The Offspring just played their first shows with the BBHJ in Portland on Ocotber 9 and Seattle on October 10 - check out these photos. Here are the upcoming dates, to purchase tickets visit www.boomboomhuckjam.com or ticketmaster.com
10/12 San Jose, CA
10/13 Sacramento, CA
If you don't know already, the BBHJ is the worlds best athletes in skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross on the most insane ramp system in the universe and a live music performance.
Athletes:
Skaters - Tony Hawk, Brian Howard, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, and Lincoln Ueda BMX riders - Mat Hoffman, Dave Mirra, John Parker and Kevin Robinson Freestyle motocross riders - Mike Cinqmars, Ronnie Faisst, Carey Hart and Dustin Miller.
If you don't live near any of these shows, check out www.boomboomhuckjam.com for your local show including appearances by Social Distortion, CKY, Devo, Face To Face and Good Charlotte.
09.03.02 - The Offspring take home a Kerrang! Award!
The Offspring opened this year's Kerrang! awards in London with a performance of "Defy You" before being presented with the Classic Songwriter award by Shirley Manson of Garbage.
Of the occasion, Kerrang! had to say: "[The Offspring] have influenced and continue to influence new generations of K!-heads. Tonight's award nails not only The Offspring's glorious past, but their ongoing relevance. Roll on the next album..." Amen
08.15.02 - The Offspring to play Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck Jam
What happens when you put worlds best athletes of skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross on the most insane ramp system in the universe and add a live performance by The Offspring? You get Tony Hawk‘s Boom Boom Huck Jam.
The Offspring will be playing the first leg of this fall‘s Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huck Jam at the following cities:
Oct. 9 – Portland, Oregon
Oct. 10 – Tacoma, WA
Oct. 12 – San Jose, CA
Oct. 13 – Sacramento, CA
Join skaters, Tony Hawk, Brian Howard, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, and Lincoln Ueda, BMX riders Mat Hoffman, Dave Mirra, John Parker and Kevin Robinson and Freestyle motocross riders Mike Cinqmars, Ronnie Faisst, Carey Hart and Dustin Miller along with The Offspring.
08.05.02 - The Offspring To Play KROQ's Levi Inland Invasion
KROQ‘S Levi Inland Invasion on Saturday, September 14 at
Blockbuster Pavillion in San Bernadino, California
Featuring the following bands:
- The Offspring
- Sex Pistols
- Blink 182
- Pennywise
- Social Distortion
- Bad Religion
- X
- The Damned
- The Buzzcocks
- T.S.O.L.
- Circle Jerks
- The Vandals
- Distillers
- Adolescents
- Unwritten Law
- New Found Glory
- G.B.H.
07.29.02 - The Offspring to Perform at 2002 Kerrang! Awards
Having previously announced a number of ”firsts‘ for this year‘s awards, Kerrang! can now reveal the first band to play live at the Kerrang! Awards, to be held at a central London venue on Tuesday 27th August 2002.
Legendary Californian punkers The Offspring will follow their Carling Weekend Ma in Stage appearance with an incendiary set of fans favourites in front of a rabi d audience of Kerrang! readers and competition winners. See www.kerrang.com for more details.
07.12.02 - The Offspring to Perform Benefit Concert For Surfer Organizations' Spinal Injury Research
The Offspring, T.S.O.L., and The Line will perform a charity concert at the Anah eim House of Blues Wednesday, July 31 to benefit They Will Surf Again (TWSA) and Life Rolls On (LRO), not-for-profits started by professional surfers dedicated to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries (SCI).
Tickets are $25 and go on sale Saturday, July 13 at noon through Ticketmaster an d the House of Blues, Anaheim box office. Organizers anticipate a sold-out conce rt and will award net proceeds totaling an expected $20,000 to SCI Research Adva ncement and Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. Funds are also earmarked fo r related research to find cures for such diseases as Parkinson‘s and Alzheimer‘ s.
