Bullet For My Valentine Drummer to Sit Out Tour

Bullet For My Valentine’s “The British Invasion Tour” with Asking Alexandria and When She Sleeps is scheduled to kick-off tonight (Feb. 2) at the House of Blues in San Diego, but the band just revealed that they will be down a member. Taking to Facebook, the band announced that longtime drummer Michael ‘Moose’ Thomas will be missing the current tour. But, for those who are wondering if it’s bad news, it’s actually the complete opposite; Thomas and his wife are expecting their first child together.

The post reveals that Thomas found out late last year. In lieu of the news, Thomas made the decision to sit out the new tour to be at his wife’s side during the pregnancy. The band also writes that they “support him 100%” in his decision and have already enlisted someone to fill-in in the meantime. Read the band’s full post below.

“Hey there friends,

Our brother Moose got wonderful news late last year that he and his wife are expecting their first child together, which I’m sure you’ll join us in congratulating them on!

In light of this, Moose has made the decision that, after 10 years of non-stop touring, he’s going to take a few months out to be at his wife’s side around the birth. We support him 100% in this, and we thank our good friend Jason Bowld for agreeing to step in on the drums in the meantime.

Our tour cycle will remain unaffected by this, and Moose will be back in the hotseat later this year ready to kill it again.”

“The British Invasion Tour” is in support of Bullet For My Valentine’s recently released record, Venom. In addition to the tour, the band will also play several upcoming rock-centric music festivals in the spring including Jacksonville’s Welcome to Rockville, Ft. Myer’s Fort Rock, and Oklahoma’s Rocklahoma.

Rocklahoma Unveil 2016 Lineup

The unveiling for the “World’s Loudest Month” festival series continues. On Monday (Jan. 11), the lineup for the Oklahoma-based music festival, Rocklahoma, was announced. Like its companion festivals, Jacksonville’s Welcome to Rockville and Ft. Myers’ Fort Rock, the weekend-long event will feature performances from acts like Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Bullet For My Valentine, 3 Doors Down, SIXX: AM, and many more. The 2016 incarnation of the festival marks the event’s tenth anniversary which means it’s going to be something special, at least according to those behind the annual event.

“Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Rocklahoma is something that is incredibly special for all of us involved with the festival, and we tried to have something for everyone with this year’s lineup,” explains Joe Litvag, Executive Producer of Rocklahoma for AEG Live. “We’ve got some incredible first-timers like Scorpions, Disturbed, Last In Line, and Collective Soul. Some fan favorites returning like Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, and Steel Panther, and as a nod to the inaugural festival in 2007, we even have a few from that first Rocklahoma with Sebastian Bach, Great White, and Bang Tango. It’s going to be an unforgettable anniversary party!”

The three-day festival will invade Pryor, OK during Memorial Weekend, so expect a lot of partying. As always, the festival will include the option to camp at the grounds which comes with perks like the campground stage hosting performances during the Thursday night campground party as well as parties in the afternoon and late night hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Currently, special priced general admission and reserved tickets are available on Rocklahoma’s website. The specially priced tickets will be available until next Monday, Jan. 18 at noon CST. After that time, the general public sales will begin. Rocklahoma will return to their stomping grounds of the Catch the Fever  Festival Grounds in Pryor during the weekend of May 27-29.

Welcome to Rockville Unveil Lineup, Ticket Sales

Music festival season is still a couple of months away, but that means it’s almost time for those weekend-long events to unveil their lineups. On Monday (Dec. 7), the lineup for the 2016 Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville Festival was released. According to organizers, the Jacksonville, FL-based festival will feature over 45 bands including A Day to Remember, Asking Alexandria, Bring Me the Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, and more.

In addition to the lineup, early bird tickets were also announced. From now until Thursday, Dec. 17, there will be two rounds of early bird ticket sales. The first round has already been confirmed as sold out, so the second round is currently in effect. With the early bird special, two-day general admission tickets will begin at $89.50. On Friday, Dec. 18, there will be a limited amount of ticket price at $99.50, but after that, the prices will continue to increase. For more information about tickets, head on over to Rockville’s website.

But if the lineup unveil and the confirmation of ticket sales wasn’t enough, organizers have also posted when each artists on their lengthy lineup is slated to take the stage. Warning: they have only released which day of the festival the artists will perform NOT the performance times or stages. Check out the list below.

Saturday, April 30: Disturbed, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Bring Me The Horizon, Sixx:A.M., Collective Soul, Pennywise, Pop Evil, Bullet For My Valentine, Hellyeah, Asking Alexandria, Candlebox, Filter, Escape The Fate, Parkway Drive, Enter Shikari, Miss May I, Wilson, Red Sun Rising, Lacey Sturm, Monster Truck, Cane Hill

Sunday, May 1: Rob Zombie, ZZ Top, Five Finger Death Punch, A Day To Remember, Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Cypress Hill, Sevendust, Ghost, Anthrax, Clutch, Yelawolf, P.O.D., We Came As Romans, Memphis May Fire, Issues, Crown The Empire, Sick Puppies, Beartooth, Texas Hippie Coalition, Avatar, From Ashes To New, The Glorious Sons, Wild Throne

The 2016 Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville Festival is set to take place during the weekend of April 30-May 1 at Jacksonville’s Metropolitan Park.

Bullet for My Valentine to Release Live EP

Bullet for My Valentine might have just released their fifth studio album back in August, but the Welsh band has announced plans to release another record. But before you start wondering how you’re going to learn a record full of new songs in time for the “British Invasion Tour,” the new record is just a digital live EP. The EP will be titled Live from Kingston and will feature live versions of “Your Betrayal,” “The Last Fight,” their breakthrough song “Tears Don’t Fall,” and current single off of Venom, “Army of Noise.”

