| As if the news that No Doubt was reuniting after a | | | | three-day period, April 29 through May 1, in 2005 and |
| five-year hiatus wasn’t enough, the band has | | | | the headliners were My Chemical Romance, the |
| now released their first concert announcement. The | | | | Starting Line and Thrice. Over 150 bands played |
| reunited No Doubt will headline Bamboozle, the | | | | including the Early November, Wakefield, Armor For |
| three-day festival at the Meadowlands Sports | | | | Sleep, Underoath, Flogging Molly and A Static Lullaby. |
| Complex in East Rutherford, N.J., which kicks off May | | | | has hailed Bamboozle the anti-Coachella because of |
| 3. This will be the fifth version of Bamboozle, which | | | | its lower-priced tickets and less glamorous venue, and |
| also boasts Fall Out Boy performing May 2 and begins | | | | fans can’t seem to get enough of its punk and |
| with the Annual Parade of Nothing also on May 2. | | | | emo-geared lineup. Bamboozle was started by John |
| Single day tickets go for $60, a two-day pass is $110 | | | | D’Esposito and Kevin Kopacko, who are from |
| and a three-day pass is $125. Try for Bamboozle | | | | New Jersey, of course, as a way to celebrate local |
| Festival tickets. | | | | talent and bring festivals to their beloved Asbury |
| The Bamboozle Festival is an annual two-day music | | | | Park. D’Esposito told MTV.com, “I came up |
| festival held each year in New Jersey in which new | | | | with the name for the festival one day when I was |
| bands compete for spots during the two days. While | | | | looking out the window of the Stone Pony [a |
| No Doubt and Fall Out Boy are the confirmed | | | | landmark rock club in Asbury Park], just staring at |
| headliners for 2009, other confirmed bands are A | | | | this building that was three-quarters completed, then |
| Rocket To The Moon, All Time Low, Bayside, Boys | | | | just abandoned. And I was like, ‘Some corrupt |
| Like Girls, Never Shout Never, Parkaway Drive, Rise | | | | politician just bamboozled this city again.’” He |
| Against, The Get Up Kids, We The Kings and more. | | | | continued to cite his motives for creating the festival: |
| Last year’s headliners were Snoop Dogg and | | | | “Asbury lost the Warped Tour to another |
| Jimmy Eat World on May 3 and Panic at the Disco | | | | market a few years ago, and the city has such a rich |
| and Coheed & Cambria on May 4. Other bands who | | | | musical scene and history. It’s had such a rough |
| took the stage included Say Anything, Less Than | | | | 12 years that we wanted to make a festival that |
| Jake, Metro Station, Tokio Hotel, Saves the Day, | | | | would develop as the city develops.” Bamboozle |
| The Bravery and Pepper. Last year Bamboozle also | | | | follows the Warped Tour model of low ticket prices |
| launched the Bamboozle Road Show, and a brand | | | | and massive lineups, so hurry up and get your |
| new festival called The Hoodwink The Bamboozle | | | | Bamboozle Festival tickets to support this East Coast |
| Left, which is appropriately held on the West Coast, | | | | festival! |
| has seen headliners like Dashboard Confessional and | | | | This article is sponsored by and was written by Kirby |
| Brand New (2006) as well as Paramore and The | | | | Brooks. is a leader in the business of selling |
| All-American Rejects (2008). | | | | Bamboozle Festival tickets, sports tickets, concert |
| The first Bamboozle Festival was held over a | | | | tickets, theater tickets and special events tickets. |