Uproar Festival

The Uproar Festival, also called the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, was an annual hard rock and heavy metal tour inaugurated in 2010 by John Reese and sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drink. The tour was also created by John Oakes, Darryl Eaton and Ryan Harlacher from the Creative Artists Agency, and Perry Lavoisne from Live Nation.^[1] Reese is also responsible for creating Mayhem Festival and the Taste of Chaos tour. Uproar Festival is the replacement for Reese's Taste of Chaos tour, as he was "running out of bands that fit within the profile of what Taste of Chaos was."^[2]

Uproar Festival
Genre	Hard rock, post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative metal, metalcore, nu metal, groove metal, thrash metal
Dates	August–October
Locations	United States, Canada
Years active	2010–2014
Founders	John Reese
Website	www.rockstaruproar.com

Reese attempted to have Pantera as headliner for a 2015 show, but those plans fell through.^[3] The 2014 festival was the last.

2010 line-up

Main Stage^[2]

• Disturbed
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Stone Sour
• Halestorm

Jägermeister Stage^[2]

• Hellyeah
• Airbourne
• Hail the Villain
• New Medicine
• White Cowbell Oklahoma (for all Canadian dates)
• Jägermeister Battle of the Bands Winner

2010 tour dates

Date	City[4]	Country	Venue[4]	Battle of the Bands winner
August 17, 2010	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center	Calous
August 18, 2010	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater	Seasons After
August 20, 2010	Omaha		WestFair Amphitheatstone
August 21, 2010	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Ground Effect
August 22, 2010	Corfu		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	As Summer Dies
August 24, 2010	Columbus		Nationwide Arena	XFactor1
August 25, 2010	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
August 27, 2010	Scranton	United States	Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain	Candlelight Red
August 28, 2010	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	Mutiny Within
August 29, 2010	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center	Stereo Fallout
August 31, 2010	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live	Fight the Lion
September 1, 2010	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Straight Line Stitch
September 3, 2010	Pelham		Verizon Wireless Music Center	Year and a Day
September 4, 2010	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood	Uncrowned
September 5, 2010	Tampa		Ford Amphitheatre	Element 55
September 8, 2010	Tulsa		BOK Center	Seasons After
September 10, 2010	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center	Squint
September 11, 2010	Corpus Christi		Concrete Street Amphiteater	Snake Skin Prison
September 12, 2010	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	Ember
September 14, 2010	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre	The Sammus Theory
September 15, 2010	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre	Riksha
September 17, 2010	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Eyes Set to Kill
September 18, 2010	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre	Mower
September 19, 2010	Tempe		Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre	Eyes Set to Kill
September 21, 2010	Bakersfield		Rabobank Arena	Conspiracy Theory
September 22, 2010	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	The Chimpz
September 24, 2010	Post Falls		Greyhound Park	Denots
September 25, 2010	Auburn		White River Amphitheatre	Gwamba
September 26, 2010	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	Carpenter
September 28, 2010	Edmonton		Rexall Place
September 29, 2010	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
September 30, 2010	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
October 2, 2010	Winnipeg		MTS Centre	Saigon Hookers
October 3, 2010	Fargo	United States	Fargodome	3 Pill Morning
October 4, 2010	Madison		Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum

2011 line-up

Sam Hughes of Buried as Thieves performing with Phoenix alternative rock band The Sammus Theory at Uproar Festival in Arizona in 2011

Main Stage

• Avenged Sevenfold
• Three Days Grace
• Seether
• Bullet for My Valentine
• Escape the Fate

Best Buy Music Gear Stage

• Sevendust
• Black Tide
• Art of Dying
• Hell or Highwater
• Fozzy (Selected Dates)
• Battle of the Bands Winner

