Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Metal Injection launches official ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FEST channel; giving away free tickets to each stop



METALINJECTION.NET LAUNCHES OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL VIDEO CHANNEL

PREMIER ONLINE HEAVY METAL VIDEO COMMUNITY SITE DEDICATES CHANNEL TO MAYHEM FESTIVAL, LAUNCHES CONTEST GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO EVERY TOUR DATE


NEW YORK, NY: METALINJECTION.NET, the premier online destination for exclusive heavy metal video content and official co-sponsor of the 2008 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, has launched an official channel for the tour with videos from each of the tour's acts, including Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastodon, and many more. The channel can be viewed here.

To celebrate the launch of the channel, METAL INJECTION has teamed up with Rockstar Mayhem Fest and Roadrunner Records to give fans the opportunity to win free tickets to the show. The site will be giving away a pair of tickets to every stop on the tour. For details on the giveaway visit this location.

"The Rockstar Mayhem Festival is the biggest and best heavy music festival of the summer," said METAL INJECTION co-founder Robert Pasbani. "It's an honor to be involved with the tour."

Starting on July 9th, METAL INJECTION will open its Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival video channel to all user submissions. Fans and festival-goers are encouraged to upload footage and clips from the festival to the site at that time.

Additionally, Boston's The Red Chord will be providing weekly video updates from the road to keep those at home in the loop and give fans a glimpse behind the scenes of the biggest tour of the summer.

The full lineup for the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is as follows:

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM STAGE:

• Slipknot
• Disturbed
• Dragonforce
• Mastodon

JAGERMEISTER STAGE:

• Machine Head
• Airbourne
• Five Finger Death Punch
• Walls of Jericho

HOT TOPIC STAGE:

• Underoath
• Black Tide
• Suicide Silence
• 36 Crazyfists
• The Red Chord

The full list of tour dates is as follows:

7/9 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
7/11 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
7/12 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
7/13 - San Bernardino, CA - Glen Helen Pavilion
7/15 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
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 at Fiddler's Green
7/22 - Kansas City, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/23 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/25 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
7/26 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/27 - Houston, TX - Sam Houston Race Park
7/29 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
7/30 - West Palm Beach - Cruzan Amphitheater
8/1 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
8/2 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
8/3 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
8/5 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
8/6 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
8/8 - Toronto, ON - Downsview Park
8/9 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/10 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
8/12 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
8/13 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
8/15 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center At The Waterfront
8/16 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
8/17 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
8/19 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.mayhemfest.com
http://www.metalinjection.net/