HELLYEAH Signs Australian Deal With RIOT! ENTERTAINMENT
May 14, 2010HELLYEAH has inked a deal with Riot! Entertainment for the Australian/New Zealand release of the band's sophomore album, "Stampede". The CD will hit Australian stores on June 29 (via Warner Music Australia distribution).
Commented Riot! owner/CEO John Howarth: "It's a total honor for Riot! that HELLYEAH have chosen to work with us. This is one project we pursued extremely hard. The album is an absolute killer and it is going to blow people away! We all can't wait to get working on it and hope to have the band Down Under shortly."
HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott added: "We are so excited to be teamed up with Riot! in Australia! It's a great feeling to have a label as fired up as we are about stampede comin' Down Under, and as always, we can't wait to come and play for some of the best fans in the world — the Aussies!"
HELLYEAH features musicians from various other groups, including Vinnie Paul Abbott, who played with PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN, as well as vocalist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett of MUDVAYNE, DAMAGEPLAN bassist Bob "Zilla" Kakaha and NOTHINGFACE axeman Tom Maxwell.
"Stampede" is scheduled for release in North America on July 13. The "super deluxe" edition of the CD will feature the album itself, a bonus DVD, a limited-edition lenticular 3D cover with an expanded booklet, a HELLYEAH bull skull, instant downloads of the album tracks "Cowboy Way" and "Hell Of A Time" on June 1 and an MP3 download of the full album on June 29, two weeks prior to its official release date. The standard "deluxe edition" will contain the album, a bonus DVD, instant downloads of the album tracks "Cowboy Way" and "Hell Of A Time" on June 1 and an MP3 download of the full album on June 29.
The band filmed videos for two new songs, "Hell Of A Time" and "Cowboy Way", on April 18 at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth, Texas.
HELLYEAH will headline the Jägermeister Second Stage at the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, which is set to rock North America in August-October. Performing on the main stage will be DISTURBED and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, along with STONE SOUR and HALESTORM. AIRBOURNE, HAIL THE VILLAIN, NEW MEDICINE and the Jägermeister Battle of The Bands Winner in each city will round out the Jägermeister Second Stage bill. The 36-date tour launches August 17 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and will visit arenas and amphitheatres across North America before wrapping October 4 in Madison, Wisconsin.
HELLYEAH's self-titled debut has sold more than 350,000 copies since coming out in April 2007.
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