Jägermeister Music Tour | |
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Genre | |
Dates | Spring and autumn |
Location(s) | United States |
Years active | Since 2002 |
The Jägermeister Music Tour is a hard rock, hardcore punk, and heavy metal music tour that has been held twice a year in the United States since 2002. It is owned by the American importer of Jägermeister, Sidney Frank Importing.
History
[edit]First Jägermeister was started in 2002 and had Drowning Pool headlining, featuring Ill Niño, Coal Chamber, 40 Below Summer and other local bands. The tour had 37 dates that started March 8 and went to April 23. The tour has happened twice a year since then. Spring 2003 tour went from March 6 to April 20 and featured Saliva, Hed PE headlining, along with Breaking Benjamin, Systematic, Stereomud, and local bands. Fall 2003 went from October 8 to November 29 and featured Slayer Headlining with Hatebreed, Arch Enemy, and local bands. Spring 2004 stretched from March 30 to May 14 and featured Slipknot headlining with Fear Factory, Chimaira, and local bands. Fall 2004 went from October 31 to December 17 and featured Slayer's second headlining of this tour along with Killswitch Engage, Mastodon, and local bands such as Q.[1] Spring 2005 went from March 29 to May 6 and featured Alter Bridge as the headlining band with Future Leaders of the World, Submersed, and local bands. In Fall 2005 the tour was headlined by Disturbed with other bands, Bloodsimple, A Dozen Furies, Corrosion of Conformity, and other local bands. This one stretched from November 11 to February 23. In the spring of 2006 the tour went from April 20 to June 16 and had Staind headlining with Three Days Grace, Hurt, and other local bands.
The Fall 2006 tour started October 19 and went to December 9, and featured Slightly Stoopid and Pepper as headliners and multiple "guest bands" including Rev. Right Time, Kicking K8, as well as six other bands. Beginning with the Spring 2003 tour, the event has been hosted by The Lizardman who appears onstage throughout the night performing sideshow stunts, stand-up, and introducing the bands. This year's Fall 2008 line-up featured Hinder headlining, with Buckcherry headlining in Dallas, Trapt and Rev Theory at most shows, and Drowning Pool, In This Moment, Shinedown, Hollywood Undead, Theory of a Deadman, Puddle of Mudd, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Smile Empty Soul making appearances at some shows, along with a local band from each venue's area in tow. The Spring 2009 line-up will feature longtime staples on the punk scene, Pennywise and returning to the tour are the Hawaiian grown reggae rockers Pepper.[2] Beginning in April 2010, the Jägermeister Music Tour will embark on a Canadian leg featuring Korn as headliners, with Five Finger Death Punch and 2Cents as support. Starting in September 2010 the Music Tour will have Slayer returning as well as Megadeth and Anthrax. In January 2011 the tour will have Buckcherry headlining with Hellyeah and direct support with All That Remains also playing.
Lineups
[edit]2002–2005
[edit]- Spring 2002
- Spring 2003
- Fall 2003
- Spring 2004
- Fall 2004
- Spring 2005
- Fall 2005
2006–2010
[edit]- Spring 2006
- Fall 2006
- Spring 2007
- Fall 2007
- The Cult
- Action Action
- The Cliks
- Brand New Sin (Select dates)
- Spring 2008
- Summer 2008
- Kittie
- Dope
- Anew Revolution
- Panic Cell
- Dirge (Select dates)
- Fall 2008
- Spring 2009
- Spring 2010
- Korn
- Five Finger Death Punch (Canada dates only)
- 2Cents
- StillWell
- Cody Brooks (US dates only)
- Fall 2010
2011–2012
[edit]- Winter 2011
- Buckcherry
- Hellyeah (US Dates)
- All That Remains (US Dates)
- The Damned Things (US Dates)
- Papa Roach (Canadian Dates)
- My Darkest Days (Canadian Dates)
- Bleeker Ridge (Canadian Dates)
- Fall 2011
2012
[edit]- Fall 2012
References
[edit]- ^ "Concert.RttP{2004-11-13-q}". www.returntothepit.com. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Pennywise, Pepper to co-headline spring Jägermeister Tour"[permanent dead link] by Tjames Madison, SoundSpike (February 12, 2009)
- ^ "Portugal. The Man Set To Headline Jagermeister Music Tour" (Press release). PRNewswire.