Award-Winning, Alternative Hip-Hop Band Gym Class Heroes To Headline Music Stage With Special Guest Tyga At Portland’s Wendy’s Invitational On August 22 - New York – The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced
Award-Winning, Alternative Hip-Hop Band Gym Class Heroes To Headline Music Stage With Special Guest Tyga At Portland’s Wendy’s Invitational On August 22
New York – The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced that alternative hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes will headline the Verizon Wireless music stage on Friday, August 22, at the third stop of the 2008 AST Dew Tour, Portland’s Wendy’s Invitational.
Gym Class Heroes are recognized as the true pioneers of live hip-hop performances. They made their mark on the music scene with their upbeat stage presence and the artists transcend musical boundaries with their combined rap, rock and R&B style. Recognized for their 2007 number one blockbuster, “Cupid’s Chokehold/Breakfast in America” the band went on to be named Best New Artist at MTV’s Video Music Awards that year.
The band’s highly anticipated third album, The Quilt, will be released on September 9th with guest vocals from the legendary Busta Rhymes, among others. The album’s first single, “Cookie Jar” recently hit the airwaves, and the accompanying video will premiere later this summer.
“We are excited to have Gym Class Heroes play at the Wendy’s Invitational in Portland,” said Wade Martin, AST President. “Their live performances are renowned and their hip-hop roots combined with their overall musical diversity is appealing to all music fans.”
“We are really looking forward to playing in Portland at the Dew Tour,” said Travis McCoy, lead vocalist. “We’re big fans of action sports and are pumped to put on a great show for the fans in Portland and hang out with the Dew Tour athletes.”
Tickets to the Wendy’s Invitational are available at Rose Quarter Box Office, participating Safeway and TicketsWest locations, by calling (877) 789-ROSE or at ComcastTIX.com. Tickets to the remaining stops of the 2008 AST Dew Tour are now available through Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com, and select Ticketmaster retail outlets.
The complete 2008 AST Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 21-24 Portland, Ore.—Rose Quarter Toyota Challenge Sept. 11-14 Salt Lake City, UT—EnergySolutions Arena PlayStation® Pro Oct. 16-19 Orlando, Fla.—Amway Arena
Currently in its fourth year, the AST Dew Tour is the most watched and attended action sports property in the world. Attendance for the 2007 AST Dew Tour totaled nearly 300,000 and an average of 41 million viewers tuned in via NBC and USA each year. The top athletes in the world will take part in this year’s Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded in Orlando at season’s end to champions in each of the six disciplines. The 2007 Dew Cup winners include Nate Adams (Freestyle Motocross), Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert), Ryan Nyquist (BMX Dirt), Daniel Dhers (BMX Park), Shaun White (Skateboard Vert) and Ryan Sheckler (Skateboard Park).
About AST
The Action Sports Tour (AST) is the recently created umbrella brand and organization of the world’s most prestigious action sports events. Currently the AST consists of two national tours, one international event and an amateur series: AST Dew Tour (debuted in 2005), AST Winter Dew Tour (debuting in 2008), AST China (debuting in 2008), and Free Flow Tour (debuted in 2005). The AST properties are home to over 300,000 spectators each year and broadcast in 100 countries and 280 million homes worldwide. The AST Dew Tour consists of five major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, a $2.5 million competitive purse – the largest in action sports – and an additional $1 million bonus pool. Each event features skateboarding (park and vert), BMX (park, vert, and dirt) and freestyle motocross. At season’s end, the overall point’s leaders in the six disciplines are crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. Key lifestyle elements at each Tour event include the Festival village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edge music. The AST Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); and Panasonic, Right Guard Xtreme, Wendy's, Toyota and PlayStation® (event title sponsors). Associate partners include Ball Park, Mongoose®, Nike 6.0, NowWhat.com and Verizon Wireless.
About NBC Universal
NBC Universal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, LOGO, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
