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HELLYEAH's VINNIE PAUL Prepares To 'Kick Some Ass' At England's DOWNLOAD Festival

June 7, 2007

HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) has issued the following update:

"Well, two things are complete!!! The first-ever leg of the HELLYEAH 'Fire It Up' tour, which was more than I could have ever dreamed of!!!! Thank you all for making me feel great and for all the love for Dime!!! Now we're off to kick some ass in England at the Download festival!! And second!!! As I predicted after the Dallas Stars were knocked out of the NHL playoffs, the Anaheim Ducks [Team USA] beat the Ottawa Senators [Team Canada] to win the Stanley Cup and keeping it in the good ol U.S. of A!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhh Canada!!!! As Dave Chappelle says, 'Tuff break, Ninja' ...haha.....

"Here are some cool pics from the first leg of the tour compliments of Videobob!!!"

High-quality photos of HELLYEAH's June 5, 2007 performance at the Pavilion in Corpus Christi, Texas have been posted online at Tomorrow's Productions web site.

Fan-filmed video footage of HELLYEAH performing the song "Hellyeah" on May 23, 2007 at the East Peoria Convention Center in Peoria, Illinois has been posted at YouTube. Additional video clips of HELLYEAH's June 2 concert at the Cains Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma are available here. Included is a video of the group performing the QUEEN classic "Stone Cold Crazy", which it has renamed "Stone Cold Wasted".

HELLYEAH is touring in support of its self-titled debut album, which has sold 110,000 copies in the United States since its April 10 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Photos of HELLYEAH's May 27, 2007 performance at The Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, MI have been posted at Schwegweb.com.

HELLYEAH's first official live performance took place on May 20 at Rams Head Live in Baltimore.

HELLYEAH's next single from their self-titled CD, already getting rave press reviews and early airplay will be "Alcohaulin' Ass", scheduled for July.

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