ROCKSTAR ENERGY UPROAR FESTIVAL Band Lineup Announced
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 @ 6:51 AM
ALICE IN CHAINS, JANE'S ADDICTION, COHEED AND CAMBRIA To Perform
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The fourth annual Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will include a lineup of multiplatinum stars and breaking talent, featuring ALICE IN CHAINS, also with JANE'S ADDICTION. These seminal alternative rock bands will be joined by COHEED AND CAMBRIA and CIRCA SURVIVE on the Rockstar Energy Main Stage. The Ernie Ball Festival Stage will host performances from WALKING PAPERS (featuring Duff McKagan), MIDDLE CLASS RUT, NEW POLITICS, DANKO JONES, CHUCK SHAFFER PICTURE SHOW and the local Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands winner in each market.
The touring rock music and lifestyle festival will travel across North America from August 9 through September 15, 2013.
Tickets for most Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival shows go on sale Thursday, April 25 at Noon local time and are affordably priced between $10.25 and $89.75 (plus fees). Go to www.RockstarUPROAR.com and www.LiveNation.com for full details and to purchase tickets.
“We’re excited to bring a diverse lineup to this year’s Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival,” says festival producer John Reese. Festival producer John Oakes comments, “Having such groundbreaking rock bands and incredible rising talent performing together will be an amazing experience for longtime fans and UPROAR newcomers.”
The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will be giving away a trip for two to the September 15 show in Irvine, CA. The grand prize winner will receive roundtrip airfare for two from a U.S. city, hotel accommodations, airport transfers, $500 spending cash, and 2 front row tickets to the show. Go to http://bit.ly/2013flyaway to enter for a chance to win.
The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival is proud to continue its alliance with MusiCares®, a nonprofit health and human service organization established in 1989 by The Recording Academy® that helps members of the music industry in times of financial, medical and personal hardship. Various fundraising and awareness campaigns will be implemented to support this charity and others which will be announced soon. More information can be found at www.RockstarUPROAR.com/causes.
Look for details about the 2013 Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands to be announced in the coming weeks. As part of the 2012 Battle Of The Bands grand prize package, winners the Chuck Shaffer Picture Show will perform on the Ernie Ball Festival Stage for the entire 2013 UPROAR trek. The band recently recorded an EP with legendary producer Jay Baumgardner at NRG Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA, and won $10,000 worth of music gear and many other prizes as a result of being named the grand prize winner in this annual competition for unsigned bands.
TheRockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will entertain fans for a full afternoon and evening, with performances from the hottest rock bands, along with a concourse midway featuring band autograph signings, vendors and other activities.
The current Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival tour dates are as follows:
8.9 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
8.10 - Hartford, CT - The Comcast Theatre
8.11 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
8.13 - Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8.14 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
8.16 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
8.17 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
8.18 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
8.20 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
8.22 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre