The Stage North American Tour - Avenged Sevenfold/Breaking Benjamin/Bullet For My Valentine Tour

Avenged Sevenfold have announced the first round of dates for their North American tour which will find them out with Breaking Benjamin and Bullet For My Valentine. The shows are expected to find the band out with the elaborate stage production seen overseas earlier this year. More dates are planned for later in the year while Canadian stops for this particular leg will be revealed next week.

01/12 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
01/14 Grand Rapids, MI – The Van Andel Arena
01/16 Reading, PA – Santander Arena
01/17 State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
01/24 Green Bay, WI – Resch Center
01/25 Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center
01/27 Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sandford Premier Center
01/31 Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
02/02 North Little Rock, AR – Verizon Center
02/03 Evansville, IN – Ford Center
02/06 Wichita, KS – Intrust Bank Arena
02/08 Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
02/09 Cedar Rapids, IA – US Cellular Center
02/11 Fargo, ND – Fargodome

 

Definitely hitting the cities that this tour is most relevant for.

 

hate that I gotta wait til next week but glad there'll at least be Canadian dates

 

I'd love Avenged to come back to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, but it seems like that venue has all but given up on booking rock shows. They used to bring in a few good ones a year. I think the last one was Shinedown over a year ago.

I only mention this because Breaking Benjamin is from here and only plays here about once a year anymore, if that.

 

This tour can sell the same in North Dakota than it can in NYC. I'm sure the A markets will be later on next year due to BB's acoustic tour (given they're still opening) and A7X already playing those markets with Metallica last summer.

 

that's a farrrrr larger percentage of the population though, just because bands can sell out 10k cap in two different places doesn't mean the draw isn't drastically different in one

 

Going back to the original quote, I took that as Phil saying they stuck with the cities they draw the most in.

 

i mean, you used NYC as an example, which is the biggest market out there. what about the other spots on the east coast? will they draw as much in Virginia as they will in like, Iowa? I don't think so.

 

Given that they've recently headlined radio/hard rock festivals in both places, I'm guessing they could. They haven't had a headliner in either city since 2011 so we can only speculate. They're still one of the biggest mainstream rock bands out there so I'm sure they can draw well everywhere except for Idaho (since no one can draw well there).

 

That's what's impressive about it. Not my cup of yea (though I do enjoy Breaking Benjamin from time to time) but cool to see tours that can do big numbers all over the country and not just in the "cool" cities.

 

100% agreed. It's funny, I read those attendance reports that Lambgoat comes out with all the time. There are a TON of bands that can sell out 1500-2000 capacity venues in NYC/LA but draw around 400 in the same sized venue in Idaho. I'd love to see the numbers for the current I Prevail tour because I can see that exact scenario.

 

i would consider that drawing the same though, due to population proportions in the market. i would say if idaho drew the same as NYC/LA they would be drawing far more out in Idaho

 

I get where you're coming from but my original argument was that this tour could draw anywhere and not just in these cities. You're correct when it comes to population proportions and that drawing 400 people to Idaho is similar to 2k in NYC but I wouldn't say Idaho would be the bigger draw. If I was booking a tour, I'd have to take in account for merch sales, venue costs, day of ticket sales and if both shows sold out, which sold faster (more of a demand). Maybe I'm looking too deep into this haha

 

Seems like something I should tag you in @BTDandFeelingThis especially given the Nashville opening date

 

Oh I am aware and trying to see if I can afford tickets lol

 

Since the got signed and “blew up” they have hardly played home shows.

 

They used to do acoustic benefit shows once in a while during the We Are Not Alone/Phobia days and would end up here as part of tours pretty frequently. Other than the Disturbed tour last year, I don't know if they've played around here since reforming.

 

Avenged Sevenfold Setlist at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Breaking Benjamin Setlist at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

 

Hopefully they play Chapter Four at Welcome To Rockville

 

Bullet for My Valentine Setlist at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

 

Any idea when more dates will be announced for this? This is a dream lineup for me and the nearest date to me is over 500 miles

 

I don't think there will be more dates for this specific tour but they do have a summer run set up for the US