Taylor Swift Announces SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011

4-Time Grammy Winner Taylor Swift To Headline 87 Stadium And Arena Shows In 19 Countries In 2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Taylor Swift announced today that she will tour the world in 2011 in support of her blockbuster Speak Now album, which shattered sales records with over a million copies sold in its first week of release.

Taylor is currently slated to play 87 shows in 19 countries spanning four continents on the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011, which kicks off February 9th in Singapore.

The 2011 dates will include six stadium shows – Foxborough, MA’s Gillette Stadium, Detroit’s Ford Field, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, and Dallas’s Cowboys Stadium. Taylor’s 15-month, 107-date FEARLESS 2009 / 2010 Tour sold out arenas and stadiums in 88 cities in five countries.

Taylor will play shows throughout Asia and Europe during the first quarter of 2011, before kicking off her North American tour on May 27th in Omaha, Neb. SPEAK NOW Tour dates are planned for later in the year in Australia and New Zealand. The North American leg of the tour is sponsored by COVERGIRL®, and ticket prices start at $25.

The SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 is one of the most-anticipated musical experiences of the year, as Taylor’s live show is renowned for her incredibly high-energy theatrical presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements, all conceptualized by Taylor herself. During the course of her show, Taylor plays a variety of instruments and has multiple wardrobe changes. Each show, Taylor performs hit after hit from her three Big Machine Records albums, including the chart-topping “Mine,” “Love Story,” “You Belong With Me,” “Our Song,” and “Fifteen.”

“Swift’s fans don’t just believe in her savvy songwriting and gracious, magnetic stage presence. They trust her as a peer,” raved the Los Angeles Times . “And if the unerring pleasures of her set – and the crowd’s Beatles-sized reactions – were any indication, they’ll be trusting her for a long time.” The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic wrote: “Swift shoots to superstardom. Her two-hour set at the sold-out arena showed a level of creativity – and more important, sincerity – which many other acts don’t reach for decades, if ever. There is a new master of the stage in pop music moving quickly up the ladder.”

“I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!” says Taylor. “The FEARLESS Tour was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can’t wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now! The fans have been so amazing, and I’m thrilled to play in new cities around the world and meet even more of my fans in 2011!”

The TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 will include the following:

DATE
CITY
February 9 Singapore
February 11 Seoul, South Korea
February 13 Osaka, Japan
February 16 17 Tokyo, Japan
February 19 Manila, Philippines
February 21 Hong Kong
March 6 Brussels, Belgium
March 7 Rotterdam, Holland
March 9 Oslo, Norway
March 12 Oberhausen, Germany
March 15 Milan, Italy
March 17 Paris, France
March 19 Madrid, Spain
March 22 Birmingham, UK
March 25 Belfast, Northern Ireland
March 27 Dublin, Ireland
March 29 Manchester, UK
March 30 London, UK
May 27; 28 Omaha, Nebraska
May 29 Des Moines, Iowa
June 2; 3 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
June 4 Orlando, Florida
June 7 Columbus, Ohio
June 8 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 11 Detroit, Michigan
June 14; 15 St. Paul, Minnesota
June 18 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 21 Buffalo, New York
June 22 Hartford, Connecticut
June 25 Foxborough, Massachusetts
June 30 Greensboro, North Carolina
July 1 Knoxville, Tennessee
July 2 Louisville, Kentucky
July 8 Charlotte, North Carolina
July 9; 10 Atlanta, Georgia
July 14 Montreal, Quebec
July 15; 16 Toronto, Ontario
July 19; 20 New York, New York
July 28 Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 29 Indianapolis, Indiana
July 30 Cleveland, Ohio
August 2; 3 Washington, DC
August 6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 9; 10 Chicago, Illinois
August 13 Lexington, Kentucky
August 14 St. Louis, Missouri
August 18; 19 Edmonton, Alberta
August 23; 24Los Angeles, California
September 1; 2 San Jose, California
September 3 Sacramento, California
September 6 Portland, Oregon
September 7 Seattle, Washington
September 10; 11 Vancouver, British Columbia
September 16 &; 17 Nashville, Tennessee
September 21 Tulsa, Oklahoma
September 24 Kansas City, Missouri
September 27 Denver, Colorado
September 28 Salt Lake City, Utah
October 4 Little Rock, Arkansas
October 5 New Orleans, Louisiana
October 8 Dallas, Texas

