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Asking Alexandria Announces US Headlining Tour
British metalcore band Asking Alexandria has announced a US headlining tour this Spring with support coming from Motionless In White, Whitechapel, Chimaira, and I Killed The Prom Queen. This tour will be in support of Asking Alexandria’s upcoming third studio album, which is the followup to 2011’s Reckless & Relentess.
Guitarist Ben Bruce comments, “America, how have you been? Good? Yup thought so, me too! Well, as promised, we are back and we are better than ever. With our third studio album looming dangerously near we thought we should do a tour for you lot. An aggressive, heavy as fuck and balls to the wall tour to get you all ready for our new album. We shall be releasing some new material leading up to the tour and we shall be playing this new material for you all to enjoy live as well. ‘The Don’t Pray For Me Tour’ is our first U.S. tour of the year and fuck it feel good to be back. We have a great support line up and will be tying in the headlining dates with some amazing festival appearances. America, get fucking ready, lets start the new year with a HUGE fucking bang. Can’t wait to see you all.”
The full touring schedule can be seen below.
4/19 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotilion
4/21 – Lubbock, TX @ FMX Purple Spot Show
4/23 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
4/25 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon
4/26 – Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29
4/27 – Jacksonville, FL @ Welcome to Rockville
4/28 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz (NO MIW)
4/30 – Birmingham, AL @ Bessemer Civic Center
5/01 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
5/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Ice Garden Arena
5/04 – Charlotte, NC @ Carolina Rebellion
5/05 – Richmond, VA @ The National
5/07 – Long Island, NY @ The Paramount
5/08 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theatre
5/10 – Des Moines, IA @ KAZR Lazer Fest
5/11 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
5/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Epic
5/14 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
5/15 – Kansas City, MO @ Granada Theater
5/17 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
5/18 – Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range
5/25 – Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma
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AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.