Tours and Festivals alike are sometimes partnered with some of the most clever marketing teams out there, or always looking for new ways to reach the fanbase. It takes a lot to get noticed in the rugged waters of the music industry these days in such a competitive field. Day after day new tours, festivals, parties, and concerts are announced and it is almost impossible to make yourself stick out from all the others. There are the obvious returning champions from previous years (Warped, Bamboozle, etc) but also the new addition of smaller festivals yearly, which unfortunately never see the day of light after just a few years.

The amazing organizers at BAMBOOZLE have announced that for the next few weeks, they will be bringing artists onto your computer screen with LIVE CHATS. In a series of events presented through STICKAM, you will now be able to join as you and thousands of others talk through Stickam to some of your favorite artists. Artist lineups include, PROTEST THE HERO, BOYS LIKE GIRLS, THE READY SET, NEVER SHOUT NEVER, ALL TIME LOW, along side newly reformed CHIODOS, and many many more.

The schedule can be seen below.

Join us live for a series of exclusive chat events with all of the great bands who are a part of the Bamboozle and Bamboozle Roadshow 2010 lineups. It’s The Bamboozle Stickam Party!

Upcoming events:
4/13 Artist Vs Poet 7 PM EST
4/13 Emmure @ 8 PM EST
4/14 Polar Bear Club @ 6 PM EST
4/14 Protest The Hero @ 7 PM EST
4/15 I See Stars @ 6 PM EST
4/15 Every Avenue @ 7 PM EST
4/16 The Devil Wear Prada @ 6PM EST
4/19 All Time Low @ 7 PM EST
4/19 The Downtown Fiction @ 8 PM EST
4/20 The Ready Set @ 7 PM EST
4/21 Title Fight @ 7 PM EST
4/21 Kevin Devine @ 8 PM EST
4/22 Steel Train @ 5 PM EST
4/22 Chiodos @ 7 PM EST
4/26 Never Shout Never – Time TBA
4/27 Saves the Day @ 8 PM EST
5/7 Boys Like Girls @ 8PM EST

More TBA!

Dates available below:

Mar 26 2010 Anaheim, CA – Hoodwink Festival (Everclear set) – The Grove
Mar 28 2010 Anaheim, CA – Bamboozle – Angel Stadium
Apr 10 2010 Atlanta, GA – Six Flags Over Georgia
Apr 11 2010 Nashville, TN – Rocketown
Apr 14 2010 Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
Apr 18 2010 Pensacola, FL – Phineas Phogg’s
Apr 20 2010 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Apr 24 2010 Pullman, WA – Washington State University
Apr 25 2010 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon
Apr 27 2010 Baltimore, MD – Bourbon Street Ballroom
Apr 28 2010 Erie, PA – Gannon University – Hammermill
Apr 29 2010 Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
Apr 30 2010 East Rutherford, NJ – Hoodwink Festival – Meadowlands Sports Complex
May 1 2010 East Rutherford, NJ – Bamboozle – Meadowlands Sports Complex
May 2 2010 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel

THE BAMBOOZLE ROADSHOW 2010 will be an ALL-DAY Event with 2 stages of talent, a main stage with rotating artists ALL TIME LOW, BOYS LIKE GIRLS, LMFAO, THIRD EYE BLIND, GOOD CHARLOTTE, HANSON, FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS, HELLOGOODBYE, & CARTEL. And the Second Stage showcasing the talents of many up & comers. More artists to be announced soon! (All festival dates may not feature all artists, check your local listings)

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THE BAMBOOZLE ROADSHOW routing:
May 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 22 – Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheatre @ The Music Factory
May 23 – Atlanta, GA – Six Flags Over Georgia
May 25 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 26 – Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
May 28 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre (No 2nd Stage)
May 29 – Arlington, TX – Six Flags Over Texas
May 30 – San Antonio, TX – Six Flags Fiesta Texas
June 2 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Amphitheatre
June 5 – Concord, CA – Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
June 6 – Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre – Parking Lot
June 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze Plaza
June 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
June 12 – Chicago, IL- Soldier Field – Parking Lot
June 13 – Eureka, MO – Six Flags St. Louis
June 15 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 18 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre @ Tower City
June 19 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion @ Riverbend Music Center
June 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing
June 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Amphitheatre @ Station Square
June 24 – Jackson, NJ – Six Flags Great Adventure
June 25 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Park Pavilion & Stadium
June 26 – Nassau, NY – Nassau Coliseum – Parking Lot
June 27 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center

(All dates may not feature all artists, please check local listings)
More dates will be added, so stay tuned!!

