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Five Finger Death Punch & Volbeat In Autumn
The tour begins in Salt Lake City in mid-September and includes stops in Baltimore, Knoxville, Orlando and Biloxi as well as heartland towns such as Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Bismarck, N.D. Word is tour producer Frank Productions will announce more dates June 3.
There’s a lot of power to this tour with both headliners touting best-selling albums. Five Finger Death Punch’s twin 2013 releases – The Wrong Side Of Heaven and The Righteous Side Of Hell – Volume 1 and Volume 2 received plenty of love from the charts. Combined, both long players have sold more than 600,000 copies to date.
Volbeat’s 2013 release – Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies – has also been a top charter with Nielsen SoundScan reporting that fans scooped up more than 300,000 copies. The band received a Grammy nom for “best metal performance” for the track “Room 24,” which featured King Diamond.
Here’s the tour:
Sept. 16 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Maverik Center
Sept. 17 – Billings, Mont., Rimrock Auto Arena At MetraPark
Sept. 18 – Bismarck, N.D., Bismarck Civic Ctr. Arena
Sept. 20 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. Cellular Center
Sept. 21 – Grand Rapids, Mich., DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center
Sept. 23 – Syracuse, N.Y., The Oncenter
Sept. 25 – Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Arena
Sept. 26 – Lowell, Mass., Tsongas Center At UMass Lowell
Sept. 27 – Albany, N.Y., Times Union Center
Sept. 28 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
Sept. 30 – Portland, Maine, Cumberland Co. Civic Center
Oct. 1 – Reading, Pa., Santander Arena
Oct. 3 – Newark, N.J., Prudential Center
Oct. 7 – Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County War Mem. Coliseum
Oct. 10 – Huntington, W.Va., Big Sandy Superstore Arena
Oct. 11 – Duluth, Ga., The Arena At Gwinnett Center
Oct. 12 – Knoxville, Tenn., Knoxville Coliseum
Oct. 14 – Orlando, Fla., CFE Arena
Oct. 16 – Biloxi, Miss., Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Oct. 17 – North Little Rock, Ark., Verizon Arena
Oct. 22 – Rio Rancho, N.M., Santa Ana Star Center
Oct. 24 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel / Casino
Presales begin May 7 at 10 a.m. with general onsales launching May 9 & 10 at 10 a.m. All times local. Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat will hold contests via each band’s Facebook page with prizes including a guitar singed by all bands on the outing plus meet & greets and other cool stuff. Click here and here for more information.