Billboard Top 10 metalcore act August Burns Red has announced dates for an upcoming national fall headline tour which kicks off November 1 in Philadelphia, PA and runs through December 15 in Lancaster, PA. Lending support will be Blessthefall, Defeater and Beartooth.
Fans can purchase tickets and premium bundles including t-shirts, hats, dog tags, posters and more now through SHOWstubs.com/abr. The public on sale date for tickets is Friday, August 23rd starting at 10AM local time [check local listings as times may vary].
The Lancaster, PA rock outfit will be out in support of their fifth studio LP, “Rescue & Restore” [Solid State], which debuted at #9 on the Billboard Top 200 last month. This impressive feat improves upon the #11 debut of the album’s predecessor, 2011’s Leveler.
“Rescue & Restore” is a colossal effort which turns a critical eye to the oft-maligned genre of metalcore, leading by example to prove that bands can still find exciting new ways to expand the genre without simply falling into repetitive trappings.
In its review of the new LP, Alternative Press notes, “Now a decade into their career, August Burns Red have stated they are on a mission to revive metalcore from its self-induced coma of conformity, and their latest puts the band’s music where their collective mouth is. An immediately impressive work of skill and creativity well-removed from the rehashed riffs and tired scream-sing antics that plague the genre, Rescue is a bold step forward for both the band and anyone attempting to follow it.”
Our review for “Rescue & Restore” can be found here.
“Rescue & Restore is about challenging other bands and ourselves, as well as fans of this music, to want more than whatever happens to be the current buzz,” explains guitarist and principal songwriter JB Brubaker.
Since launching out of Manheim, PA, the industrious outfit has successfully transitioned from shake-up-the-field upstarts to one of the biggest names worldwide in the genre. On stages across the U.S. to Europe, Japan, Australia, South America and more, from renowned fests such as UK’s Download Festival to the Warped Tour, which they joined again in 2013 as a mainstage act, August Burns Red have spent years taking their music and message directly to fans, and in the process have grown into one of the leading forces in the modern metal scene.
Upcoming Shows:
Sep 07 iMatter Fest, Elmira, NY
Sep 12 Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands [Tickets]
Sep 13 Matrix, Bochum, Germany
Sep 14 Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany
Sep 15 Brewhouse, Goteborg, Sweden
Sep 16 Klubben, Stockholm, Sweden
Sep 17 Verkstedhallen, Trondheim, Norway
Sep 18 C-Club, Berlin, Germany
Sep 19 Kwadrat, Krakow, Poland
Sep 20 Ajz, Chemnitz, Germany
Sep 21 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
Sep 22 Hirsch, Nuremberg, Germany
Sep 24 Durer Kurt, Budapest, Hungary
Sep 25 Arena, Vienna, Austria
Sep 26 Backstage Halle, Munich, Germany
Sep 27 Vk, Brussels, Belgium
Sep 28 Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland
Sep 29 Salzhaus , Winterthur, Switzerland
Sep 30 Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany
Oct 01 Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany
Nov 01 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 02 Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 03 Expo Five, Louisville, KY
Nov 04 Rocketown, Nashville, TN
Nov 05 Pop’s, Sauget, IL
Nov 06 Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS
Nov 07 Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City, OK
Nov 08 House of Blues, Dallas, TX
Nov 09 House of Blues, Houston, TX
Nov 10 Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, TX
Nov 12 Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
Nov 14 The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
Nov 15 Club Nokia La Live, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 16 Regency Ballroom , San Francisco, CA
Nov 18 Murray Theater, Murray, UT
Nov 19 Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO
Nov 20 Wooly’s, Des Moines, IA
Nov 21 Mill City Nights, Minneapolis, MN
Nov 22 House of Blues, Chicago, IL
Nov 23 House of Blues, Chicago, IL
Nov 24 Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
Nov 26 House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH
Nov 27 The Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI
Nov 28 Sound Academy, Toronto, Canada
Nov 29 Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
Nov 30 The Palladium, Worcester, MA
Dec 01 Best Buy Theatre, New York, NY
Dec 03 The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Dec 04 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
Dec 05 Roc Bar, Jacksonville, FL
Dec 06 The Plaza LIVE, Orlando, FL
Dec 07 The Ritz Ybor, Tampa, FL
Dec 08 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dec 10 NV, Knoxville, TN
Dec 11 Amos’ Southend, Charlotte, NC
Dec 12 The National, Richmond, VA
Dec 13 Sound Stage, Baltimore, MD
Dec 14 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
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Video below “Fault Line”
August Burns Red – Leveler (Deluxe Edition) [CD review]
August Burns Red @ Effenaar Eindhoven 27-10-2012 [Nov. 2012]