Taylor Swift is a four-time GRAMMY winner, the top-selling digital artist in music history, has had singles top both the Country and Pop radio charts, and had the #1 best-selling album in any genre of music in 2009. With 1,046,718 copies sold in the US in the first week of release, last month her Speak Now album scored SoundScan’s biggest single-week sales total since 2005 and is the biggest debuting country studio album in history. With the release of Speak Now, Taylor made history on the Billboard Hot 100, charting a record-breaking 11 songs from one album in a single week. Taylor, who writes all of her own songs, has career record sales now in excess of 17 million albums and 31 million song downloads.

The North American leg of the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR is sponsored by COVERGIRL®, and produced and promoted by The Messina Group (TMG.) The COVERGIRL® sponsorship is an expansion of the partnership announced earlier this year, when Taylor was named the newest COVERGIRL®. Taylor’s COVERGIRL® campaign is set to launch in January of 2011. TMG is a partner of AEG Live, one of the top live entertainment companies in the world, which produces world tours featuring internationally renowned artists and regional concerts and festivals.

For more details, log on to www.taylorswift.com.

Linkin Park Announces North American Tour Dates

OZZY OSBOURNE With Very Special Guest SLASH

January 26 – Comerica Theatre

(October 29, 2010 – Phoenix, AZ) OZZY OSBOURNE will kick off his fall North American arena tour November 12 in Victoria, B.C and has just added a second leg of U.S. dates which will get underway January 16th in Omaha, NE. The six-week 2011 trek, part of the multi-platinum Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s in-progress 18-month world tour, will includes an intimate show January 26 at the Comerica Theatre (formerly Dodge Theatre). OZZY’s longtime friend and musical collaborator Slash will open the show. Tickets for this special performance go on sale Next Saturday November 6 at 10am at livenation.com.

OSBOURNE recently completed a run of overseas festival appearances and headlining overseas performances including his first ever concert in Israel: a September 28 OZZFest show at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv. The Tel Aviv show was described by the www.ynet.co.il as “one of the most important rock events in Israel, if not THE most important…There is no one that can contest Ozzy Osbourne’s charisma and madness. Park Hayarkon was awash with energies and foam at the main performance of the Ozzfest…” Elsewhere www.mako.co.il noted: “We have waited for years and finally it happened–Ozzfest arrived to the holy land. And as much as the anticipation was high – it shrinks in comparison to the real thing that happened on stage. Ozzy Osbourne lifted Tel Aviv with a crazy show. Osbourne managed to lift people up as only he can do. With simplicity and (relative) modesty, the prince of darkness gave his heart and soul with big love to the Israeli crowd and managed to jump and touch every single one of the tens of thousands of fans present.” The www.mouse.co.il added, “The crowd was versatile and colorful, the other bands on the bill were great, but the real star of Ozzfest was, undoubtedly, Ozzy Osbourne. The metal legend last night at Hayarkon Park gave a show worth living for.”

The fall dates will coincide with the October 5 release of an expanded two-CD version of the SCREAM album. This “Tour Edition” package will feature seven bonus songs: a mix of previously unreleased tracks and live recordings. Epic will also issue a four-sided vinyl edition that includes five bonus tracks: the three aforementioned songs from the SCREAM sessions and the live version of “Let Me Hear You Scream,” along with the single version of “Life Won’t Wait” (the second single from SCREAM).

Tickets go on sale Next Saturday, November 6 at 10am at livenation.com. Tickets are priced at $85.00, $59.00 and $39.50. Tickets are also available at the box office. To charge by phone call 800-745-3000. All tickets are subject to applicable service charges and fees. Dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Lady GaGa Returns March 26, 2011

LADY GAGA SELLS OUT AROUND THE GLOBE WITH HER 2010 MONSTER BALL TOUR AND ANNOUNCES EXTENSION TO
2011 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

MARCH 26, 2011 – US AIRWAYS CENTER

Tickets go on-sale this Saturday 10am at LiveNation.com

Phoenix – September 28, 2010 – Lady Gaga has captivated audiences around the globe with her stunning international smash, The Monster Ball tour, presented by Virgin Mobile. In 2010 the tour has taken her throughout Europe and North American, where she received rave reviews everywhere she stopped. With the majority of North American dates already sold out, Lady Gaga has announced she will be extending her North American 2011 tour. The 2011 North American Monster Ball Tour, produced globally by Live Nation and presented by Virgin Mobile, will begin on February 19th, 2011 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, taking her spectacular show to top arenas and a host of new cities. The tour stops in Phoenix on Saturday, March 26th at US Airways Center.

