Dance Gavin Dance has announced the “Return of the Robot Tour.” Featuring special guests The Home Team, Belmont, and Dwellings, this 27-date spring/summer run kicks off May 22nd in Philadelphia. Tickets and VIP are on sale now at dancegavindanceband.com!
5/22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia (Added show!)
5/23 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
5/24 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
5/25 – Worcester, MA – Palladium
5/27 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
5/29 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
5/31 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
6/1 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis
6/3 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
6/4 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
6/6 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – FTL War Memorial
6/7 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
6/8 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
6/9 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
6/13 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
6/14 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
6/15 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
6/17 – San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
6/19 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel
6/20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
6/21 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
6/23 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
6/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
6/25 – Boise, ID – Revolution Center
6/27 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live
6/28 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Shinedown has announced the “Dance, Kid, Dance” tour to promote their upcoming album. Support is dependent on the city and includes Morgan Wade with either Bush or Beartooth. Tickets and VIP are available now at shinedown.com!
Spring 2025
4/25 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena+#
4/26 – Omaha, NE – Chi Health Arena+#
4/28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena+#
5/1 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center+#
5/2 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena+#
5/4 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena+#
5/6 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center+#
5/9 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center+#
5/10 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena+#
5/13 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCC+#
5/15 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2025☆
Metal/electronicore veterans Asking Alexandria are hitting the road this spring with From Ashes to New, Royale Lynn, and What Lies Below. This short spring tour kicks off April 23rd in Buffalo, New York, and wraps up at Welcome to Rockville 2025 on May 15th. Tickets/VIP on sale at askingalexandria.com!
4/23 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo RiverWorks
4/24 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
4/26 – Syracuse, NY – Sharkey’s
4/28 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
4/29 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Clyde Theatre
4/30 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
5/2 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
5/3 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
5/4 – Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live
5/6 – Little Rock, AR – The Hall
5/7 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
5/8 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
5/10 – Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre
5/11 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025*
5/14 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
5/15 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2025*
The Word Alive, The Funeral Portrait, and Melrose Avenue are supporting Ice Nine Kills this spring on their Silver Scream-A-Thon Tour. INK will be playing two nights in each city, and the other three are appearing on the first evening. So what will the trio of bands do with themselves on nights they aren’t opening for INK? Why, play a rock show of their own, of course! Tickets can be bought at thefuneralportrait.com or wearethewordalive.com!
4/29 – Richmond, VA – The National*^
4/30 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz^
5/6 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater^
5/9 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club^
5/13 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore^
5/15 – Omaha, NE – The Admiral*^
5/18 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre^
5/20 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe^
5/21 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s*#
5/23 – New Kensington, PA – Preserving Underground*#
Hot on the heels of releasing their first new single in four years, Chevelle has announced a 2025 summer tour with special guests Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society. This 39-date trek (not including the spring festival dates) kicks off August 7th in San Antonio and has stops in New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Nashville before wrapping up October 4th in Sacramento. Tickets are now on sale at getmorechevelle.com! Or you can visit askingalexandria.com for tickets and VIP experiences!
Spring Festival Dates (Chevelle Only)
4/20 – Palm Springs, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2025
5/11 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025
5/17 – Ocean City, MD – Boardwalk Rock 2025
5/18 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2025
5/24 – The Woodlands, TX – BuzzFest 2025
5/25 – Dallas, TX – 97.1 The Eagle’s BFD 2025
Summer 2025 Dates w/Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society
8/7 – San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port
8/9 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theater
8/10 – Kansas City, MO – VooDoo Lounge
8/12 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
8/14 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
8/15 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
8/16 – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater
8/19 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
8/20 – Toronto, ON – The Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort
8/21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
8/23 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
8/24 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
8/26 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
8/27 – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Event Center
8/28 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
8/30 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome
8/31 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
9/3 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
9/4 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/5 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
9/7 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
9/9 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
9/10 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion
9/11 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club
9/13 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park
9/14 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
9/16 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
9/17 – Grand Junction, CO – Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park
9/18 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel
9/20 – Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
9/21 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
9/23 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
9/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
9/27 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
9/28 – Redding, CA – Redding Civic Auditorium
9/30 – Idaho Falls, ID – Mountain America Center
10/1 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
10/2 – Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest
10/4 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival 2025 (Chevelle only)
Collide the Gemini is a post-hardcore band hailing from El Paso, Texas. The trio consists of guitarist/vocalist Chris Reza, bassist Nate Sansom, and drummer Brian Carbajal. They have released one EP so far, 2022’s Dioscuri, but another EP is on the horizon!