2011 tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Battle of the Bands winner
August 26, 2011	Camden	United States	Susquehanna Bank Center	Wildstreet
August 27, 2011	Scranton		Toyota Pavilion	Through The Flood
August 30, 2011	Mansfield		Comcast Center	Thurkills Vision
August 31, 2011	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live	Sky Came Burning
September 1, 2011	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach	Fire Fire
September 3, 2011	Tampa		1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre	Nu Era
September 4, 2011	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	Cathercist
September 5, 2011	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	No Such Thing
September 9, 2011	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre	Bloodline Riot
September 10, 2011	Corfu		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	Cry To The Blind
September 11, 2011	Hartford		The Comcast Theatre	Victims of Tragedy
September 13, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau
September 14, 2011	Toronto		Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
September 16, 2011	Burgettstown	United States	First Niagara Pavilion	Through These Walls
September 17, 2011	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center	Luminoth
September 18, 2011	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Mindset Evolution
September 20, 2011	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
September 21, 2011	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center	Blackout Superstar
September 23, 2011	Omaha		WestFair Amphitheater	The Wreckage
September 24, 2011	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater	Echo Vendetta
September 25, 2011	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Seldon
September 28, 2011	Calgary	Canada	Saddledome
September 29, 2011	Edmonton		Rexall Place
October 1, 2011	Auburn	United States	White River Amphitheatre	In Her Memory
October 2, 2011	Spokane		Spokane Arena	The Fail Safe Project
October 4, 2011	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
October 5, 2011	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre	I Capture Castle
October 7, 2011	Albuquerque		Hard Rock Pavilion	Signal 99
October 8, 2011	Phoenix		Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion	The Sammus Theory
October 9, 2011	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre	Jahmbi
October 13, 2011	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	Stepchild
October 14, 2011	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	Kill the Messenger

2012 line-up

Main Stage

• Shinedown
• Godsmack
• Staind
• Papa Roach (cancelled after first five dates due to Jacoby Shaddix vocal chords problems, Rock the Rapids show was also cancelled)
• Adelitas Way

Ernie Ball Stage

• P.O.D. (except 8/25, replaced Papa Roach on the main stage on the Rock the Rapids show)
• Fozzy (except 8/19, 8/29 and 9/18)
• Mindset Evolution
• Candlelight Red

Jägermeister Stage

• Deuce
• Redlight King (except 9/1 and 9/18)
• In This Moment (until 9/2)
• Thousand Foot Krutch (started 9/7, except 9/8, 9/15. 9/29 and 9/30)
• Greek Fire (select dates only: 8/17, 8/18, 8/19, 8/22, 8/24)
• Switchpin (select dates only: 8/17, 8/18, 8/19, 8/22, 8/24, 8/25, 8/26, 8/28)
• Cruz (select dates only: 8/19, 8/25, 8/26, 8/28, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2, 9/7)
• Silvertung (select dates only: 8/31, 9/1, 9/2)
• Uncrowned (select dates only: 9/7, 9/8, 9/9, 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/16, 9/19, 9/29, 9/30)
• Within Reason (select dates only: 9/8, 9/9, 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/16)
• Attika 7 (select dates only: 9/19, 9/21, 9/22, 9/23, 9/25, 9/29, 9/30)
• Drown Mary (select dates only: 9/21, 9/22, 9/23)

2012 tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Battle of the Bands winner
August 17, 2012	Bonner Springs	United States	Cricket Wireless Amphitheater	The Wreckage
August 18, 2012	Little Rock		Arkansas State Fairgrounds (KDJE Radio Show)
August 19, 2012	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 21, 2012	Grand Rapids		Rock the Rapids (main stage bands only)
August 22, 2012	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	3 Years Hollow
August 24, 2012	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 25, 2012	Syracuse		New York State Fair Grandstand
August 26, 2012	Mansfield		Comcast Center
August 28, 2012	Scranton		Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain	True Becoming
August 29, 2012	Corfu		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 31, 2012	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion
September 1, 2012	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
September 2, 2012	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live	The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show
September 5, 2012	Simpsonville		Charter Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
September 7, 2012	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 8, 2012	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center	7 Days Away
September 9, 2012	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
September 11, 2012	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
September 12, 2012	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
September 13, 2012	Tampa		1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
September 15, 2012	The Woodlands		The Woodlands Pavilion
September 16, 2012	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion	Bow Prometheus
September 18, 2012	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
September 19, 2012	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
September 21, 2012	Post Falls		Greyhound Park and Events Center
September 22, 2012	Auburn		White River Amphitheatre
September 23, 2012	Ridgefield		Sleep Country Amphitheater	In Her Memory
September 25, 2012	Nampa		Idaho Center
September 29, 2012	Phoenix		Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion	A Story Beneath
September 30, 2012	Albuquerque		The Pavilion