Critics around the world raved about the first leg of The Monster Ball Tour, which Gaga described as “the first-ever pop-electro opera.” The Sun called it “breathtaking stuff” and “the best live show you will see this year,” while London’s Independent wrote: “Gaga’s got it, which is why, right now, the whole pop world wants to take a ride on her disco stick.” Writing about her show at Radio City Music Hall, the New York Times noted that “her Monster Ball tour always provided something worth a snapshot: a sci-fi tableau, perhaps, or a skimpy, glittery costume. The more her image gets around, the better Lady Gaga does.”

“In just 2 years Lady Gaga has become an international superstar, selling out everywhere in the world,” said Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring and Chairman – Global Music Live Nation.

Lady Gaga is touring in support of The Fame Monster, which was released on November 18th, 2009, by Streamline/Konlive/Interscope. The album is the follow-up to 2008’s Grammy Award-winning album The Fame, which spawned the No. 1 singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face.” Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 13.5 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga’s current singles, “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “Lovegame,” “Paparazzi,” “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” have combined sales over 50 million worldwide. At this year’s BRIT awards, she took home awards for International Album (The Fame), International Female Solo Act and International Breakthrough Act. At the 2010 MTV VMA’s Lady Gaga took home a record 8 wins including ‘Video of the Year’.

Her music videos have received a combined total of over 1 billion views online – the first artist to reach this number. Lady Gaga has made another video milestone with “Bad Romance” becoming the most viewed video of all-time on YouTube.com.

Tickets (general admission floors and reserved seating in the stands) for The Monster Ball go on sale for Phoenix beginning this Saturday, October 2 at 10am at LiveNation.com.

Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday September 28th, 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

Virgin Mobile customers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, September 28th at 10am local time. “It’s hard to enhance a Lady Gaga tour, but Virgin Mobile will once again spice things up by bringing her fans and our customers one-of-a-kind experiences and memorable moments,” said Bob Stohrer, VP of Marketing for Virgin Mobile USA. “We’ll also build on our important partnership with Lady Gaga around the issue of youth homelessness, continuing to raise awareness and inspire volunteerism for young people in need.” For details visit www.virginmobileusa.com.

Pick of the Week Daughtry w/Lifehouse 04/28

Daughtry w/ Lifehouse, Cavo
Jobing.com Arena, Glendale
All Ages
Wed, April 28

Pick of the Week: 04/23 Vertical Horizon Rock the Zoo

ROCK THE ZOO! (formerly known as ZooBrew) is one of the largest fundraisers for the Phoenix Zoo and continues to be a favorite event for 3,000 Valley residents each year.  This unique event features live music from VERTICAL HORIZON and MARCY PLAYGROUND, beverage sampling and a variety of fun event activities.  Join us and “get your wild on”! All proceeds from the event support the not-for-profit Phoenix Zoo. 

http://www.phoenixzoo.org/rockthezoo2010/

RIHANNA ANNOUNCES 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

RIHANNA ANNOUNCES 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
LAST GIRL ON EARTH

KE$HA TO JOIN RIHANNA ON 25-DATE TREK

SMASH SINGLE “RUDE BOY” OWNS 3RD WEEK AT #1 ON THE HOT 100

Thursday, July 22 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Tickets On Sale This Saturday, April 17th at 10am

Rihanna, in the midst of her 4th critically-acclaimed album release
Rated R, a smash #1 single with “Rude Boy,” and a highly anticipated
upcoming international tour, has confirmed dates for her 2010 North
American tour, Last Girl On Earth
<http://www.livenation.com/artist/rihanna-tickets> .  The multi-platinum
and Grammy award winning superstar, who recently broke a Billboard
record with her current number one single “Rude Boy,” becoming the only
female artist of the past decade to have six #1 singles on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart in the United States, will be joined by rising star Ke$ha
who will open all dates on the Live Nation produced tour.  