I had the pleasure to chat with Chris about the band’s beginnings, their influences, the upcoming EP, and even his favorite sci-fi movies. (We also might have briefly touched on the topic of the Backstreet Boys…) Read on for more!
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Mostly Music: So I always start super basic out of the gate. How did Collide the Gemini form, and what’s the story behind the band name?
Chris Reza: Collide started out of the end of a previous band my drummer and I were in called The Roaring Twenties. Brian [drummer] and I wanted to continue pursuing music so we kept going, but we felt like the new songs and new lineup needed to be under a new name, so we decided to change it to Collide the Gemini.
The name came from my weird obsession with the word Gemini. The more I researched the story behind the Gemini and the twins, the more I felt it connected with our music. The name basically reflects what we try to do musically, colliding opposing sounds – light and dark, heavy and soft, simple and complex – and creating a balance between the two.
MM: That is one of the better stories behind a name I’ve heard, and it serves a purpose while being memorable.
So let’s go back a bit and talk about you. What inspired you to start creating music? Is that something you’ve always wanted to do, or did you have a defining moment that changed your trajectory?
CR: Well, I think art in general has always been something that I’ve wanted to do. Since I was a kid I’ve loved drawing, and growing up, I got into film and photography and graphic design. Music was just another creative outlet and one in which I could combine everything else. Even now I do a lot of our merch designs, music videos, and promos.
MM: Oh, so you’re a multi-talented creative person. I’m jealous. Lol. I want to be good – or…capable, I guess – at so many things, and I’m not. Writing is just about it.
Who would you say is your biggest musical influence?
CR: That’s a tough one. It changes all the time. I would say The Mars Volta. Mainly because they are hometown heroes of ours and also musical geniuses. But I would say we strive to sound more along the lines of a Dance Gavin Dance or Fall of Troy.
MM: On a related note, but also just for fun, is there anyone you listen to that might surprise people? (I refuse to call them “guilty pleasures,” because I don’t feel guilty about anything I listen to. Lol.)
CR: Haha, yeah, I totally agree with you! Like what you like, you know? I would say most people are surprised that I listen to hip hop. I’ve also been known to jam to some Olivia Rodrigo as well, haha!
MM: I still pull out some Backstreet Boys on occasion. (I’m old.) I went to see them in 2019 and my coworkers judged me. Lol. They were used to me listening to rock and metal. Anyway, let me get back on topic.
Y’all released “Take to the Skies” at the end of January. Can you tell me the story behind the song?
CR: Oh nice! Nah, the Backstreet Boys are awesome!
So “Take to the Skies” is a song that will be on our upcoming EP that will be out later this year. The EP is a concept record that I wrote. It’s loosely based on some of my favorite sci-fi films. “Take to the Skies” is told through the eyes of the protagonist’s wife, who must see him leave for this journey to save humanity in hopes he’ll return.
MM: And now you have caused me to debate whether to go ahead with music questions or dive into your taste in films. I can’t help it: that’s the stuff I love to know about my favorite musicians.Okay, I have to ask. Favorite sci-fi film(s)?
CR: Haha, no worries, I love talking about that stuff! For sure, the film that really inspired me to write this record was Interstellar. It’s a masterpiece! But Alien, Event Horizon, and The Thing are all in my top 5.
MM: I watched Event Horizon for the first time last year, which is odd considering what a horror buff I am. Haha. I loved it. My dad is a big sci-fi guy, but it’s all the really old films (he’s about to turn 70). I’ll have to check out Interstellar, though. I’ve never seen it.
CR: Oh, you have to watch it! It phenomenal.
MM: In regard to the EP, I like the idea of a concept album. Has your writing process been much different for this record? And (let me see if I can word this correctly) – do you think it’s been easier to write with a story to tell, or has it made the process more complex?
