The Press Release:
Japanese metal band BABYMETAL have announced a summer 2025 headlining tour produced by Live Nation with support from Black Veil Brides and Jinjer on select dates, along with Bloodywood. Marking their biggest North American tour yet, the 24-date run kicks off on June 13th in Houston and will hit major cities including Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, and San Francisco before wrapping up on July 23rd in Phoenix. Tickets and exclusive VIP packages will be available starting with an artist presale today at 1 PM ET. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale, which begins Friday, March 21 at 10 AM local time at BABYMETAL.com (linked below).
Over the past Two years, BABYMETAL have released collaborations with Tom Morello, Bloodywood, and, most notably, Electric Callboy with “RATATATA”—a track that quickly amassed hundreds of millions of streams across all platforms. The new collaborations offer a peak into what should be their forthcoming album, following 2023’s THE OTHER ONE, their first concept album.
The Tour Dates:
Jun 13 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall^=
Jun 14 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory^=
Jun 17 – Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center^=
Jun 18 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy^=
Jun 20 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre^=
Jun 21 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion^=
Jun 24 – New York, NY – The Theater at Madison Square Garden^=
Jun 25 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway^=
Jun 27 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena^=
Jun 28 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann Center^=
Jun 30 – Laval, QC – Place Bell^=
Jul 02 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum^=
Jul 03 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre^=
Jul 05 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest*
Jul 06 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park+=
Jul 08 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom+=
Jul 09 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory+=
Jul 11 – Denver, CO – The JunkYard+=
Jul 14 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Center+=
Jul 15 – Kent, WA – accesso ShoWare Center+=
Jul 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic+=
Jul 20 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort+=
Jul 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre+=
Jul 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre+=
^With Black Veil Brides; +With Jinjer; =With Bloodywood
ABOUT BABYMETAL:
In April 2016, BABYMETAL became the first Japanese artists to ever headline at the prestigious Wembley Arena in the UK. In June 2019, they performed at one of the world’s largest music festivals, Glastonbury Festival, and their appearance at this festival made headlines around the world. That same year in September, BABYMETAL embarked on their METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR. On October 11th, 2019, BABYMETAL had a worldwide release of their 3rd album METAL GALAXY, and on that same day, they had their first U.S. headlining arena show at The Forum in Los Angeles, California. METAL GALAXY ranked No. 13 on the US Billboard Top 200 (Albums Chart), largely surpassing their own record of their previous album, and ranked No.1 on the Top Rock Albums chart for the first time ever as an Asian artist. In the UK Official Charts, the album consecutively ranked in the Official Albums Chart Top 20 from their previous album and ranked No.1 on the Rock & Metal Albums Chart for the first time in history as a Japanese artist.
In 2021, over a four-month period from January to April, they accomplished a total of 10 headline performances at the Nippon Budokan called 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN. After a two-year hiatus from live performances, BABYMETAL were unsealed for BABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE—where they performed at Makuhari Messe. Riding the success of 2023’s concept album THE OTHER ONE, Dance Metal sensation BABYMETAL hosted the first edition of their very own festival, FOX_FEST,, featuring exclusive appearances by ELECTRIC CALLBOY, POLYPHIA, and BILMURI. Always pushing boundaries and testing the limits of metal music, BABYMETAL are no strangers to collaborations, with recent partnerships including BRING ME THE HORIZON, TOM MORELLO, and LIL UZI VERT. Most recently, they teamed up with ELECTRIC CALLBOY for the high-energy single RATATATA, blending their signature sound with a fast-paced, electrifying dance-metal edge.
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: I don’t know about you out there in the readership but I just love the things that BABYMETAL brings to the musical table. Believe it or not, I’ve only seen them twice but I can tell you its one of the most fun and positive displays of kick-@$$ Metal that I’ve seen and many of you already know I do see a lot of fun things here as the Master and Commander of PM dotcom. Sure I know this is not for everyone and you might be one of the naysayers but look who is already behind them. It’s hard to argue their appeal when you look at the overall rundown. From the pair of shows I’ve witnessed in person I can say that while the audience is having fun, the girls up there are doing that as well and their band is nothing less than incendiary. They are called The Kami Band in case you didn’t know that already. I’m also stoked to find the openers that they are bringing along for the ride. I’ve been a fan of the Black Veil Brides for quite a few years now and when Jinjer first came onto the scene I knew that we were all in for something special. Then there is Bloodywood who you really have to experience first hand IMHO. Overall a proper night of exciting stuff and while its too early to know if I will be in town when they come to my region I can say that I am super interested. I generally go to see family around those days so I might have to miss out but that doesn’t stop the rest of you from chiming in and letting me know what you think about it all. Do that down in the comments and please also enjoy a few photos that I used my mobile for when I was watching from the cheap seats as the guest of an industry friend. Thanks again to them and I will see you all back here very soon with more awesome content.
Official: http://www.babymetal.com
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