BURBANK, CA (Top40 Charts/ By
Nikki Herceg/ Warner Bros. 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
