Earlier right now (Wednesday, October 25),GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna confirmed to “Chaz And AJ In The Morning” on the 99.1 PLR radio station in Connecticut that he and his bandmates will embark on a “stripped-down” U.S. tour in early 2024. However he was fast to level out (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Let me simply make this clear — it isn’t strictly an acoustic tour, nevertheless it is the acoustic vibe. So we will do a ‘vibes’ tour; that is what I believe we’re even going to name it: the ‘Vibes’ tour. And what it’s, is it is gonna be GODSMACK stripped down in theater settings. We’re gonna convey a few extra musicians with us to fill it up — a keyboard participant and an additional guitar participant — and we’re gonna not solely play what we really feel is the perfect of the GODSMACK songs which are translated effectively acoustically or like in a extra vibey model — the ‘Voodoo’s, the ‘Serenity’s, ‘Rising Previous’ off the brand new file, the ballad ‘Reality’, ‘Beneath Your Scars’, all these sorts of songs. However we’re additionally gonna mix in some actually cool covers. We’re speaking about doing issues like ‘No Quarter’ by [LED] ZEPPELIN and doing a little PINK FLOYD and actually take folks form of on a musical journey and hybrid form of what I did with the solo factor and with GODSMACK and simply make it a extremely cool night of music.”

Sully stated that the tour shall be introduced “quickly.” He defined: “That is gonna begin ramping up by mid-February. We should always make a fairly good dent within the States by mid-next yr. After which we’re speaking about some plans to ramp up the large present once more.”

Concerning when he and his GODSMACK bandmates could be taking a while off, Erna stated: “Nicely, we’re undoubtedly gonna have ’24 full. When it is time for a break, then we’ll rethink issues and determine what we’re gonna do and make that call then.”

Sully beforehand floated the potential of a “stripped-down” tour final month in an interview with Jay Ramone of the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station. On the time he stated that GODSMACK‘s plans “might embody ‘An Night With’ theater, stripped down, vibey form of present within the late January, February months.”

After Ramone requested Erna if he meant that the tour could be “considerably acoustic-based”, Sully responded: “Not essentially. Only a completely different vibe. We have not performed it since ’04. So it has been some time. But it surely’s a cool, completely different entire take a look at the band and what we do; it is a complete completely different factor.”

When GODSMACK final launched into “An Night With” tour almost 20 years in the past, the stripped down acoustic-based efficiency was aimed toward exhibiting the group in a distinct mild and providing it the chance to play its music with completely different preparations. The present featured the GODSMACK members performing whereas seated on stools, a la “MTV Unplugged”, and included some inventive staging and lighting, dim candles and some spooky props, Occasions Chief reported on the time.

GODSMACK kicked off its 2023 U.S. tour on Could 4 on the 107.9 KBPI Birthday Bash at Fiddler’s Inexperienced Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado.

GODSMACK‘s eighth studio album, “Lighting Up The Sky” was launched in February by way of BMG. The LP was co-produced by Erna and Andrew “Mudrock” Murdock (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE COOPER).

The primary single from “Lighting Up The Sky”, “Give up”, which arrived in September 2022, marked the primary launch from GODSMACK in 4 years, following their globally acclaimed and gold-certified 2018 album “When Legends Rise”, which earned the Erna-fronted outfit a No. 1 spot throughout U.S. Arduous Rock, Rock, and Various album charts.

In a current interview with Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin was requested which form of present — enviornment or smaller theater — is more difficult, extra rewarding, extra enjoyable. He responded: “Every certainly one of us has a favourite surroundings, and the completely different energies from, say, 50,000 folks at a competition versus 2,000 in a theater are two completely different highs, every bringing distinctive emotions to us individually, however each simply as satisfying as a performer. I personally want amphitheaters; my fave venue ever is Pink Rocks Amphitheater.”

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