8/9 – Zoo Amphitheatre – Oklahoma City, OK

8/10 – Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX

8/12 – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood – Atlanta, GA

8/13 – 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL

8/14 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL

 

 

For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

 

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Family and Veterans from ‘Hope For The Warriors®’ to Ride in World-Famous ‘Rolling Thunder Memorial Day’ Observance Motorcycle Rally on May 29^th, 2011 in Washington, DC

David Draiman of DISTURBED to Film Awareness PSA

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the heralded hard rock and metal event of the summer, is swiftly becoming the heavy music fans’ summertime rite of passage.  The festival will make a 26 date trek across the country beginning on July 9th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. Tickets are on sale now, so check in at www.rockstarmayhemfest.com and www.livenation.com for any updates to current ticketing information.

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is proud to announce ‘METAL OF HONOR’, an awareness and fundraising effort focused on the needs and challenges of our active duty military, veterans and their families. The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL has partnered with Hope For The Warriors® and The Pathway Home, both national not-for-profit organizations.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL producers John Reese and Kevin Lyman state, “Giving back and showing gratitude to those that have sacrificed for all of us and those who continue to sacrifice is the message we want to spread.”

“Hope For The Warriors® is thrilled to be a part of the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL and to work with these patriotic bands and their fans,” states Robin Kelleher, President of Hope For The Warriors®.  “Just as these bands collaborate, we are proud to collaborate with the Pathway Home and other nonprofit organization that support our military families.”

A portion of the proceeds of each ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL ticket sold will go to Hope For The Warriors® and The Pathway Home to further aid them in continuing their necessary work.   In addition, the ‘METAL OF HONOR’ awareness campaign will include wrapping one of the tour’s semi trucks with logos of the charities, providing nationwide exposure on major highways throughout North America for over six weeks, and a text-to-donate campaign to encourage our patrons to donate as well as inviting radio stations across the nation to get involved by offering each of them their own text word. Additional social media outreach efforts will be utilized to bring the message to rock music lovers worldwide.  ‘METAL OF HONOR’ will also have an onsite presence at each festival date highlighting Hope For The Warriors® and The Pathway Home along with other ways the patron can get involved in their own communities.

“The Pathway Home is excited to partner with the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL in helping us bring further awareness of the impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and other combat-related stressors on military personnel who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan,” states Fred Gusman, MSW / Founder and Executive Director of The Pathway Home.  “We’re incredibly grateful to the thousands of fans and the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL team who may not know that their passion can help us be part of the solution for those military personnel who face the diagnosis of PTSD and TBI.”

Unite The United Foundation is also taking part in assisting the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL ‘METAL OF HONOR’ awareness and fundraising effort by implementing their “Salvage For Soldiers” program during this summer’s festival. Throughout the summer, Unite The United Foundation will salvage all broken or damaged instruments, stage clothes and other gear used and donated by performers of the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL during the tour. All of these donated collectors’ items will be autographed by the performers and sold through the Unite The United Foundation charity auction on eBay. Please see the Unite The United Foundation eBay page for complete listings and new items posted throughout the summer: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/unitetheunited. Proceeds from the sale of these one-of-a-kind items will be allocated to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL ‘METAL OF HONOR’ awareness and fundraising effort, focused on the needs and challenges of our active duty military veterans and their families.

“The warriors of this generation who have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan come home with many needs,” adds Steve Robinson, a retired Army Ranger and noted veterans advocate. “The government alone cannot possibly take care of all of the issues that returning veterans have.  For this reason, it brings us hope when the community reaches out and embraces the returning veteran and tries to give them the help they need.  The METAL OF HONOR campaign is a powerful example of what can be done when people take one step to help those who have sacrificed so much for this nation.

Steve adds, “As a veteran and a long time veterans advocate, I’m excited to see the impact that will be generated from this awareness campaign.  I believe the money raised to support The Pathway Home and Hope For The Warriors® will save lives. The programs they provide are critical to addressing returning veterans’ needs.  It is important to support those who have served and may soon come home from war.  It’s the least we can do as a grateful nation.”

Further information on these awareness programs will be posted at www.rockstarmayhemfest.com in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned for up-to-date information coming soon.

This year, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is offering two special VIP packages at this link.  ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL VIP packages not only provide seats close to the stage, but fans also get early entry inside the venue, access to the Rockstar Lounge, an exclusive ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL skate deck, limited edition tour poster, laminate, custom guitar picks and more.  Head to this link to view different special VIP package items.

Brand new official merchandise is available right now at this location! Also, fans can pre-order exclusive his and hers t-shirts right now at this link.

This summer’s mainstage artists, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, and MEGADETH, will be joined by a ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of today.  For the first time in festival history, through their success, MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, and TRIVIUM have grown through the ranks to now perform on the mainstage in rotating slots throughout the tour. This year sees the return of festival veterans DISTURBED, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, and SUICIDE SILENCE. The JAGERMEISTER stage will feature UNEARTH, KINGDOM OF SORROW, RED FANG, and the winners of JAGERMEISTER Battle of the Bands. The Extreme Stage will spotlight SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL SHALL PERISH and STRAIGHT LINE STITCH.

