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Korn Playing Smaller Venues On Ballroom Blitz Tour :
Korn hasn't done this in a very long time. Today, the band announced a spring tour that will take them through some of the most intimate venues they've played in years.
Korn's Ballroom Blitz Tour will take the band through GA ballrooms and clubs performing new material in anticipation of their new album, Korn III: Remember Who You Are, tentatively set for a summer 2012 release. Don’t miss the latest Korn Tour.
"There is no sitting down on this one!" explains singer Jonathan Davis. "We nicknamed this tour the Ballroom Blitz because that's what we want to see out there, the die-hard Korn fans going nuts on the floor."
The album is produced by Ross Robinson, who produced the seminal first two Korn records and played a big part in forming the band's raw sound. Since the new album is a return to Mecca for Korn fans: raw, heavy as hell and old school, the tour is meant to recapture their early days, starting out.
Jonathan Davis on the new album: "On Korn III: Remember Who You Are it was the first time we've worked with Ross [Robinson] since our 2nd album and these were the types of gigs we played back then. Those early tours were some of the best times of our lives. Now we are looking to bring that vibe back in a big way."
Joining Korn as openers are Los Angeles rockers 2 Cents, whose current single "Get What!" has made them one of the hottest young hard rock bands today.
Seven dates from Korn's Ballroom Blitz are being announced today, with more May dates to come in the following weeks.
Korn To Headline Jägermeister Tour :
Korn will be the featured act on the upcoming 2012 Jägermeister Music Tour. The run will hit 18 cities, kicking off May 2 at the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and wrapping up June 8 at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon.
"Korn is not only a Grammy-winning band, but one that had been vocal about their love for Jägermeister since the 90s," said Bill Henderson, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising for the Sidney Frank Importing Company. He added that this year's run will "undoubtedly be Jägermeister's biggest Music Tour to date."
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis is excited about the tour, too.
"Back in the day Jägermeister was one of the first brands to back KoRn," he said in a press release. "Those early tours were some of the best times of our lives. Now we are looking to bring that vibe back in a big way."
More dates are expected to be added to the 16th annual Jägermeister Music tour, which will also feature stand-up comedian Big Jay Oakerson and opening act 2Cents.
The Jägermeister Music Tour / Korn 2012 Tour itinerary is listed here.
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Korn Announce Some Details for 2012 Ballroom Blitz Tour :
 They've been working on a new record for months now, one the band claims will be an old school return to their signature sound. So, it stands to reason that Korn would tour this spring to drum up some interest in the album they've nicknamed 'Korn III: Remember Who You Are.' This week, Korn revealed that, before hitting the road on this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, they'll be doing their own thing with openers 2Cents and they're calling it the Ballroom Blitz Tour.
So far, just nine dates have been announced. The tour kicks off May 2 in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., and then hits Charlotte, N.C. on May 3; Clifton Park, N.Y. on May 6; Hampton Beach, N.H. May 7; Lewiston, Maine on May 8; New York City's Roseland Ballroom on May 11; Scranton, Pa., May 12; May 15 in Milwaukee; and lastly, in Grand Island, Neb. on May 26.
"There is no sitting down on this one! We nicknamed this tour the Ballroom Blitz because that's what we want to see out there, the die-hard Korn fans going nuts on the floor," frontman Jonathan Davis writes on the band's site. Further shows are in the works for Minnesota, North Dakota, Missouri, South Dakota, Kansas and Texas.
Davis also commented on the forthcoming LP. "It was the first time we've worked with Ross since our second album and these were the types of gigs we played back then," says Davis. "Those early tours were some of the best times of our lives. Now we are looking to bring that vibe back in a big way."
KORN Announces Ballroom Blitz 2012 Tour Dates :
KORN has announced a spring tour that will take the band through some of the most intimate venues it has played in years. The “Ballroom Blitz Tour” will see KORN perform at general-admission ballrooms and clubs in anticipation of its new album, “Korn III: Remember Who You Are”, tentatively set for a summer 2012 release. The LP was produced by Ross Robinson, who helmed the seminal first two KORN records and played a big part in forming the band’s raw sound. Since the new album is a return to Mecca for KORN fans — raw, heavy as hell and old school — the tour is meant to recapture their early days, starting out.
Commented frontman Jonathan Davis on the “Ballroom Blitz Tour” and new album: “There is no sitting down on this one! We nicknamed this tour the ‘Ballroom Blitz’ because that’s what we want to see out there, the die-hard KORN fans going nuts on the floor.”
 “On ‘Korn III: Remember Who You Are’, it was the first time we’ve worked with Ross since our second album and these were the types of gigs we played back then. Those early tours were some of the best times of our lives. Now we are looking to bring that vibe back in a big way.”
