In December 2013 Avenged Sevenfold celebrated their No. 1 album ‘Hail To The King’ with a sold out arena tour taking in Manchester, Birmingham and London’s Wembley Arena. They followed that with an awe inspiring headline slot at Download Festival in June 2014 cementing their unshakable reputation for breath-taking live performances.
Now the band are set to return to the UK bigger and badder than ever. They have announced an eight date UK tour for January 2017 which includes the Metro Radio Arena Newcastle on Thursday 12th January 2017.
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. Avenged Sevenfold 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.
Grammy nominated hard rock Titans, Disturbed returned to the rock arena after a 4-year hiatus with the critically acclaimed #1 album Immortalized. The album, the bands 5th consecutive US #1, has already boasted three huge #1 smashes “The Vengeful One” (the video currently has over 22 Million views and counting) “The Light,” and the global sensation that is their powerful version of the Simon & Garfield classic “The Sound of Silence,” (82 million views on YouTube) which also took the #1 spot at both Rock and Mainstream US Rock Radio.
Melodic Death Metal pioneers In Flames will be opening the bill across this run of UK dates. With a back catalogue of classics in their arsenal, the Swedish Legends are set to kick these shows off with a bang.
Tickets costing £37.50 & £45.00 will go on sale 9.00am Friday 29th July 2016 and are available online, from the booking hotline number 0844 493 6666 or in person from the Metro Radio Arena Box Office.