The tour will make a stop at Cricket Wireless Pavilion on Thursday, July
22nd.  Very Special guest Ke$ha will open the 7:30pm show.

Tickets On Sale This Saturday, April 17th at  10am at  
www.livenation.com <http://www.livenation.com/> , or to charge by phone
call 1-800-745-300.  Reserved tickets will be priced at $95.75, $65.75
and $35.75 with a limited number of Golden Circle tickets also
available.  Lawn tickets will be priced at $25.75.   All dates, acts,
and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are
subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges

“We’ve never done a tour to this capacity.  The production is
unbelievable and the costumes, we just took it to a whole new level.
Visually and sonically it’s going to be a big step up from the last
time. We just keep growing and this time it is a massive production that
I cannot wait for,” said Rihanna in a recent interview with AOL.

With a total of over 121 million in audience nationwide – up over  25
million this week alone – “Rude Boy” continues its chart onslaught as
the #1 Hot 100 Airplay song and the #1 Greatest Gainer/Airplay on the
chart for the 7th week in a row.

Rihanna’s Last Girl On Earth
<http://www.livenation.com/artist/rihanna-tickets>  tour will make 25
stops, at mix of top amphitheaters and arenas throughout North America
this summer, beginning on July 2nd at the White River Amphitheater in
Seattle through August 25th at the United Center in Chicago, with more
dates to be announced soon. A dynamic performer renowned for her
cutting-edge stage looks and designs, Rihanna’s Last Girl on Earth
promises to be a visual spectacle on a scale unlike anything she has
accomplished in her already legendary career.

Fan club members will have access to pre sale tickets beginning
Wednesday, April 7th at 10:00 am local time.  Citi(r) cardmembers will
also have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, April 7th at 12
noon local time through Citi’s Private Pass(r) Program. For complete
presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com
<http://www.citiprivatepass.com/> .

Released in November 2009, Rihanna’s fourth studio album Rated R debuted
atop the Billboard R&B Albums chart at #1and was the biggest first-week
Soundscan tally of Rihanna’s career. The eagerly anticipated album
arrived to a chorus of acclaim from critics and fans alike. Rolling
Stone raved “one of the best pop records of the year.” The Chicago Sun
Times called it “by far the best, most layered and most heartfelt effort
of the 21-year-old artist’s career.” In its year-end recap,
Entertainment Weekly named Rated R the Pop Album of the Year.

Rated R is the long-awaited follow-up to the RIAA double-platinum Good
Girl Gone Bad (May 2007), which contained the non-stop string of hit
singles that began with the MTV VMA and Grammy Award-winning global #1
hit “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), then “Shut Up and Drive,” “Hate That I
Love You” (featur-ing Ne-Yo), and “Don’t Stop the Music.”  Good Girl
Gone Bad spent 98 total weeks on the Soundscan chart, earned cumulative
global sales of more than 36-times platinum in at least 18 territories
around the world.  The CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
(January 2009) continued the string of hits with the #1 “Take A Bow,”
the #1 “Disturbia” and Top 20 “Rehab.”

Good Girl Gone Bad was the third album release in less than two years by
Barbados native Rihanna, who turned 22 on February 20th.  It followed-up
2006′s RIAA platinum A Girl Like Me, which contained the back-to-back
hits, “S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful”; and her RIAA gold debut from 2005,
Music Of the Sun, featuring the world-wide smash, “Pon De Replay.”  

Stay tuned for more details on Rihanna’s Last Girl On Earth tour.  For
additional ticket and tour information, visit RihannaNow.com
<http://www.rihannanow.com/>  and LiveNation.com
<http://www.livenation.com/artist/rihanna-tickets> .  Additional dates
to be announced soon.

Below is a link to footage from Rihanna’s tour rehearsals.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoURNZLTkTM

Artists of the Month: Cavo

Cavo Photo credit: James Minchin (courtesy WBR)

Cavo will be opening in support of Daughtry April 28th at Jobing.com Arena.

