ShipRocked Cruise’s Fourth Year Its Biggest Yet

The annual ShipRocked cruise has officially wrapped.  This year’s cruise was the biggest yet for the annual event.  It saw a total of nearly 2,500 people on board the MSC Poesia.  The cruise featured the likes of:  Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Korn, P.O.D., Sevendust, Geoff Tate, and a slew of other acts.  It was sponsored by General Suns, and was fueled by Monster Energy. 

The cruise’s record breaking attendance was just one high point for this year’s event.  Along with the band lineup and record breaking attendance, the cruise’s annual Cancer Sucks charity auction raised some $70,000 for cancer research.  The auction featured one-of-a-kind memorabilia from bands on both this year’s cruise and those bands who took part in past cruises. 

Plans are already in the works for next year’s ShipRocked cruise.  A pre-sale for returning guests will begin soon.  For all the latest on next year’s ShipRocked cruise and to sign up for the ShipRocked newsletter, audiences can go online to
http://www.getshiprocked.com
,
http://www.facebook.com/GetShipRocked
, or
http://twitter.com/ShipRocked
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Pop Evil Release Video For New Single

Courtesy: EOne Music

The men of Pop Evil have officially released the video for the new single, ‘Purple.’  The single comes from the band’s sophomore full length effort, War of Angels.  The video culls footage of the band on tour against the song.  the combination really brings home the lyrical content, with front man Leigh Kakaty singing, “I’ve never been down this road before/As the days go by/I only miss you more/I thought one day/We would touch the sky/Never grow old/Never gonna die/I never realized/What you meant to me/Till I tried drowning out your memory/Like it’s not over/It only hurts when I’m sober.”  It’s a standard song of a lost love.  But the way that Kakaty sings these bittersweet lyrics set to the song’s video makes the song that much harder hitting.  Fans can check out the video now online at
http://www.vevo.com/watch/pop-evil/purple/USKO11090220#/watch/pop-evil/purple/USKO11090220
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The band recently finished up a successful stint on the Trespass America tour alongside Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage.  It is currently touring across Canada in support of label mate and legendary metallers in Black Label Society.  Pop Evil’s next tour of duty will be aboard the annual Shiprocked tour.  Five Finger Death Punch will be joining Pop evil again, as will P.O.D., Sevendust, and In This Moment.  The shiprocked tour runs from Tuesday, November 27^th to Saturday, December 1^st.  Full details on the Shiprocked tour are available online at
http://www.getshiprocked.com/2012/
. 

Pop Evil’s North Carolina fans will get their chance to see Pop Evil live as the band will be performing at Camp Lejeune—Onslow Beach on Wednesday, December 19^th and at Ziggy’s in Winston Salem, North Carolina the following day.

Until the Shiprocked tour, fans can get all the latest news and more from the band online at
http://www.facebook.com/popevil
,
http://twitter.com/popevilmusic
,
http://www.myspace.com/PopEvil
, and
http://www.youtube.com/popevilmusic
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ShipRocked, Sixx Sense partner for cruise giveaway

Not able to get to next weekend’s Carolina Rebellion Festival at Rockingham Speedway?  Well a couple of the bands that’ll be there will also be on this year’s Shiprocked music festival cruise.

The organizers of the annual ShipRocked music festival cruise has partnered with Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s radio show, Sixx Sense, to give the cruise of a life time to two lucky people.  The contest runs from April 30th to May 16th.  Fans of Sixx Sense can enter the giveaway online at
http://www.sixxsense.com/pages/contests/sixxshiprocked
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This year marks the cruise’s fourth straight year.  Along for this year’s cruise will be: Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, P.O.D., Sevendust, Filter, Fuel, Blackstone Cherry, Lit, Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate, Gilby Clarke (ex-G N’ R), and In This Moment.  The cruise will run from November 27th through December 1st. 

The cruise departs from Fort Lauderdale, FL.  It lasts four days and nights.  Cruise winners will receive: Free passage for two onbard the cruise, One (1) Oceanview Stateroom for two for the duration of the cruise, Two (2) roundtrip coach airfares to Ft. Lauderdale, One (1) night standard hotel room in Ft. Lauderdale, Free entry to all ShipRocked concerts, meet and greets, artist hosted events and other activities, and complimentary food and non-alcoholic beverages, including 24-7 room service.

More information on this year’s ShipRocked cruise is available online at
http://www.GetShipRocked.com
, on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/GetShipRocked
, and on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/ShipRocked
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