Gemini Syndrome Announce Summer Headlining Tour

Gemini Syndrome has announced the Summer Synner Conversion with Code Red Riot. Tickets are on sale now, along with a VIP Acoustic Experience.

Summer Conversion dates w/ Code Red Riot

† Festival date
†† w/ Stonesour

  • July 08 // Oklahoma City, OK // The Diamond Ballroom
  • July 11 // Joliet, IL // The Forge
  • † July 12 // Oshkosh, WI // Rock USA
  • July 13 // Sturgis, MI // Nikki’s
  • July 14 // Flint, MI // The Machine Shop
  • July 15 // Akron, OH // Empire Concert Club
  • July 18 // Aftershock // Merriam, KS
  • July 19 // Co. Springs, CO // Sunshine Studios Live
  • July 20 // Denver, CO // Herman’s Hideaway
  • July 22 // Mesa, AZ // Club Red
  • †† Aug 25 // Council Bluffs, IA // WestFair Amphitheatre

* More dates TBD

Avatar and Trivium to Tour North America in the Fall

Avatar announced today that they will be joining Trivium in the fall on their “The Sin and the Sentence World Tour.” Light the Torch will also be on the bill.

Full story here, via PlayItLoud Productions.

Dates:

  • 10/3 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
  • 10/4 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater
  • 10/5 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
  • 10/6 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
  • 10/8 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
  • 10/9 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
  • 10/11 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
  • 10/12 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
  • 10/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
  • 10/14 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
  • 10/16 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
  • 10/17 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
  • 10/19 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
  • 10/20 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s Nightclub
  • 10/21 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
  • 10/22 – St. Paul, MN – Myth Live
  • 10/23 – Fargo, ND – Sanctuary
  • 10/25 – Edmonton, AB – The Ranch Roadhouse
  • 10/26 – Calgary, AB – The Palace Theater
  • 10/28 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
  • 10/29 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
  • 10/30 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
  • 10/31 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
  • 11/2 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
  • 11/3 – Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre

Tour Announcements!

I woke up to several tour announcements this morning, and I am excited!

1. Starting at the end of this month, Amerakin Overdose will be bringing The Great Amerakin Tour 2018 to several cities. Here’s a full list of dates:

2. Mushroomhead is headlining the first inaugural Summer of Screams Tour. The other acts vary by date. The Browning and Psychostick will be accompanying them from 8/17 to 8/31. Kissing Candice, Unsaid Fate, and Voodoo Terror Tribe will be openers from 8/17 to 8/30. Earthcaller is on the bill from 8/31 to 9/15, and Powerman 5000 from 9/2 to 9/15.

3. Godsmack and Shinedown are extending their tour into the fall and adding Asking Alexandria to the lineup! (They have From Ashes to New during the summer.) Tickets go on sale Friday, June 8th.

Dates:

  • 9/21/2018 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Greenville, SC
  • 9/22/2018 – Greensboro Coliseum Complex – Greensboro, NC
  • 9/24/2018 – Von Braun Center – Huntsville, AL
  • 9/26/2018 – BancorpSouth Arena – Tupelo, MS
  • 10/2/2018 – Swiftel Center – Brookings, SD
  • 10/5/2018 – Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark – Billings, MT
  • 10/7/2018 – Spokane Arena – Spokane, WA
  • 10/9/2018 – Taco Bell Arena, Boise State University – Boise, ID
  • 10/10/2018 – Angel of the Winds Arena – Everett, WA
  • 10/11/2018 – Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum – Portland, OR

4. The lineup for Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, has been released! Bands include Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, Breaking Benjamin, Godsmack, Shinedown, Tremonti, Black Stone Cherry, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Billy Idol, Asking Alexandria, Blacktop Mojo, and more. The three-day festival will take place September 28th through the 30th.

5. Cane Hill, King 810, and The Last Ten Seconds of Life are touring in July and August. Dates below:

Download Festival 2018

Download Festival is happening next weekend, June 8th — June 10th. In case you haven’t already seen the lineup, here it is!

There are a lot of good bands playing, you lucky peeps! Lol. If you’re going, have fun! ❤

Black Veil Brides Memorabilia Stolen from Front Man Andy Biersack’s House

A thief broke into BVB front man Andy Biersack’s house and took years’ worth of band memorabilia. Story via Andy’s Twitter feed.

If you stumble across anything on a resale site that sounds like what Andy described, please let him know.

RIP Ben Graves

I can’t believe I’m writing another one of these…

Ben Graves (Murderdolls, Dope, Pretty Boy Floyd, Davey Suicide) passed away on Wednesday, May 9th. His fiancée Lydia posted this on Facebook:

“This is incredibly hard for me to write this, but I know it is necessary because Ben has so many friends and fans.

Most of you don’t know that Ben has been battling cancer for the last 11 months. It was his decision to keep his health very quiet.

Ben passed away today, May 9th 2018, from complications due to his cancer. His diagnosis was grim but he fought a long and hard battle to try and beat it and overcome the odds. Some battles can’t be won no matter how hard you try.

Please respect me, his family and close friends while we grieve. Even though we knew it was eventually coming, the complication was sudden and very unexpected.

It’s devastating to lose someone you love more than yourself. My heart is broken, my heart died with him.

We will be taking him home to Massachusetts. I will organize a memorial for Ben’s LA friends, details to follow.”

Guys…I am at a loss. I’ve been a fan of Ben’s since 2002, when my best friend played me “Love at First Fright” by the Murderdolls (her discovery based on the fact that Joey Jordison was their guitarist).

Fuck cancer.