Press Release

NITRO CIRCUS LIVE Announces North American Debut of Live Action Sports Show in Las Vegas June 4



NITRO CIRCUS LIVE TO PERFORM ONE-OFF SHOW AT MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA SATURDAY, JUNE 4
 
North American Debut to be Filmed for 3-D Movie , With the World’s Best Action Sports Athletes Performing in the 
Most Spectacular Live Action Sports Show Ever Produced

LAS
VEGAS (April 7, 2011) –
Based on the MTV smash hit
series Nitro Circus, the explosive touring
sensation Nitro Circus Live today announced details
for a North American premiere Saturday, June 4 at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 




With
sold-out shows in Australia and New Zealand, the international tour
is being billed as the “greatest live action sports show of all
time” for its stunning choreographed displays in FMX, BMX and
skate, as well as world-first stunts and crazy contraptions launched
off the infamous 50-foot high Nitro Giganta Ramp, all performed by
the best action sports stars on the planet.




Presented
by a coalition of S2BN Entertainment, Global Action Sports and
Godfrey Entertainment, the Las Vegas event also will serve as the
stage for a portion of the filming of the 3-D Nitro Circus movie,
scheduled to be released in early 2012.




A
limited pre-sale for the MGM Grand Garden Arena event in Las Vegas
will be available only through Ticketmaster from Friday, April 8 at
10 a.m. to Sunday, April 10 at 10 p.m. PST.  The general public
on-sale begins Monday, April 11 at 12 p.m. PST.




Seventeen-time X
Games medalist
 and current gold medalist in FMX Travis
Pastrana 
(USA) will headline the show along with the entire
Nitro crew as well as the current X Games gold medalists in all three
Big Air disciplines – Australia’s Jake Brown (skate), America’s
Chad Kagy (BMX) and Australia’s Cam Sinclair (FMX Biggest trick).




Pastrana
said, “We have some incredible stunts planned for the Nitro show
in Vegas which have never been performed before anywhere in the world
and are unlikely to be attempted ever again. Almost 10 world firsts
have been thrown down during our tours in Australia and New Zealand
and we are going to try and match that in this one-off show. You
really don’t want to miss it.”




Chairman
and CEO of S2BN Entertainment Michael Cohl said, “The response to
the tour has been huge and the massive fan base behind Nitro
Circus
 has turned out in full force to watch these guys push
all the boundaries, reinvent reality and break all the rules in the
meantime. We’re psyched to have the crew bring the spectacle to the
U.S.A.”




Managing
Director of Global Action Sports Michael Porra said, “The exciting
city of Las Vegas is the perfect location to host the North American
debut of Nitro Circus Live. We are bringing the greatest
action sports stars of all time to the MGM Grand Garden Arena for our
best show yet.  If the U.S. liked the TV show, they are going to
be completely blown away seeing what the crew can do live.”




Returning
to his native Las Vegas, 
hometown legend and
inspirational professional wheelchair athlete Aaron
Fotheringham 
(USA) aka
Wheelz’ will
perform his incredible world first feats off the Giganta for the
first time in North America
displaying
his arsenal of mind-boggling tricks. Joining him will be the
following line up (subject to change):




-    Blake
‘Bilko’ Williams
 (AUS): 2009 X Games gold medalist in
FMX



-    Andy
Buckworth
 (AUS): Current X Games bronze medalist in BMX Big
Air



-    Cam
Sinclair 
(AUS): Current X Games gold medalist in FMX Biggest
trick



-    Jolene
Van Vugt 
(CAN): Nitro Circus TV star and
arguably the craziest woman in the world – The first female to
backflip a motorcycle



-    Erik
Roner 
(USA): Nitro Circus TV star and
world-class extreme skier who has combined his passion for B.A.S.E.
jumping to produce some incredible stunts



-
   Andy Bell (CAN): Nitro
Circus
 TV star and ex FMX rider turned commentator



-    Greg
Powel aka ‘Special Greg’ 
(USA): Nitro Circus TV
star nicknamed ‘Special Greg’ because you can give him pretty
much anything with wheels and he will be the first one to run it,
ride it, jump it and usually succeed



-    Jim
DeChamp 
(USA): Nitro Circus TV star and
professional mountain bike downhill racer / freestyle rider –
DeChamp and Pastrana have a very collaborative relationship where
they dream up all sorts of stunts



-    Jeremy
Rawle 
(USA): Nitro Circus TV star known as
Tenacious J



-    Streetbike
Tommy 
(USA): Hugely popular funny man of the Nitro
Circus
 crew



-    Dusty
Wygle 
(USA): Nitro Circus Live all rounder



-    Michael
‘Chucky’ Norris 
(AUS): One of Australia’s top FMX
riders



-    Chris
Haffey 
(USA): World’s number one roller blader with the
biggest trick repertoire on the planet



-    
Andrew Broussard (USA): World’s
top big air scooter rider



-    Jaryd
McNeil 
(AUS): Current X Games silver medalist in FMX Biggest
Whip comp



