INAUGURAL “PEDAL TO THE METAL TOUR” FEATURING MUDVAYNE AND BLACK LABEL SOCIETY TO LAUNCH THIS SUMMER

[MUDVAYNE]

June 5, 2009

INAUGURAL “PEDAL TO THE METAL TOUR” FEATURING MUDVAYNE AND BLACK LABEL SOCIETY TO LAUNCH THIS SUMMER

LOS ANGELES — This summer just got a whole lot hotter, harder, faster and louder.

THE PEDAL TO THE METAL TOUR 2009, featuring MUDVAYNE and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, will kick off July 24 in Portland, ME, and conclude September 9, in Oklahoma City, OK (see complete itinerary below).
Joining the two metal juggernauts on the road will be STATIC-X, SUICIDE
SILENCE, DOPE, BURY YOUR DEAD, and the extremely twisted HELLZAPOPPIN
sideshow review, performing during set changes throughout the evening. Pre-sale
tickets are available to all of the bands’ fan club members beginning Wednesday,
June 10, at 12pm local time at www.pedaltothemetaltour.com
(website will go live June 10), with general public on sale beginning Friday, June
12, at 10am local time.

“The tour started as a summer tour with us and Black Label Society, but as we started fleshing out ideas, it transformed into this really cool concept,” says Mudvayne frontman Chad Gray. The final result is the
inaugural run of THE PEDAL TO THE METAL TOUR, a road ready and
battle-proven assemblage of hard rock and heavy metal bands guaranteed to raise
temperatures and melt asphalt over the summer months. “We’re really excited,
because this package is a merging of great bands, good people and fucking
amazing fans. It’ll be great to bring them all together.”

“I was looking forward to a full throttle assault with just Mudvayne this summer, but when Chad said ‘Let’s do more,’ I was all-in.” declares Zakk Wylde, the iconic and self professed
General Patton of Black Label Society. Adding, “On behalf of JD, Craig,
Nick, the Doom Crew Inc. and myself, we can’t wait to see our Black Label
family and the entire Black Label nation once again, rollin’ through hell and
destroying everything in our path! Fire up the barbecues, fire up the tunes,
and get ready for the rest of your Pedal To The Metal family to fire it up and
let the engines roll… Game m-f-’n on!”

Says Static-X frontman Wayne Static of the tour: “I’m very picky about who we tour with. I think Static-X slaughter most bands live, and I pride myself in our show – I refuse to open for a band that I don’t think is
worthy, so that says a lot about Mudvayne, Zakk Wylde, and this entire
package.”

THE PEDAL TO THE METAL TOUR is being booked exclusively by TKO [The Kirby Organization], the agents for Mudvayne, and is being promoted nationally by Frank Productions and Knitting
Factory Presents. The package will travel more than 12,000 miles of highway
across America this summer, stopping in nearly three dozen cities over seven
weeks.

PEDAL TO THE METAL TOUR 2009 ITINERARY:

JULY

24 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center June
12 on sale

25 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena June 12 on sale

28 Reading, PA Sovereign Center June
12 on sale

29 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Center June 12 on sale

31 Big Flatts, NY Tags Summer Stage June
12 on sale

AUGUST

1 Albany, NY Altamont Fairgrounds TBA *Radio Show*

4 Fort Wayne, IN War Memorial Coliseum June
13 on sale

5 Battle Creek, MI Kellogg Arena June 12 on sale

7 Moline, IL I Wireless Center June
13 on sale

8 Rockford, IL Rockford Metro Center June
12 on sale

9 Madison, WI Willow Island on sale now *Radio Show*

11 Topeka, KS Landon Arena June 13 on sale

12 Mankato, MN Alltel Arena June 13 on sale

14 Omaha, NE Westfair Amphitheater June 12 on sale *Radio Show*

15 Little Rock, AR NS River Water Park June
19 on sale *Radio Show*

16 Wichita, KS KS Coliseum Lot June
19 on sale *Radio Show*

18 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheater June 12 on sale

19 Missoula, MT Ryan Creek Amphitheater June
12 on sale

21 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena June 6 on sale *Radio Show*

22 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater TBA *Radio Show*

23 Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds June
19 on sale *Radio Show*

25 Eugene, OR Cubhert Amphitheater June 19 on sale

26 Reno, NV Events Center June 13 on sale

28 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic Auditorium June
13 on sale

29 Bakersfield, CA Rabo Bank Arena June 13 on sale

SEPTEMBER

1 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena TBA

2 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheater June 13 on sale

4 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater June
12 on sale

5 San Antonio, TX Sunken Gardens June
12 on sale

6 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Amphitheater June
12 on sale

