Extreme
Thing Sports and Music Festival recently announced the lineup of artists and
activities for the 2012 festival taking place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday,
March 31 at Desert Breeze Park, 8275 Spring Mountain Road near Durango Drive.
In
2011, Extreme Thing set a record of more than 25,000 attendees at the annual
festival and the event continues to grow each year bringing the valley more
sports, a wider range of music and additional stages and vendors. New sports,
including Las Vegas MMA and the Madd Gear Scooters exhibition, add to the very
popular Adrenaline Unleashed professional wrestling, Ricardo Laguna’s Pro BMX
Dirt Jump Challenge and the Vegas Am Jam amateur skateboarding and BMX
competition.
Tickets
are $17 in advance and $20 on the day of the show. A limited VIP Package is
also available for $30 and includes a general admission ticket, commemorative
event T-shirt and event poster.
MUSIC:
Verizon
Main Stage – Upper Field
Artists
scheduled to perform include:
The
Used headlines the Verizon Main Stage. Melodic rockers The Used's newest album
Vulnerable is due out March 27 right in time to rock the annual festival. This
release, featuring the single "I Come Alive" marks the first release
since 2009's Artwork.
Underoath
- www.underoath777.com
Less
Than Jake - www.lessthanjake.com
Twiztid
- twiztid.psychopathicrecords.com/twiztid/
Unwritten
Law - www.unwrittenlaw.com
Mickey
Avalon - www.mickeyavalon.com
Zebrahead
- www.zebrahead.com
This
Romantic Tragedy - www.myspace.com/thsromantictragedy
VitaminWater
Main Stage – Lower Field
Artists
scheduled to perform include:
Falling
in Reverse headlines the VitaminWater Main Stage. Fronted by Ronnie Radke,
Falling in Reverse brings their post-hardcore, screamo sound to the festival.
Created while the controversial Radke was imprisoned, the band worked on their
debut, The Drug in Me is You, once Radke was released in 2010.
Anti-Flag
– www.anti-flag.com
Of
Mice & Men - www.myspace.com/ofmiceandmen
Black
Dahlia Murder - www.myspace.com/blackdahliamurder
All
Shall Perish - www.allshallperish.com
The
Word Alive - www.myspace.com/thewordalive
Carnifex
- www.myspace.com/carnifexmetal
Hard
Rock Café on the Strip Side Stage – Upper Field
Artists
scheduled to perform include:
Sleeping
with Sirens - www.myspace.com/sleepingwithsirens
The
Wonder Years - www.thewonderyearsband.com
Polar
Bear Club - www.myspace.com/polarbearclub
Abandon
All Ships - www.abandonallships.com
Transit
- www.transitband.com
A
Loss for Words - www.myspace.com/alossforwords
Frequency
Dubstep – Side Stage
DJs
scheduled to perform include:
Bare
- www.myspace.com/barestep
Ryle
- www.myspace.com/djryle
Ashtrobot
- www.facebook.com/ASHTROBOTMUSIC
Splitbreed
- www.splitbreed.com
Mike
Attack - www.myspace.com/djmikeattack
DJ
Teenwolf - www.myspace.com/teenrocknroll
Also
performing, DJs Bize, Quiet and Rize.
XPOZ
Stage - featuring local talent
Local
bands competed earlier this year for spots on the XPOZ stage during the annual
Battle of the Fans competition.
Congratulations
to the following bands that will be rocking the XPOZ Stage during 2012’s
Extreme Thing: Greater Depths, These Lying Eyes, A Minute Before Dawn, Habit,
Tales of the Grotesque, The Runaway Lives and Impurity of Mriya.
For
additional information on XPOZ, visit www.xpozlv.com.
M.C.W.A.R.
– The Ultimate Freestyle Hip Hop Battle
M.C.W.A.R.
is a group of MCs that will be freestyling in the ultimate hip hop battle.
M.C.W.A.R. stands for Masters in the Community Check the World Association of
Rappers. This means, the MCs or rappers are kept in check by their community.
Crowds will gather as they go toe-to-toe trying to outwit each other. This is a
sport for the wittiest, the sickest, the funniest and the fastest thinking MCs.
