Coming off an extremely successful European tour, rock veterans P.O.D. will bring their acclaimed live show back to America. The tour supporting their most recent release, “Circles”, will run from May 10 to June 9 all over the country. Nonpoint, Islander, Nine Shrines and Hyro The Hero – will provide support on various dates.
Singer Sonny Sandoval‘s longtime collaborators in P.O.D. — lead guitarist Marcos Curiel, bassist Traa Daniels and drummer Wuv Bernard — recently released their tenth studio album, “Circles”, marking another leap forward. The band members decided to shake up their creative process by collaborating with an L.A.-based production duo called the Heavy, who provided behind-the-scenes musical tweaks, and served as a sounding board for vocal and melodic ideas. The results are contemporary-sounding without losing any of the band’s core sonic signifiers.
“They’re some of the most underrated musicians in our genre,” Sandoval says of his bandmates. “They’re all self-taught musicians. If you listen from demos 26 years ago to now, they just continue to get better and better. They continue to get more creative. My guys are players. They jam, they hear the music, they feel the music. They’re musicians first and that really comes through in our live show.”
“We are touring and making music because it still means something to the people that are coming out to see us, and people that are still listening to our music,” he adds. “We’re humbled, we’re grateful, and we’re thankful for people that still enjoy what we’re doing.”
Tour dates:
May 10 – Newport, KY @ (Cinci)Thompson House
May 11 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Rock on the River
May 12 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge*
May 14 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop*
May 15 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall*
May 17 – Virginia Beach, VA Lunatic Luau*
May 18 – Lynchburg, VA – Phase 2*
May 19 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance*
May 21 – Sayerville, NJ – Starland Ballroom*
May 23 – Nashville, TN – The Cowan*
May 24 – Springfield, MO – The Complex*
May 25 – St. Louis, MO – Pointfest
May 27 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
May 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Royal
May 31 – Victorville, CA – San Bernardino County Fair
June 01 – Mont Claire, CA – Canyon Club
June 03 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne
June 04 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
June 06 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
June 07 – Reno, NV – Virginia Streethouse Brewhouse
June 08 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Pool
June 09 – Pasadena, CA – The Rose
* with HYRO THE HERO
Over the span of two decades, P.O.D. has released ten studio albums, including the triple-platinum “Satellite.” They have seen chart success with more than a dozen Rock radio hits, including ‘Southtown,’ ‘Alive,’ ‘Youth of the Nation,’ and ‘Boom,’and most recently with their Active Rock hits ‘Higher,’ ‘Beautiful,’ and ‘Lost In Forever,’ which hit #1. The band has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards, racked up four #1 music videos, and contributed songs to numerous major motion picture soundtracks.
The members of P.O.D. are also active members of a tight-knit music community, having collaborated with a diverse list of artists including Katy Perry, H.R. (Bad Brains), Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies), Sen Dog (Cypress Hill), and more.
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