Get your tickets here: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E00442CD64A9CDB?brand=jobingarena

Cavo, after nearly nine years together, had a good shot of getting where they are today: releasing their major-label debut album, Bright Nights * Dark Days, last summer on Reprise Records. With songs like the propulsive first single “Champagne,” the uplifting power ballad “Let It Go,” the blistering “Cry Wolf,” and the strutting “Blame,” the album is a passionately played collection of hard-hitting rock and roll with keenly felt lyrics about life, love, and the acceptance that comes with realizing that all we can do is to try and be the best person we can for those we love. “I think it’s amazing when a songwriter can open up a piece of themselves and let the whole world see it,” says Walker, who writes Cavo’s lyrics. “It may not be beautiful, in fact it may be really ugly, but great art comes from an honest place. It has to. And that’s what we try to do with our songs.”
 
The current line-up of Cavo — which also features Chris Hobbs on guitar, Chad La Roy on drums, and Brian Smith on bass — solidified after Smith came on board in 2006, but the original nucleus formed when Walker hooked up with Hobbs and La Roy in March 2001. Walker had wanted to front a rock band ever since seeing Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder onstage for the first time. “I had sung since I was kid,” Walker says, “but seeing him made me realize that writing songs and singing with a rock band were what I had to do. And I knew immediately that Chris and Chad were doing something special. We all shared the same passion for it. Chris is someone I consider to be a musical soul-mate; he’s very artistic and has a great sense of how the end result should sound. Chad is just pure energy; his playing is like a shot of adrenaline. They’re the kind of guys who, even if they weren’t signed to a label, would still be playing music together, and that’s how I felt.”
 
That commitment to music got Walker, Hobbs, and La Roy through some rough times ahead — the group endured numerous production setbacks, a former member’s alcohol addiction, and the end of another member’s marriage, all of which is chronicled on Cavo’s aptly titled independent album, The Painful Art of Letting Go, which they self-released in 2006. “We’ve had some major losses and some major gains throughout this process, but it has only made us stronger as a band and as friends,” La Roy says. After Letting Go was released in September, Cavo were ready to hit the road. The only problem was they didn’t have a bass player. Walker knew Brian Smith from the St. Louis scene and asked him to join. “Brian coming onboard literally changed everything for Cavo,” Walker says. “When he started playing with us, everything was different. It was more intense. His technical ability gave Chris the opportunity to start indulging his creative side, which in turn shaped the sound on our new album.”
 
In January 2007, Cavo wrote their first song as a four-piece — the ringing, tribal-sounding “Useless,” which Walker feels encapsulates everything about their musical direction. “It was clearly different than anything on our previous album. It was more aggressive, probably because of Brian. He plays parts, not just notes, and that made the music more aggressive. So I had to step up my game and become a more aggressive singer to match where the music was headed.” Soon they had two more songs, “Champagne” and “Cry Wolf,” both of which made it onto an EP that got the attention of the program director at St. Louis radio station The Point, which put “Champagne” into rotation. A few live showcases in the summer of 2008 later and Cavo signed on the dotted line with Reprise Records last October. “Signing with Reprise meant everything to us,” La Roy says. “It’s a chance for the world to hear and feel our music, and an opportunity that many people can only dream about.”
 
Record producer David Bendeth, who has worked with Breaking Benjamin, Paramore, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, among others, caught Cavo at their showcase in New York City and told the band he wanted to help them make a great album that could stand the test of time. “He basically said that he wanted to record with us whether we signed a deal or not, and his passion for our music was really inspiring,” Walker says. “In the studio, he spent the time to make the songs the best they could be. He cared about the final product and it shows.”  Adds La Roy: “I had a feeling this record was going to be something unbelievable and epic, but when I heard the final tracks, I was speechless.”
 
In addition to Cavo’s own songs, Bright Nights * Dark Days features an additional track, the powerfully emotional “Ghost,” co-written by Nixons singer/guitarist Zac Maloy, who has also worked with David Cook and Chris Daughtry, and the Norwegian songwriting team Espionage. “I was a Nixons fanatic,” Walker says, “so I had to get my geek moment out of the way when I first met Zac.”
 
“One of great things about being signed to a major label is that it allows our band so many amazing opportunities,” Walker continues. “It was also validation — like somebody telling you that what you’ve been focusing on your whole life wasn’t a waste of time. People would ask me, ‘How long are you going to keep playing in this band; when are you going to quit this hobby?’ Being in a band isn’t a hobby, it’s really hard work. But when it works, and you’re out there playing music with your best friends, it’s the best job ever.”