Two pro surfers, Seth Elmer and James Pribram, along with Richard Yelland founde d TWSA in the summer of 2000. Dedicated to supporting SCI research that promises a cure within five years, TWSA was inspired by Bob Dancey, a friend and father of two who broke his neck surfing in Oceanside in March of 2000 and is now a qua driplegic. LRO is a non-profit group founded by former surf star and quadripleg ic, Jesse Billauer, who suffered a spinal cord injury while surfing at Zuma Beac h in March 1996.
Last year the organizations hosted golf and surf events that raised more than $5 0,000 and the concert is the third and newest fund-raising activity planned for the week. (The Fourth Annual Surf & Turf Golf Tournament is Monday, July 29 at the Malibu Country Club and the Second Annual Surf Expression Session is on Augu st 4 at noon at the Huntington Pier.)
“We decided to build on the groundswell of support and add a concert to the line up,“ said Yelland. “It all started coming into place when a close friend of The Offspring, who suffers from Parkinson‘s, put me in touch with the band‘s guitar ist Noodles. He really sparked the band‘s interest in our cause and we are grate ful for their generous offer to perform and help raise funds for research that p romises major breakthroughs in the very near future.“
Noodles, an avid surfer who first read about the organizations in surf magazines , was eager to participate. “Being a surfer and having a friend who could potent ially benefit from their work, this issue hits home with me. I wanted to find a way to help and how that we‘re doing the concert, the band and I can contribute by putting energy behind the effort to find a cure.”
In addition to attending the concert, supporters can also participate in the Sur f & Turf Charity Golf Tournament July 29 at the Malibu Country Club. TWSA and LR O founders will be joing by pro surfers, celebrities and supporters for tee offs beginning at 10 a.m. Form more information on the golf tournament contract Josh Billauer at (619) 980–7990.
After Wednesday‘s concert, the fundraising continues the following Sunday, Augus t 4 with The Second Annual They Will Surf Again/Life Rolls On Expression Session . Scheduled immediately after the men‘s short board semi-finals during the Phili ps Fusion US Open of Surfing at Huntington Pier, the surf competition fundraiser will feature the world‘s top competitors including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, T aj Burrow, Tim Curran, Chris, Dan and Keith Mally, Pribram, and Pat O‘ Connel (a ppearances subject to change). Additionally, quadriplegic surf phenom, Jesse Bil lauer will ride the surf on his custom board in what promises to be an inspirati onal and emotional performance.
The Life Rolls On Foundation (LRO) is a non-profit 501© 3 organization establ ished to promote ongoing efforts to develop effective treatments and a cure of p aralysis caused by spinal cord injuries (SCI). The Foundation contributes to re search aimed at finding a cure for the catastrophic injury and provides funding to non-profit organizations that create opportunities for those afflicted with s pinal cord injuries. The Foundation supports efforts to provide hope for those affected by SCIs through a variety of recreational, educational, and development al activities and programs designed to bring to the forefront of the media the i mmediate concern of finding a cure for SCI.
They Will Surf Again (TWSA) is a 501© 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the primary goal of raising money for SCI research that promises a cure within f ive years. Concurrently, TWSA mission is to raise awareness surrounding its cau se and provide definitive guidance for beach-goers on how they can avoid traumat ic spinal injuries. TWSA operates under the belief that providing hope is vital to fulfilling its future dream that those suffering spinal injuries will one da y walk, and of course, surf again. Visit: www.theywillsurfagain.com or www.liferollson.org for more info.
03.25.02 - The Offspring on VH1 VH1
Presents “Orange County” featuring The Offspring, No Doubt, and Social Distortion. March 25 10PM and March 26 4PM & 1AM.
03.01.02 - The Offspring play Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck Jam
See the world‘s hottest skateboarders, BMX bikers and freestyle Motocross riders go crazy in an arena while you listen to The Offspring and Social Disto rtion! Come to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on April 27 for the biggest action sports and music show in history.