Live from Kingston will exclusively be available through Google Play beginning this Friday, Oct. 16.

In support of both Venom and Live from Kingston, the Welsh band will be hitting the road in early 2016. Beginning on Feb. 2 at the House of Blues in San Diego, CA, the rockers will hit the road on their “British Invasion Tour” with Asking Alexandria. The tour will have the two United Kingdom bands visit a slew of United States venues as well as Toronto and Montreal.

Tickets for the tour went on sale back in September and are currently available for purchase. The full tour schedule can  be seen below.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’S  2016 “THE BRITISH INVASION TOUR” DATES:

Feb 2 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues
Feb 3 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
Feb 5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Feb 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Feb 9 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Feb 11 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
Feb 12 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues
Feb 13 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
Feb 16 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland By AMC
Feb 17 – Saint Paul, MN – The Myth
Feb 19 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
Feb 20 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Feb 23 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
Feb 24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Feb 25 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Feb 27 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House Of Blues
Feb 28 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City
Mar 1 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
Mar 2 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
Mar 3 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues
Mar 5 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Mar 7 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis

Asking Alexandria to Join Bullet for My Valentine on 2016 Tour

Armed with a new singer and several tours with said new singer under their belts, Asking Alexandria has revealed that they will be hitting the North American touring circuit next year with Bullet For My Valentine. The tour, which has fittingly been named “The British Invasion Tour” (since you know, BFMV is from Wales and Asking Alexandria is from England) is slated to kick-off on Feb. 2, 2016 at the House of Blues in San Diego and wrap up a month or so later on March 7, 2016 at Metropolis in Montreal.

Tickets for the shows will officially go on sale beginning this Friday, Sept. 25. The complete list of upcoming tour dates, as well as the official tour poster can be seen below.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’S  2016 “THE BRITISH INVASION TOUR” DATES:

Feb 2 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues
Feb 3 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
Feb 5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Feb 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Feb 9 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Feb 11 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
Feb 12 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues
Feb 13 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
Feb 16 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland By AMC
Feb 17 – Saint Paul, MN – The Myth
Feb 19 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
Feb 20 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Feb 23 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
Feb 24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Feb 25 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Feb 27 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House Of Blues
Feb 28 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City
Mar 1 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
Mar 2 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
Mar 3 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues
Mar 5 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Mar 7 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis

Bullet For My Valentine spent their summer supporting Slipknot and Lamb of God on their joint headlining “Summer’s Last Stand Tour” and promoting their new album, Venom. Asking Alexandria spent their summer introducing their brand new singer, Denis Stoff, to their fanbase during this year’s Vans Warped Tour. In addition to headlining Warped Tour’s UK installment, the band will be heading out on their own tour in the UK, and Europe, this October.

Bullet For My Valentine Debut ‘Venom’ Bonus Track

Bullet For My Valentine’s new record, Venom, is set to be released this Friday (Aug. 14) and in anticipation of their fifth studio album, the Welsh band has premiered another new song from it. The new track is titled “Playing God”; a bonus track that will only be available on the deluxe editions of the album.

Listen to “Playing God” below.

Bullet For My Valentine is currently in the middle of Slipknot’s “Summer’s Last Stand Tour.” Tonight the traveling metal-centric carnival (if you’ve seen Slipknot’s stage set up for this tour you’d understand) will hit the Jiffy Lube Live amphitheater in Washington D.C.

Check out the remaining tour dates for the summer tour below.

SLIPKNOT’S SUMMER’S LAST STAND TOUR:

8/11 Washington DC @ Jiffy Lube Live
8/12 Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live
8/14 Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
8/15 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amp
8/16 St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
8/19 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amp
8/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amp
8/23 Seattle, WA @ White River Amp
8/23 Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
8/26 Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion
8/28 Las Vegas, NV @ TBD
8/29 Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
8/30 Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
9/1 Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater
9/2 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Bullet for My Valentine Unveil “War” Video

Almost a week after the audio release of their new single, Bullet For My Valentine have given fans the official music video for “You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War).”

The video follows a family as they have reached rock bottom due to the father and all his abuse. Instead of “taking it anymore” (like the lyrics say), they decided that it’s time to take care of the negative aspect of their life. The video also features shots of the band performing the song.

Check out the music video below.

“You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)” will join lead single “No Way Out” and “Broken”(it made its debut during the group’s performance at the Camden Rocks Festival) on Venom, the Welsh band’s fifth studio album. The record is set to be released on Aug. 14 through RCA Records.

Bullet For My Valentine Declare “A War” with New Song

Bullet For My Valentine will be opening for Slipknot and Lamb of God during the “Summer’s Last Stand” tour alongside Motionless in White, but before they can get to that, they have released a new song in anticipation of their upcoming new album.

The new song is titled “You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)” and will be featured on their impending record, Venom.

While the newly released video is only the audio for the track, the band have confirmed the official music video will be released on Monday, June 29.

In a recent interview with Billboard, frontman Matt Tuck unveiled that the song is them addressing the issue of being bullied and telling their fans that it happens to everyone.

“[It] happens to everybody, and it’s not a nice place to be when that happens. It took me a long time to actually pluck up the courage, mentally and physically, to stand up for myself, so it was kind of momentous moment for me. I had lost all these battles in my young life, and all of a sudden I was growing into a young man. I was able to stand up for myself and defend myself, and the band actually became something big and special and just like the biggest ‘f*** you’ to everyone. That’s what that song’s about, really. It’s about going through hard times and coming through the other side.”

Listen to “You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)” below.

“You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)” will join lead single “No Way Out” on Venom which is due out on Aug. 14 through RCA Records.