Mayhem Festival 2010 was the third annual Mayhem Festival

Mayhem festival

The Mayhem Festival is a touring metal festival that takes place during the summer. The inaugural iteration took place in 2008; the festival has since become an annual event across the United States and Quebec, Canada. The tour has been sponsored by the Rockstar Energy Company since the time of its...

 created by Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman is creator of a touring music and extreme sports festival called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos, and the Mayhem tours. He also is a partner at SideOneDummy Records. He owns 4FINI which annually produces the above-mentioned tours as well as produced past tours such as the Down From...

. The 2010 edition of the festival was co-headlined by Korn

Korn

Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

 and Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...

. As in previous years, the main sponsor of the festival is Rockstar Energy drink

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, and each date had a different Battle of the Bands winner performing on the Jägermeister stage. In addition to three stages with various heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 bands, Mayhem Festival 2010 also hosted other entertainment acts. As in previous years, the Freestyle Motocross

Freestyle Motocross

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 stunt team Metal Mulisha returned, in addition to comedian

Comedian

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 Jay Oakerson and a costume party

Costume party

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/variety act

Variety show

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 "Beacher's Madhouse" featuring DJ's and the scantily-clad "Beacher's Babies".

In April 2010, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

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 owned by Transocean

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 and operated under contract for BP, exploded, which led to a massive oil spill in a disaster known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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. At this time, several people around the world, including Mayhem Festival 2010 headliner Korn, decided to boycott

Boycott

A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...

 BP by not purchasing their fuel. Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist and frontman for the nu metal band Korn. Davis was ranked 16th on Hit Parader 's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists".-Early life:...

, the lead singer of Korn commented, "We need to do our part to let BP know there are consequences for causing something like this. We want to send a message to corporations like BP so that they will take more preventative measures in the future." Korn will not be using BP, or oil from partnering companies, to fuel their tour buses during upcoming concert dates and also encouraged the other 2010 Mayhem Festival bands to participate in the boycott. Several artists not on the Mayhem Festival later joined in on Korn's boycott, including Disturbed, Rise Against

Rise Against

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, and Megadeth

Megadeth

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. Korn's encouragement for Mayhem bands to join the boycott eventually made its way to tour founder Kevin Lyman, who decided the entire festival would not be using BP oil. In a press release, Lyman stated that he is, "encouraging everyone we deal with to find alternative ways to get down the road this summer."

Main stage

• Korn
  Korn
  Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
  
  
• Rob Zombie
  Rob Zombie
  Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
  
  
  • Avenged Sevenfold
    Avenged Sevenfold
    Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
    
     (July 25 and 27 only)
• Lamb of God
  Lamb of God (band)
  Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994, the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler...
  
  
• Five Finger Death Punch
  Five Finger Death Punch
  Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2005, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarist Zoltan Bathory, guitarist Caleb Bingham, bassist Matt Snell,...
  
  

Silver Star Stage

• Atreyu
  Atreyu (band)
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• Norma Jean
  Norma Jean (band)
  Norma Jean is an American metalcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Since their inception in 1997 and replacement of members throughout the years, the band's only original member is the guitarist, Chris Day...
  
  
• In This Moment
  In This Moment
  In This Moment is an American metalcore band from North Hollywood , California. Formed in 2005, the group has released three albums to date, all through Century Media Records.-Founding:...
  
  
• 3 Inches of Blood
  3 Inches of Blood
  3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...
  
  

Jägermeister stage

• Hatebreed
  Hatebreed
  - History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...
  
  
• Chimaira
  Chimaira
  Chimaira is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1998, the group is a notable member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene. The band's name is derived from the word Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology...
  
  
• Shadows Fall
  Shadows Fall
  Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few contemporary metal bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy and some references to the Rastafari culture...
  
  
• Winds of Plague
  Winds of Plague
  Winds of Plague is an American deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002. They are best known as one of the only deathcore bands to incorporate symphonic elements into their music....
  
