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Photos from this year’s Rockstar Taste Of Chaos can now be seen in Driven Far Off’s photos section. These photos were taken at the San Jose State Event Center in San Jose, CA. on April 12, 2008. Bands on the Taste Of Chaos tour include Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, blessthefall, Atreyu, and many more. Click here to check out photos from this year’s Taste Of Chaos and other photos taken by Driven Far Off.
A few Canada dates have been added to this years Taste Of Chaos Tour. Check out the information below.
Four Canadian dates have been announced in April. The new dates are: Vancouver, BC (April 17 at PNE Forum), Calgary, AB (April 19 at Stampede Corral) Regina, SK (April 21 at Brandt Center) and Edmonton, AB (April 22 at Northlands Agricom). The multi-artist package in Canada will feature Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine plus very special guests.
Dates:
Thu 04/17/08 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
Sat 04/19/08 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral
Mon 04/21/08 Regina, SK Brandt Center
Tue 04/22/08 Edmonton, AB Northlands Agricom
Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.
The Morning Of – The World As We Know It
Protest The Hero – Fortress
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
Bullet For My Valentine are streaming their new album Scream Aim Fire now on Myspace here. Their new album Scream Aim Fire will be released on January 29, 2008 to the United States and January 28, 2008 worldwide.
The 2008 Taste of Chaos Tour will include Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Bless The Fall and they will also be brining the best Japanese Rock bands to the United States (a burgeoning movement also known as JROCK). The JROCK bands will include Mucc, D’Espairsray and The Underneath. Idiot Pilot will also be playing two special sets every night in each venue concourse.
Internet pre-sale will begin on January 5th at www.rockstartasteofchaos.com, and the national on sale will take place on Saturday January 12th. Tour dates can be found below.
2/29 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
3/1 Kansas City, MO Memorial Hall
3/2 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom
3/4 Minneapolis, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
3/5 St. Louis, MO Family Arena
3/7 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
3/8 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena
3/10 Rochester, NY The Armory
3/11 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
3/14 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center
3/15 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Center
3/17 Washington, DC Patriot Center
3/18 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
3/20 Nassau, NY Nassau Coliseum
3/21 Boston, MA Tsongas Arena
3/22 Albany, NY The Armory
3/24 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center
3/25 Tampa, FL USF Sundome
3/26 Miami, FL Bayfront Park
3/28 Orlando, FL UCF Arena
3/29 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum
3/30 TBA
4/1 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
4/3 Oklahoma City, OK Fairgrounds Arena
4/4 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre
4/5 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
4/6 El Paso, TX County Coliseum
4/8 TBA
4/9 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
4/10 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
4/12 San Jose, CA Event Center
4/13 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
4/15 Seattle, WA WaMu Center