Monday, April 22, 2013

UPROAR Festival announces lineup (video)



ROCKSTAR ENERGY UPROAR FESTIVAL
BAND LINEUP ANNOUNCED
FOURTH ANNUAL TOURING ROCK MUSIC AND LIFESTYLE FESTIVAL
FEATURING ALICE IN CHAINS, ALSO WITH JANE’S ADDICTION,
AS WELL AS COHEED AND CAMBRIA AND CIRCA SURVIVE
ON THE ROCKSTAR MAIN STAGE



The fourth annual Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will include a stellar lineup of multi-platinum superstars and breaking talent, featuring Alice In Chains, also with Jane’s Addiction. These seminal alternative rock bands will be joined by Coheed and Cambria and Circa Survive on the Rockstar Energy Main Stage. The Ernie Ball Festival Stage will host performances from Walking Papers (featuring Duff McKagan), Middle Class Rut, New Politics, Danko Jones, Chuck Shaffer Picture Show and the local Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands winner in each market.
The touring rock music and lifestyle festival will travel across North America from August 9 through September 15, 2013.


"I think it's going to be a fun tour and we’re really looking forward to it. It's only going to happen that one time, that way, and you're going to be there," says Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains.



Tickets for most Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival shows go on sale Thursday, April 25 at Noon local time and are affordably priced between $10.25 and $89.75 (plus fees). Go to www.RockstarUPROAR.com and www.LiveNation.com for full details and to purchase tickets.


“We’re excited to bring a diverse lineup to this year’s Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival,” says festival producer John Reese. Festival producer John Oakes comments, “Having such groundbreaking rock bands and incredible rising talent performing together will be an amazing experience for longtime fans and UPROAR newcomers.”


Check out an UPROAR exclusive interview with Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney: http://bit.ly/XVL0FB.


Also, visit http://bit.ly/UPROARTV to see video clips of some of this year’s Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival bands talking about the tour.


The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will be giving away a trip for two to the September 15 show in Irvine, CA. The grand prize winner will receive roundtrip airfare for two from a U.S. city, hotel accommodations, airport transfers, $500 spending cash, and 2 front row tickets to the show. Go to http://bit.ly/2013flyaway to enter for a chance to win.


The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival is proud to continue its alliance with MusiCares®, a nonprofit health and human service organization established in 1989 by The Recording Academy® that helps members of the music industry in times of financial, medical and personal hardship. Various fundraising and awareness campaigns will be implemented to support this charity and others which will be announced soon. More information can be found at www.RockstarUPROAR.com/causes.


Look for details about the 2013 Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands to be announced in the coming weeks. As part of the 2012 Battle Of The Bands grand prize package, winners the Chuck Shaffer Picture Show will perform on the Ernie Ball Festival Stage for the entire 2013 UPROAR trek. The band recently recorded an EP with legendary producer Jay Baumgardner at NRG Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA, and won $10,000 worth of music gear and many other prizes as a result of being named the grand prize winner in this annual competition for unsigned bands.


The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will entertain fans for a full afternoon and evening, with performances from the hottest rock bands, along with a concourse midway featuring band autograph signings, vendors and other activities.


The current Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival tour dates are as follows:

                                 
Fri 9-Aug - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sat 10-Aug - Hartford, CT - The Comcast Theatre
Sun 11-Aug - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Tue 13-Aug - Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Wed 14-Aug - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
Fri 16-Aug - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
Sat 17-Aug - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun 18-Aug - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Tue 20-Aug - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Thu 22-Aug - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Fri 23-Aug - Noblesville, IN - Klipsch Music Center
Sat 24-Aug - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
Tue 27-Aug - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheater
Wed 28-Aug - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
Thu 29-Aug - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
Sat 31-Aug - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheatre
Sun 1-Sept - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Mon 2-Sept - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
Sun 8-Sept - Ridgefield, WA - Sleep Country Amphitheater *
Wed 11-Sept - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Fri 13-Sept - Phoenix, AZ - Desert Sky Pavilion
Sat 14-Sept - Chula Vista, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 15-Sept - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

*Main Stage bands only



The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival is made possible through the support of sponsors including Rockstar Energy Drink, Ernie Ball Guitar Strings, Zippo Lighters, Schecter Guitar Research, Air Force Reserve, truth® Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign, SQUATCH, Matador Beef Jerky, Lunarpages



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