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• Jägermeister Battle of the Bands winner

Note: Despite being announced as performing on the Jagermeister stage on press releases, Winds of Plague performed on the Silver Star stage on most of the tour dates.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Battle of the Bands winner
July 10, 2010	Devore, California Devore, California Devore is a neighborhood in the city of San Bernardino, California. It is located near the northern junction of Interstate 15 and Interstate 215. The area is just outside the boundaries of the San Bernardino National Forest; nearby cities/town centers include Universitytown, Fontana, and Rialto...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	San Manuel Amphitheater	Sangre
July 11, 2010	Mountain View, California Mountain View, California -Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...		Shoreline Amphitheatre Shoreline Amphitheatre Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater, in Mountain View, California, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Inside the venue it has a capacity of 22,500, with 6,500 reserved seats and 16,000 general admission on the lawn...	Vengince
July 13, 2010	Auburn, Washington Auburn, Washington -Parks:Auburn has an extensive system of parks, open space and urban trails comprising 29 developed parks, 5 undeveloped sites under planning, 2 skate parks, 2 water roatary parks, and over of trails , and almost of open space for passive and active recreation.-Environmental Park:The Auburn...		White River Amphitheatre White River Amphitheatre White River Amphitheatre is a Live Nation managed concert venue, located in Auburn, Washington, on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, 15 miles northeast of Tacoma and 35 miles southeast of Seattle. The capacity is 20,000, with 9,000 covered seats...	Drown Mary
July 14, 2010	Nampa, Idaho Nampa, Idaho Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...		Idaho Center Amphitheatre	A Balance of Power
July 16, 2010	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...		Cricket Wireless Pavilion	Hostility
July 17, 2010	Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...		Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion Journal Pavilion Hard Rock Albuquerque presents: The Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater located within the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a part of the Bernalillo County Recreational Complex.The amphitheater opened in February 2000 as the Mesa del Sol Amphitheater...	Switchpin
July 18, 2010	Greenwood Village, Colorado Greenwood Village, Colorado The city of Greenwood Village is a prominent suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States...		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (Greenwood Village, Colorado) Comfort Dental Amphitheatre is a 18,000 capacity amphitheatre located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the largest outdoor amphitheatre in the Denver metropolitan area. The amphitheatre is generally open every year from May to September....
July 20, 2010	Maryland Heights, Missouri Maryland Heights, Missouri Maryland Heights is a second-ring west-central suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 27,472 at the 2010 census. The city was incorporated in 1985. Edwin L. Dirck was elected the city's first mayor. Mark M. Levin has been City Administrator...		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Psychostick Psychostick Psychostick is a heavy metal band from Tempe, Arizona, known for a silly image and usage of extreme humor in their songs and lyrics. Their style is referred to by themselves and some online album review sites as humor-core....
July 21, 2010	Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...		Riverbend Music Center Riverbend Music Center Riverbend Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater, with a capacity of 20,500, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, along the banks of the Ohio River. Riverbend was built for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, to allow them to play in an outdoor venue during the summer months. Famed architect...	Ascend Through the Depths
July 23, 2010	Camden, New Jersey Camden, New Jersey The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...		Susquehanna Bank Center	Beyond the Scar
July 24, 2010	Hartford, Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...		The Comcast Theatre	Hemlock Hemlock (band) Hemlock is a heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band has been together for more than 17 years , and has played concerts with likes of Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Soulfly, Otep, Slipknot, Snot, Coal Chamber, Obituary, Drowning Pool, Hed PE, Chimaira, Meshuggah, Korn & Ministry.- Biography...
July 25, 2010	Montreal, Quebec	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Parc Jean-Drapeau Parc Jean-Drapeau Parc Jean-Drapeau is situated to the east of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Saint Lawrence River. It comprises two islands, Saint Helen's Island and the artificial island Île Notre-Dame....
