And it is brought to us in the way of the Rockstar Uproar Festival. The rumored lineup for the inaugural tour was correct. Here’s the lineup:
Main Stage:
Disturbed
Avenged Sevenfold
Stone Sour
Halestorm
Second Stage:
HELLYEAH
Airbourne
Hail The Villain
New Medicine
I’d like to see Stone Sour and maybe catch Avenged Sevenfold to hear old material and check out how the drummer situation is going. Disturbed has a few good songs sprinkled in there. I’ve seen Halestorm live before, and while they weren’t bad, they weren’t exactly special (except for this).
And what do you know, it’s not coming to my area. I can’t say I’m disappointed. To find out if it’s coming to your area, check out the tour dates below:
August 18th Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
August 20th Omaha, NE – WestFair Amphitheatre
August 21st Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 22nd Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 24th Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheatre
August 25th Cleveland, OH -Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower City
August 27th Scranton, PA – Montage Mountain Amphitheatre
August 28th Wantagh, NY – Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach
August 29th Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 31st Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live
September 01st Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 03rd Birmingham, AL – Verizon Wireless Music Center
September 04th Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
September 10th Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center
September 11th Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater
September 12th Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 14th Denver, CO – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
September 15th Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
September 17th Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre
September 18th San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
September 19th Tempe, AZ – Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre
September 22nd Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 24th Portland, OR – Clark County Government Center Amphitheatre
September 25th Seattle, WA – The Gorge Amphitheatre
September 26th Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
September 28th Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
September 29th Calgary, AB – Saddledome
September 30th Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Centre
October 02nd Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
October 03rd Sun Fargo, ND – Fargodome
October 04th Madison, WI – Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum
I’m still holding out for an amazing tour to be unveiled that I can actually see this year. It’s starting to look bleak, however…
- JR
Comments From Hell (04/11-04/17)
Chris Catharsis brings you the week in review of metal bullshit every Sunday. All the news you might have missed and whatever else is on the chopping block!
Well here I am – writing my first post for HBIH. It’s a humbling moment, not unlike my first trike ride or back alley BJ. I’m no stranger to the metal blogosphere, having been the owner and primary writer for Spine Language for practically a full year now. Good times were had by all over there. I interviewed some great bands, had some original concepts, and even started an Internet war with Otep (check that one off the god damn bucket list). My posting there has been infrequent as of late because it takes a lot of time and effort to make quality content that satisfies my perfectionism, but my partner Dasher is doing a great job of making it seem like I know what I’m doing.
But now it’s time to start a new chapter with HBIH, and it begins with this weekly metal wrap-up column. I don’t intend to cover absolutely everything, just what I take notice of. Think of it like the CNN ticker, except with choice comments from the dirty asshole I call a mouth. The point is to stimulate discussion and catch you up on things you might have missed; we’ll see if either of those objectives are actually fulfilled in the end (my prediction: highly doubtful).
Time (or rather word count) is of the essence – so let’s begin.
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