FFDP Kick off UK tour next week

20th March 2014 0 By Suzie Rottencrotch

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
KICK OFF UK HEADLINE TOUR ON MARCH 28TH – RELEASE TRAILER FOR ‘HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN’ VIDEO & PLAY FREE SHOW AT THE OKINAWA U.S. AIR BASE

Five Finger Death Punch released two albums last year, ‘The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vols 1&2’, BOTH of which reached No 2 in the main Billboard chart. Now the band; IVAN MOODY (vocals), ZOLTAN BATHORY (guitar), JEREMY SPENCER (drums), JASON HOOK (guitar) and CHRIS KAEL (bass),have returned to Europe for their most expansive headline tour yet. The tour kicked off with a performance at the Bandit Rock Awards in Stockholm, Sweden where the band won Best International Album, and Best International Band. The tour is all but sold out, with just a few remaining tickets in Glasgow and at the second London show.

UK dates are:

March 2014
Friday 28th           Birmingham O2Academy SOLD OUT
Sunday 30th         London Forum SOLD OUT
Monday 31st         London Forum

April 2014:
Tues 1st Manchester Academy SOLD OUT
Thur 3rd Glasgow O2 Academy

The band wrapped up their European arena tour with Avenged Sevenfold in December 2013, followed by headline shows in Russia. They kicked off 2014 in fine fettle at Florida’s ShipRocked. On their way to Australia’s Soundwave festival, the band stopped off at the Kaneda Air Base Okinawa to play a free concert at the US Air Force base.

Five Finger Death Punch have just released a trailer for the video for their unexpected cover of ‘House Of The Rising Sun’ here: http://on.fb.me/1gyhzv

Since their formation in 2006, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has evolved into a melodic rock machine. The band has produced three Gold certified albums in the U.S.–The Way of The Fist (2007), War Is The Answer (2009) and American Capitalist (2011)–with cumulative single sales now exceeding over 4.5 million worldwide. Their songs have appeared on the hit games Splatterhouse and Madden 13, as well as in NBC’s hit shows, Criminal Minds and Revolution. They have graced numerous magazine covers across the globe including Metal Hammer Magazine’s 250th Anniversary Collector’s Edition which included a career-spanning 11 Track exclusive CD of Five Finger Death Punch tracks.