Avenged Sevenfold - Going big in the UK

Avenged Sevenfold are set to return to the UK for their biggest tour yet. Their previously announced ten date UK tour in January 2017 includes two nights at London’s o2 Arena. Tickets are priced £45 / £37.50 regionally and £45 / £37.50 / £30 for London via www.LiveNation.co.uk and www.Ticketmaster.co.uk. 

 

The band’s last visit was in 2013 for a SOLD OUT!!! arena tour plus an awe inspiring headline slot at Download Festival in June 2014 which cemented their unshakable reputation for breath-taking live performances. Avenged Sevenfold recently played a groundbreaking live 360 Virtual Reality gig on the roof of Capitol Records in LA after which they surprised fans with the announcement that their new album ‘The Stage’ their first for Capitol Records would be available that night.

 

Previously they had made headlines with the release of the title track, co-produced by the band and Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age / Tool) and a companion video directed by Chris Hopewell (Radiohead / The Killers). The latter has already amassed well over ten million YouTube views, 'The Stage' is a work of immense scope and ambition, featuring eleven panoramic tracks tied together by an Artificial Intelligence theme.

 

Inspired by the writings of Carl Sagan and Elon Musk, the album is the band’s first thematic release. While the term “AI” conjures up images of robots and fantasy films, the band steers clear of a science fiction storyline. Instead, the album sees them taking a futurist’s look at the accelerated rate at which technology’s intelligence is expanding and what that means... good and bad for the future.

The album’s epic fifteen minute plus closing track 'Exist' features a guest appearance by award-winning astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson giving a spoken word performance he penned specifically for the album. Avenged Sevenfold achieved worldwide success with a string of best-selling albums including their 2005 platinum breakthrough 'City of Evil', 2007’s 'Avenged Sevenfold', which topped the Billboard Alternative, Hard and Rock charts, and two consecutive No 1’s on Billboard’s top two hundred albums chart.

 

'Nightmare (2010)',​ 'Hail to the King (2013)' which reached No.1 in both UK and USA achieving Diamond, Platinum and Gold awards for album sales in nearly a dozen countries. They have also scored a series of top ten singles at multiple formats, including 'Bat Country, Almost Easy, Scream, Nightmare, Welcome to the Family, So far Away' and 'Hail to the King' and their latest 'The Stage'.

 

A7X have become known for their spectacular live shows, routinely selling out arenas Worldwide and headlining some of the biggest and most prestigious music festivals. In November 2012, they made an unprecedented appearance as characters in 'Call of Duty - Black Ops 2' the biggest selling video game of all time, which featured the band’s performance of 'Carry On' written specifically for the game.

Avenged Sevenfold self released the action adventure mobile video game 'Hail to the King: Deathbat' to rave reviews; with music, concept, and gameplay created entirely by the band. They also appeared in stores and homes globally as the featured pre-launch artist in 2015’s Guitar Hero: Live including an industry first playable live performance.

 

Avenged Sevenfold 2017 UK tour dates Below: (Support from Disturbed and In Flames)
January
07th - Dublin, 3Arena
10th - Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
12th - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
13th - Birmingham, Genting Arena
15th - Sheffield, Arena
16th - Manchester, Arena
18th - Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
19th - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
21st - London, o2 Arena
22nd - London, o2 Arena