-          Clint
Moore 
(AUS): Australian FMX star and the only rider in the
world to land the  “vault” body varial over 75 feet 



-    Cam
McCall 
(USA): One of the world’s best mountain bike riders



-          LynZ
Adams Hawkins 
(USA): Multiple X Games medalist and current
silver medalist in Skateboard Vert



-          Matty
McFerran 
(AUS): Australian FMX star



-          Josh
Sheehan
: 2010 IFMXF bronze medalist



-          Jaie
Toohey 
(AUS): Australian BMX star and the first rider to
land a backflip triple tailwhip



-          Matt
Whyatt 
(AUS): Australian BMX star and the only person in the
world performing a quadruple tail whip



-          Andrew
Ahumada 
(AUS): Australian BMX star



-          Mark
Monea
- The only person in the world to attempt and land the
FMX front flip 360.


 


For
all tour updates and behind the scenes content
visit 
www.nitrocircuslive.com




The Nitro
Circus Live Tour
 is being
presented via a new partnership between 
Nitro
Circus Live and one
of the world’s preeminent producers and promoters of live
entertainment, S2BN Entertainment. 
 



Ticketing
information:


Tickets will
be available at all Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and
Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino).  Ticket sales are limited to
eight (8) per person.  To charge by phone with a major credit
card, call MGM Grand at (800) 929-1111 or Ticketmaster at (800)
745-3000.  Tickets also will be available for purchase
at 
www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com
Ticket prices start at $39 not including applicable taxes and service
charges. Also available on Ticketmaster, extreme fans can buy an
exclusive VIP package which will put them in the heat of the action
and up-close and personal with the 
Nitro stars.  


 


About
Nitro Circus



The
Nitro Circus brand, founded by Travis Pastrana, Gregg Godfrey and
Jeremy Rawle, has enjoyed a rapid rise to global popularity, started
by the innovative DVD series featuring Pastrana and friends
performing outrageous stunts and on a range of crazy contraptions.




In
2009, they partnered with MTV to create a new smash hit TV series,
produced by Godfrey Entertainment and Dickhouse productions,
which has aired to huge ratings in more than
60 countries over two seasons.




Nitro
Circus Live was created through a partnership between the creators of
Nitro Circus and Australian based sports marketing & events
company, Global Action Sports.  The first ever tour in
Australia 
became the highest grossing action sports show
in Australian history with almost 120,000 tickets sold.




In
2011 Nitro Circus Live will tour the globe with shows scheduled in
the USA, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.


 


About
Global Action Sports



Global
Action Sports creates, produces and promotes high
adrenaline live action sports entertainment events and related
content. Its current flagship products are the hugely successful
Super X (the Australasian Supercross Championship) and Nitro Circus
Live. GAS was also the creator
and former promoter of the Crusty Demons live shows.


 


About
S2BN Entertainment



S2BN
Entertainment has a long history of promoting a diverse range of
incredibly successful shows on a Global scale. Headed by Michael
Cohl, S2BN has been responsible for producing and overseeing tours
with many of the most successful artists in the world including the
Rolling Stones and Barbra Streisand, several blockbuster Broadway
musicals and various live sporting events, from monster trucks to
MMA.




S2BN
Entertainment is a diversified international family show and event
entertainment company specializing in the acquisition, development
and production of high caliber touring exhibitions, unique live music
tours and events, theatrical performances, and consumer and
multimedia product offerings. Our experienced management team
executes activities across all types of global venues – from
stadiums to theaters. S2BN just announced the addition of its
cutting-edge Miami-based Latin music division S2BieN. Other S2BN
properties touring the world are award-winning Yo Gabba Gabba Live!,
Bodies:The Exhibition, Rock of Ages and Fuerza Bruta, the
international theatrical sensation from Argentina,. Cohl is also
currently the lead producer of the smash Broadway hit Spider Man:
Turn Off the Dark.



About
Godfrey Entertainment



Godfrey
Entertainment is a full service film and TV production company that
has created and produced the Nitro Circus DVD and TV series for the
past 10 years. Although principally involved in the motorsports
industry, Godfrey Entertainment now produces numerous Action Sports
films and TV shows. The company principals still include the founders
of Nitro Circus, Gregg Godfrey, Travis Pastrana and Jeremy Rawle.



About
MGM Grand Garden Arena



The
MGM Grand Garden Arena is home to concerts, championship boxing and
premier sporting and special events. The Arena offers comfortable
seating for as many as 16,800 with excellent sightlines and
state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and sound.  Prominent
events to date have included world championship fights between
Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as Oscar de la Hoya vs.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto; and concerts by
The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paul
McCartney, Bette Midler, George Strait, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins,
Billy Joel, U2, ‘N Sync, Sting, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Jimmy
Buffett and the Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert.  The MGM
Grand Garden Arena also is home to the annual Academy of Country
Music Awards and the Frozen Fury NHL pre-season game which features
the Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche.



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