As reported by Antimusic.com, The Misfits have pulled out of the Volcom tour with Motorhead, Valient Thor and Airbourne. Antimusic said they were waiting on The Misfits PR to get back to them with a reason but have yet to publish one. All That was said was this short statement by the only original member left in the band, Jerry Only:

“The Misfits have always held an incredibly high standard of performance and quality in everything we do. Our fans expect this and deserve it. I will not compromise their expectations for any amount of money, prestige or fame.”

I don’t know what the hell that means. Maybe they were expecting to headline or didn’t like where they stood on the bill or whatever. Sounds to me like a clash of egos to me but I read a rumor that it was a fallout with organizers of technical issues…whatever that means.

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From Roadrunner Records Myspace Post:

Organizers of the first-ever Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival have announced dates, venues and on-sale information for the highly anticipated all-star thunderfest.

Multi-platinum rock acts Slipknot and Disturbed will lead the much-buzzed-about amp-shattering road show, which will feature hard music’s most influential bands and its new wave of heavy-hitting acts. The tour is set to kick off July 9 at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle and will hit Live Nation Amphitheaters in 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada between July 9 and August 19, 2008.
Fans can purchase tickets beginning April 4 at 10AM local venue time via the Official Mayhem Fan Community at http://mayhemfest.tickets. musictoday.com.
Pre-sale orders also allow fans to hear tracks from Mayhem bands, receive early entry venue passes, purchase a discounted subscription to Revolver magazine and receive a Mayhem t-shirt.
In addition, pre-orders enroll fans into a contest offering one grand prize winner an electric guitar and two meet & greet
passes to get the six-string signed.
Fans that pre-register to be a part of the Mayhem Fan Community before April 4 can purchase tickets upon immediate availability. And by pre-registering, they’ll also be entered into a contest to win a merch pack featuring CDs from every band on the tour.
Tickets go on sale nationally beginning April 19.
You can get more information at www.Mayhemfest.com or www.livenation.com.
In addition to Slipknot and Disturbed, the main stage features Dragonforce and Mastodon, as well as a Jagermeister second stage with Machine Head, Airbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Walls of Jericho and the Jagermeister Battle of The Bands Winner. There will also be a Hot Topic Stage featuring Underoath, Black Tide, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord and 36 Crazyfists.

Tour Dates:
7/9 Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
7/11 Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre
7/12 San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
7/13 San Bernardino, CA – Glen Helen Pavilion
7/15 Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center
7/16 San Diego, CA – Coors Amphitheatre
7/18 Phoenix, Az – Cricket Wireless Pavilion
7/19 Albuquerque, NM – Journal Pavilion
7/20 Denver, CO – Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler’s Green
7/22 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/23 St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St.
Louis
7/25 Dallas, TX – www.Superpages.com Center
7/26 San Antonio, TX – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/27 Houston, TX – Sam Houston Race Park
7/29 Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
7/30 W.
Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater
8/1 Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
8/2 Pittsburgh, PA – Post-Gazette Pavilion
8/3 Uniondale, NY – Nassau Coliseum
8/5 Boston, MA – Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
8/6 Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion
8/8 Toronto, ON – Downsview Park
8/9 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/10 Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
8/12 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
8/13 Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
8/15 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
8/16 Hartford, CT – New England Dodge Music Center
8/17 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
8/19 Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

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Holy crap, 2008 is here already. Where does the time go. Another year another year older my decrepit ass is. 2007 was a fun filled roller-coaster of madness, but here we are. It’s time for a whole new shitty year. A new president will be elected, “W” will finally be out and we can look forward to a whole new screwed up situation come ‘09. Speaking of…I’m about tired of hearing the word Caucus. Anyway, time to unload the garbage…

Gene Simmons is on The Apprentice Celebrity edition and he helped his team win last night. Since it’s all for charity I guess I’ll leave Gene alone…for now.

Marilyn Manson is officially divorced so now he is free to grope any concert security staff member he likes.

Just a friendly reminder that Australia’s Airbourne is the worst AC/DC cover band I’ve ever heard.

Vince Niel opens the Dr. Feelgood Bar and still bears the sign Poker in the Front Liquor in the Rear…or do I have that backwards? Oh well, either way work out well.

Former Nirvana bassist joins old punkers Flipper…what was his name again?

Traci Gunns says it’s time to record a new record. Really Tracy?…c’mon now, I thought you would have learned by now that it’s just not working. maybe in Japan…but those guys like everything.
Former Dio Guitarist Craig Goldy wants to share his vast knowledge of the record industry…that is probably old and out dated. Here’s some knowledge I have of the record industry, It’s a dying institution unless they adapt to the internet.

Metallica’s Black Album is one of the top ten selling elbums of the “Sound Scan” era, a bunch of people on Blabbermouth.net argue about it, blah-blah-blah…who really cares.

Sebastian Bach still thinks his record is the greatest thing since Chinese Democracy and Phil Anselmo lists Downs new record in his own top 5 of 2007. This goes to show that neither artists are truly sober just yet.

In Non-Metal related news…Amy Winehouse continues to make Courtney Love look like a model citizen and Britney Spears has been giving her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears some parental advice!

‘Till next time…Keep it hard, keep it heavy or keep it in your pants!

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It’s like AC/DC meats Jet…simple rock…but yet so simple that I’m not impressed. I’m sure there are people flipping out over this stuff like it’s the best friggin thing since sliced cheese but I feel like I have just wasted 3 minutes and 44 seconds of my life that I will never get back. What ever…

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