According to The Pulse Of Radio, Skillet is making headway on its new album and has plans to hit the studio this year.
The band’s upcoming album will follow up 2013’s “Rise”, debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard album chart, selling 60,000 copies in its first week of release.
Frontman John Cooper told Billboard, ‘We’re planning on recording this summer. June will mark two years for “Rise”, and I would like to be releasing a record this year. So we’re working toward that goal, and even if we don’t we’ll release it early next year.’
Cooper, who says he’s really inspired lately, has been working closely on music with keyboardist Korey Cooper, his wife and bandmate.
He said, “I haven’t been this excited about writing a record in, like, seven years or eight years, and it’s just been kind of a joyous time, actually. I’ve been signing autographs on the tour and meeting tons of people, and when I meet people like that it inspires me to write and I’m feeling inspired and just excited to still be making music and hopefully write songs that people can relate to and can make them feel better about themselves or help them through hard times.”
Skillet is currently on its Winter Jam tour 2015 and has dates lined up throughout the year. Remaining dates are listed below.
Upcoming Shows
Feb 20 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Cincinnati, OH
Feb 21 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 22 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Cleveland, OH
Feb 26 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Tupelo, MS
Feb 27 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Bossier City, LA
Feb 28 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Houston, TX
Mar 01 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Tulsa, OK
Mar 05 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Springfield, MO
Mar 06 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Wichita, KS
Mar 07 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Oklahoma City, OK
Mar 08 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Fort Worth, TX
Mar 12 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Roanoke, VA
Mar 13 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Raleigh, NC
Mar 14 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Columbia, SC
Mar 15 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Chattanooga, TN
Mar 19 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
Mar 20 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Indianapolis, IN
Mar 21 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Birmingham, AL
Mar 22 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Memphis, TN
Mar 27 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Little Rock, AR
Mar 28 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Lexington, KY
Mar 29 Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular Peoria, IL
Apr 25 Freedom Fest Pretoria, South Africa
Apr 27 Freedom Fest Cape Town, South Africa
Jun 13 Rock The Park Charlotte, NC
Jun 19 Alive Festival Canal Fulton, OH
Jun 20 Wonder Jam Vaughan, Canada
Jun 25 Creation Northeast Shirleysburg, PA
Jun 26 Spirit Song Mason, OH
Jun 27 Kingsfest Doswell, VA
Jul 11 Lifest Oshkosh, WI
Jul 16 Sonshine Festival Somerset, WI
Aug 07 HeavenFest Morrison, CO
Aug 08 Wild Adventures theme Park Valdosta, GA
Aug 22 Franklin Graham Festival Oklahoma City, OK
Aug 28 Alaska State Fair Palmer, AK
2016
Jan 25 KLOVE Cruise Miami, FL
Jan 26 KLOVE Cruise Miami, FL
Jan 27 KLOVE Cruise Miami, FL
Jan 28 KLOVE Cruise Miami, FL
Jan 29 KLOVE Cruise Miami, FL
Jan 30 KLOVE Cruise Miami, FL
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