carnival of madness

Last week, Carnival of Madness revealed the arsenal of rock bands that will head up their 2013 trek including Shinedown, Papa Roach, Skillet, In This Moment and We as Human. Now, the first leg of dates and locations have been unveiled. Shinedown kicked off the inaugural run of Carnival of Madness back in 2010 and according to frontman Brent Smith are returning this year to reinvent the brand. Read

The 2013 Carnival of Madness Tour has been announced and Shinedown will headline this years tour presented by Monster Energy Drink.

Carnival of Madness have announced the first dates of their 2012 tour and also let us in on who will be performing this year on tour.

So I may have jumped the gun a bit yesterday... Originally I was given some information that the announcement of the bands and the first set of dates would be happening today, but a recent post on the official Carnival of Madness Facebook page says the announcement will now be coming on Friday.

Two years ago the Carnival of Madness Tour rolled through the Toyota Center in Kennewick with Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, Sevendust, and 10 Years. The 2011 COM tour missed Tri-Cities, will 2012 be making a return? We will find out the first set of dates and the lineup tomorrow!

Today Carnival of Madness announced their lineup and a few dates. After the jump find out who's playing this year's tour and where they'll be bringing the madness!

Here's your chance to be apart of history with the new Shinedown CD/DVD.

Not only does the video feature clips from the movie The Expendables, but a bunch of footage from Shinedown's Carnival of Madness show at The Toyota Center late last year! Did you see yourself?