2013 line-up

Arlington alternative rock band Solice performing at Uproar Festival in Dallas

Phoenix groove rock band Throw Logic performing at Uproar Festival in Arizona

Main Stage

• Alice in Chains
• Jane's Addiction
• Coheed and Cambria
• Circa Survive

Festival Stage

• Walking Papers
• Danko Jones
• Middle Class Rut
• New Politics
• The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show

COLDCOCK Spirits Showcase Stage

• The Dead Daisies
• Beware of Darkness
• Charming Liars

2013 tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Battle of the Bands winner
August 9, 2013	Scranton	United States	Toyota Pavilion
August 10, 2013	Hartford		The Comcast Theatre
August 11, 2013	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 13, 2013	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 14, 2013	Mansfield		Comcast Center
August 16, 2013	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
August 17, 2013	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 18, 2013	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 20, 2013	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre	Sons of Revelry
August 22, 2013	Tinley Park	United States	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 23, 2013	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
August 24, 2013	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 27, 2013	Oklahoma City		Zoo Amphitheater
August 28, 2013	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 29, 2013	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 31, 2013	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater
September 1, 2013	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
September 2, 2013	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
September 7, 2013	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre *
September 8, 2013	Ridgefield		Sleep Country Amphitheater
September 11, 2013	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 13, 2013	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 14, 2013	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion	A Fall to Break
September 15, 2013	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre

• This show was part of KISW 99.9's Pain In The Grass *

2014 line-up

American alternative rock band Solice from Arlington performing Uproar Festival 2014 at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas

Main Stage

• Godsmack
• Seether
• Skillet
• Buckcherry

Blackstream Stage

• Pop Evil
• Escape the Fate
• Redlight King
• These Raven Skies
• Tattered
• Sons of Revelry
• 3 Years Hollow
• Within Reason
• New Medicine
• The Reality Of Yourself (T.R.O.Y)

^[5]

2014 tour dates

Date[6]	City	Country	Venue
August 15, 2014	Detroit	United States	DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 16, 2014	Peru		Illinois Valley Regional Airport
August 17, 2014	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
August 19, 2014	Pittsburgh		Stage AE
August 20, 2014	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun
August 22, 2014	Syracuse		Great New York State Fair
August 23, 2014	Mount Pocono		Mount Airy Casino Resort
August 24, 2014	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
August 26, 2014	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
August 27, 2014	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 29, 2014	Simpsonville		Charter Amphitheater
August 30, 2014	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 31, 2014	Gulfport		Jones Park
September 2, 2014	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
September 3, 2014	Corpus Christi		Concrete Street Amphitheater
September 5, 2014	Bonner Springs		Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
September 6, 2014	Sioux City		Tyson Events Center
September 7, 2014	Oklahoma City		Zoo Amphitheatre
September 9, 2014	Broomfield		1stBank Center
September 11, 2014	Post Falls		Greyhound Park
September 12, 2014	Auburn		White River Amphitheatre
September 16, 2014	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 17, 2014	Las Vegas		The Joint
September 18, 2014	Phoenix		Comerica Theatre
September 20, 2014	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater
September 21, 2014	Tucson		Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium