Press Conference About Metal Bands Being Detained In Hollywood For Trespassing; Massive Festival Announced!

Complete with several U.S. Military vehicles as well as armed and uniformed troops, the Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival was announced yesterday at The Key Club on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. The Key Club became a military detention camp, all guests received an ID bracelet and had to pass through a caged security check before entering. 

Members from several of the Trespass America support line-up - Kyle "Gumby" Gunther from Battlecross, Emmure's Frankie Palmeri and Mark Castillo, Matt Heafy from Trivium, and recently rejoined Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach - all handcuffed and hooded - were marched out onto the stage at the press conference with a military escort.  Press conference attendees were then able to view the arrival of headliners Five Finger Death Punch on the club's in-house movie screen; a military convoy transported 5FDP - also handcuffed and hooded - up the Sunset Strip to The Key Club 'detention camp.'  Upon arrival, ten U.S Military troops escorted the band through the crowd and onto the stage.  Metal Hammer's editor, Alexander Milas, announced the tour and the lineup as the prisoners-cum-musicians were cut out of their handcuffs by the soldiers and pulled of their hoods for the reveal.

The 31-date Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival will kick off July 13 in Broomfield, CO and end in Los Angeles on August 28.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 27, 2012.  Log on to www.trespassamerica.com for details. With more to be announced, confirmed dates for the Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival are as follows:

Jul. 13 - Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
Jul. 15 - Billings, MT @ MetraPark Arena
Jul. 16 - Bismarck, ND @ Bismarck Civic Center
Jul. 17 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Falls Arena
Jul. 19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
Jul. 21 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County Expo Center
Jul. 24 - Lubbock, TX @ Lonestar Amphitheater
Jul. 25 - Belton, TX @ Bell County Expo Center
Jul. 27 - San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coliseum
Jul. 28 - Beaumont, TX @ Ford Pavilion
Jul. 30 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Aug. 03 - Battle Creek, MI @ Kellogg Arena
Aug. 07 - Syracuse, NY @ SRC Arena
Aug. 08 - Glens Falls, NY @ Glens Falls Civic Center
Aug. 10 - Scarborough, ME @ Scarborough Downs
Aug. 14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Aug. 15 - Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre
Aug. 17 - Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
Aug. 18 - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Aug. 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Penn's Landing
Aug. 22 - Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Aug. 25 - Rio Rancho, NM @ Santa Ana Star Center
Aug. 26 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
Aug. 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

Stay tuned for more information! \m/

Related links:
Official Site of Five Finger Death Punch
Official Site of Killswitch Engage
Official Site of Trivium
Official Site of Pop Evil
Official Site Of Emmure
Official Site of God Forbid
Official Site of Battlecross