Static-X to Embark on Ozzfest Tour July 12th in Support of New Album “Cannibal” — Out Now on Reprise Records
Los Angeles metal band Static-X will embark on the 2007 Ozzfest tour, the annual hard rock extravaganza created by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. This year’s 24-city tour, which features Ozzy Osbourne, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, and many others, launches July 12th in Seattle, and tickets which were made available free to fans for the first time in the event’s 12-year history, are sold out.
Static-X will be touring in support of their fifth album, “Cannibal,” which debuted at Number 36 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart, selling more than 30,000 its first week out. Released by Reprise Records on April 3rd, the album has now sold nearly 100,000, solidifying the band’s place as one of metal’s pre-eminent artists.
“From the recording process to the way it turned out, the new album feels old-school for us,” says frontman Wayne Static, who co-produced “Cannibal” with John Travis (Kid Rock). “I think it’s the most metal record we’ve ever made, and it’s arguably the heaviest record we’ve ever made. The last few albums found us going in a slightly different direction; this one makes no compromises.”
The video for “Cannibal’s” first single, “Destroyer” was directed by The Butcher Brothers, whose feature film “The Hamiltons” was released on the DVD compilation “8 Horror Films to Die For” by Lions Gate Films.
In addition, a series of behind-the-scenes web clips on the making of “Cannibal” can be seen on the band’s MySpace page at myspace.com/staticx. A computer-based viral video game, featuring the band members as cannibals, has also been made available to fans at www.warnerbrosrecords.com/cannibal.
Static-X just finished a European tour which followed their 10-week U.S. album release tour, dubbed “The Cannibal Killers Tour,” which was sponsored by ESP Guitar Co.
TOUR DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (*) denotes headlining tour date, all others are Ozzfest festival dates July 10* Vancouver, BC Richard On Richards 12 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre 13* Medford, OR Main 1 Arts Center 14 George, WA The Gorge 17 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre 19 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 21 Devore, CA Hyundai Pavilion 22* Bakersfield, CA The Dome 24 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion 25* El Paso, TX Club 101 26 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion 27* Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep 28 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre 30 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre August 1* Houston, TX Scout Bar 2 San Antonio, TX Smirnoff Music Center 3* Lubbock, TX Lonestar Amphitheatre 4 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 6 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 8 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre 9* South Bend, IN Club Fever 10 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 11* Bellefontaine, OH Shawnee Indian Reservation 12 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre 14 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Theatre 15* Struthers, OH The Cellar 16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 17* S. Burlington, VT Higher Ground 18 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Theatre 20 Boston, MA Tweeter Center 22 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center 23* Baltimore, MD Sonar 24 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion 25* Toronto, ONT Phoenix Theatre 26 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 28 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 29* Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live 30 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
For further information, please contact: Nikki Herceg WBR (615) 214-1489 Nikki.Herceg@wbr.com
SOURCE: Reprise Records