July 27, 2010	Mansfield, Massachusetts Mansfield, Massachusetts Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the town population is 23,184. Mansfield is in the south-southwest suburbs of Boston and is also close to Providence, Rhode Island....	United States	Comcast Center	Stemm Stemm STEMM is an American metal band hailing from Niagara Falls, New York. They are currently signed to Catch 22 Records. STEMM's first concert was opening for major label recording artist Sevendust.STEMM is endorsed by ESP Guitars, Jagermeister and Mesa Boogie....
July 28, 2010	Holmdel Township, New Jersey Holmdel Township, New Jersey Holmdel Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,773. Holmdel Township was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1857, from portions of Raritan Township .Holmdel is a suburb of...		PNC Bank Arts Center PNC Bank Arts Center The PNC Bank Arts Center is a modern amphitheatre located in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, USA. About 17,500 people can occupy the amphitheater; there are 7,000 seats and the grass area can hold about 10,500 people. Concerts are from May through September featuring 35–45 different events of...	His Name Was Yesterday
July 30, 2010	Tinley Park, Illinois Tinley Park, Illinois Tinley Park is a village located primarily in Cook County, Illinois, United States with a small portion in Will County. The population was 48,401 at the 2000 census, and 58,322 in the 2007 census. It is one of the fastest growing suburbs south of Chicago...		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre is an outdoor music venue, in Chicago's southwest suburb of Tinley Park, Illinois, that opened in 1990. It is one of the largest music venues in the Chicago area, with capacities of up to 28,000 spectators...	Soil
July 31, 2010	Noblesville, Indiana Noblesville, Indiana Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, located just north of Indianapolis. The population was 51,969 at the 2010 census making it the 14th largest city/town in the state, up from 19th in 2007...		Verizon Wireless Music Center Verizon Wireless Music Center (Indiana) The Klipsch Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater, owned by Live Nation, located in Noblesville, Indiana. The center is the largest outdoor music venue in the Indianapolis metropolitan area of central Indiana, with 6,000 seats under a pavilion and 18,000 general admission lawn seats...	Xfactor1
August 1, 2010	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...		Lakewood Amphitheatre	Mobile Death Camp
August 3, 2010	Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion	Gollum
August 4, 2010	Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...		Virginia Beach Amphitheater	Saint Diablo Saint Diablo Saint Diablo is a 4-piece nu-metal band with Latin influences from Fredericksburg, Virginia. They are currently signed to Eclipse Records.- Biography :Saint Diablo was formed in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in August 1993...
August 6, 2010	Clarkston, Michigan Clarkston, Michigan Clarkston, known officially by the name City of the Village of Clarkston, is a small city located within Independence Charter Township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 882 at the 2010 census.-Overview:...		DTE Energy Music Theatre DTE Energy Music Theatre Originally built by the Nederlander Organization in the early 1970s, the DTE Energy Music Theatre is a 15,274-seat amphitheater located in Clarkston, Michigan. It was originally known as the Pine Knob Music Theatre, due to its proximity to the nearby Pine Knob ski area and golf course...	Tension Head
August 7, 2010	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Burgettstown is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,576 according to the 2000 census.-History:...		First Niagara Pavilion First Niagara Pavilion First Niagara Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater in Hanover Township near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 miles west of downtown Pittsburgh, via US 22...	Waiting for Never
August 8, 2010	Bristow, Virginia Bristow, Virginia Bristow is an unincorporated town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,910 in the 2000 census, and the 2009 estimate was 15,137....		Jiffy Lube Live	Art of Destruction
August 10, 2010	Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....		Ford Amphitheatre Ford Amphitheatre (Tampa) 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre is an outdoor concert facility, in Tampa, Florida, located on the Florida State Fairgrounds, adjacent to Interstate 4, in the eastern side of town...	Must Not Kill
August 11, 2010	West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...		Cruzan Amphitheatre Cruzan Amphitheatre Cruzan Amphitheatre is a 19,000-seat open-air music venue in West Palm Beach, Florida. The facility, owned by the South Florida Fairgrounds, is a modern amphitheatre used primarily for concerts and other performances...	Catalysis
August 13, 2010	Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...		SuperPages.com Center	Brotherhood
August 14, 2010	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...		Zoo Amphitheatre	Upon a Burning Body