Voodoo Music Experience: The Musical Rite of Passage.

NEW ORLEANS -- Beastie Boys, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock, A Tribe Called Quest, Greenday and Many More Worship The Music in New Orleans October 16 - 17; Tickets on Sale Monday, August 2nd at 10AM!

Voodoo is more than a religion: It has become a conviction, an experience for music lovers to gather together to express the diversity and spirituality of music. Much like the religion, The Voodoo Music Experience is a festival of music worship! Set for Saturday October 16 and Sunday October 17, this sixth annual journey to the swampy, moss-heavy haven called City Park, New Orleans will gather devoted admirers to witness more than 60 artists all in the name of music! Superstars, new and old, cutting edge DJs and indie favorites perform on three stages over two days in a vow of musical freedom.

The Voodoo Music Experience is filled with so much more than just musical sovereignty and spectacle; it's a celebration! It has been an opportunity for diehard enthusiasts to experience artists like Iggy & The Stooges, Eminem, Stone Temple Pilots, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson, The White Stripes, Snoop Dogg, The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, The Chemical Brothers and many more on one bill! With critical acclaim and a knack for booking an assorted combination of cutting edge artists, independent promoter Stephen Rehage has done it again. Today, the six-year-old festival announced their initial line-up with more to follow in the coming weeks.

Voodoo Music Experience Line-Up
              As of July 23, 2004 - More To Be Announced


    Beastie Boys           Velvet Revolver              Kid Rock
A Tribe Called Quest         The Pixies                 Green Day
    Paul Van Dyk     Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  The Polyphonic Spree
     The Killers            Cypress Hill                Shinedown
   New Found Glory           Sonic Youth             Phantom Planet
    Cowboy Mouth             Snow Patrol                Particle
      Supagroup              Wylde Bunch                Killradio
       Gooding                  Ghost                Gogol Bordello
       Metric                De La Soul                   Gomez
     The Thrills             Alterbridge

"The essence of Voodoo is amazing," adds Rehage. "Many people in the Voodoo culture believe there are no accidents. And it's no accident that every fall these cultural diehards submerse themselves into the New Orleans underbelly and ignite the diversity of the festival. It's really something you have to experience."

Tickets for the Voodoo Music Experience go on sale on Monday, August 2nd at 10 a.m. CST through all Ticketmaster outlets and at voodoomusicfest.com. From Monday, August 2 through Thursday, September 30 tickets are $40 per day and $70 for a two-day pass!

The Voodoo Music Experience is sponsored by PlayStation(R), Rollingstone.com, Southern Comfort, Stuff Magazine, SoBe Beverages, Miller Lite, KKND, Sheraton New Orleans, SPIN Magazine, Blender Magazine, Nola.com, Where Y'At Magazine, OffBeat Magazine, neworleans.com, DCComics, Mad Magazine, Guess and Jambase.

WORSHIP THE MUSIC - www.voodoomusicfest.com