Tony Hawk‘s Boom Boom HuckJam is an explosive, high-voltage stunt and music spectacular featuring such action-sports stars as Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Dave M irra, Mat Hoffman, Carey Hart and Dustin Miller doing dangerous things on an extravagant , million-dollar ramp/track edifice. In the middle of it all, The Offspring and Social Distortion will be playing live.
Again, we are making it possible for Offspring fans to purchase tickets days before they are available to the general public. Just visit http://www.hob.com/go/3pe/198/MB_hawk/ beginning Sunday, March 3 at precisely 2pm., and use this password: BBHJ2002. These advance tickets will be on sale until Tuesday Mar ch 5th at 5pm.
Here‘s the full lineup:
SKATEBOARDERS:
TONY HAWK, BOB BURNQUIST, BUCKY LASEK, ANDY MACDONALD, LINCOLN UEDA
BMX BIKERS:
DAVE MIRRA, MAT HOFFMAN, DENNIS MCCOY, KEVIN ROBINSON, JOHN PARKER
FREESTYLE MOTOCROSS RIDERS:
CAREY HART, DUSTIN MILLER, MIKE CINQMARS, CLIFFORD ADOPANTE
BANDS THE OFFSPRING, SOCIAL DISTORTION
01.25.02 - The Recording Artists Coalition Confirms Line-Ups For "Concerts For Artists' Rights"
FEBRUARY 26 SHOWS TO TAKE PLACE AT FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VENUES
Artists from various genres of music will come together to support the RECORDING ARTISTS COALITION‘s “Concerts For Artists Rights“ to be held Tuesday, February 26 at four venues in the Southern California area.
The lineups are as follows:
THE EAGLES, BILLY JOEL, STEVIE NICKS, SHERYL CROW will perform at the Forum with tickets for this show going on sale Saturday, January 26 at 10:00 AM at all area Ticketmaster locations.
DIXIE CHICKS, TRISHA YEARWOOD, DWIGHT YOAKAM, EMMYLOU HARRIS will come together at the Universal Amphitheatre with tickets going on sale Sunday, January 27 at 1:00pm at the Universal Amphitheater box office and all area Ticketmaster locations.
NO DOUBT, THE OFFSPRING, WEEZER will appear at the Long Beach Arena with tickets going on sale Saturday, January 26 at 1:00 PM at all area Ticketmaster locations.
BECK, EDDIE VEDDER and MIKE NESS will play the Wiltern with tickets going on sale Friday, January 25 at 6:00 PM at all area Ticketmaster locations.
Earlier last week (January 23), RAC and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO (AFTRA) and American Federation of Musicians (AFM) members converged on Sacramento calling on legislators to support Senate Bill 1246 (Murray), legislation to repeal California Labor Code Section 2855, subdivision B, because it unfairly excludes recording artists from the same protection of law afforded all other working persons in California who sign a personal services contract. They came together to repeal the amendment to the state‘s “seven-year“ statute which amendment exempts musicians from the seven-year limit on entertainment contracts.
RAC, AFTRA and AFM members — including Don Henley, Carole King, John Fogerty, Beck, Stevie Nicks, Ray Parker, Jr., Sheryl Crow, the Deftones, Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Dexter Holland (Offspring) and Paul Almeida, President of the Department for Professional Employees of the AFL-CIO; John Connolly, President AFTRA; and John Russum, Executive Director AFTRA LA — met with legislators to discuss their support of SB 1246 (Murray). Joining them were Dick Gabriel, National Assistant to the President of American Federation of Musicians; representatives of the Hollywood Entertainment Labor Council; Tom Rankin, President, California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; and Miguel Contreras, President, Los Angeles County Labor Federation.
RAC represents the economic and creative interests of featured recording artists whose interests are not always directly represented by other organizations or the recording industry. In the past, RAC members have successfully testified before congress to repeal “work for hire” copyright legislation which was detrimental to recording artists.