CR: The writing hasn’t changed much. We’ve had some kind of concept or story in mind while writing all of our previous material. I find that’s easier, at least for me, to write this way. Writing in the moment or from my personal experience can be a really good catalyst for songs, but I find that it’s sometimes hard to complete them. Whatever I felt about that topic at the time might change the next day, and I always find myself disinterested in continuing with the song. That being said, I have written about my own experiences. They’ve just been masked by a story, which makes it feel like I’m writing about someone else. If that makes sense, haha.
MM: I was thinking I could see both sides to working with a story. Like, it would be easier in a way because you have a set focus and a point to work towards, but at the same time, there might be difficulties because you’d be confined to working within certain parameters, i.e. your story. I guess that’s why I wanted to ask the question.
Piggybacking off your answer: do you think that masking your personal experiences behind a story makes them more relatable to your listeners? Maybe it’s easier for them to apply it to themselves when they don’t feel so much of the artist’s personal element? (Or maybe I’m overthinking it…)
CR: That’s a good question. I think listeners are going to relate it back to themselves regardless, whether it’s a song about a personal experience from the artist or one about space travel. At the end of the day if the song is hitting us at an emotional level that’s all that matters. We tend to find a way of connecting to it if we love it.
MM: I feel that on a spiritual level. I don’t understand how there are people out there who don’t “get” music. I always wonder if they just haven’t been fortunate enough to find that song or artist that grabs their soul and won’t let go. Lol. Not to be overly dramatic about it, but music means a lot to me.
What are Collide The Gemini’s plans for the rest of 2025? I know you said y’all are going to release the EP…
CR: Collide has a few things planned for 2025. We have our EP coming out this year titled A Spark in the Horizon. No set release date yet, but hopefully before the end of the year. We also have some plans to do some touring this year. We’re gonna do a small Texas run, hopefully this summer. Other than that, we will be dropping singles until we release the EP. So be on the look out for that!
MM: While I have you here, I’m gonna ask just a couple more questions. What’s your favorite thing about playing live?
CR: I would say connecting with fans, for sure. Seeing how our music affects them and sharing that experience. Also, as a fan of live music myself, seeing a band live and being in the moment with them is such a great experience.
MM: I think it would be so cool to experience it from both sides! Last but not least, do you have a dream tour lineup? Collide the Gemini with…?
CR: Oh God, I have too many to list, hahaha. I would love to do a tour with Hail the Sun. We’ve gotten to open up for them a few times and it’s always a good time. But maybe my dream lineup would be The Mars Volta headlining, maybe Coheed and Cambria supporting or something like that.
MM: Thank you so much for your time! And I look forward to all you guys have coming this year!
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Check out Collide the Gemini’s latest single, “Take to the Skies,” and be sure to follow their socials, as well as on your favorite streaming platforms so you don’t miss their upcoming releases or updates about the new EP!
Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein is turning 25 this year! To celebrate, they have announced the “25 Years of Noise” tour. The spring run will take place in North America and features support from Real Friends, Broadside, and greyhaven. Tickets on sale now at silversteinmusic.com!
4/18 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
4/19 – Portland, ME – Aura
4/20 – Hartford, CT – The Webster
4/22 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
4/23 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
4/24 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
4/26 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
4/27 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall
4/29 – Little Rock, AR – The Hall
4/30 – Fort Worth, TX – Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall
5/2 – Wichita, KS – TempleLive at Wichita Scottish Rite Center
5/3 – West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
5/4 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
5/6 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall
5/7 – London, ON – London Music Hall
5/8 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
5/10 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025
5/11 – Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall
5/13 – Richmond, VA – The National
5/14 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
5/16 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2025
Horror-inspired metal outfit Ice Nine Kills has a lot of their plate this spring. Having already booked dates supporting Metallica, the band has now scheduled The Silver Scream-A-Thon Tour, in which they will be playing two nights in each city. Night one will feature The Silver Scream in its entirety, while the second evening will be dedicated to the entire The Silver Scream 2:Welcome to Horrorwood record. Support for night one will be The Word Alive, The Funeral Portrait, and Melrose Avenue. The opening acts for night two will be Hail the Sun, Tx2, and Dark Divine.
British metalcore band While She Sleeps is hitting the road in North America this April alongside their peers in Bury Tomorrow. The tour features support from nu metal act Vended, who boasts two sons of Slipknot as members. Tickets are available at whileshesleeps.com!
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