Mayhem Festival 2008

Mayhem Festival 2008
Promotional poster
North American tour by Mayhem Festival
Start date	July 9, 2008
End date	August 19, 2008
Legs	1
Shows	30
Mayhem Festival tour chronology
Mayhem Festival 2008 Mayhem Festival 2009

Mayhem Festival 2008 was the first iteration of the annual concert festival created by Kevin Lyman.

Mayhem Festival 2008 tour information

The Mayhem Festival, like most large festivals of a similar caliber, feature bands that recently released or are just about to release a new album. All of the main stage headliners will be promoting their new albums on this tour, as well as some of the second and third stage bands like 36 Crazyfists, Black Tide and Underoath.

The festival also offers some other activities such as playing the newest video games, perusing vendors, attending autograph signing sessions.^[1]

Rockstar Energy Drinks will be sampling their products. Additional sponsors include Jägermeister, Hot Topic and DiNGLIFE.com (Device Personalization Company). FUSE Television and Revolver Magazine (who will produce the Official Tour Program) have signed on as official Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival media partners. Live Nation is set to promote the festival nationally.^[1]

Also joining the tour is the Metal Mulisha freestyle motocross team. In the press release regarding the tour, a founding member of the Metal Mulisha and freestyle rider named Brian Deegan was quoted saying "They’ll be mixing the sound of riffing and ripping 250CC motorcycles flying 150 feet in the air against the backdrop of double bass drums and shredding guitars."^[2]

Sevendust pulls out of tour

Sevendust has pulled out of its participation in this summer's inaugural Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, according to Blabbermouth.net. A statement released by the band indicated that it canceled its involvement in the tour "If they had given us more money, we would've been able to do it" Sevendust has recently announced that they will be headlining a tour this summer with Saliva. Sevendust was replaced by Underoath.

Slipknot injuries

During the opening date of the festival on July 9, Sid Wilson the turntablist of Slipknot broke both of his heels when he jumped from an elevated area of the stage and landed incorrectly. Despite the injury, he promised to perform on all dates of the tour even in a wheelchair.^[3] With both his legs in casts he returned with the band on the second date of the festival on July 12 in a wheelchair, he has however performed without it (he was seen on August 10 with the chair on stage and included it into the act).^[4] Throughout the tour, he has been seen to repeatedly slip out of the wheelchair in order to crawl across the stage and climb upon the set pieces and drum set. His 'Moon Boots' as Corey Taylor calls them, are displayed to the audience at some point during the set.

During the tour Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison also suffered an injury by breaking his ankle. Slipknot finished the tour regardless but were forced to cancel several appearances at European festivals due to the injury.^[5]

Mayhem Festival 2008 lineup

Slipknot performing on the opening date in Auburn, Washington

Main Stage

• Slipknot
• Disturbed
• DragonForce
• Mastodon

Jägermeister Stage

• Machine Head
• Airbourne
• Five Finger Death Punch
• Walls of Jericho
• Jägermeister Opening Band (See Below)

Hot Topic Stage

• Underoath
• Black Tide
• Suicide Silence
• 36 Crazyfists
• The Red Chord

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Jägermeister opening band
July 9, 2008	Auburn, Washington	United States	White River Amphitheatre	Drown Mary
July 11, 2008	Marysville, California		Sleep Train Amphitheatre Show moved to July 14 due to wild fires	Vengince
July 12, 2008	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre	Stigmurder
July 13, 2008	Devore, California		Glen Helen Pavilion	Sixx
July 14, 2008	Marysville, California		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	Vengince
July 15, 2009	Fresno, California		Save Mart Center	Six Ounce Gloves
July 16, 2008	Chula Vista, California		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre	Mower
July 18, 2008	Phoenix, Arizona		Cricket Wireless Pavilion	Psychostick
July 19, 2008	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Journal Pavilion
July 20, 2008	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler’s Green	Switchpin
July 22, 2008	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Continent of Ash
July 23, 2008	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Conquest
July 25, 2008	Dallas, Texas		SuperPages.com Center
July 26, 2008	Selma, Texas		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Powderburn
July 27, 2008	Houston, Texas		Sam Houston Race Park	The Destro
July 29, 2008	Tampa, Florida		Ford Amphitheatre	The Autumn Offering
July 30, 2008	West Palm Beach, Florida		Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 1, 2008	Virginia Beach, Virginia		Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater	Epoxy
August 2, 2008	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Post-Gazette Pavilion	Hemlock
August 3, 2008	Scranton, Pennsylvania		Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 5, 2008	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Comcast Center	Kingdom of Sorrow
August 6, 2008	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Coliseum
August 8, 2008	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Downsview Park
August 9, 2008	Clarkston, Michigan	United States	DTE Energy Music Theatre	Ray Street Park
August 10, 2008	Tinley Park, Illinois		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Soil
August 12, 2008	Atlanta, Georgia		Lakewood Amphitheatre	Colossick
August 13, 2008	Noblesville, Indiana		Verizon Wireless Music Center	Dead Broke
August 15, 2008	Camden, New Jersey		Susquehanna Bank Center	Beyond the Scar
August 16, 2008	Hartford, Connecticut		New England Dodge Music Center	Unbroken
August 17, 2008	Bristow, Virginia		Nissan Pavilion	Stuck in Kaos
August 19, 2008	Corfu, New York		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	Stemm

References

1. ^ ^{a b} themetalreport.com
2. ^ http://www.mayhemfest.com/images/MayhemPressReleasFINAL.pdf
3. ^ "SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON Wheelchair-Bound After Breaking Both Heels; Photos Available". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-07-13. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100815. Retrieved 2008-07-13. 
4. ^ "Slipknot DJ breaks both heels". Kerrang! (Emap): pp. 11. 2008-07-26. 
5. ^ "A Statement from Slipknot" (Press release). Roadrunner Records. 2008-08-20. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Slipknot/index.aspx?newsitemID=19447. Retrieved 2008-08-21.