Learn more: http://www.cavomusic.com/

Pick(s) of the Week: Vh1 Best Cruise Ever or Authority Zero

See:  3 Doors Down, Lifehouse, Shinedown, Finger Eleven, Carolina Liar, Secondhand Serenade, Safetysuit and many many more.

We all need a vacation right?

The cruise sets sail from Tampa April 15 to the 19 and there are still spots available!  www.Vh1BestCruiseEver.com We’ll be there and will share experience with you, but why not join in on the fun?

Stuck in town?  Don’t miss this show: Authority Zero w/ Voo Doo Glow Skulls, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, VeraGroove, The Heartless, The Bend Marquee Theatre, Tempe All Ages

VANS WARPED TOUR® 2010 43-DATE TOUR STOPS IN PHOENIX

JUNE 29th at CRICKET WIRELESS PAVILION

DOORS AT 11:00 AM

 APPEARING ON THE PHOENIX DATE:

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, ALKALINE TRIO, THE BOUNCING SOULS ANDREW W.K., BRING ME THE HORIZON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, FACE TO FACE, WE THE KINGS, SUICIDE SILENCE, BREATHE CAROLINA, I CAN MAKE A MESS LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS, EMMURE, HEY MONDAY, PARKWAY DRIVE, PIERCE THE VEIL, SET YOUR GOALS, WHITE CHAPEL, YOU ME AT SIX, FOUR YEAR STRONG, ANARBOR, FAKE PROBLEMS, NEVER SHOUT NEVER, MIKE POSNER, THE CAB, THE CASUALTIES, THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, THE ROCKET SUMMER, POLAR BEAR CLUB,THE PRETTY RECKLESS, ARTIST VS POET, ALESANA, THE SUMMER SET, VERSAEMERGE, ENTER SHIKARI, I SEE STARS, SPARKS THE RESCUE, ATTACK ATTACK!, SUM 41, AM TAXI, BREATHE ELECTRIC, FIGHT FAIR, IN FEAR AND FAITH, OF MICE AND MEN, WE ARE THE IN CROWD, EMAROSA, CALL THE COPS, CONFIDE, AFTER MIDNIGHT PROJECT, FAR FROM FINISHED, MAYDAY PARADE, RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, THE SWELLERS, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, EYES SET TO KILL.

 Tickets On Sale This Friday, April 9th at 10 am

 It’s not summer until the Vans Warped Tour®–North America’s longest-running touring festival–begins, and 2010 promises to be the most memorable jaunt yet for the annual punk rock extravaganza. Now in its 16th year, the 43-date tour commences June 25 in Carson, CA and finishes August 15 in Hillsboro, OR (see full list of tour dates, cities and venues below).  The tour’s kick-off party is confirmed for Friday, April 9 at the Key Club in West Hollywood with performances from a diverse array of Vans Warped Tour 2010 artists including: Andrew W.K., The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, The Pretty Reckless, Pierce the Veil and Death Punch.

 “Anyone who thought that after the 15th Anniversary we would let up was mistaken,” says tour founder Kevin Lyman.

 The 2010 incarnation of the VANS Warped Tour–affectionately known as “punk rock summer camp”–will host a distinct and diverse lineup of the hottest artists on the scene, as well as a full concourse of

lifestyle attractions and vendors. Even better, it all comes at a traditionally affordable ticket price. More interactive and fan-friendly than ever, check out the newly re-vamped WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM. Visit the site for a full list of bands performing at each show and more.

 Also an internet presale is ongoingwhere fans can purchase their tickets early.  Fan-friendly ticket prices remain a staple of the Vans Warped Tour. In order to keep the festival affordable for all concertgoers, presale prices are approximately $25. The Vans Warped Tour 2010 pre-sale ticket is a commemorative 3D hologram laminate which acts as a jump the line pass. All pre-sale ticket holders have access to a separate line that allows them into the venue at 11:00 AM sharp. That exclusive pre-sale price gives fans a concert ticket, a free copy of the Vans Warped Tour 2010 compilation CD (SideOneDummy), a 25-cent donation to the Unite the United charity and all service fees.  Only a limited amount of pre-sale tickets are available.

