Taste of Chaos tour taps Thursday, Bring Me the Horizon for 2009 lineup

Marketing itself as an economy friendly ticket in winter 2009, the fifth annual Taste of Chaos tour has announced its scope and lineup for the New Year. Downsizing from its usual arena scale, the outing will hit more than 40 mid-sized clubs and theaters across North America.

Rock band Thursday headlines with support from Bring Me the Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce the Veil, and Cancer Bats. Additionally, a local “Battle of the Bands” winner will be selected to open for the main lineup on each night of the tour.

The Taste of Chaos tour kicks off February 14 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA, and ends its coast-to-coast U.S. circuit on March 29 at the Knitting Factory in Spokane, WA. A block of shows in Canada follows from March 30 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC, through an April 8 gig at Kool Haus in Toronto, ON.

Sometimes dubbed the “Winter Warped Tour,” the extensive outing is styled after the popular summer series and even borrows some of the Warped Tour’s previous acts.

“After listening to what fans had to say during Warped Tour and watching many of these bands with thousands of fans watching them perform, these are the bands rock fans want to see,” tour co-founder Kevin Lyman explained in a statement, adding, “And I believe they’re all on the brink of breakout success.”

Tickets for the tour, sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drinks, are priced at approximately $20 to $25 each. Presales for the outing begin December 12 at 10 a.m. (local time) for each venue featured on the itinerary.

Additional sponsorships come from Peta2, a youth-oriented version of the animal rights group PETA, and Shirts For a Cure, which donates proceeds from all its sales to women who need financial assistance in their fight against breast cancer.

Taste of Chaos itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)