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Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell Preview Projekt Revolution

Linkin Park’s annual Projekt Revolution Tour kicks off tonight outside of Boston, so Rock Daily sat down with LP’s Chester Bennington and co-headliner Chris Cornell to talk about this summer’s jaunt. “What I like about doing a touring festival, especially Projekt Rev, is the fact these are bands that I can get really excited about since I’m part of the reason they’re there. For me to be able to bring out Mindless Self Indulgence — a band that I’ve always liked and I’ve felt that they’ve never really gotten the love that they deserve — to see them show up and play with another band like Saosin and 5,000 kids are showing up at noon, just like, ‘Yes, it’s happening.’” Click below for more on Projekt Revolution (which also features the Bravery, Busta Rhymes, Ashes Divide, Hawthorne Heights and Atreyu) and check back in tomorrow for Rock Daily’s full report on opening night. • Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell Preview Projekt Revolution [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-07-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Kerrang! Tour charity auction

Kerrang! reader Don Johnson has organised a charity online auction. Don went to the Kerrang! Tour in January and got all the bands on the tour to sign a flag. The flagged was autographed and defaced by members of Mindless Self Indulgence, Dir en grey, Bring Me The Horizon, Black Tide and In Case Of Fire. Black Tide picked the charity of their choice, and all proceeds from the sale of the flag will go to Save The Children UK. You can bid on the signed flag HERE. For more information, see the Flag Tour MySpace. For an interview about the flag, and with fans at the London date of the Kerrang! Tour 2009, see below.

Published: 2009-02-10 Provider: Kerrang!

Kerrang! Tour 2009 - the final day!

Tonight is the final show of this year's Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour. Kerrang! has been traveling on the entire tour video interviewing the bands, and updating fans with regular blogs. In today's updates, Kerrang! records a video message from Dir en grey's vocalist Kyo, and Mindless Self Indulgence guitarist Steve Righ? gives us footage of his Aunt Ruth. See all this and more at tour.kerrang.com

Published: 2009-01-30 Provider: Kerrang!

Ready for Revolution

How does being around all these different artists on the Projekt Revolution tour inspire you? Chris Cornell: Being on tour can sometimes be less complicated than being at home because your day is regimented. You wake up in the morning, you warm up, you do a soundcheck, you play your show, you sleep or get on the bus — every single day is like that. There's someone putting a sheet of paper under your door telling you what time you're gonna do what. But a festival tour like this is very different. It's much less predictable and a lot of different things can happen. And seeing other bands perform for me changes my whole mood in terms of what I end up bringing onstage. I've often watched live performance footage from any band before I go onstage just 'cause it gets me in that mindset. Chester Bennington: What I like about doing a touring festival, especially Projekt Rev, is the fact these are bands that I can get really excited about since I'm part of the reason they're there. For me, last Projekt Revolution was probably the best touring experience I've ever had. For me to be able to bring out Mindless Self Indulgence — a band that I've always liked and I've felt that they've never really gotten the love that they deserve — to see them show up and play with another band like Saosin and 5,000 kids are showing up at noon, just like, "Yes, it's happening." And I felt really proud that they got to do that and that Gerard [Way, of My Chemical Romance] and Lyn-Z [Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lindsey Ballato] reignited their friendship and then ended up getting married backstage on the last show. I was like, "This is freaking awesome." When we did Ozzfest I couldn't go to the main stage because I had the wrong pass. I felt like I was segregated from everybody else. The main stage guys were in their superstar land and it was just like, "I don't feel comfortable here." Everyone needs to feel respected and everyone needs to be able to go wherever they wanna go and do whatever

Published: 2008-07-21 Provider: Rolling Stone

Bring Me The Horizon dates

Bring Me The Horizon have announced a string of UK tour dates for October. The London date of the tour will be particularly significant for the Sheffield mob; The band were due to play London's Brixton Academy as part of the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour with Mindless Self Indulgence, Dir en grey, Black Tide and In Case Of Fire on January 30, however a power failure in the area meant the show had to be cancelled. "We hope that we can make it up to you with [our next London show]," said frontman Oli Sykes. "It'll be our biggest headline tour to date so come see us there!" Dates are as follows: October 22 Glasgow, Barrowlands 23 Manchester, Academy 24 Birmingham, Academy 25 London, Roundhouse 26 Norwich, UEA For tickets, see www.aloud.com.

