FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/LATHUM NELSON
OZZfest 2006
AVENGED SEVENFOLD NAMED AS MAIN STAGE MYSTERY BAND;
OZZY OSBOURNE TO HEADLINE SECOND STAGE IN
SAN ANTONIO, TX AND EAST TROY, WI;
No longer a mystery.
OZZfest has raised the stakes even higher this year by naming AVENGED SEVENFOLD as the final addition to this year’s main stage lineup. The band will join headliners OZZY OSBOURNE and SYSTEM OF A DOWN (who recently announced on MTV.com that OZZfest would mark the band’s final tour before going on an indefinite hiatus) plus DISTURBED, HATEBREED, LACUNA COIL and (also just added) power metal phenomenon DRAGONFORCE on the 27-date North American tour when it launches June 29 in Seattle at White River Amphitheatre.
"Ozzfest has so much history,” says AVENGED SEVENFOLD vocalist M. Shadows. “We are honored to be sharing the stage
with so many great bands and even more excited in being part of the
legacy that is Ozzfest."
The Huntington Beach, California quintet AVENGED SEVENFOLD featuring M. Shadows (vocals), Synyster Gates (lead guitar), Zacky Vengeance (guitar), Johnny Christ (bass) and The Reverend (drums) is embracing the ride of their wildly successful release City of Evil on Warner Bros. Records. The Mudrock-produced, certified gold album "incorporates epic guitar solos, a bowel-rumbling bottom end and the gloomy imagery of vintage British metal" (Rolling Stone). The album has spawned such hits as “Bat Country” and “Beast and The Harlot,” with the emotive and rocking “Seize The Day” to follow. “Bat Country” was a Top 5 Alternative track and went #1 at Active Rock, while “Beast and The Harlot” went Top 5 at Active Rock. Videos for both songs have been in heavy rotation at MTV, MTV2, MTVU, Fuse and Yahoo! The band has been a dominating force on MySpace with over 5,500,000 hits to their page. Revolver declared the band "decadent, deafening, and definitely destined for greatness." Truer words have not been spoken.
Meanwhile, OSBOURNE–who recently announced an OZZfest first with his decision to headline the second stage at the festival’s July 8 stop at San Bernardino, CA’s Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen–has elected to headline two additional shows on the second stage on this summer’s trek (July 11 in San Antonio, TX at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre and July 22 in East Troy, WI at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre). The move will place the festival’s founder and namesake directly into the outstretched hands of his devoted fans.
As previously announced, OZZfest’s second stage will be headlined by the Zakk Wylde-led BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, with such high-decibel bands as ATREYU, UNEARTH, BLEEDING THROUGH, NORMA JEAN, A LIFE ONCE LOST, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE RED CHORD, FULL BLOWN CHAOS, WALLS OF JERICHO, ALL THAT REMAINS, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and BAD ACID TRIP.
OZZfest 2006 tour dates:
“+” indicates Ozzy headlining main stage.
“++” indicates Ozzy headlining second stage.
DATE CITY, STATE VENUE
+Thu 6/29 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
+Sat 7/01 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun 7/02 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Tue 7/04 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Fri 7/07 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
++Sat 7/08 Los Angeles, CA Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen
Sun 7/09 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheater
++Tue 7/11 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 7/14 Somerset, WI Float-Rite Park
Sat 7/15 St. Louis, MO UMB Bank Pavilion
+Sun 7/16 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amph.
Tue 7/18 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Wed 7/19 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Fri 7/21 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
++Sat 7/22 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Sun 7/23 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Tue 7/25 Toronto, CAN Molson Amphitheatre
Wed 7/26 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion @ Montage Mountain
Thu 7/27 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Six Flags PAC
+Sat 7/29 New York, NY Randall’s Island
Sun 7/30 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
+Tue 8/01 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
+Fri 8/04 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center @ the Waterfront
Sat 8/05 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amph.
+Sun 8/06 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
Wed 8/09 Raleigh, NC Alltell Pavilion @ Walnut Creek
Sun 8/13 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
For AVENGED SEVENFOLD information, please contact Warner Bros. Records Publicity:
Brian Bumbery 818 953 3203, brian.bumbery@wbr.com
Renee Harrison 818 953 3311, renee.harrison@wbr.com
For DRAGONFORCE information, please contact Jamie Roberts at Roadrunner Records: 212 274 7560, roberts@roadrunnerrecords.com
For OZZfest information, please contact MSO:
818 380 0400
Mitch Schneider (ext 235), mschneider@msopr.com
Marcee Rondan (ext 248), marcee@msopr.com
Lathum Nelson (ext 227), lnelson@msopr.com
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