Mayhem Festival 2011

The heavy metal music tour, Mayhem Festival 2011, was the fourth annual Mayhem Festival created by Kevin Lyman. The official lineup was announced on January 31, 2011.^[1] It was the first year that the festival utilized a rotating main stage slot, and the first year that the tour had more than one act returning from previous lineups.

Mayhem Festival 2011

North American tour by Mayhem Festival
Location	United States Canada
Start date	July 9, 2011
End date	August 14, 2011
Legs	1
No. of shows	27
Mayhem Festival concert chronology
Megadeth tour chronology European Carnage Tour (2011) Mayhem Festival (2011) TH1RT3EN World Tour (2011)

Rotating Main Stage openers

The 2011 iteration of Mayhem Festival was notable as the first year in which the tour utilized multiple acts to fill the opening slot on the main stage on different ranges of days. Machine Head opened the Main stage from the tour's onset until July 20, Trivium performed from July 22 to August 2, and In Flames played from August 3 until they dropped off the tour. While one band opened the main stage, the other two instead performed as headliners on the Jägermeister Mobile Stage and Revolver Stage.^[2]

In Flames drops off festival

On July 31, Swedish band In Flames announced that they would not be able to continue touring with the festival by posting this on their official website: "It is with huge regret that today with immediate effect In Flames must cancel their current US shows as part of the Mayhem tour and their own US Headline shows. Due to a serious terminal illness of one [of] the band's immediate family members, they feel they have no option. We have had the most amazing and fun times as part of the Mayhem tour and we are truly grateful for all the support the whole festival has shown. We will be back at the start of 2012. Once again, our apologies"^[3]

Mayhem Festival 2011 lineup

Phoenix rock metal band Back From Ashes performing with Nate Gullickson of Throw Logic and Dan Johnson of Love and Death at Mayhem Festival 2011 in Arizona

Main Stage

• Disturbed
• Godsmack
• Megadeth
  • Dethklok (replaced Megadeth on 7/09)

Rotating Main Stage openers

• Machine Head^[2]
• Trivium
• In Flames
• Hatebreed (Replaced Trivium between 8/5/11 - 8/7/11)^[4]

Revolver Stage

• • Testament (headlined 7/31-8/14, replacing In Flames)
• Suicide Silence
• All Shall Perish (cancelled July 24, replaced by The Athiarchists for that date)
• Straight Line Stitch

^[1]

Jägermeister Mobile Stage

• • The Athiarchists (headlining in place of In Flames after 7/31)
• Unearth
• Kingdom of Sorrow
• Red Fang
• Jägermeister Battle of the Bands winner

^[1]

Tour dates

^[5]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Lineup changes	Jägermeister Band
July 9, 2011	San Bernardino	United States	San Manuel Amphitheater	Dethklok replaced Megadeth, Testament replaced In Flames	Nihilist
July 10, 2011	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	Testament replaced In Flames	Valdur
July 12, 2011	Auburn		White River Amphitheatre		Drown Mary
July 13, 2011	Nampa		Idaho Center Amphitheatre	Local Band 57 Heavy was added as an additional opener on the Revolver Stage	A Balance of Power
July 15, 2011	Phoenix		Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion		Back from Ashes
July 16, 2011	Albuquerque		Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion		Until Chaos
July 17, 2011	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre		Switchpin
July 19, 2011	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater		Psychostick
July 20, 2011	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center		Mobile Deathcamp
July 22, 2011	Mansfield		Comcast Center		Dead Season
July 23, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean Drapeau	All Mayhem Fest 2011 bands except Megadeth (who headlined Heavy TO) appeared.
July 24, 2011	Hartford	United States	The Comcast Theatre	All Shall Perish did not perform this date.	Hell Within
July 26, 2011	Corfu		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	103.3 The Edge's Summer BBQ with Godsmack, Disturbed, Megadeth, In Flames and Trivium only. Machine head was also scheduled to appear but cancelled[6]
July 27, 2011	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center		Dr. Acula
July 29, 2011	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion		Lost Chapter
July 30, 2011	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live		Silvertung
July 31, 2011	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center		Beyond the Scar
August 2, 2011	Virginia Beach		Virginia Beach Amphitheater		Saint Diablo
August 3, 2011	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion		Gollum
August 5, 2011	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Hatebreed replaced Trivium[7]	Seven Year Existence
August 6, 2011	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre		Tension Head
August 7, 2011	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center		The Surface
August 9, 2011	Oklahoma City		Zoo Amphitheatre	Megadeth and Machine Head did not appear.	Texas Hippie Coalition
August 10, 2011	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center		Powderburn
August 12, 2011	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre		Uncrowned
August 13, 2011	Tampa		1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre		Catalysis
August 14, 2011	West Palm Beach		Cruzan Amphitheatre		Must Not Kill