The Starland Ballroom is a concert venue located in Sayreville, New Jersey, USA. Sayreville is a borough located on the Raritan River, near Raritan Bay in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Opening night was December 6, 2003 and featured a performance by former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth, The venue was formerly known as the Hunka Bunka Ballroom, which operated as a dance music club in the 1980s and 1990s, though throughout the 90's it often hosted concerts, specifically punk and ska lineups. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978
In its first year of operation, over 150,000 tickets were sold to Starland events, enough to make the venue as one of the 10 largest concert nightclubs in the world, according to Pollstar magazine. Over 75 different acts have sold out the Starland Ballroom, including The Disco Biscuits, Streetlight Manifesto, Danzig, Avenged Sevenfold, Reel Big Fish, Say Anything, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Disturbed, Staind, Yellowcard, Thursday, Brand New, Coheed and Cambria, The Bouncing Souls, Hanson, Velvet Revolver, Marilyn Manson, Methodical, Godsmack, Slayer, The Deftones, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Flogging Molly, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, New Found Glory, The Used, Matisyahu, Badfish, Mindless Self Indulgence, Papa Roach, Third Eye Blind, and others. The Disco Biscuits are a Trance fusion Jam band from Philadelphia. Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska band from East Brunswick Township New Jersey under the creative leadership of Tomas Kalnoky. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland Avenged Sevenfold is an American Hard rock band formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach California. Reel Big Fish is an American Ska punk band from Huntington Beach California, best known for the 1997 hit " Sell Out. My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or' My Chem') is an American alternative / post-hardcore quintet that formed in 2001 Taking Back Sunday is a band from Amityville New York, Long Island, New York. Disturbed is an American Heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois. Staind is an American Hard rock group from Springfield, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Yellowcard is a Pop punk band from Jacksonville Florida. Their music features a rare contribution to the genre incorporating the use of a Violin. Thursday is a Post-hardcore band from New Brunswick New Jersey that has released four full-length albums. Brand New is an Alternative rock band based in the United States. Coheed and Cambria is an American Progressive metal band formed in New York. The Bouncing Souls are a Punk rock band from New Brunswick New Jersey formed in 1987. Hanson is an American Pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. Velvet Revolver is a Hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum Marilyn Manson is an American Alternative metal band based in Los Angeles California. Godsmack is an American Hard Rock / Alternative Metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1996 Slayer is an American Thrash metal band founded by Guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Deftones is a rock band from Sacramento California formed in 1988 consisting of Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt on January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American musician who Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American Celtic punk band that formed in Los Angeles California and is currently signed to SideOneDummy Alkaline Trio is a Punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on Guitar / Vocals, Dan Andriano on bass Bad Religion is an American Punk rock band founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass Greg Graffin (vocals Brett Social Distortion (sometimes referred to simply as Social D) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1978 New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida The Used is a rock band from Orem Utah, USA. Their sound has been classified under many genres and subgenres of rock Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, June 30 1979) is an American Reggae musician Badfish is a Tribute band dedicated to playing the music of Sublime. Mindless Self Indulgence (commonly referred to as MSI) is a New York-based Shock rock band Papa Roach is a four-piece rock band from Atlanta Georgia. They broke into the mainstream with their three times platinum major-label debut album Infest Third Eye Blind (sometimes abbreviated 3eb) is an American Alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco.
In its second year of operation, Starland sold over 205,000 tickets, qualifying it as the fourth-best ticket-selling concert nightclub in the world, according to Pollstar magazine.
On August 20, 2004, Coheed and Cambria filmed a concert at Starland Ballroom and released it as a DVD entitled Coheed And Cambria: Live At Starland Ballroom. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Coheed and Cambria is an American Progressive metal band formed in New York. Live at The Starland Ballroom is a double DVD/CD from Progressive rock quartet Coheed and Cambria, released on March 22, 2005 Heavy metal band Anthrax, and Godforbid, has also filmed a DVD at Starland, while bands like My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday and The Starting Line have filmed performances at the venue for broadcast on MTV, Fuse and elsewhere. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 The Starting Line is an American band based from Philadelphia Pennsylvania that formed in 1999.
In January 2005, the Starland Ballroom hosted a pair of concerts to raise money for victims of the December 26 tsunamis. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Senses Fail and dozens more performed over two nights, raising over $150,000 for UNICEF and the International Red Cross. Senses Fail is an American band based in Ridgewood New Jersey, formed in 2002. The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 In September 2005, Dashboard Confessional and Coheed and Cambria co-headlined an event at Starland to raise $80,000 for Direct Relief International's efforts to assist victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton Florida, led by Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba.
The Starland Ballroom is also the home office of Concerts East, one of the nation's largest independent concert promoters. Concerts East has booked venues in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Washington DC and New York, including The Stone Pony, The Webster Theatre in Hartford, CT. The Stone Pony, located in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is one of the world's most well-known music venues , Town Hall in New York City, Nassau Coliseum and more. } The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, commonly known as Nassau Coliseum (or simply The Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale New York
The building is believed to be the place where hometown stars Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora (lead singer and guitarist of Bon Jovi) met in the early 1980s. Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi Jr on March 2 1962 is an American Musician, Songwriter and Actor. Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora (born on July 11 1959 is an American rock Guitarist, producer musician singer and songwriter who is
On April 13th, 2007, the building was purchased by AEG Live, one of the largest producers of live concert and sporting events in the world.
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