Welsh ragga metal legends Skindred, who are universally acclaimed as one of the best live bands on the planet, have today announced a full UK headline tour in support of their brand new album You Got This.
Already setting the airwaves and dancefloors of the nation alight with current single ‘Can I Get A’ – which premiered on BBC 6Music, and has just been made Track of the Week on Virgin Radio – Skindred will be bringing the party vibes to Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow later this year, with an extra special show on Halloween at London’s iconic Alexandra Palace.
Supporting the band at Alexandra Palace will be nu-metal heroes Alien Ant Farm, along with fellow Californian scenesters Spineshank and Orgy. All three bands will also join Skindred at their Birmingham Academy show on the previous night, with Alien Ant Farm playing additional shows on the tour. Further support acts will be announced for various shows in due course.
Arya Goggins, Skindred’s drummer, says: “We wanted to do something really special to support the release of our new album You Got This. After touring with our friends Alien Ant Farm in Europe last year, we had to bring them to the UK to join the Skindred party! Halloween is always such a special night, for both us and our fans, so this year our annual ‘Night of the Living Dred’ show will be its biggest ever at London’s Alexandra Palace! Along with Alien Ant Farm we have Spineshank and Orgy joining us. It’s going to be a really special night with loads of surprises.”
The YOU GOT THIS tour dates are as follows:
SAT 24th October: Nottingham - Rock City
FRI 30th October: Birmingham - O2 Academy
SAT 31st October: London - Alexandra Palace
FRI 6th November: Dublin - 3Olympia
SAT 7th November: Belfast - Telegraph Building
FRI 13th November: Glasgow – Barrowlands
Pre-sale is open from Thursday 26th March @ 10am GMT to anyone pre-ordering the new album YOU GOT THIS by Weds 25th March @ 11.59pm GMT from earache.com/skindred
Tickets go on general sale from Friday 27th March @ 10am via Livenation.co.uk and Skindred.net
You Got This is Skindred’s ninth album and is an all-killer-no-filler set which features everything that people love about the band – hard-hitting slammers, mega addictive hooks, earwormy soundclash elements, and dancehall vibes destined to ignite venues across the globe.
The title track was released as the first single from the album late last year, accompanied by a brilliantly entertaining video. And it was followed in January by the fiery and fizzing hook-laden banger ‘This Is The Sound’.
The new album finds the Newport trio – completed by frontman Benji Webbe and guitarist Mikey Demus – embarking on a thrilling journey to follow the mainstream breakthrough that came with 2023’s critically-acclaimed album Smile. That album shot straight into the UK Official Album Chart at #2 and Skindred went on to receive the Best Alternative Music Act Award at the MOBOs, also winning Best UK Act at the Heavy Music Awards.
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