San Diego metallers AS I LAY DYING are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band with the "Two Decades Of Destruction" tour. Today, the band announced the U.S. leg of the trek will kick off on June 10 in Las Vegas. Joining the band for the 30 dates will WHITECHAPEL, SHADOW OF INTENT, BRAND OF SACRIFICE (June 24-July 17), and OV SULFUR (June 10-23) The tour will conclude on July 17 in Oklahoma.
AS I LAY DYING guitarist Phil Sgrosso comments: "After two years of anxiously awaiting the safe return of live events, it's finally our time to get back out on the road to celebrate 'Two Decades Of Destruction' with WHITECHAPEL, SHADOW OF INTENT, BRAND OF SACRIFICE and OV SULFUR. We've had enough time to fully recharge and can't wait to feel that energy of performing onstage again. We've certainly missed our fans so we look forward to reconnecting with everyone as we celebrate our 20-year milestone and get back on the road. See you soon!"
General admission and VIP tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday, April 1 at 10 a.m. EDT.
"Two Decades Of Destruction" tour dates:
Jun. 10 - House Of Blues - Las Vegas NV ^
Jun. 11 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson. AZ ^
Jun. 12 - 11:11 - El Paso, TX
Jun. 14 - Empire Garage - Austin, TX ^
Jun. 15 - Temple Live - Fort Smith, AR^
Jun. 16 - The Concourse - Knoxville, TN^
Jun. 18 - House Of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC^
Jun. 19 - Jannus Landing - St Petersburg, FL^
Jun. 20 - The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC^
Jun. 22 - Brown's Island - Richmond, VA^
Jun. 23 - The Sherman Theater - Stroudsburg, PA^
Jun. 24 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ*
Jun. 25 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT*
Jun. 26 - The L - Elmira, NY*
Jun. 27 - Roxian - Pittsburgh, PA*
Jun. 29 - Paristown Hall - Louisville, KY*
Jun. 30 - Kemba Live - Columbus, OH*
Jul. 01 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI*
Jul. 02 - Pierre's - Ft. Wayne, IN*
Jul. 05 - The Rust Belt - Moline, IL*
Jul. 06 - EPIC Event Center - Green Bay, WI*
Jul. 07 - Admiral - Omaha, NE*
Jul. 08 - Val Air - Des Moines, IA*
Jul. 10 - Zoo Montana - Billings, MT*
Jul. 11 - The Newburry - Great Falls, MT*
Jul. 12 - Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA*
Jul. 14 - Mesa Theater - Grand Junction, CO*
Jul. 15 - Sunshine Studios - Colorado Springs, CO*
Jul. 16 - The Wave - Wichita, KS*
Jul. 17 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City. OK*
^ - With OV SULFUR
* - With BRAND OF SACRIFICE
Last September, AS I LAY DYING released a new song called "Roots Below" which was originally a B-side leftover from when the sessions for the band's 2019 album "Shaped By Fire".
A month earlier, guitarist Nick Hipa confirmed his exit from AS I LAY DYING, explaining that he can no longer justify being part of "a superficial pursuit" of the "story and meaning" that the band's 2018 reunion was built upon.
AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis was famously convicted in 2014 for his role in a murder-for-hire plot against his estranged wife.
In May 2014, Lambesis was sentenced to six years in jail after pleading guilty to paying a San Diego police officer posing as a hitman $1,000 to kill his wife. Approximately two and a half years later — on December 17, 2016 — he was discharged from a California detention facility and was transferred to the Division of Adult Parole Operations.
In June 2018, AS I LAY DYING played its first show with Lambesis in five years and released a new single. Lambesis also owned up to his crimes in a long apology on the band's Facebook page after his release.
In September 2019, AS I LAY DYING released its seventh full-length album, the aforementioned "Shaped By Fire", via Nuclear Blast.
The return of AS I LAY DYING raised some questions, particularly since Hipa categorically denounced the band's disgraced frontman as a "sociopathic narcissist in definite need of rehabilitation" in a social-media post back in 2014.
AS I LAY DYING 2022 is:
Tim Lambesis - vocals
Phil Sgrosso - guitars
Josh Gilbert - bass guitar and vocals
Jordan Mancino - drums
