The first song off of Shinedown’s Threat to Survival, Asking for It, asks the question perfectly in the very first line – “Can I have a moment of your time?” And, perhaps, they can have a moment of your time – Shinedown has just announced their next leg of their tour, to promote Threat to Survival, through October and November. They are joined by fellow co-headliners, Breaking Benjamin, who are currently publicizing their new album, Dark Before Dawn, and openers Nothing More, who is currently promoting their new single “Jenny” off their self titled album, and Sevendust, who will be on tour for their new album Kill the Flaw, out October 2nd. Nothing More will open on all October dates and Sevendust will open on all November dates. The tour will kick off on October 16th in Wichita, Kansas, and close up on November 24th in Portland, Maine. Check out the tour dates right here:
October 16th – Wichita, Kansas – Intrust Arena
October 17th – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Chesapeake Energy Arena
October 18th – Lubbock, Texas – Canyon Amphitheater
October 20th – Rio Rancho, New Mexico – Santa Ana Star Center
October 21st – Mesa, Arizona – KUPD Fest (festival)
October 22nd – Las Vegas, Nevada – The Joint
October 24th – Sacramento, California – Aftershock 2015 (festival)
October 26th – Everett, Washington – XFINITY Arena
October 27th – Kennewick, Washington – Toyota Center
October 29th – Bozeman, Montana – Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
October 30th – West Valley City, Utah – Maverick Center
October 31st – Broomfield, Colorado – 1STBANK Center
November 2nd – Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Danny Sanford PREMIER Center
November 4th – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – US Cell Center
November 6th – Peoria, Illinois – Peoria Civic Center
November 7th – Youngstown, Ohio – Covelli Center
November 8th – Salem, Virginia – Salem Center
November 10th – Knoxville, Tennessee – Knoxville Coliseum
November 11th – Huntsville, Alabama – Von Braun Center
November 13th – Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Arena
November 14th – Little Rock, Arkansas – Verizon Center
November 15th – Cape Girardeau, Missouri – Show Me Center
November 17th – Fayetteville, North Carolina – Crown Center Coliseum
November 19th – Uncasville, Connecticut – Mohegan Sun
November 20th – State College, Pennsylvania – Bryce Jordan Center
November 21st – Huntington, West Virginia – Big Sandy Arena
November 23rd – Albany, New York – Times Union Center
November 24th – Portland, Maine – Cross Insurance Arena
Currently, Shinedown is just now finishing up shows in Japan and Hawaii, the former being their very first time touring there. They will play several large festival shows prior to the tour with Breaking Benjamin, which include Soul Kitchen in Mobile, Alabama on October 2nd, Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center in Cherokee, North Carolina, on October 3rd, and as a headliner for Louder than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 4th.”
Shinedown will be touring in the U.K. in 2016 as part of Carnival of Madness as an opener, alongside openers Highly Suspect and Halestorm and headliner Black Stone Cherry. The dates are as follows:
January 28th – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Motorpoint Arena
January 29th – Nottingham, United Kingdom – Nottingham Capital FM Arena
January 30th – Liverpool, United Kingdom – Liverpool Echo Arena
February 1st – Glasgow, United Kingdom – The SSE Hydro
February 2nd – Birmingham, United Kingdom – Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
February 4th – London, United Kingdom – Wembley SSE Arena
February 5th – Leeds, United Kingdom – Leeds First District Arena
February 6th – Manchester, United Kingdom – Manchester Arena
As well, on September 18th, the release of Threat to Survival, vocalist Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers will be playing an intimate acoustic show to promote Shinedown’s new album, at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida. The show completely sold out in 16 hours, showing how excited fans are for this new album, and during a personal Periscope, Myers revealed that he and Smith would undertake an acoustic tour around the United States, spreading Threat to Survival to the masses before undertaking the big fall tour, and that much has been true – the duo have been to radio shows all over the U.S. for promotion, although it is not known if they will do the same thing for the public after the big October-November and U.K. tours, next year.
Breaking Benjamin’s newest album, Dark Before Dawn
Breaking Benjamin, the other headliner, is touring in promotion of their new album Dark Before Dawn, the band’s triumphant return to music after being on an extended hiatus since 2010, delivering to fans their old school sound that they so desperately missed through a whole new line up of musicians. They have just undertaken the beginnings of their fall tour, playing a number of dates in September and beginning of October with opening band Starset, before joining Shinedown for the October-November tour. The dates are as follows:
September 29th – Moorhead, Minnesota – Bluestem Center for the Arts
September 30th – Clear Lake, Iowa – Surfside Ballroom
October 2nd – Kansas City, Missouri – Crossroads KC
October 3rd – Memphis, Tennessee – Minglewood Hall
Breaking Benjamin will also be attending Louder than Life as a performer, before undertaking the tour with Shinedown and Nothing More about a week after the festival. After these tour dates, the band will be taking to the high seas, as a performer on the Axes & Anchors Cruise, taking off from Miami, Florida, from February 20th – 24th, 2016.
