Avenged Sevenfold Takes On 2017

While we wait for details about Avenged Sevenfold’s new album, the band announces its first tour dates of 2017. The Huntington, Beach, Calif-based heavy metal band is headed to the U.K. in January with special guests Disturbed and In Flames.

This past January Avenged Sevenfold broke the news to fans that the group had told Warner Bros. Records that it would no longer record for it and that the label then filed a lawsuit against the band for “exercising our legal rights.”

The guys noted they were in the middle of writing their seventh studio album and “expect to go into the studio very soon.” The statement added that the band planned to release the follow-up to 2013’s Hail To The King later in 2016. A release date has not been announced.

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Rock In Rio, Rock City, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Avenged Sevenfold will spend the next several months playing festivals including Revolution Rock, Rock Allegiance, Louder Than Life and Monster Energy Aftershock. The group also has a handful of headline dates planned and an appearance with Metallica in Minneapolis Aug. 20.

Avenged Sevenfold’s First U.K. tour in more than three years kicks off Jan. 10 in Glasgow.

Jan. 10 – Glasgow, Scotland, The SSE Hydro
Jan. 12 – Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Metro Radio Arena
Jan. 13 – Birmingham, England, Genting Arena
Jan. 15 – Sheffield, England, Sheffield Arena
Jan. 16 – Manchester, England, Manchester Arena
Jan. 18 – Nottingham, England, The Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Jan. 19 – Cardiff, Wales, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Jan. 21 – London, England, The O2 – London

Presale tickets will be available starting July 17 at 9 a.m. local time. The general public onsale begins July 29. Visit AvengedSevenfold.com for more information.