Mayhem Festival 2014 Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Mayhem Festival 2014
Type:	North American
Start Date:	July 5, 2014
End Date:	August 10, 2014
Number Of Legs:	1
Number Of Shows:	28
This Tour:	Mayhem Festival 2014
Next Tour:	Mayhem Festival 2015

Mayhem Festival 2014 was the seventh annual Mayhem Festival. Dates were announced on February 18, 2014,^[1] and lineup officially announced March 31, 2014.^[2] In a January 2014 video interview at the NAMM Show, Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer revealed that Korn and Avenged Sevenfold would headline the 2014 Mayhem Festival.^[3] On March 5, over 3 weeks ahead of the scheduled official announcement, nearly the entire lineup leaked.^[4]

Mayhem Festival 2014 lineup

Mainstage

• Avenged Sevenfold
• Korn
• Asking Alexandria
• Trivium

Coldcock American Herbal Whiskey Stage

• Cannibal Corpse
• Suicide Silence
• Miss May I
• Mushroomhead
• Texas Hippie Coalition
• King 810
• Hell or Highwater

Sumerian Records / Headbang For The Highway Stage

• • Body Count Upon a Burning Body
• Veil of Maya
• Darkest Hour
• "Headbang For The Highway"

Victory Records Stage

• Emmure
• Ill Niño
• Wretched
• Islander
• Erimha
• Second Pass^[5]

Dates

Date^[6]	City	Country	Venue
July 5, 2014		United States	San Manuel Amphitheater
July 6, 2014			Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 8, 2014			White River Amphitheatre
July 9, 2014			Idaho Center
July 11, 2014			Ak-Chin Pavilion
July 12, 2014			Isleta Amphitheater
July 14, 2014			Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 16, 2014			Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 17, 2014			DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 18, 2014			The Rave
July 19, 2014			Klipsch Music Center
July 20, 2014			First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 22, 2014			Xfinity Center
July 23, 2014			Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 25, 2014		Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 26, 2014		United States	First Niagara Pavilion
July 27, 2014			Xfinity Theatre
July 29, 2014			Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 30, 2014			Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 1, 2014			Susquehanna Bank Center
August 2, 2014			Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 3, 2014			Jiffy Lube Live
August 5, 2014			Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 6, 2014			Memphis Motorsports Park
August 7, 2014			OKC Downtown Airpark
August 8, 2014			Backstage Live
August 9, 2014			Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 10, 2014		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

A number of the dates were scheduled^[7] to feature altered lineups:

• Denver (Main Stage acts only: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium and Body Count)
• Wantagh (Main Stage acts only: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium)
• San Bernardino + Mountain View (Emmure did not perform at these shows)
• Houston (Main stage and Coldcock Stage artists, as well as Body Count and Emmure. King 810 did not perform)
• Milwaukee featured 18 bands, but Avenged Sevenfold and Korn did not perform (dubbed "A Taste Of Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival"^[8])

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Dates and Venues Revealed. . 18 February 2014 .
2. Web site: The 2014 Mayhem Lineup Announced.
3. Web site: Munky Talks Korn's World Tour, & Avenged Sevenfold @ The 2014 NAMM Convention. .
4. Web site: Rumored 2014 'Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival' Lineup Leaks. 6 March 2014 .
5. Web site: The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Announces Official 2014 Artist Line-Up - KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News Source . Kmph-kfre.com . 2014-04-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503064339/http://www.kmph-kfre.com/story/25119029/the-rockstar-energy-drink-mayhem-festival-announces-official-2014-artist-line-up . 2014-05-03 .
6. Web site: 2014 Dates. Rockstar Mayhem Festival. 1 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715195013/http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/dates. 15 July 2011.
7. Web site: Show Notes.
8. Web site: The Rave/Eagles Club: A TASTE OF ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR.