Yahoo! Music, Aug 24, 2001 5:00 pm PDT
(8/24/01, 5 p.m. ET) - Fear Factory and Machine Head will co-headline an early-fall tour put together by the groups' label, Roadrunner Records, dubbed the Roadrunner RoadRage Tour. The package, also featuring labelmates Ill Nino and Chimaira as support acts, will kick off at a venue to be determined on the West Coast on September 19 and extend through October 27.
Sources tell LAUNCH that the tour might also join forces with the Cypress Hill Smoke Out Festival at some juncture. Fear Factory has already been named to that tour, joining an eclectic lineup including Busta Rhymes, Redman, NOFX, Afroman, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and others.
--Neal Weiss, Los Angeles
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