It's official: The date for the grand finals of Guitar Center's Drum-Off has been locked and tickets have just gone on sale. The event will be held on January 5 in Hollywood, California at the historic Music Box at Henry Fonda Theatre.

The Drum-Off finals will be hosted by Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, and will feature performances by the four Drum-Off finalists as well as Angels & Airwaves; Go Get A Late Pass! featuring ?uestlove of The Roots; and Street Drum Corps with special guests Adrian Young of No Doubt, Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion, Shannon Leto of 30 Seconds To Mars, John Sawicki of Stomp, and Byron McMackin of Pennywise.

For those unfamiliar with the Drum-Off, it's a national competition whereby Guitar Center scours the country looking for the next great undiscovered drummer. Drum-Off 2007 local competitions began this past September 12.

This year's Drum-Off champion will receive a prize package valued at more than $45,000, including a Toyota FJ Cruiser, $10,000 in cash, a feature in a Guitar Center ad campaign, a $2,500 Levi's shopping spree, a custom-designed drumkit from DW, Pearl, Tama, or Gretsch, a Roland TD20 electronic drumset, a set of cymbals custom printed with the winner’s signature, a one-year drum, cymbal, stick, and head endorsement deal, and a write-up in Modern Drummer magazine.

Partners for Drum-Off 2007 include Levi's, DW, Evans, Vic Firth, Remo, Zildjian, Pearl, Roland, Sabian, Tama, Gretsch, Pro-Mark, and Modern Drummer.

For more information and tickets visit ... www.gcdrumoff.com