SUMMER’S HOTTEST TOUR: “KORN’S THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR” WRAPS UP WITH CROSS-COUNTRY SELL-OUTS

SUMMER’S HOTTEST TOUR:
“KORN’S THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR”
WRAPS UP WITH CROSS-COUNTRY SELL-OUTS;

 KORN TO RELEASE
SPECIAL CD/DVD PACKAGE, SEPTEMBER 26,
‘CHOPPED, SCREWED, LIVE & UNGLUED’

More than 400,000 wildly enthusiastic fans turned out for THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR, one of the hottest tickets of the summer.  The 30-show trek–headlined and founded by KORN–boasted some record-setting attendance figures.  Kicking off with a sold-out show of 17,000 rocking fans at Nashville’s Starwood Amphitheatre, THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR set new   attendance records  for the tour that KORN created and headlined in 1998, as evidenced by shows in Atlanta, GA (17,900), San Antonio (17,000), Dallas (19,000) and Houston (18,000), Pittsburgh (13,000), Detroit (15,000) and Indianapolis (21,000).

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis said,   "We wanted to do our part to help fight high ticket prices and make the festival experience exciting again and affordable for all fans.  The fans proved us right beyond our wildest dreams by the big crowds who came out every night.  We can't wait to make it even better for them next year!!"

Along with KORN, this year’s other main stage artists were Deftones, Stone Sour, Flyleaf and Dir en grey.  With nine artists on the tour and a variety of attractions on the “Family Values Campus”–including 3-on-3 paintball competition–fans got an even greater value from the Live Nation-produced THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR, which also featured 10 Years, Deadsy, Bury Your Dead, Bullets and Octane and Walls of Jericho.   This December, a THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR CD and DVD will be available featuring all the bands and highlights from this year’s bill on Firm Music.

THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR continues to receive acclaim, as noted below.

“Traveling hard-rock fests are becoming a dime a dozen these days, but Korn's Family Values Tour showed everyone in Cricket Pavilion how a rock show should really be done. First rule: Get good bands, ones that people care about. With a main-stage lineup that included Stone Sour, the Deftones and Korn, it's hard to think of ways this tour could have been stronger. The different performers all brought something slightly different to the table, and all the pieces put together what may have been the best rock show of the summer.”
       –Lita Beck, ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 8/19/06

“Korn was the real draw. The band merged hardcore, hip-hop and metal in the mid-90s, in the process earning a devout audience that, based on Tuesday's show, has transcended generations to include pre-teens.”
       –Jeff Miers, BUFFALO NEWS, 8/30/06

"…blisteringly intense and almost blinding….Korn's power and cohesiveness was without question…"
       –David Malachowiski, ALBANY TIMES UNION, 9/6/06

“Following “Freak on a Leash” the band stepped off stage and prepared for the first of four encores, “Hollow Life,” which is on Untouchables.  Davis, Shaffer, Silveria and Arvizu all went to the mixing console in the middle of the amphitheater while the backing band stayed on stage and an acoustic rendition was pulled off masterfully.”
–Jorge Banniseter, WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Worcester, MA), 9/18/06

“Led by a menacing Jonathan Davis-dressed in a black kilt and T-shirt-the onstage action (dreadlocked heads swirling, flailing bodies, musicians darting here and there on the multi level stage, animal masks) had a dream-like quality. Here, Dante's ‘Inferno’ met ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ and the brutal music, powered by two drummers, enhanced the surreal spectacle.”
       –Linda Laban, BOSTON GLOBE, 9/19/06

Meanwhile, KORN fans can look forward to the September 26 release of CHOPPED, SCREWED, LIVE & UNGLUED. This special package will include 2 CDs and a DVD.  The first CD is a remixed version of selected tracks from KORN’s Platinum release SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE chopped and screwed by famed DJ, Michael “5000” Watts.  The second disc will be highlighted by the Grammy-winning band’s first-ever acoustic performance from an AOL Sessions earlier this year; KORN live tracks; and two remixes of “Coming Undone,” the first single from SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE via a contest staged with MTV Networks Europe and www.ACIDplanet.com offering European fans the chance to submit a re-mixed version of the song.  

The DVD also includes the band’s AOL Sessions and behind-the-scenes footage of the band at a recent intimate performance, plus videos for “Twisted Transistor”; “Coming Undone”; the mash-up version of “Coming Undone” with Dem Franchise Boyz; and an animated clip for “Liar.”

For more information go to www.korn.com and www.familyvalueslive.com.

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KORN: SUMMER’S HOTTEST TOUR: “KORN’S THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR” WRAPS UP WITH CROSS-COUNTRY SELL-OUTS; KORN TO RELEASE SPECIAL CD/DVD PACKAGE, SEPTEMBER 26, ‘CHOPPED, SCREWED, LIVE & UNGLUED’