Update #2 – March 31st 10:59am:
Stage lineups have now been announced for the 2014 ‘Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem‘ festival and will run as follows:
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage:
Avenged Sevenfold
Korn
Asking Alexandria
Trivium
Coldcock American Herbal Whiskey Stage:
Cannibal Corpse
Suicide Silence
Miss May I
Mushroomhead
Texas Hippie Coalition
King 810
Sumerian/Headbang For The Highway Stage:
Body Count (feat. Ice-T)
Upon A Burning Body*
Veil Of Maya*
Darkest Hour*
Headbang For The Highway local band winner at each stop
The Victory Records Stage:
Emmure
Ill Nino
Wretched
Islander
Erimha
(*bands rotating slots)
Festival producers John Reese and Kevin Lyman issued the joint statement about this years lineup:
“We are very excited that in the seventh year of the festival we can bring our biggest lineup ever to heavy music fans across North America. With such a diverse lineup of great bands and festival attractions, 2014 will give fans an awesome day of Metal and Mayhem.”
Meanwhile, not every band will be appearing at every stop of the festival as organizers have released the following information:
“Wantagh and Denver (Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Body Count featuring Ice-T)
Houston (Main Stage acts only performing as well as Body Count Featuring Ice-T and Emmure)
San Bernardino + Mountain View (Emmure will not be performing at this show)
Houston (Main stage and Coldcock Stage artists as well as Body Count featuring Ice-T and Emmure, King 810 not performing)
Milwaukee will feature 18 bands but Avenged Sevenfold and Korn will not be performing at this show”
Update – March 31st 9:31am:
The lineup for the festival has now officially been announced and is exactly what you see below. You can watch the official trailer for the trek after the break.
Original story:
With an official ‘Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival‘ lineup announcement scheduled for today, at least two participating artists have confirmed the tours lineup. Trivium frontman/guitarist Matt Heafy tweeted the below admat this morning with the caption: “Summer Lovin. @MayhemFest!”
Meanwhile, Korn bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu shared the admat below, which offered word that four stages will be featured at this years festival. Those include:
The Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage
The Headbang For The Highway/Sumerian Stage
The Victory Records Stage
The Coldcock American Herbal Whiskey Stage
The lineup featured is the same as that which leaked prior. Here’s what it looks like:
Avenged Sevenfold
Korn
Asking Alexandria
Trivium
Cannibal Corpse
Body Count
Suicide Silence
Mushroomhead
Miss May I
Emmure
Veil Of Maya
Upon A Burning Body
Texas Hippie Coalition
Darkest Hour
Ill Nino
Wretched
Islander
King 810
Erimha
2014 ‘Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival‘ dates:
07/05 San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
07/06 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater
07/08 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
07/11 Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
07/12 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheatre
07/13 Denver, CO – TBA
07/16 Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/17 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
07/19 Noblesville, IN – Klipsch Music Center
07/20 Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
07/23 Saratoga, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
07/24 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
07/26 Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
07/27 Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre
07/29 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake
07/30 Wantagh, NY – Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
08/01 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion At Montage Mountain
08/02 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
08/03 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
08/05 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
08/07 Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma Zoo Amphitheatre
08/09 Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/10 The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Summer Lovin. @MayhemFest! pic.twitter.com/VVh2EcvO1s
— Matthew Kiichi Heafy (@matthewkheafy) March 31, 2014
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