Grand Rapids – Multi-platinum powerhouses, Five Finger Death Punch and Brantley Gilbert, have announced today that they will be joining forces this fall for a massive US arena tour with support from newcomer Cory Marks. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off in Grand Rapids, MI on November 9 at Van Andel Arena. Fan club pre-sales for both artists start at 10AM on Tuesday, August 16. All other pre-sales begin at 10AM on Thursday, August 18. Download the official Five Finger Death Punch Fan Club app here. Tickets go on general on-sale at 10AM on Friday, August 19 at VanAndelArena.com. For full info visit fivefinderdeathpunch.com and brantleygilbert.com.
This epic run is not the first time Five Finger Death Punch and Brantley Gilbert have joined forces. The two artists brought the worlds of hard rock and country rock together when they partnered on their global #1 hit, “Blue On Black” in 2019. The track also featured Brian May, the song’s original performer, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and was in support of The Gary Sinise Foundation, to benefit first responders. To date, the collaboration has garnered a staggering 110 million YouTube views and 62 million Spotify streams, proving that this very special tour should not be missed by fans of either artist!
Five Finger Death Punch are set to release their ninth studio album, AFTERLIFE, this Friday, August 19th via Better Noise Music. Pre-order AFTERLIFE HERE. The latest single from the new album, “Times Like These” is already quickly climbing the charts. Five Finger Death Punch recently set the world record for most consecutive Mainstream Rock Airplay #1 hits. The band also appears on screen in the upcoming Better Noise Films movie, The Retaliators in theaters starting September 14. Their song “Darkness Settles In” is featured on the soundtrack which is out September 16. Presale tickets for the movie and more information can be found via RETALIATORSMOVIE.COM.
5FDP have amassed over 8 billion streams to date. AFTERLIFE is the highly anticipated follow-up release to their 2020 album, F8 which debuted at #1 on rock charts around the world and Top 10 on the Mainstream charts in the USA, Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and more.
Brantley Gilbert recently released “Son Of The Dirty South” featuring Jelly Roll via The Valory Music Co., readying fans for the Son of The Dirty South Tour, where the friends turned collaborators will join forces on a run of tour dates across the southeastern U.S. this summer. Marking their first collaboration, the pair co-wrote “Son Of The Dirty South” with Andrew Baylis, offering a look into their southern upbringing and brandishing their appreciation for all things unruly, rowdy and loud. Listen to the song HERE and watch the official music video HERE. Gilbert has been back in the writer’s room and studio preparing more new music to be delivered later this year.
ABOUT FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have amassed 25 top 10 hit singles and 12 #1 singles. Having become one of the most recognizable names in music, 5FDP frequently play all major festivals and sell out arenas around the world. Since their debut album, The Way of the Fist came out in 2007 the band has released seven consecutive albums that were certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA, as well as two chart topping Greatest Hits albums.
In addition, 5FDP has earned numerous national and international awards and honors over the last decade, such as the prestigious Soldier Appreciation Award by the Association Of The United States Army, an honor bestowed only upon Elvis Presley before them.
CONNECT WITH FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH:
Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | Website
ABOUT BRANTLEY GILBERT
With back-to-back Platinum albums and a grassroots following millions strong, Brantley Gilbert’s music has been shared, covered and adopted as the soundtrack to Saturday night and Sunday morning by audiences around the world. The Georgia native who started as the defiant life-of-the-party can still go ‘til sunrise, but he’s also emerged as something far greater: the leader of a massive tribe of hard-working, fun-loving believers for whom electric guitar-shredding, rapping, and twang can go hand-in-hand-in-hand. They call themselves the BG Nation, and when the BG Nation watches Gilbert on a stage, they don’t just see a star. They see themselves. Seven No. 1 hits punctuate his career: “Country Must be Country Wide,” “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” CMA Awards Song of the Year nominee “Dirt Road Anthem,” “My Kinda Party,” RIAA 5x Platinum-certified “Bottoms Up,” “One Hell of an Amen” and collaboration with Lindsay Ell “What Happens In A Small Town.” Gilbert’s landmark record Just As I Am clinched the 2014 American Music Award for Favorite Country Album. Earning praise from the New York Times, NPR, American Songwriter, and more, Gilbert has mined a rich vein of conflict between the party and the pew on all of his albums. Instead of toiling in limbo, unable to enjoy good times for fear of Judgment Day, Gilbert fully lives––rowdy friend, man of faith, devoted husband, smitten new father––just as he is. His latest release “Son Of The Dirty South” featuring Jelly Roll is available now via The Valory Music Co., and the two embark on the Son Of The Dirty South Tour this summer before joining Five Finger Death Punch this fall for their co-headlining arena tour throughout the U.S. For tour dates, tickets and additional information, visit BrantleyGilbert.com or follow him Instagram and Twitter.
CONNECT WITH BRANTLEY GILBERT
Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | Website
ABOUT CORY MARKS
Cory Marks mixes country music's storytelling tradition and heavy rock's loud, unapologetic sounds. His debut, “Outlaws and Outsiders,” which features country music icon Travis Tritt, Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch, and Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe, was a global hit, going GOLD in Canada and receiving more than 87.8M million streams worldwide. With a new music in the works, and the upcoming horror-thriller film THE RETALIATORS, in which he has an onscreen role and two songs featured on the original soundtrack, Cory has just begun to make his mark(s) on the music industry.
CONNECT WITH CORY MARKS
Twitter | Instagram | Facebook |YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | Website
ABOUT LIVE NATION
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
PUBLICITY CONTACTS
Five Finger Death Punch
Charley Johns | Director of Publicity | Cosa Nostra PR, US
Charley@cosanostrapr.com
Tour Specific Requests
Eter Matsiashvilli | Tour Publicist | Cosa Nostra PR, US
Eter@cosanostrapr.com
Brantley Gilbert
Ebie McFarland | Essential Broadcast Media
ebie@ebmediapr.com
Live Nation
Monique Sowinski
moniquesowinski@livenation.com
About ASM Global
Van Andel Arena, DeVos Place and DeVos Performance Hall are managed by ASM Global. ASM Global is the world’s leading producer of entertainment experiences. It is the global leader in venue and event strategy and management—delivering locally tailored solutions and cutting-edge technologies to achieve maximum results for venue owners. The company’s elite venue network spans five continents, with a portfolio of more than 350 of the world’s most prestigious arenas, stadiums, convention, and exhibition centers, and performing arts venues Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. asmglobal.com.
####