 Fans who purchase tickets during the pre-sale have the option of buying the VANS WARPED TOUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DVD/CD for a fan-friendly price of $15.00. Released March 30 (U.S. and Canada), the DVD/CD chronicles the legendary private birthday bash held last fall at Club Nokia at L.A. Live, which featured performances from artists including All American Rejects, The Aggrolites, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Ice-T, Nofx, Ozomatli, Pennywise, Pete Wentz and The Decaydence All Stars (with Pete Wentz and members of Panic At The Disco), Rise Against and Underoath. The DVD/CD also includes archival footage from the Vans Warped Tour feature film, past Vans Warped Tour shows from FUSE, and behind-the-scenes interviews with Vans Warped Tour performers such as NOFX and Bad Religion, as well as with tour founder Kevin Lyman and other key tour personnel. The DVD/CD, is distributed via EMI Label Services on Warped M17 (a label partnership between the Vans Warped Tour and Spencer Proffer’s Meteor 17). The CD’s music is also be available online. In addition, the DVD/CD is available for purchase onsite at all Vans Warped Tour dates all summer long. For more info, visit: www.vanswarped15th.com.

TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 9 AT 10 AM

General Admission tickets priced at $34.95 will be available to purchase at www.livenation.com. To charge by phone call 1-800-745.3000.  All dates, acts, and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges.  For more show information, check out www.livenation.com .

Festival organizers made this traveling punk rock circus the summer’s best bang for your buck. Appealing to everyone from traditional punk fans to backpacking hip hop kids to metal heads, VANS Warped Tour has its finger on the pulse of the most fiery acts in absolutely each and every genre–from more traditional punk acts Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise and Alkaline Trio, to the straight up rock of Street Sweeper Social Club, the blistering metal of Dillinger Escape Plan and the party rock of Andrew W.K..

Plus, keeping our environment in mind, the WARPED ECO INITIATIVES (WEI) will continue to be a big part of the tour in 2010. Facets of WEI range from biodiesel fuel for touring trucks and buses to environmentally friendly catering for bands and crew courtesy of Tada Catering. There’s even a solar-powered sound system on the Kevin Says Stage.  WARPED will again collaborate with Philippe Cousteau’s environmental organization Earth Echo International to cultivate environmentally-friendly programs that encourage awareness through action, and to bring these initiatives to into the collective fan consciousness.  Furthering WEI’s online presence, the WARPED website (WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM) showcases pages for each tour date, including public transportation options and carpool message boards as well as eco contests and initiatives. WARPED TOUR and EarthEcho International will again organize a volunteer watershed cleanup at NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Monterey, CA.

In addition, the VANS WARPED TOUR has partnered with the TJ Martell Foundation once more. For each tour date, the TJ Martell Foundation will auction a pair of tickets and the opportunity for fans to watch their favorite band from the side of the stage. Plus, the third annual Vans Warped Tour/TJ Martell bowling event has been scheduled for Monday, June 28 in Phoenix, AZ. Bands will square off in a rock n’ roll bowling competition of epic proportions. Working in conjunction with 103.9 (The X), WARPED will auction off a spot on every band bowling team, allowing lucky fans to roll alongside their favorite rockers.

It will no doubt be another year to remember for this summer tradition. See what the press has said about past installments of the tour:

“Best Tour/Festival Of The Year”

                                    –Alternative Press, February 2009

“Trends pass. Rock festivals come and go. But the Warped Tour marches on.  Warped hasn’t just survived–it continues to thrive: Fourteen years after quietly premiering as a celebration of the teenage skate-surf-punk culture, one decade after expanding to a massive multi-stage event, the traveling music party remains one of the summer’s perennial draws…”

–Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, July 17, 2009

“…as much a coming-of-age experience as a concert event. The bonding between the bands and their mostly young fans is very real, with autograph sessions and mingling being as common as the catchy riffs pinging around the pavilion.”

–Christopher Porter, Washington Post, July 19, 2008

“…about 100 bands on 10 stages made for several forms of success…”

–Jon Caramanica, New York Times, July 28, 2008

“…the ultimate sampler platter for what’s hot and rising from the underground or has already arrived…”  

–Darryl Morden, Hollywood Reporter/Reuters, June 22, 2008

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