HELLYEAH's BALLS VOLUME AND STRENGTH TOUR

HELLYEAH’s VINNIE PAUL, CHAD GRAY, GREG TRIBBETT, TOM MAXWELL and BOB ZILLA today officially announced a partnership with16 social media companies to promote their upcoming fall and winter headline tour dates. In late September, HELLYEAH used a polling community to name the tour, BALLS VOLUME AND STRENGTH and the leading events global web site to route the approximate 30 national cities. Today, the band has partnered with the nation’s largest high school social network, myYearbook to host an opening band competition. To learn how your band can open for this tour, visit http://www.MyYearbook.com/ballsvolumeandstrengthtour.

“Our fans helped name the tour and chose the cities” says rock icon and drummer of HellYeah Vinnie Paul. “Now we want to let our fans favorite local bands join the stage with HELLYEAH, OTEP and Bloodsimple.” For a complete list of all 15 social media promotions please go to http://www.hellyeahband.com/BVS.

HELLYEAH’s headline tour BALLS VOLUME AND STRENGTH officially kicks off October 30th in the motor city; the day both Otep (Koch Records) and Bloodsimple (Warner Brothers) release their fourth and second respective studio albums. The tour continues through mid-December with new dates added daily. For a complete list of dates, please go to http://www.hellyeahband.com/tour/.

HELLYEAH’s self-titled CD has been called “One of the best metal discs of 2007” and has received rave reviews from around the world. Their latest and second single, “Alcohaulin’ Ass” is the #7 rock track while “You Wouldn’t Know,” the band’s first Top-5 single (and accompanying video) from HELLYEAH’s self-titled CD is also included on MADDEN NFL 08.

HELLYEAH tour dates with Korn and Droid
10/09 – Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center
10/10 – Wilkes Barre, PA – Wachovia Center
10/12 – Marion, SC – Carolina Amphitheater
10/13 – Birmingham, AL – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
10/14 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
10/16 – Little Rock, AR – Alltel Arena
10/17 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
10/19 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater
10/20 – Hidalgo, TX – Dodge Arena
10/21 – Beaumont, TX – Montagne Center
10/23 – Tucson, AZ – Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre

HELLYEAH off dates
10/24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
10/26 – San Antonio, TX – Sunken Gardens Amphitheatre
10/27 – Tampa, FL – Guavaween Festival
10/28 – Fayetteville, NC – Jester’s

HELLYEAH with Otep and Bloodsimple
10/30 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore
10/31 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
11/02 – Grand Rapids, MI – Orbit Room
11/03 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11/04 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
11/06 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
11/07 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
11/09 – Denver, CO – Fillmore
11/10 – El Paso, TX – Cohen Stadium (Radio Show)
11/11 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
11/13 – Santa Ana, CA – Galaxy
11/14 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club
11/16 – Ventura, CA – Majestic Ventura Theatre
11/17 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
11/23 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
11/27 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theater
11/28 – Atlanta, GA – Roxy Theater
11/30 – Fort Myers, FL – City of Palms Park (Radio Show) *No Otep and Bloodsimple*
12/02 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock
12/04 – Norfolk, VA – NorVa
12/05 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head
12/07 – Worcester, MA – Palladium