Published: 2009-02-11 Provider: Kerrang!

Kerrang!'s show cancellation - UPDATE

The K! Relentless Energy Drink Tour ended in disappointing circumstances on January 30, when the scheduled show at the 02 Academy Brixton had to be cancelled due to a electrical power failure in the local area. The bands had soundchecked in the venue earlier in the day without problems, but shortly before 6pm on the night power was lost across the Lambeth area, and regrettably, although some electricity was supplied to the venue, this was not sufficient to power the onstage sound and lighting equipment and we were left with no option but to cancel the show. Kerrang!, Relentless, Mindless Self Indulgence, Dir en grey, Bring Me The Horizon, Black Tide and In Case Of Fire and everyone connected with the tour is aware that the cancellation came as a huge disappointment to all 4000 ticket holders for the Brixton show: unfortunately the problems were beyond anyone’s control. We must regrettably announce that, despite the very best intentions of the five bands on the tour, it will not be possible to reschedule the show. Management for all the individual bands involved however are looking to bring their acts back to London as soon as their schedules permit. All ticket holders for the cancelled show should contact their point of purchase for refunds. Please check www.kerrang.com for further updates in the week ahead

Published: 2009-02-03 Provider: Kerrang!

Mindless Self Indulgence frontman cancels Christmas!

Mindless Self Indulgence frontman Jimmy Urine woke up today to an empty stocking. "It's been such a shitty year for the economy that I've been making pacts with everyone," he told Kerrang!. "I've been saying, 'Tell you what, I won't buy you a gift if you don't buy me a gift'. So, I haven't had to buy anybody shit this year." When asked if he was upset waking up to an empty stocking this morning, Urine replied: "That's okay. I'm hard to shop for anyway as I just go out and buy what I want immediately. I'm also very specific. People like to buy me comics but they don't know which ones I already have or which ones I'm into, so I'm quite tough to buy for." Mindless Self Indulgence headline the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour next month. For dates, ticket info and a whole bunch of multimedia extras, log on to the K! Tour blog at tour.kerrang.com.

Published: 2008-12-25 Provider: Kerrang!

Gerard Way on fatherhood

My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way claims that fatherhood is easy compared to writing the follow-up to his band’s 2006 album, The Black Parade. "The record was more challenging than the baby, and the baby was really challenging!" the 32-year-old singer told US magazine Spin. "I was pretty worn out. Liy-Z [Way’s wife and bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence] and I had the baby, and then two weeks after that I was in the studio. “I didn't shave for weeks, looked horrible, and ended up getting

Published: 2010-01-05 Provider: Kerrang!

Gerard Way’s daughter tops celebrity poll

My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z’s daughter, Bandit Lee Way, has topped a poll of the worst celebrity baby names of 2009. The poll, conducted by website Babynames.co.uk, put Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden’s son, Sparrow James Midnight Madden, in second place while TV chef Jamie Oliver’s daughter, Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver, was in third place.

Published: 2009-12-17 Provider: Kerrang!

Lyn-Z and Gerard announce birth of first child

Congratulations to Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z and her husband My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way on the birth of their daughter. Bandit Lee Way was born at 2:57 Pacific Standard Time yesterday (May 27). Lyn-Z is the second member of MSI to become a parent after guitarist Steve Righ?’s partner Lucinda gave birth to the couple’s first child, Violet, last week. K! send our best to both happy couples.

Published: 2009-05-28 Provider: Kerrang!

Mindless Self Indugence guitarist becomes a father!

Kerrang! has received the following exciting news from the Mindless Self Indulgence camp. MSI bassist Steve, Righ? and his partner Lucinda are now the proud parents of the lovely Violet, born last week. "Steve would like to thank everyone for the kind messages he and Lucinda have been receiving, and will get around to reading all of them as soon as the baby poopy tidal wave ebbs a bit." Congratulations Steve and Lucinda from everyone here at Kerrang!.

Published: 2009-05-20 Provider: Kerrang!

Mindless Self Indulgence tap Araya for bass slot

Thine Eyes Bleed bassist Johnny Araya - brother of Slayer frontman Tom - is filling in for LynZ during Mindless Self Indulgence's headline slot on the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour 2009. Check out Katie's up-to-the-minute blog, tour dates and photo galleries, click here. For tickets for the tour, click here.

Published: 2009-01-13 Provider: Kerrang!