A HELLYEAH contest has been launched giving fans the chance to see the band perform at the UK Golden Gods Awards. Two tickets are up for grabs. Winners must:

-- be 100% able to attend
-- be able to get to a central London Thames pier no later than 2:30pm on Monday, June 14th (full details to be mailed to winners)
-- be 16+ years old (photo ID may be required)

HMS Hammer will transport winners up the Thames and drop them off just in time to see the presentation of the Golden Gods in Indigo2 (O2 Arena, North Greenwich). Doors are at 6:00pm and the event finishes at 10.30pm. Deadline is May 26th.

Go to this location for more details and to enter.

BW&BK; recently received the following Hellyeah-related press release:

The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners DISTURBED and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, along with STONE SOUR and HALESTORM featured on the main stage. The potent rock lineup for the touring music and lifestyle jaunt also features performances from Jägermeister Second Stage headliners HELLYEAH, as well as AIRBOURNE, HAIL THE VILLAIN, NEW MEDICINE and the Jägermeister Battle of The Bands Winner in each city. The 36-date tour launches August 17 in Minneapolis, MN and will visit arenas and amphitheatres across North America before wrapping October 4 in Madison, WI.

The national on sale for the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival is Saturday, June 12 and tickets will be available via RockstarUproar.com and LiveNation.com. A special pre-sale will commence Tuesday, June 8. Go to www.RockstarUproar.com for details. Tickets for the September 19 Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre show go on sale Saturday, May 15. Information is available at www.luckymanonline.com.

The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival is produced by John Reese, John Oakes and CAA. This team has co-founded and continues to co-produce the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. All of the amphitheater dates are being produced in conjunction with Live Nation.

“With Uproar, our goal is to bring fans a late summer celebration featuring awesome rock bands, lifestyle attractions and activities. Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour along with the rest of the bill deliver one of the best rock touring packages in recent times,” says tour producer John Reese. “The album sales success of Disturbed has been unprecedented and they have the opportunity to be one of the only rock bands in history to have an album debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 four consecutive times. In my opinion, Avenged Sevenfold with this new album are set to take their career to a massive place and Stone Sour’s career is on a path to hugeness.”
“The creative duo behind Uproar, John Reese and CAA, are incredibly talented at pulling together a stellar line up of great bands, combined with great activities, in a fun-filled summer environment, at a great price. Our current partnership on Mayhem has been a huge success drawing more than 600,000 fans to our amphitheaters in 2008 and 2009, and given the great roster of bands on Uproar, we anticipate another big hit with fans this summer,” said Jason Garner, CEO of Concerts for Live Nation. "At Rockstar Energy Drink we are committed to the music fan and with Uproar we are ready to unleash one of the best rock packages in recent memory on North America,” says Rockstar Energy Drink Marketing Director Mike Kelso. “A plethora of great music and fan friendly surprises will be unveiled at the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival."

“Jägermeister is once again thrilled to be working with John Reese and his team on Uproar,” comments Rick Zeiler, Director of Strategic Marketing for Jägermeister. “Our company takes great pride in working with the best in the business and Uproar has all of the elements to be one of the best tours this year. We’re also very excited to have Hellyeah headline the Jägermeister Mobile Stage.”

The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival will feature a full afternoon and night of activities, including a concourse midway filled with vendors and activities and a daily wrestling tournament featuring the Detroit-based Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance. The Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance Uproar lineup will feature eight of the finest, fastest rising wrestlers in the world who will put their skills to the ultimate test during the BCWA Uproar Invitational. The 36-event tournament will encompass 245 matches over seven weeks throughout North America. The athlete that perseveres over injuries and adversity will be named King of the Tournament.

Uproar TV launches today and a new episode will air every Tuesday from May 11 through the end of the tour. Uproar TV can be found at www.RockstarUproar.com. Fans can expect exclusive behind the scenes footage and surprises from bands on the tour. In addition, Guitar Player magazine will produce the official festival program which will be distributed free at each show.

The itinerary for the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival is as follows.

August

17 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
18 - Kansas City, KS - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
20 - Omaha, NE - WestFair Amphitheater
21 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
22 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
24 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
25 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City
27 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
28 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
29 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
31 - Washington, DC - Jiffy Lube Live

September

1 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
3 - Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Music Center
4 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
10 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
11 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheater
12 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
14 - Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
15 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
17 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
18 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
19 - Tempe, AZ - Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre
22 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
24 - Portland, OR - Clark County Government Center Amphitheatre
25 - Seattle, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre
26 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum
28 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
29 - Calgary, AB - Saddledome
30 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre

October

2 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
3 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome
4 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum