Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they are heading out on tour across North America. The band have revealed the first batch of dates in support of the release of their upcoming new record Life Is But A Dream….
And if that wasn’t enough, they are going to be joined by the unstoppable Alexisonfire, who released their latest album Otherness last year.
So that’s a whole load of this:
And then a whole load of this:
Here are those all-important dates:
- July 18 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
- July 19 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
- July 21 – Québec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
- July 22 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
- July 24 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre
- July 26 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
- July 28 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
- July 29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
- July 31 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre
- August 2 – Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre
- August 4 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
- August 5 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
- August 7 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Life Is But A Dream… will be released on June 02 via Warner Records.
The band had this to say about it:
“Avenged Sevenfold’s new album, Life Is But A Dream, is best served as a whole and consumed en masse to truly appreciate its musical breadth and sonic depth. Written and recorded over the span of 4 years, it was produced by Joe Barresi and Avenged Sevenfold in Los Angeles and mixed by Andy Wallace in the Poconos, PA. The album is a journey through an existential crisis; a very personal exploration into the meaning, purpose and value of human existence with the anxiety of death always looming.”
Here’s the expansive and experimental first taste, “Nobody”:
