Mayhem Festival 2014

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Mayhem Festival 2014
North American tour by Mayhem Festival
Location
  • United States
  • Canada
Start dateJuly 5, 2014
End dateAugust 10, 2014
Legs1
No. of shows28
Mayhem Festival concert chronology

Mayhem Festival 2014 was the seventh annual Mayhem Festival. Dates were announced on February 18, 2014, [1] and lineup officially announced March 31, 2014. [2]

Contents

In a January 2014 video interview at the NAMM Show, Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer revealed that Korn and Avenged Sevenfold would headline the 2014 Mayhem Festival. [3] On March 5, over 3 weeks ahead of the scheduled official announcement, nearly the entire lineup leaked. [4]

Mayhem Festival 2014 lineup

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Texas_Hippie_Coalition performing at Mayhemfest 2014

Mainstage

Coldcock American Herbal Whiskey Stage

Sumerian Records / Headbang For The Highway Stage

Victory Records Stage

Dates

Date [6] CityCountryVenue
July 5, 2014 San Bernardino, California United States San Manuel Amphitheater
July 6, 2014 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 8, 2014 Auburn, Washington White River Amphitheatre
July 9, 2014 Nampa, Idaho Idaho Center
July 11, 2014 Phoenix, Arizona Ak-Chin Pavilion
July 12, 2014 Albuquerque, New Mexico Isleta Amphitheater
July 14, 2014 Morrison, Colorado Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 16, 2014 Maryland Heights, Missouri Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 17, 2014 Clarkston, Michigan DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 18, 2014 Milwaukee The Rave
July 19, 2014 Noblesville, Indiana Klipsch Music Center
July 20, 2014 Tinley Park, Illinois First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 22, 2014 Mansfield, Massachusetts Xfinity Center
July 23, 2014 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 25, 2014 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 26, 2014 Burgettstown, Pennsylvania United States First Niagara Pavilion
July 27, 2014 Hartford, Connecticut Xfinity Theatre
July 29, 2014 Darien, New York Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 30, 2014 Wantagh, New York Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 1, 2014 Camden, New Jersey Susquehanna Bank Center
August 2, 2014 Scranton, Pennsylvania Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 3, 2014 Bristow, Virginia Jiffy Lube Live
August 5, 2014 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 6, 2014 Millington, Tennessee Memphis Motorsports Park
August 7, 2014 Oklahoma City OKC Downtown Airpark
August 8, 2014 San Antonio Backstage Live
August 9, 2014 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 10, 2014 Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

A number of the dates were scheduled [7] to feature altered lineups:

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