Pre-sale will begin at 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, March 2, and run though 10 p.m. on Friday March 5, with Public on-sale beginning Saturday March 6 @ 10 a.m. Local Time. Pre-sale tickets are available here: http://www.thebamboozleroadshow.com

Check our the tour sites:
www.thebamboozleroadshow.com

For more information on marketing, sponsorships, tickets or interviews, contact Sponsorship@thebamboozleroadshow.com

This might come as a surprise to some, yet make sense to others. For anyone who was fortunate enough to have caught the tail-end of this past summer’s Warped Tour, they could have seen Bolmer stepping into another frontman’s shoes, filling in for Tyson Stevens in Scary Kids Scaring Kids after Tyson’s departure.

Bolmer is hinted to replace Chiodos’ former vocalist, Craig Owens, who parted ways with the band in September.

Information and dates can be seen below.

APRIL
28 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom

MAY
2 Niagara Falls, NY Rapid Theatre
4 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
5 Detroit, MI Fillmore
7 Rochester, NY Rochester Institute of Technology
8 Danbury, CT Western Connecticut State University
9 Boston, MA House of Blues
11 Washington, DC 930 Club
12 New York City, NY Roseland Ballroom
15 Chicago, IL Bamboozle
16 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
18 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Mainroom
19 Kansas City, MO Uptown
21 Denver, CO Fillmore
22 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue
23 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
25 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
26 Seattle, WA Showbox
28 San Francisco, CA Warfield
29 San Diego, CA Soma
30 Anaheim, CA The Grove

JUNE
1 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
2 Phoenix, AZ Bamboozle Roadshow
4 Dallas, TX Palladium
5 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
7 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
8 West Palm Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheater
9 Orlando, FL House of Blues
11 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier

Bamboozle Chicago brief info wrap sheet:
Saturday, May 15
@ Charter One Pavilion

Current artists:
Cobra Starship
3OH!3
Travis McCoy
I Fight Dragons
Jump Smokers
More artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

CHIODOS
To Enter The Studio In February

Announced To Play The Bamboozle FEB 1 – Michigan sextet, Chiodos, are set to record their highly anticipated third album with acclaimed producer, Machine (Lamb Of God, Everytime I Die, Cobra Starship), this month. The group’s breakout second album Bone Palace Ballet – produced by Casey Bates (Gatsby’s American Dream, The Fall Of Troy) – debuted at 5 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart and has surpassed sales of over 210,000 copies. Their debut album, All’s Well That Ends Well, has surpassed sales of 241,000 copies.
Over the past year, the band has experienced two member changes but hasn’t let that get in the way of writing. “We’ve been putting everything we have to offer into this writing process for the past year and a half,” states keyboardist, Bradley Bell. “We’re ready to work harder then ever before.”

Entering the studio with Bell will be members Jason Hale (guitar), Pat Mcmanaman (guitar), Matt Goddard (bass), and a recently added drummer, Tanner Wayne (ex-Underminded, Scary Kids Scaring Kids). For the time being, the band has opted to keep their frontman selection a mystery until new music is available but feel very confident in their decision. “We haven’t been this excited about the future in a long time, and it’s a great feeling.”

Who esle is excited?

Here’s who’s been added to this year’s bamboozle since last week’s post!

Saturday May 1st:
Drake
Bullet for My Valentine
100 Monkeys
Bobby Long
Escape the Fate
Relient K
The Pretty Reckless
The Bled

Sunday May 2nd:
Motion City Soundtrack
88 Keys
Eye Alaska
Minus the Bear
Sean Price
Wale
Winston Audio
Wiz Khalifa

Also peforming a special set on both days is recent chart-topper Ke$ha.

Later this week it is speculated that Ke$ha and Drake will be added to the bamboozle roster, so make sure you check out their website for up to date information.