Alter Bridge has announced the next leg of “The Last Hero” tour in the United States hitting the road this spring. The headline dates will be scattered among the numerous festival dates that Alter Bridge is already confirmed for, including WJRR Earth Day Birthday, Fort Rock, Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Northern Invasion and Rock On The Range. The headline tour will kick off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and make stops in Sayreville, New Jersey; Providence, Rhode island; Baltimore, Maryland; Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Flames and Metal Church will be joining Alter Bridge on select dates of the tour. Fans can head over to www.alterbridge.com/tour for more information on each date, including public onsale information and exclusive VIP experiences including meet-and-greet and guitar lesson opportunities.
Alter Bridge‘s fifth studio album, “The Last Hero”, was released on October 7 by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. The CD was produced by longtime friend and collaborator Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Slash, Tremonti, Trivium) and mastered by Grammy Award winner Ted Jensen.
Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy told FaceCulture in a recent interview that even though the band’s new album is called “The Last Hero”, it’s not necessarily a politically oriented record. Kennedy explained: “The trick was not to get too directly political, because all that does is piss people off. One of the key emotions a lot of people seem to be feeling is disillusionment, and what I try to do as a lyricist is touch on these emotions.”
Guitarist Mark Tremonti agreed, telling The Pulse Of Radio that the album title and concept is more general in nature. “Myles kind of ran with that as a theme for the record,” he said. “It’s a calling out for leaders in this world that you can trust and put faith in and, you know, it’s just such a circus right now, especially here in the States, with everything that’s going on. So it’s just, you know, a call out to find new leaders in this world.”
A previously unreleased song called ‘Breathe’, first recorded by the band in 2004 during the sessions for its debut album “One Day Remains”, was included as a bonus track on the Best Buy edition of “The Last Hero”.
Upcoming Shows:
Mar 31 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
Apr 03 Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane, Australia
Apr 04 Enmore Theatre, Newtown, Australia
Apr 06 Festival Hall, ,Melbourne, Australia
Apr 08 Metropolis, Fremantle, Australia
Apr 21 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Apr 22 Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
Apr 29 Fort Rock @ Jetblue Park, Fort Myers, FL
Apr 30 Welcome to Rockville @ Metropolitan Park, Jacksonville, FL
May 02 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
May 03 Lupo’s Heartbreak HotelProvidence, RI
May 06 Carolina Rebellion @ Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
May 10 The Hippodrome, Baltimore, MD
May 11 Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA
May 13 Northern Invasion, Somerset, WI
May 14 Northern Invasion, Somerset, WI
May 16 Dream Makers Theatre @ Kewadin, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
May 17 The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
May 20 Rock On The Range @ MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, OH
EUROPE:
Jun 03 Rock Im Park, Nuremberg, Germany
Jun 04 Rock Am Ring, Nürburg, Germany
Jun 06 013 Tilburg, Netherlands
Jun 08 Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg, Sweden
Jun 10 BASE AERIENNE 217 Brétigny Sur Orge, France
Jun 11 Download, Castle Donington, United Kingdom
Jun 14 Forum Karlín Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
Jun 15 Novarock, Nickelsdorf, Austria
Jun 17 Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Belgium
Jun 18 Hellfest, Clisson, France
Jun 24 Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany
Jun 26 Luxexpo, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Jul 02 Rock Fest, Barcelona, Spain
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