A7X, Atreyu, more to play Taste Of Chaos 08; dates revealed

Taste Of Chaos, founded by Warped Tour Svengali Kevin Lyman, has officially confirmed the lineup for the 2008 U.S. edition of the tour. Co-headlining the trek will be Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu (the latter of whom you may remember from the 2006 TOC lineup).



Supporting the pair will be Welsh metal act Bullet For My Valentine and Arizona screamo troupe Blessthefall; Washington-state weirdos Idiot Pilot will play two sets a night in each venue’s concourse.



Also new to the lineup this year are a trio of Japanese bands who are part of the burgeoning JROCK movement: Mucc (pronounced "mukku"), the Underneath and D’espairsRay. Lyman explains their involvement, saying, "After having a chance to be involved with introducing Dir En Grey to American audiences and working on the successful JROCK Revolution Festival with Yoshiki last May in Los Angeles, I felt that the fans across the U.S. would really appreciate a chance to have these bands come to their cities. When I have worked these shows the energy of the bands and the fan involvement is amazing and is rarely captured at shows in America these days and this is going to be an amazing opportunity for all in attendance."



Pre-sale for the tour begins Jan. 5, with a regular onsale date of Jan. 12; the routing is below:



2/29
Denver, CO
Fillmore Auditorium

3/1
Kansas City, MO
Memorial Hall

3/2
Milwaukee, WI
The Eagles Ballroom

3/4
Minneapolis, MN
Roy Wilkins Auditorium

3/5
St. Louis, MO
Family Arena

3/7
Dayton, OH
Hara Arena

3/8
Detroit, MI
Cobo Arena

3/10
Rochester, NY
The Armory

3/11
Chicago, IL
Aragon Ballroom

3/14
Philadelphia, PA
Tweeter Center

3/15
Asbury Park, NJ
Convention Center

3/17
Washington, DC
Patriot Center

3/18
Portland, ME
Cumberland County Civic Center

3/20
Nassau, NY
Nassau Coliseum

3/21
Boston, MA
Tsongas Arena

3/22
Albany, NY
The Armory

3/24
Atlanta, GA
Gwinnett Center

3/25
Tampa, FL
USF Sundome

3/26
Miami, FL
Bayfront Park

3/28
Orlando, FL
UCF Arena

3/29
Biloxi, MS
Mississippi Coast Coliseum

3/30
Houston, TX
The Woodlands/Verizon

4/1
Dallas, TX
Nokia Theatre

4/3
Oklahoma City, OK
Fairgrounds Arena

4/4
Corpus Christi, TX
Concrete Street Amphitheatre

4/5
San Antonio, TX
Freeman Coliseum

4/6
El Paso, TX
County Coliseum

4/8
TBA

4/9
Phoenix, AZ
Jobing.com  Arena

4/10
Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Arena

4/12
San Jose, CA
Event Center

4/13
Sacramento, CA
ARCO Arena

4/15
Seattle, WA
WaMu Center