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Pop Evil Bursts Into U.S.
After a year full of festivals and support gigs for 3 Doors Down, Disturbed, and Rob Zombie, Pop Evil is ready to take center stage in 2017 with its own headline dates, with Red Sun Rising and Badflower coming along for support.
Photo: Jim Hill
DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Pop Evil is still supporting 3 Doors Down in Europe until early November. Those gigs are mostly in Germany and the United Kingdom. After that there are random headline dates peppering late November and December, mostly in the regional South and Midwest.
The official “Rock ‘n’ Roll Now Tour: Right Now” with RSR and Badflower starts up in Louisville, Ky., Jan, 10. From there the band spends awhile in the South, with extended runs in Florida and Texas, before eventually moving back into the West, Midwest, and Northeast, wrapping up Feb. 24 in Detroit.
“It’s no secret, as a ‘rock’ musician this is a very difficult era to survive in. That’s why we take it very seriously to appreciate what is happening R.I.GHT NOW by living in the moment,” frontman Leigh Kakaty said in a statement.
Pop Evil is also set to play on the
Specializing in hard rock, Pop Evil will be playing a lot of material from last year’s release Up, though it released the single “Take It All,” in April. Check out a live performance of that single at
Here is the routing for the “Right Now” tour:
Jan. 10 – Louisville, Ky., Mercury Ballroom
Jan. 11 – Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte’s Underground
Jan. 13 – Lake Buena Vista, Fla., House Of Blues
Jan. 14 – Saint Petersburg, Fla., State Theatre
Jan. 15 – Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Revolution Live
Jan. 21 – Birmingham, Ala., WorkPlay Theatre
Jan. 22 – Mobile, Ala., Soul Kitchen
Jan. 24 – New Orleans, La., House Of Blues
Jan. 25 – Dallas, Texas, House Of Blues
Jan. 27 – Houston, Texas, House Of Blues
Jan. 28 – San Antonio, Texas, The Aztec Theatre
Jan. 29 – El Paso, Texas, Tricky Falls
Jan. 31 – Las Vegas, Nev., House Of Blues
Feb. 1 – Tucson, Ariz., Rialto Theatre
Feb. 3 – Denver, Colo., Summit Music Hall
Feb. 4 – Lincoln, Neb., Bourbon Theatre
Feb. 6 – Des Moines, Iowa, Wooly’s
Feb. 9 – Minneapolis, Minn., The Cabooze
Feb. 10 – Chicago, Ill., House Of Blues
Feb. 11 – Milwaukee, Wis., The Rave
Feb. 12 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Bogart’s
Feb. 14 – Cleveland, Ohio, House Of Blues
Feb. 16 – Boston, Mass., Brighton Music Hall
Feb. 18 – Sayreville, N.J., Starland Ballroom
Feb. 19 – Philadelphia, Pa., Theatre Of Living Arts
Feb. 22 – Indianapolis, Ind., Deluxe
Feb. 23 – Niagara Falls, N.Y., Rapids Theatre
Feb. 24 – Detroit, Mich., The Fillmore Detroit
Presale tickets are available now with the password “BLABBERMOUTH”, and the general onsale starts Oct. 24. Learn more about the band at PopEvil.com.