Skillet to stay 'Awake' for headlining run
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Following an in-progress support tour with TobyMac, Christian rockers Skillet will take to the road for their own headlining trek behind last year's "Awake."
The Grammy-nominated quartet will continue roadwork with TobyMac through mid-April before kicking off its headlining run with an April 15 performance in Scranton, PA. So far, 17 concerts have been added to the itinerary, which currently wraps May 21 in East Lansing, MI. The full schedule is shown at right.
Nashville-based rockers Red and hard-rock outfit The Letter Black will provide opening support.
"Awake," Skillet's eighth studio effort, surfaced last August, debuting at No. 2 on The Billboard 200. The set, which was produced by Howard Benson (Daughtry, Three Days Grace), also reached No. 1 on iTunes' Top Albums chart within 24 hours of release, according to a press release.
"He's been a favorite producer of ours for quite a long time and we've talked about working with him in the past, but this time all the pieces fell into place," singer/songwriter/bassist John Cooper said of Benson in a message posted at the band's website. "He really has a knack for the elements an audience enjoys the most, which often times are the vocals and the lyrics, and then he gives the band a chance to be themselves and be proud of the artistic output."
"Awake" follows the group's Grammy-nominated 2006 release, "Comatose."
March 2010
11 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall (w/ TobyMac)
12 - Evansville, IN - Roberts Stadium (w/ TobyMac)
13 - Bristol, TN - Viking Hall (w/ TobyMac)
18 - Hershey, PA - Giant Center (w/ TobyMac)
19 - Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena (w/ TobyMac)
20 - Johnstown, PA - War Memorial Arena (w/ TobyMac)
21 - Toledo, OH - Lucas County Arena (w/ TobyMac)
25 - Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee Civic Center (w/ TobyMac)
26 - Fort Myers, FL - Germain Arena (w/ TobyMac)
27 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre (w/ TobyMac)
28 - Auburn, AL - Beard-Evans Memorial Coliseum (w/ TobyMac)
April 2010
1 - New Orleans, LA - UNO Lakefront (w/ TobyMac)
2 - Tyler, TX - Oil Palace (w/ TobyMac)
3 - Jackson, MS - Mississippi Coliseum (w/ TobyMac)
8 - Norfolk, VA - Norfolk Scope Arena Prism Theatre (w/ TobyMac)
9 - Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Superstore Arena (w/ TobyMac)
10 - Lynchburg, VA - Liberty University (w/ TobyMac)
11 - Asheville, NC - Civic Center (w/ TobyMac)
15 - Scranton, PA - Scranton Cultural Center
18 - Charlotte, NC - Bojangles Coliseum
22 - Raleigh, NC - TBA
23 - Savannah, GA - TBA
24 - Aiken, SC - USC Aiken Convocation Center
25 - Pensacola, FL - Saenger Theater
29 - Lafayette, LA - Cajundome Convention Center
May 2010
2 - Jonesboro, AR - ASU Convocation Center
4 - Fort Smith, AR - Fort Smith Convention Center
6 - Park City, KS - Hartman Arena
7 - Dodge City, KS - Dodge City Civic Center
9 - Topeka, KS - Kansas Expocentre
11 - Bismarck, ND - Bismarck Civic Center
13 - Rapid City, SD - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
15 - Fargo, ND - Urban Plains Center
20 - Saginaw, MI - Dow Event Center
21 - East Lansing, MI - Michigan State University Concert Auditorium
Skillet tickets at Ticketmaster
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