Avenged Sevenfold

Due to overwhelming demand, Rockstar Taste of Chaos has added three additional dates to this year's tour which kicks off February 29 in Denver, CO.

The new cities/dates are: Norfolk, VA (3/13 @ Constant Convocation Center), Little Rock, AR (3/30 @ Riverfest Ampitheatre) and Las Vegas, NV (4/8 @ The Pearl Theatre at the Palms; Note: Avenged Sevenfold will not be performing in Vegas.) Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

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 multi-artist package in the U.S.A. and Canada will feature AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BLESS THE FALL and IDIOT PILOT and this year we are proud to bring audiences the best Japanese Rock bands to the United States (a burgeoning movement also known as JROCK). The JROCK explosion will include MUCC, D'ESPAIRSRAY and THE UNDERNEATH.

Million-selling artist AVENGED SEVENFOLD will head up closing the night with their unique brand of rock. It's the band's maverick spirit and rabid fan base that has helped A7X do what few bands before have accomplished – to become the only band to headline Warped Tour and Ozzfest and be No. 1 on MTV's TRL at the same time. Avenged Sevenfold knows that it's a combination of the power of their music along with the dedication of their fans that has propelled them to where they are today. Says frontman M. Shadows, "We have the best fans in the world."

ATREYU is touring in support of their blistering new album LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR, which entered Billboard's Top 200 at No. 8 and Billboard's Rock and Hard Rock Album charts at No. 1. The powerhouse album has garnered rave reviews from the likes of Revolver, Blender, Metal Hammer and Kerrang!.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (who just released their new album SCREAM AIM FIRE which debuted at #4 on the Billboard top 200 chart in late-January) hails from England and has become one of the most popular hard music bands around the globe.

BLESSTHEFALL was clearly the most popular new band on the 2007 Van's Warped Tour and were hand picked by the tour founders to bring their fiery live show to the RTOC stage.

"As a tour it is so amazing for us to see how far AVENGED SEVENFOLD have come and the fact that they have done the hard work necessary to go from clubs to arenas. They have built their career through hard work and great songs." states tour producers Kevin Lyman and John Reese.

"ATREYU performed on the 2006 RTOC in the USA and have performed numerous times on the Van's Warped Tour and have proven themselves as a huge headlining draw in hard rock venues all over the World." states Kevin Lyman

In announcing the JROCK Revolution coming to America, Kevin Lyman states "After having a chance to be involved with introducing DIR EN GREY to American audiences and working on the successful JROCK Revolution Festival with Yoshiki from X Japan and founder of the JRock Revolutio, last May in Los Angeles, I felt that the fans across the U.S. would really appreciate a chance to have these bands come to their cities. When I have worked these shows the energy of the bands and the fan involvement is amazing and is rarely captured at shows in America these days and this is going to be an amazing opportunity for all in attendance."

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK will continue to be the title sponsor of the 2008 tour and will be sampling their products, as well as coming up with some great surprises for attendees. Other sponsors include Hurley, PETA 2, Hard Rock Café, Hot Topic, Vans, Tokyo Pop, Skull Candy, Shirts for a Cure, Sugar Hooker, Music Saves Lives, The Dingstore.com, Declare Yourself and Ernie Ball (who will provide musical instruments for fans to play and will pick the opening act through their massively successful Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands). FUSE Television, JROCKRevolution.com, MySpace and Alternative Press (who will produce the Official Tour Program) have signed on as official Rockstar Taste of Chaos media partners. The Canadian Leg sponsors include West 49, D-Tox and Vexy.

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."

Rockstar Energy Drink Marketing guru Mike Kelso states," We are very proud to be the title sponsor again for the 2008 Rockstar Taste of Chaos. Rockstar Energy Drink is committed to supporting live music and to bringing rock fans a great show at a reasonable price. The Rockstar Taste of Chaos has been our marquee music presentation for the past three years and we look forward to a great year in 2008."

Hurley Sr. VP Paul Gomez states, "Hurley looks forward to RTOC every year. The RTOC team always brings the best and most relevant music. The tour is about giving the kids what they want and Hurley is all about being the microphone of the youth. I'm sure this year's tour will be the loudest. Let the kids make some noise."

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."

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 (NEW DATE)

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 (NEW DATE)

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 (*NEW DATE; ALL BANDS EXCEPT AVENGED)

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