While As I Lay Dying are currently writing a new album, they’re also making plans to spend the summer as part of the fifth annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.
The main stage will feature metal titans Slipknot and Slayer. A major special guest will play the third slot, but they won’t be announced until March 5th. The main stage will also spotlight a ferocious mix of today’s best artists in a rotation, including The Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying, and Asking Alexandria.
The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival will make a 26-date trek across the U.S. beginning on June 30th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. Get Off Your Ass pre-sale tickets become available on April 6, 2012.
As I Lay Dying will enter the studio this spring to record their fifth full length album and follow-up to 2010’s The Powerless Rise, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Charts at Number 10. The band has chosen a producer and will announce more details about the album in the coming weeks. The album’s release date is tentatively scheduled for this summer.
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2012 Tour Dates
06/30 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/01 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
07/03 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/04 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheater
07/06 Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion
07/07 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion
07/08 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
07/10 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
07/11 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
07/13 Tampa, FL 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre
07/14 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
07/15 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
07/18 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
07/20 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/21 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/22 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
07/24 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
07/25 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
07/27 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
07/28 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
07/29 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
07/31 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
08/01 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake PAC
08/03 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/04 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
08/05 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
About the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival:
The 5th annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival will also feature Rockstar Metal Mulisha Jump Team on select dates.
“Metal is ALIVE and WELL in 2012,” states tour producer John Reese. “The fifth year of Rockstar Mayhem Festival will have a massive lineup that will set heavy music fans ears blazing!”
“Some years it all comes together, from top to bottom and this year’s ROCKSTAR MAYHEM lineup is going to bring it!” adds tour producer Kevin Lyman.
Rock Hard!