Joining KORN as openers are Los Angeles rockers 2 CENTS, whose current single, “Get What!”, has made them one of the hottest young hard rock bands today.
Seven dates from KORN’s “Ballroom Blitz” have been announced, with more May dates to come in the following weeks. A limited number of special VIP pre-sale packages are available through Korn.com which include early entry, special-edition merch items and an exclusive listening party where fans can hear new tracks from the unreleased album. ... Source Article ...
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Korn Headlining 2012 Jägermeister Music Tour :
Fans will have a chance to get up close and personal with their favorite alternative metal band when Korn headlines this year’s Jägermeister Music Tour. The tour features a number of intimate shows in ballrooms and clubs.
 The homepage of JägermeisterMusicTour.com includes an icon of a chair crossed out. Another image declares that Korn’s ballroom blitz features “slamming room only.”
Frontman Jonathan Davis explains that "we wanted to play new songs for the diehard fans in a setting that fits the music, so we told the promoters to take out the seats!"
The tour, which marks Jägermeister’s 16th music trek, kicks off May 2 at House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., with dates on the books through June 2’s gig at The Pavilion @ Lone Star Event Center in Lubbock, Texas.
Additional stops include Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, N.H. (May 7), Roseland Ballroom in New York (May 10), Scraton Cultural Center in Pennsylvania (May 12), Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee (May 15) and Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston (May 30).
More dates will be announced soon.
2 Cents is opening for Korn along with a local Jägermeister sponsored band. Stand-up comedian Big Jay Oakerson is set to emcee the tour.
“Back in the day Jägermeister was one of the first brands to back Korn. Those early tours were some of the best times of our lives. Now we are looking to bring that vibe back in a big way," Davis said.
Bill Henderson, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising, said the admiration is mutual.
"Korn is not only a Grammy-winning band, but one that had been vocal about their love for Jägermeister since the 90s. We are excited to partner with them as well as 2 Cents, and Big Jay Oakerson to create what will undoubtedly be Jägermeister’s biggest Music Tour to date."
This month Korn performs in Alaska (March 26-27) followed by a trek through Canada (March 29-April 6). In April the band heads south for shows in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Brazil.
The band has released eight full-length studio albums and sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
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Korn Biography (Brief) and Korn Background Information :
Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era. Korn began their existence as the Bakersfield, CA-based metal band LAPD, which included guitarists James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria. After issuing an LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths with Jonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting as the lead vocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band, and upon his arrival the quintet rechristened itself Korn.
 After signing to Epic's Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album in late 1994; thanks to a relentless tour schedule that included stints opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but steadily rose the charts, eventually going gold. Its 1996 follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash, reaching the number three spot on the pop album charts. The following summer, they headlined Lollapalooza, but were forced to drop off the tour when Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. While recording their best-selling 1998 LP Follow the Leader, Korn made national headlines when a student in Zeeland, MI, was suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the group's logo (the school's principal later declared their music "indecent, vulgar, and obscene," prompting the band to issue a cease-and-desist order). Their annual Family Values tour also started in 1998, featuring a lineup that consisted of Korn collaborators such as Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube and likeminded artists such as Rammstein. The tour was an enormous success, so much so that it continued on with Korn overseeing the lineup for years after.
Issues followed in 1999, and in typical Korn fashion they debuted their new single in an episode of South Park. The band toured behind the album into the next year, but their efforts were cut short by an injury that took out drummer David Silveria. They hired former Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin to help them finish the remaining shows, and took a short rest before joining a summer tour with Metallica, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, and System of a Down. (Silveria later returned amid rumors of leaving the band for a fashion career, but these stemmed from some modeling work he had done before his injury.) In the meantime, Fieldy released a gangsta rap album and Davis scored the film Queen of the Damned, but at the end of 2001 the band reunited as a unit and entered the studio. A few shows with Static-X helped iron the wrinkles out of the new material, and by the next summer they had Untouchables ready for release. Korn did a run of Ozzfest dates in support, and the album was another smash hit. The self-produced Take a Look in the Mirror arrived in 2003. Billed by the band as a reconsideration of their sound, the album was accompanied by a tour of smaller venues called "Back to Basics."
In 2005, Welch left the band, evidently due to his newfound Christian faith. But Korn continued, playing shows that summer as a quartet and signing an expansive recording and development deal with Virgin. The following December they released See You on the Other Side, a number three hit that featured a batch of songs co-written with hitmaking production team the Matrix. Live & Rare, an aptly titled disc of live recordings and rarities, was released in May 2006 with the live acoustic recording MTV Unplugged following in March 2007. Later that year, after returning to the studio, this time without drummer David Silveria, the band resurfaced with an underwhelming album appropriately named Untitled. ~ Jason Ankeny & Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
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