This year\’s Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival features and impressive lineup of superstars and newer 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.
\”I think it\’s going to be a fun tour and we’re really looking forward to it. It\’s only going to happen that one time, that way, and you\’re going to be there,\” says
Jerry Cantrell of
Alice In Chains.
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.”
Check out an UPROAR exclusive interview with
Alice In Chains’
Jerry Cantrell and
Sean Kinney:
http://bit.ly/XVL0FB.
Also, visit
http://bit.ly/UPROARTV to see video clips of some of this year’s
Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival bands talking about the tour.
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.
The
Rockstar 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:
Date Market Venue
Fri 9-Aug Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sat 10-Aug Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Sun 11-Aug Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Tue 13-Aug Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Wed 14-Aug Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
Fri 16-Aug Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Sat 17-Aug Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun 18-Aug Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Tue 20-Aug Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Thu 22-Aug Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Fri 23-Aug Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
Sat 24-Aug Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
Tue 27-Aug Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheater
Wed 28-Aug Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
Thu 29-Aug The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
Sat 31-Aug Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre
Sun 1-Sept Denver, CO Fiddler\’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 2-Sept Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sun 8-Sept Ridgefield, WA Sleep Country Amphitheater *
Wed 11-Sept San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Fri 13-Sept Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion
Sat 14-Sept Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 15-Sept Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
*Main Stage bands only
The Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival
is made possible through the support of sponsors including
Rockstar Energy Drink, Ernie Ball Guitar Strings, Zippo Lighters, Schecter Guitar Research,
Air Force Reserve, truth® Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign, SQUATCH,
Matador Beef Jerky, Lunarpages
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The information in this article was pulled via press release