Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars set to tour

 From Pollstar

Linkin Park and Thirty Seconds To Mars will join forces this summer for “The Carnivores Tour,” a 25-city amphitheatre journey beginning in August with special guest AFI.  Stops include Tampa, Montreal, Dallas, and Los Angeles with presales launching today, onsales later this week.

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  Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park

The news was revealed during a press conference at MILK Studios in Los Angeles where Linkin park’s Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda joined Thirty Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto to discuss the upcoming road trip.  The conference was streamed via VyRT.

“Carnivores is a metaphor that is meant to convey an appetite for something visceral and substantive, and I feel that’s exactly the hunger this tour will feed,” Shinoda said.

Of course, it would be a waste if you have an Academy Award winner at a press conference who doesn’t provide a quote.  Leto, who was awarded an Oscar for his supporting role in “Dallas Buyers Club,” described The Carnivores Tour as “the adventure of a lifetime.”

Here are the dates:

Aug. 8 – West Palm Beach, Fla., Cruzan Amphitheatre
Aug. 9 – Tampa, Fla., George M. Steinbrenner Field
Aug. 12 – Charlotte, N.C., PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 13 – Bristow, Va., Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 15 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 16 – Mansfield, Mass., Xfinity Center
Aug. 18 – Holmdel, N.J., PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 19 – Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 21 – Darien Center, N.Y., Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug. 23 – Montreal, Quebec, Parc Jean Drapeau
Aug. 24 – Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre
Aug. 26 – Saint Paul, Minn., Minnesota State Fair
Aug. 27 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, MTS Centre
Aug. 29 – Tinley Park, Ill., First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Aug. 30 – Clarkston, Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sept. 5 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 6 – Dallas, Texas, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sept. 8 – Englewood, Colo., Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Sept. 10 – Phoenix, Ariz., US Airways Center
Sept. 11 – Irvine, Calif., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sept. 13 – Quincy, Wash., Gorge Amphitheatre
Sept. 15 – Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood Bowl
Sept. 16 – Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sept. 18 – Wheatland, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sept. 19 – Concord, Calif., Concord Pavilion

A presale for members of Linkin Park’s fan club begins today at 6 p.m., and a presale for Thirty Seconds To Mars’ fan club begins tonight at 8 p.m.  All times EST.

General onsales begin March 7.  For more information click here for Linkin Park’s website and here for Thirty Seconds To Mars’ internet home.