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"Monster Energy Music as a Weapon 5 Tour" features double headliners Disturbed and Korn

by jmaloni
Tue, Dec 7th 2010 05:30 pm
In what promises to be the hottest tour of winter 2011, Korn and Disturbed, two of rock's biggest acts, are teaming up to co-headline this year's "Monster Energy Music As A Weapon 5 Tour."

Jonathan Davis of Korn and David Draiman of Disturbed both spoke about how the 45-city trek across America came about:

"We've both just finished great tours," Davis said. "We headlined Mayhem and Disturbed headlined Uproar. The Disturbed guys came out to see us play in Chicago and we got to talking about doing something together. We both agreed that as cool as those types of tours are, they usually only hit major markets, and we both agreed that a lot of our fans just don't live in those cities, etc., so we thought it would be cool to team up, put a big show together, and hit every great place that those big tours never get to. Besides all that, with us and Disturbed together, doing full shows with full production ... all I can say is it's on!"

"We are thrilled to launch the ‘Monster Energy Music As A Weapon 5 Tour' with our good friends from Korn," added Disturbed Draiman. "Every year we try to up the ante, and this year, by having Korn co-headline, we really think it's going to be our best tour yet. When the idea first came up, one of the main things both bands agreed upon and wanted to focus on was hitting a lot of smaller markets. It's exciting to bring a show like this to cities that are usually skipped over on some of the other larger rock tours that only hit the major markets. We have a lot of loyal fans in these cities and we wanted to bring them a show that they deserve."

Tickets for the first leg of the tour are set to go on sale the weekend of Dec. 4. The bands have decided that the first 1,000 tickets from each show will be sold at a $5 discount during the on-sale weekend in order to reward the early buyers and fans.

"A lot of promoters only offer discounted tickets a day or two before the actual show date. We wanted to do something for the fans that are buying their tickets as soon as they go on sale. To offer a discount upfront made the most sense to us," commented Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan.

"We're tired of promoters offering discounted tickets to last minute folks in order to sell the seats in the back of the gig. We'd rather give our fans a discount for buying early," said James "Munky" Shaffer, who is Korn's guitarist.

On Aug.31, Disturbed released their fifth studio album, "Asylum," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. "Asylum" is the band's fourth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1, a feat achieved by only two other rock groups in history: Metallica and the Dave Matthews Band. An international hit with Top 10 chart bows across the globe, "Asylum" has earned critical praise from USA Today, which called it "a tight, sharp-riffed ride. ... The combo of aggressive roar and guitar grace recalls Metallica's finest moments," and the New York Daily News, which declared "On ‘Asylum,' Disturbed finely weigh power and delicacy, catchiness and punch. The subtle variety of the band's tunesmanship, and the buoyancy of their rhythms, that makes this hard group so easy to love."

Over the past 16 years, Korn have established themselves as one of the biggest bands in the history of hard rock and metal, selling more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their latest album, "Korn III: Remember Who You Are," on Roadrunner Records, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts this year. Esteemed publication Metal Hammer said fans would be "wiping away tears of recognition and delight when they blast it for the first, second, and 38th time."


The cities for the first leg of the tour are listed below. More tour markets to be announced soon.

  • Bloomington, Ill.
  • Des Moines, Iowa
  • Rockford, Ill.
  • Hershey, Pa.
  • Rochester, N.Y.
  • West Long Branch, N.J.
  • Glens Falls, N.Y.
  • Norfolk, Va.
  • Morgantown, W.Va.
  • Uncasville, Conn.
  • Portland, Maine
  • Atlantic City, N.J.
  • Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Fayetteville, N.C.
  • Nashville, Tenn.
  • Biloxi, Miss.
  • Corpus Christi, Texas
  • San Antonio
  • McAllen, Texas
  • Lubbock, Texas

For more information, visit http://www.monsterenergy.com

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