The 4th annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will also feature ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM, the World’s Greatest Freestyle Motocross team. ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL attendees can enjoy a plethora of festival activities, including perusing vendors, attending autograph signing sessions and a slew of other interactive activities that enhance the concert experience.  It’s a 10 hour trip to heavy nirvana.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is produced by Rockstar Taste of Chaos organizer John Reese, Vans Warped Tour founder and MusiCares MAP Fund “From the Heart Award” recipient Kevin Lyman and Creative Artists Agency.  The trio has made the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL a standout on the summer concert circuit by following the proven model of utilizing sponsorship to deliver a lower ticket price and an enhanced concert experience. This year sees them joining forces once again with ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK as the title sponsor.

In 2008, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL bulldozed onto the scene and quickly made itself known as the preeminent summer destination for the hard rock and metal community.  ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL boasts the most powerful artist line-ups in heavy music.  Artists who have performed in ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL’s past include hard music legends SLAYER, SLIPKNOT, MARILYN MANSON, KORN, ROB ZOMBIE, LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED, CANNIBAL CORPSE, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MASTODON, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and many more.  All have pummeled the stage, while delivering the intensity and heaviness that fans have grown to expect year after year.

See below for all current tour dates. When viewing, fans should take notice of the line-up changes on the San Bernardino, Mountain View and Montreal dates.  On July 9^th in San Bernardino, CA, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim’s metal cartoon phenomenon DETHKLOK will perform in the place of MEGADETH, and colossal Bay Area thrash kings TESTAMENT will perform in the place of IN FLAMES.  TESTAMENT will also perform in the place of IN FLAMES on the July 10^th Mountain View, CA date.  HATEBREED is now scheduled to perform with the festival in the place of TRIVIUM on August 5^th in Tinley Park, IL, August 6^th in Clarkston, MI, and August 7^th in Noblesville, IN.  MEGADETH will not be appearing on the Montreal, QC Heavy MTL date.  Other bands will be announced for Heavy MTL soon.  Go to www.heavymtl.com for further information.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR DATES:

7/9 – San Manuel Amphitheater – San Bernardino, CA (Los Angeles, CA)

7/10 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA (San Francisco, CA)

7/12 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA (Seattle, WA)

7/13 – Idaho Center Amphitheater – Nampa, ID (Boise, ID)

7/15 – Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ

7/16 – Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM

7/17 – Comfort Dental Amphitheater – Englewood, CO (Denver, CO)

7/19 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Maryland Heights, MO (St. Louis, MO)

7/20 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH

7/22 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA (Boston, MA)

7/23 – Parc Jean-Drapeau – (Heavy MTL) - Montreal, QC /www.heavymtl.com

7/24 – Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT

7/27 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ

7/29 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh, PA)

7/30 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA (Washington DC)

7/31 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ

8/2 – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, VA

8/3 – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, NC

8/5 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, IL (Chicago IL)

8/6 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI (Detroit, MI)

8/7 – Verizon Wireless Music Center – Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis, IN)

8/9 – Zoo Amphitheatre – Oklahoma City, OK

8/10 – Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX

8/12 – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood – Atlanta, GA

8/13 – 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL

8/14 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL

For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

We will be in Atlanta, GA, to cover Mayhem Fest 2010 this Sunday.

This is going to be an amazing show, we hope to see a lot of you there. Remember to check the posting about the upcoming interviews, and if there are any questions that you want us to ask the bands, then we will see what we can do about getting them in.

The weather shows a slight chance of rain, but what’s new for Mayhem Fest? Maybe if it does rain a bit it’ll keep people from dying of heat stroke or something this year. Enjoy the tour, from everything I’ve heard about it so far, it kicks some serious ass.

We are hitting up the following festivals this summer. If you’ve been to any of them, let us know how you like ‘em, and if you are going let us know.

We always accept free drinks

July 23, 2010 – Carnival of Madness (Shinedown, 10 Years, Sevendust, and more), Knoxville, TN
August 1st, 2010 – Mayhem Festival (KoRn, FFDP, Hatebreed, 3 Inches of Blood, and many more) Atlanta, GA
September 3, 2010 – Uproar Festival (Halestorm, Stone Sour, Disturbed, Hellyeah, Avenged Sevenfold, Airbourne, and more).

These three festivals are going to be absolutely insane. They all have their own amazing lineups and genres. If you can catch all 3 tours, I suggest doing it. But if you have to choose just one, Mayhem Fest is your in your face metal, Carnival of Madness is your alternative rock, and Uproar is a little in between. Like I said, all three tours are going to be amazing, and you’re missing out if you miss any of them. Hopefully we will see you guys there.

07.24.10 Update – just got back from the Carnival of Madness, and the event lived up to the name, and then some. For those of you I met in Knoxville, it was awesome meeting some other fans, photographers, and everyone else. I’ll have photos and reviews up this weekend. It was totally worth the three and a half hours of driving on three hours of sleep to see those five absolutely fantastic bands. If you can’t tell, the review is going to be somewhat positive.

Oh and to the chick I bumped into and almost knocked down the stairs, I’m sorry for running into you, it was an accident.