TOUR PARTNERS WITH LEADING HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL NETWORK MYYEARBOOK FOR LOCAL BAND OPENING SLOT COMPETITION

FOURTEEN OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE TOUR

New York, NY – HELLYEAH’s VINNIE PAUL, CHAD GRAY, GREG TRIBBETT, TOM MAXWELL and BOB ZILLA today officially announced a partnership with16 social media companies to promote their upcoming fall and winter headline tour dates. In late September, HELLYEAH used a polling community to name the tour, BALLS VOLUME AND STRENGTH and the leading events global web site to route the approximate 30 national cities. Today, the band has partnered with the nation’s largest high school social network, myYearbook to host an opening band competition. To learn how your band can open for this tour, visit http://www.MyYearbook.com/ballsvolumeandstrengthtour.

“Our fans helped name the tour and chose the cities” says rock icon and drummer of HellYeah Vinnie Paul. “Now we want to let our fans favorite local bands join the stage with HELLYEAH, OTEP and Bloodsimple.” For a complete list of all 15 social media promotions please go to http://www.hellyeahband.com/BVS.

HELLYEAH’s headline tour BALLS VOLUME AND STRENGTH officially kicks off October 30th in the motor city; the day both Otep (Koch Records) and Bloodsimple (Warner Brothers) release their fourth and second respective studio albums. The tour continues through mid-December with new dates added daily. For a complete list of dates, please go to http://www.hellyeahband.com/tour/.

HELLYEAH’s self-titled CD has been called “One of the best metal discs of 2007” and has received rave reviews from around the world. Their latest and second single, “Alcohaulin’ Ass” is the #7 rock track while “You Wouldn’t Know,” the band’s first Top-5 single (and accompanying video) from HELLYEAH’s self-titled CD is also included on MADDEN NFL 08.

HELLYEAH tour dates with Korn, Five Finger Death Punch and Droid

10/09 – Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center

10/10 – Wilkes Barre, PA – Wachovia Center

10/12 – Marion, SC – Carolina Amphitheater

10/13 – Birmingham, AL – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

10/14 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum

10/16 – Little Rock, AR – Alltel Arena

10/17 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center

10/19 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater

10/20 – Hidalgo, TX – Dodge Arena

10/21 – Beaumont, TX – Montagne Center

10/23 – Tucson, AZ – Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre

HELLYEAH off dates

10/24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

10/26 – San Antonio, TX – Sunken Gardens Amphitheatre

10/27 – Tampa, FL – Guavaween Festival

10/28 – Fayetteville, NC – Jester’s

HELLYEAH with Otep and Bloodsimple

10/30 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore

10/31 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room

11/02 – Grand Rapids, MI – Orbit Room

11/03 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

11/04 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues

11/06 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s

11/07 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater

11/09 – Denver, CO – Fillmore

11/10 – El Paso, TX – Cohen Stadium (Radio Show)

11/11 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre

11/13 – Santa Ana, CA – Galaxy

11/14 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club

11/16 – Ventura, CA – Majestic Ventura Theatre

11/17 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues

11/23 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom

11/27 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theater

11/28 – Atlanta, GA – Roxy Theater

11/30 – Fort Myers, FL – City of Palms Park (Radio Show) *No Otep and Bloodsimple*

12/02 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock

12/04 – Norfolk, VA – NorVa

12/05 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head

12/07 – Worcester, MA – Palladium