PROJEKT
REVOLUTION STORMS THE U.S.
AS
LINKIN PARK AND FRIENDS LAUNCH
THIS
SUMMER’S HOTTEST TOUR ;
Linkin Park is storming America’s premier outdoor venues with Projekt
Revolution, the most anticipated tour of the summer featuring an
unprecedented line-up of top talent gathered together for a day-long musical
uprising.
Joining Linkin Park on the tour, which kicked off with two capacity shows
in Ohio, are such legendary artists as Korn and Snoop Dogg, as well as The Used
and Less Than Jake. Also on hand for the tour’s Revolution Stage are Ghostface,
Funeral For A Friend, M.O.P., Downset, newcomers No Warning and more.
As
expected, the headliners of the tour have been joining each other for sets along
the tour: Snoop Dogg, Korn’s
Jonathan Davis and The Used’s Bert McCracken have all jumped onstage during
Linkin Park’s set. And fans in
Holmdel, New Jersey got a special surprise when Jay-Z joined Linkin Park onstage
for “Dirt
Off Your Shoulder”/”Lying From You” and “Big Pimpin”/“Papercut”/“Jigga
What”/“Faint” at Friday’s (7/30) show at the PNC Bank Arts
Center.
“When
we had the opportunity to develop our own tour, we wanted it to reflect our
eclectic taste,” remarks Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson. “We chose the
name because we wanted the tour itself to be revolutionary and we wanted to tap
acts that we thought were leaders on the cutting edge or breaking ground
musically.”
It’s
working according to Ellen Scally of Livonia, MI who arrived three hours before
the doors opened to make sure see saw her musical heroes The Used.
Ellen had this to say about The Used, “The Used fucking rock, they’re
sick tight.” It’s a sentiment
that was echoed by her friend Jackie Brow, who couldn’t wait to check out No
Warning on the Revolution Stage.
Beyond offering some of today's most exciting, and inciting, music, Projekt
Revolution (presented by WRFF) features the Revolution Village where WRFF and
other tour partners have each brought interactive and experiential activities
for concert-goers to explore in an outdoor setting. Sobe's Adrenaline Rush,
Major League baseball and Blockbuster's GAME RUSH are all represented and have
brought the fans a new element of fun in the live concert experience.
“Linkin
Park is amazing! They rock and Projekt Revolution does too.
I love the fact there is so much to do before the show,” commented Mike
Davidson of Waterford, MI about his favorite band and the Revolution Village.
“Everything about today is cutting edge,” he adds.
It’s a description that aptly fits Linkin Park itself, who has released
two history-making studio albums for Warner Bros. Records, including 2004’s
multi-platinum, Meteora. Projekt
Revolution will be the last chance for Linkin Park fans to see the group live
before they return to the studio to begin work on a new album, scheduled for
release in 2005.
A recent stop on the Projekt Revolution tour--at the DTE Energy Music
Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan--took the band and their tour mates to new
musical heights before an ecstatic crowd of over 16,000 fervent fans, prompting Gary
Graff of the Oakland Press to report that
“The most enthusiastic concert crowd of the summer head-banged its way
through eight hours of charged hard rock and hip-hop, from the pulverizing sets
of Linkin Park, Korn and the Used to the party-starting ska-punk of Less Than
Jake. The variety made Projekt
Revolution feel like Lollapalooza with added testosterone.”
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada native Bailey Northcott saw fit to make the
trip down to Buffalo on Tuesday. “It’s
been really fun and all the bands have been great, I’m glad I made the trip!
I scored lots of free stuff too from the Village!”
Some
initial reviews:
The
Democrat & Chronicle, Jeff Spevak (6/28); “As famed spoken-word artist and heroin addict Gil
Scott-Heron once noted, ‘The revolution will not be televised.’ But without
the assist of today's relentless video channels, you wonder whether anyone would
even be aware there was a revolution in the first place. The Projekt Revolution
Tour certainly implies there is one…in the minds of the 10,000 at Darien Lake,
the night clearly belonged to Linkin Park and Korn…Korn is now simply a pretty
good band. Davis' swirling bagpipe
call to arms at the opening of “Chutes and Ladders,” and the massive sway of
arms held overhead, is a compelling sight. So too is calling on the crowd to
give the finger, and its choice of covering Pink Floyd's The Wall, which fell
right in with Korn's theorem of oppressed youth…A musically smart band, its (Linkin
Park) intent is to break down the walls between hip-hop, classic rock,
electronica, metal and grunge, creating something everyone can understand."
Chris
Varias, MTV.com
(7/27): “Linkin
Park thundered their way into the outdoor-festival season Friday with the
kickoff of Projekt Revolution 2004, which this year features the biggest lineup
in its three-year history. Headliners
Linkin Park were joined by Korn, Snoop Dogg, the Used and Less Than Jake on the
main stage of the Riverbend Music Center Amphitheater…both
Korn and Linkin Park delivered walloping sets, with Linkin Park going an
additional 15 minutes past the 11 p.m. Riverbend curfew…Snoop
ingratiated himself with the local crowd early and often, wearing a Ken Griffey
Jr. Cincinnati Reds jersey and calling a hometown musical icon to the stage.
"’ got an uncle in Cincinnati,’
Snoop howled. ‘I want to bring out my uncle,
Bootsy Collins!’”
Christopher
Blagg, Boston Herald (7/31): “It
seems promoters knew what they were doing pairing the rage-filled metal of Korn
and the suburban teen angst of Linkin Park with the laid-back, feel-good
delivery of hip-hop veteran Snoop Dogg, because the youthful crowd screamed
itself joyously hoarse…”
The
tour, which will continue all summer, includes the following dates:
DATE
CITY
VENUE
8/11
Virginia Beach, VA
Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach
8/13
Atlanta, GA
HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
8/14
Charlotte, NC
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/17
West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
8/18
Tampa, FL
Tampa Bay Amphitheatre
8/20
Dallas, TX
Smirnoff Music Centre
8/21
Selma, TX
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/22
The Woodlands, TX C.W. Mitchell Pavilion
8/24
Bonner Springs, KS
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8/25
Maryland Heights, MO
UMB Bank Pavilion
8/27
East Troy, WI
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
8/28
Somerset, WI
Float Rite Park Amphitheatre
8/30
Englewood, CO
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
8/31
Albuquerque, NM
Journal Pavilion
9/1
Phoenix, AZ
Cricket Pavilion
9/3
Chula Vista, CA
Coors Amphitheatre
9/4
Devore, CA
Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen
9/5
Mountain View, CA
Shoreline Amphitheatre
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Contacts:
Linkin
Park
Korn
Jim
Baltutis
MSO
818-953-3375
Marcee Rondan/Kristine Ashton/Mitch Schneider
jim.baltutis@wbr.com
818-380-0400
marcee@msopr.com;
kashton@msopr.com; mschneider@msopr.com
Snoop
Dogg
The Used
The
Firm
Jim Baltutis
310-860-8000
818-953-3375
Less
Than Jake
Rick
Gershon
818-953-3473