featuring:
Black Label Society
Children of Bodom
Clutch
2Cents
Date
Tuesday October 12, 2010 at 7:30pm
Doors open at 6:30pm
Location
Cunard Centre
Marginal Rd, Halifax
Tickets on sale
starting Friday June 25, 2010 at 9am
Ticket Price
Advance tickets $55.50 each
(price will increase day-of-show to $60.50)
Prices includes tax and service charge.
Tickets subject to an additional $2 per order fee if ordered online or by phone.
General admission, standing room only.
Ticket must be purchased for either the all-ages 'dry' area, or the licensed 19+ area.
Availability
Tickets available to purchase at:
Ticket Limit
Public onsale limit: 10 per person/account/credit card
Info
This show is open to all ages with a licensed area for those 19+ with VALID ID.
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
SONIC CONCERTS presents THE BLACK LABEL BERZERKUS featuring Black Label Society, Children of Bodom, Clutch and 2Cents in Halifax, Oct. 12
(Halifax, NS) – Legendary rocker and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde will bring The Black Label Berzerkus featuring his band Black Label Society with Children of Bodom, Clutch and 2Cents to the Cunard Centre in Halifax on Tuesday, October 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Wylde, known worldwide for his guitar prowess and over-the-top stage presence hand-picked the support acts and will be touring in support of Black Label Society’s first album in four years, Order of the Black, in stores August 10. The album will feature four unique covers designed by Wylde himself – one for each territory: North America, Europe, Asia and Australia/New Zealand.
This show is open to all ages with a licensed area for those 19+ with VALID ID. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
About Zakk Wylde/Black Label Society
In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over. Wylde has won nearly every guitar award imaginable, graced countless magazine covers and is a major influence to a new battalion of rock guitarists. Writing and recording with Osbourne led to multi-platinum success, inspiring him to create the now iconic Black Label Society in 1998. In the decade plus since, BLS has turned the notion of what a rock band should be upside down by inspiring legions of fans (known as Berserkers) all over the world to follow the mantra: Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever (SDMF for short). Wylde and his Berserkers have established a heavy metal institution true to the vision of uncompromising, unfiltered and unrestrained rock n’ roll. To date, Black Label Society has sold more than 3.5 million albums worldwide and continues to be a massive presence on the worldwide touring and merchandising circuits.
About Children Of Bodom
Children Of Bodom's enthralling mix of modern heavy metal, melodic hooks and the guitar acrobatics of front man and guitar hero Alexi Laiho have solidified the critically acclaimed band as one of the most revered metal acts in the world. The group’s latest studio album Blooddrunk skyrocketed to #22 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and scored the quintet a #1 debut in its native Finland. Laiho was named “Best Metal Guitarist” in the 2008 Guitar World Reader’s Poll and his playing on the band’s 2003 release Hate Crew Deathroll earned the album a place among the magazine’s “50 Greatest Guitar Albums” of all time, alongside records by Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen and Metallica. The unit has been called "technically dazzling" by the New York Times and “One of the most talented metal bands of our time” by contemporary media conglomerate VICE. Clearly, Laiho and Children Of Bodom are one of the leading voices of metal’s new generation.
About Clutch
The Clutch story begins with eight full-length albums and three EPs recorded/released through five different labels, thousands of concerts played, multiple songs receiving College Radio, Modern Rock, Mainstream Rock & MTV airplay, and nearly 1.5 million units sold. In 2008, Clutch band members Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines and Jean Paul Gaster, along with longtime manager Jack Flanagan, dove into uncharted waters and opened their own fully- operational music label, Weathermaker Music. Weathermaker issued Clutch’s first long-form concert DVD "Full Fathom Five, Video Field Recordings" and the accompanying live CD, "Full Fathom Five, Audio Field Recordings". With NO distribution in place, the CD and DVD still entered Billboard at #155 and #178 respectively. The next few months were spent touring and forging the Weathermaker-Sony/RED label-distribution partnership. After re-issuing the rarities CD "Slow Hole to China" in Feb '09, Clutch entered the studio in the spring and recorded the epic "Strange Cousins From the West" CD. After releasing the "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" single in July, "Strange Cousins..." debuted at #35 on the billboard Top 200 Album chart and #17 on the Top 100 Digital Album chart, thus achieving the highest chart positions of the band's storied career!
About 2Cents
Forget about trying to reach the members of fast-rising metallists 2Cents at their homes, as it appears as though the group is constantly on the road. Comprised of the brother tandem Adam (lead vocals, drums) and Dave O’Rourke (guitar, vocals), and Adair Cobley (guitar) and Jason Wendell (bass), 2Cents has completed two legs of touring with Five Finger Death Punch and Shadows Fall, and Korn (as part of the Jagermeister Music Tour). Additionally, 2Cents has played with other notable bands, including Killswitch Engage, Rise Against, Pennywise, Static X, and Gwar, among many renowned acts. 2Cents are touring in support of their latest hard-hitting release, ‘Dress To Kill’ (released April 20th via Eight O Five Records, and produced by Matt Hyde), which manages to combine intensity and melody together, in one hellacious sonic assault.
For more information on Black Label Societiy, visit: www.blacklabelsociety.com / www.zakkwylde.com
For more information on Children of Bodom, visit: www.cobhc.com / www.myspace.com/childrenofbodom
For more information on Clutch, visit: www.pro-rock.com / www.myspace.com/clutchband
For more information on 2Cents, visit: www.myspace.com/2cents
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