For decades these verbal gladiators would battle it out transforming parks into
coliseums and street corners into rings. Who will be the M.C.W.A.R. champion?
International
Academy of Design & Technology Stage – “Record Your Band Live”
International
Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) helps students transform their
talents, skills and passions into possibilities. At this year's Extreme Thing,
IADT students and instructors have hand picked up and coming, local bands or
performers offering them the opportunity to "Record Your Band Live"
for Free at the Extreme Thing 2012 IADT tent. Each band will play 3 songs and
be recorded live using gear provided by Gibson and Guitar Center.
Artists
scheduled to perform include:
Twenty
Seven Club
Survive
This
Off
The Record
Dead
On Sight
Next
Generation Rising
Happy
Campers
State
of Mind
Murder
Majesty
Nik
Kai (Gibson Artist)
Acton
Town
Substance
Beau
and the Outfit
Hang
From the Sky
Dream
Scar
Amarionette
SPORTS:
Returning
this year, the annual Ricardo Laguna Pro Dirt Jump Challenge – an event that
serves as a resume builder for these pro riders as they demand attention for
qualifying events for Dew Tour. Sponsors provide a $5,000 prize for the first
place winner, so stakes are high. Last year's Dirt Jump Challenge winner Luke
Parslow will be amongst the pro riders returning to this year's event. If he
wins, it will be his third straight winning year so buzz has already started to
build about the competition. This year, the Ricardo Laguna Pro Dirt Jump
Challenge will be streamed live with special guest interviews and other aspects
of Extreme Thing giving those unable to attend, a behind the scenes look at all
the action. www.ustream.tv/channel/extreme-thing-bmx-challenge-2012
Adrenaline
Unleashed professional wrestling returns for a fifth year. The popular event
which features matches throughout Extreme Thing continues to entertain fans
with their pulse pounding, jaw jacking, high flying, back breaking action. A
full schedule of matches can be found at www.extremething.com/default.htm
New
to the festival, the premier, performance freestyle scooter brand, Madd Gear
Scooters will hold an exhibition. Riders including Team MGP USA riders Tyler
Bonner, Anthony Twan Bustos, Capron Funk and Jeremy Beau, will tear up the half
pipe. Giveaways and autograph sessions with the riders will take place
throughout the event.
The
world of mixed martial arts continues to grow and fans will be able to get an
up-close look at some of the greatest Las Vegas-based fighters during the Las
Vegas MMA matches. Las Vegas MMA "Where Champions Are Born" has
become the premier amateur mixed martial arts organization in the city. With
veteran promoter and former Golden Gloves champion Robert Johnston at the helm
of the organization, the high-energy fights are not to be missed.
MMA
legend Randy Couture will also be onsite during Extreme Thing holding autograph
sessions for fans.
Vegas
Am Jam skateboarding and BMX competition returns featuring daylong contests for
amateur riders. Registration form can be found online at www.ExtremeThing.com.
GENERAL
INFO:
Only
a personal “unopened” bottle of water can be brought to the festival along with
still cameras and sunscreen. There will be plenty of ATMs on site with an array
of food vendors available, along with beverages. Alcohol will not be sold.
Animals, coolers, weapons or chairs are not permitted. Re-entry will not be
allowed at this event. For more information, visit www.ExtremeThing.com.
Event
is produced by Clark County Parks and Recreation and sponsors include Hard Rock
Café on The Strip, My LVTV, The CW, Verizon Wireless, VitaminWater, Alternative
Press, XPOZ, Frequency, International Academy of Design and Technology, X1075
and Qdoba Mexican Grill.
Tickets
can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at (702) 474-4000 or
at participating Smith’s Grocery Store(s). All tickets are subject to
additional facility fees and/or service charges. Additional information can be
found by calling Clark County Parks and Recreation at (702) 455-8200 or
visiting the Web site at www.ClarkCountyNV.gov/parks. Clark County Parks and
Recreation also can be found on social networking sites such as Twitter and
Facebook by visiting tinyurl.com/4dfw8ea.
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