ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK BRINGS THE CHAOS TOUR BACK TO CANADA!
Posted on February 29, 2008
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ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK BRINGS THE CHAOS TOUR BACK TO CANADA!
 
Fourth Annual Rockstar Taste of Chaos Announces Canadian Dates; 
Tickets Go On Sale Monday, March 3rd; 
Stellar 2008 Lineup Includes
 AVENGED SEVENFOLD
  ATREYU 
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS; 
 U.S. Leg Kicks Off This Friday In DENVER , CO 
BURBANK, CA — 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 tour (which kicks off its US leg this Friday in Denver, CO) has just announced four Canadian dates in April. The new dates are: Vancouver, BC (April 17 at PNE Forum), Calgary, AB (April 19 at Stampede Corral) Regina, SK (April 21 at Brandt Center) and Edmonton, AB (April 22 at Northlands Agricom).
 
The multi-artist package in Canada will feature AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE plus very special guests.  
 
The US leg features AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BLESSTHEFALL, IDIOT PILOT and JROCK buzzmakers MUCC, D‚ESPAIRSRAY and THE UNDERNEATH.  
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." 
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 sophomore release, ‚ÄûScream Aim Fire,‚Ä∞ due out January 29, 2008 (Jive/¬†SonyBMG). ¬†The CD’s title track has been the Most Added Track at hard rock radio formats since mid-December. ¬†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  (U.S. LEG ONLY) 
One of the breakout acts from the Van‚Äös Warped Tour, Arizona‚Äös Blessthefall won over audiences on a daily basis thanks to their incendiary live show which included their jaw-dropping ‚Äûwall of death‚Ä∞ mosh pit. As the band‚Äös 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‚Äös Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour.
MUCC  (U.S. LEG ONLY)  
In August 2006, the members of MUCC (pronounced "mukku"Àá) 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  (U.S. LEG ONLY) 
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.¬†¬†
 
THE UNDERNEATH (U.S. LEG ONLY)
 
The Underneath will make their world debut with JSHOCK DD LLC’s release of the album “MOON FLOWER.”  With members drawn from veteran hard rock band TRANSTIC NERVE, the Underneath is a fresh take on industrial metal with compelling live performances. Spring’s RTOC will be the band’s first tour overseas, building on the success of an exclusive concert in Los Angeles last summer.
  
 
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  
 
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 
 
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 
 
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     
Thu 04/17/08     Vancouver, BC  PNE Forum 
 
Sat 04/19/08      Calgary, AB    Stampede Corral 
 
Mon 04/21/08    Regina, SK    Brandt Center
Tue 04/22/08   Edmonton, AB   Northlands Agricom
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Exactly 2 weeks from today i will be witnessing this!!!!!!!!!