All shared tour dates are above, except for November 3rd; Shinedown will be playing the Myth Live Event Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while Breaking Benjamin will be playing at La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The November opener, Sevendust, will be joining Breaking Benjamin on November 3rd. As well, on October 24th, Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin will both be playing Aftershock 2015 in Sacramento, California, but the opener, Nothing More, will be playing The Glass House in Ponoma, California.
Both of the openers, Nothing More and Sevendust, are also undertaking tours before and after the co-headlining tour between Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin. Nothing More has had a big year these last few years, as their self titled album hit the radio with hit single This is The Time (Ballast) and their creativity in shows struck a chord with audiences all over the world.
Now, Nothing More is headlining the Monster Energy Outbreak tour, a new tour that strives to introduce smaller bands into larger audiences, and they will be joined by The Color Morale, Turbowolf, and Separations. Those tour dates will run from September 29th to October 14th (with a break on October 4th to play at Louder than Life and October 10th to play the Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and are listed below:
September 29th – Cape Coral, Florida – Dixie Roadhouse
September 30th – Saint Petersburg, Florida – The State Theater
October 2nd – Atlanta, Georgia – The Masquerade
October 3rd – Johnson City, Tennessee – Capone’s
October 5th – Chattanooga, Tennessee – Revelry Room
October 6th – Birmingham, Alabama – Zydeco
October 8th – Jacksonville, North Carolina – Hooligans
October 9th – Charlotte, North Carolina – Amos’ Southend
October 12th – Nashville, Tennessee – Mercy Lounge
October 13th – Memphis, Tennessee – New Daisy Theater
October 14th – Little Rock, Arkansas – Juanita’s
After the October dates with Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More will be embarking on a European tour for the duration of November and December, which will run from November 20th to December 8th. Check the dates out here:
November 20th – Copenhagen, Denmark – KB18
November 21st – Stockholm, Sweden – Fryshuset Klubben
November 22nd – Oslo, Norway – John Dee
November 24th – Hamburg, Germany – UEBEL & GEFAHRLICH
November 25th – Berlin, Germany – Comet
November 26th – München, Germany – Backstage
November 27th – Cesano Boscone, Italy – Legend Club
November 29th – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex
November 30th – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie
December 2nd – Tilburg, the Netherlands – 013
December 3rd – Antwerp, Belgium – Kavka
December 5th – Digbeth, United Kingdom – The Institute
December 6th – Glasgow, United Kingdom – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
December 7th – Manchester, United Kingdom – Academy 3
December 8th – London, United Kingdom – Boston Music Room
Sevendust, the other opener, will be on tour with Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin in November as an opener, touring in promotion of their new album, Kill the Flaw, and the main radio single “Thank You”.
Currently, they are touring a mixed tour of sorts – some nights, they are by themselves, and other nights, they open for Godsmack. After Louder than Life, though, Sevendust tours with Godsmack as their opener for much of the month of October, and near the end, they tour with bands WOVENWAR and Sidewise before joining on the Shinedown/Breaking Benjamin tour. Check those dates out down here:
September 29th – Kansas City, Missouri – Arvest Bank Theater at the Midland (with Godsmack)
October 1st – Shreveport, Louisiana – Municipal Auditorium
October 2nd – Huntsville, Alabama – Von Braun Center (with Godsmack)
October 3rd – Louisville, Kentucky – Louder than Life (festival)
Opening for Godsmack:
October 13th – Wallingford, Connecticut – Toyota Oakdale Theater
October 14th – Poughkeepsie, New York – Mid-Hudson Civic Center
October 16th – Halifax, Canada – Scotiabank Center
October 17th – Moncton, Canada – Moncton Coliseum
October 19th – Ottawa, Canada – TD Place
Shows with WOVENWAR and Sidewise:
October 21st – Chicago, Illinois – Concord Music Hall
October 22nd – Omaha, Nebraska – Sokol Auditorium
October 23rd – Denver, Colorado – Summit Music Hall
Eventually, though, all these bands will combine for one big tour over two months, and easily become one of the best tours of 2015! Don’t miss out on seeing Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin, two of the heaviest and best bands of this year with their triumphant return to music, and don’t fail to catch Nothing More or Sevendust on which show you go to, as they’re obviously up and coming back in the world of rock music! If you’d like to catch up on these bands most recent releases – Shinedown recently released Threat to Survival, Breaking Benjamin with Dark Before Dawn, Nothing More with their self titled album, and Sevendust will release Kill the Flaw on October 2nd. Check out these albums, and catch a show if you get the chance!
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