Linkin Park Snags Cornell, Bravery For Projekt Revolution
Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, the Bravery and Ashes Divide (featuring A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel) will perform on the main stage of the 2008 Projekt Revolution tour, set to begin July 16 at the Tweeter Center outside Boston.
The fifth installation of the Linkin Park-reared trek is scheduled to visit 24 U.S. cities this summer and wrap Aug. 24 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston. Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor For Sleep and the Street Drum Corps will appear on the smaller Revolution Stage.
For a limited time beginning tomorrow (April 4), Linkin Park and tour producer Live Nation say they will absorb service fees for tickets purchased through the band's fan club, lpunderground.com, or livenation.com.
"As a thank you to our fan club, we're picking up part of the tab for their tickets to this summer's Projekt Revolution," Linking Park co-frontman Mike Shinoda said. "We'll be paying the service charge on fan club pre-sale tickets, which will save each fan roughly $8-$11. Our fan club has been incredibly loyal and supportive, and we hope this gesture lets them know how much we appreciate them."
Tickets for select dates go on sale to the general public beginning April 11 via linkinpark.com and livenation.com. Ticket prices for the trek have not yet been released, but Linkin Park will donate $1 from each ducat to Music for Relief, which supports disaster relief efforts and the reduction of global warming.
Projekt Revolution tour sponsors include Major League Baseball, Monster Energy Drink, Verizon Wireless and Nowwhat.com. Last year's outing featured My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo, Julien-K, Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, the Bled, Styles Of Beyond and Madina Lake.
Linkin Park will be on the road promoting its newest album "Minutes to Midnight," which dropped last May via Machine Shop/Warner Bros. The album, Linkin Park's first in four years, has sold 2.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Dates according to the Press Release
16.07.2008 Boston, MA, Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
18.07.2008 Pittsburgh, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion
19.07.2008 Philadelphia, PA, Susquehana Bank Center
20.07.2008 Hartford, CT, New England Dodge Music Center
22.07.2008 New York, NY, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
23.07.2008 Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
25.07.2008 Raleigh, NC, Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
26.07.2008 Virginia Beach, VA, Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
27.07.2008 Washington, DC, Nissan Pavilion
30.07.2008 Charlotte, NC, Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
01.08.2008 West Palm Beach, FL, Cruzan Amphitheatre
02.08.2008 Tampa, FL, Ford Amphitheatre
03.08.2008 Atlanta, GA, Lakewood Amphitheatre
07.08.2008 Phoenix, AZ, Cricket Wireless Pavilion
09.08.2008 San Francisco, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
10.08.2008 Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
12.08.2008 Denver, CO, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
15.08.2008 Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
16.08.2008 Chicago, IL, Alpine Valley Music Theatre
17.08.2008 Indianaplis, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
19.08.2008 Cleveland, OH, Blossom Music Center
21.08.2008 St. Louis, MO, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
23.08.2008 Dallas, TX, Superpages.com Center
24.08.2008 Houston, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sources:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/..._id=1003784993
http://blog.synthesis.net/2008/04/03...n-2008-lineup/
WHAT A LINE-UP. This is much better than last year's line-up. I'm definitely going to the Cincy show.