8 Dallas, TX TBA TBA

9 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheater June 13 on sale

*Radio shows may not include entire Pedal To The Metal lineup*

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

MUDVAYNE

Mudvayne are one of the most creative and distinctive bands in the aggressive music world, and one of the only acts in heavy music to hold the distinction of seeing every one of
their five studio albums attain at least gold certification by the RIAA. Not
bad for a band that never cared about following trends or playing to the
masses. Latest release The New Game was released in November ’08, and is
a lesson in controlled chaos that tempers hard rock, heavy metal, prog rock and sadistic splatters of pop into an onslaught of
metallic highs and emotional lows. Mudvayne have sold more than five million units worldwide, and performed for
more than one million fans on every continent. They were nominated for “Best Metal Performance” at the 2005
Grammys, and also shared headlining status on that year’s Ozzfest, performing immediately before Iron Maiden. The
Pedal To The Metal Tour marks the next step in Mudvayne’s live evolution.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station to become his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over. He
spawned his now legendary Black Label Society in 1994, and in the fifteen years
since has turned the outfit into a heavy metal institution true to his vision
of uncompromising, unfiltered and unrestrained rock and roll. Inspired by
guitarists including Frank Marino, Robin Trower and Al DiMeola, as well as the
vocal stylings of Elton John, Gregg Allman and late Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman
Ronnie VanZant, Wylde has won every guitar award imaginable and is a major
influence to the new wave of heavy metal guitarists. Wherever Zakk Wylde’s
Black Label Society travels, one thing is for certain: brewtality is sure to
follow.

STATIC-X

Since the release of their Wisconsin Death Trip debut a decade ago, Static-X have sold more than three million records worldwide. Their latest opus, Cult of Static, was released in March and debuted in the Billboard Top 20, marking their most
impressive first-week showing since 2001. Known for their high intensity fusion
of metal mayhem and industrial fervor, Static-X have one of the most allegiant
fan bases in heavy music. “I jokingly call it a cult, but our fans have that
kind of loyalty,” says frontman Wayne Static. “We’re one of the biggest
underground bands ever.”

SUICIDE SILENCE

The winners of the Best New Talent award at the Revolver Golden God Awards in April, Suicide Silence have emerged at the forefront of the new wave of American heavy metal, and have sold more than 70,000 copies of their 2008 debut, The
Cleansing. Hailed as one of the “100 bands you need to know about” by Alternative Press, their sophomore
release No Time To Bleed will hit stores June 29, just in time for Pedal
To The Metal 2009.

DOPE

Dope aren’t the heaviest band on this summer’s Pedal To The Metal tour, but they can stake a claim at being the most brutal: Their track “Die Mother Fucker Die” was on a short list of songs used by the United States
government to aid in the interrogation of enemy combatants in the war against
Iraq. They’ve sold more than one million albums in their decade-plus career,
their latest release being last year’s No Regrets.

BURY YOUR DEAD

Written and recorded in the wake of an accident last September that flipped and rolled the Bury Your Dead tour van, there was no shortage of inspiration for the bone-crunching and chest-pounding canons that
mark new release It’s Nothing Personal. Armed with grinding music,
spitfire lyrics and melodic interludes, the album packs everything fans have
come to expect from the New England metal-core veterans – and, as always, a
little bit more…

HELLZAPOPPIN

Hellzapoppin bill themselves as “The Greatest Show In Hell,” delivering a burlesque and macabre flavored take on Barnum’s more family-friendly sideshow attractions. Featuring a penguin boy, fire eating,
sword swallowing and a self-professed torture king amongst their off-center
oddities, the Hellzapoppin sideshow review promises to keep fans eerily
entertained and darkly amused between sets on the Pedal To The Metal Tour 2009.

TKO (The Kirby Organization)

With offices in Los Angeles, New York and London, and a roster of more than 150 artists – including Mudvayne, Buckcherry, The Cult, Motorhead, Hellyeah, Hank III, Papa Roach, Drowning Pool and Anthrax – TKO is
one of the entertainment industry’s premier music booking agencies.

[kara Bunga]

You guys have an opening Sept, 3rd....why not stop in Albuquerque???? When I saw Mudvayne last they totally kicked ass at the convention center!! and I soo missed out on Static X when they were here...you guys should add Albuquerque to the list. =o)

[Taylor Hill]

I'm hoping to attend the Bakersfield, CA show. However on the buy presale tickets area of www.pedaltothemetaltour.com Bakersfield is not listed. I'll keep an eye out hoping it will be added but at this point I am thinking presale is not being offered for Bakersfield.

[Jimmy]

.............. i don't see a stop in Florida. That really sucks. Maybe you guys can take a detour and stop in Tampa FL.

[KEVIN GRAHAM]

BAD ASS!!! SEE YA IN BATTLE CREEK!!!

[Robert]

Holy shit and wipe your ass with glass, Batman!!!! Fuckin awesome line-up!!! Please, at least get CLOSE to Knoxville, TN!!!!

[MuDsHaNe]

Fuckin Awesome Birthday present there baby. My Two favs rippin it up together.... and theres at least 3 dates I'll make