Today, hard rock mainstays Fozzy announces their plans to dominate America’s rock n roll scene with their upcoming fall 2023 tour dates. The band will be accompanied by an all-star tour lineup featuring Seventh Day Slumber, The Nocturnal Affair (featured in the top 20 rock SMR charts for three consecutive weeks), and Magdalene Rose (currently #1 on the Christian rock charts).
Fozzy is returning with a new song, a new setlist, and the familiar high-octane energy that keeps fans coming back for more. Tickets and VIP packages are available here.
“We are beyond excited to put the Fozzy Spotlight back in the USA this fall! After headlining our biggest UK show ever in August, we are ready to keep the party machine rolling throughout America in October & November! With a brand new song, a brand new setlist, and the same Fozzy energy & attitude that you know & love, we fully expect this to be the perfect way to ring out your rock n roll year… with the most exciting show and tour of 2023! So get ready to share the spotlight with Fozzy!” - Chris Jericho, Fozzy
Tour dates:
October
19 - Chattanooga, TN - Barrelhouse Ballroom
20 - Lexington, KY - Manchester Music Hall
21 - Angola, IN - The Eclectic Room
22 - Mchenry, IL - The Vixen
23 - Joliet, IL - The Forge
26 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s
27 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theater
28 - Sioux Falls, SD - Icon Event Hall
29 - Minneapolis, MN - Lyric Theater
30 - Fargo, ND - Sanctuary Events Center
November
2 - Lansing, MI - Gewal Hall
3 - Madison, WI - The Annex
4 - Wyandotte, MI - District 142
5 - St Louis, MO - Hawthorn Theater
6 - Memphis, TN - Lafayette’s
More on Fozzy: After touring the world and building a loyal fanbase for the better part of twenty years, Fozzy is the epitome of what a killer rock n roll band should be: catchy, groovy, hooky, sweaty, and most importantly, a GREAT EFFEN TIME!
With six consecutive TOP 20 singles, Fozzy is steadily becoming one of the most successful bands on Modern Rock Radio, with their breakthrough massive smash song “Judas” achieving Gold Record status of 500,000 units sold in February of 2022.
Rich Ward is one of the most versatile, talented riff machines & songwriters in rock n roll today. Chris Jericho’s skills as a frontman are second to none and his vocal style & range are both powerful and instantly recognizable. The spirited drumming of Grant Brooks compliments the blazing solos of Billy Grey and the rock star energy of bassist PJ Farley. These are five seasoned pros, whose electricity and charisma light up every stage they play on and every crowd they perform for. As a result, it’s no surprise that Fozzy has skyrocketed into one of the hottest rock acts in the world today.
The band inched up the ladder after releasing four progressively popular studio albums in the 2000’s. However, it was 2012’s “Sin And Bones”, which featured the hit single “Sandpaper” (over 4.6 million views on YouTube) that found the band reaching a level of legitimacy that drew a mass audience to drink in their trademark heavy melodic groove. The album eventually reached #143 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, but it was their next album, “Do You Wanna Start A War” (produced by Ward), released in the summer of 2014, that really blew the door open, debuting at #54 on Billboard and giving the band their first top 30 single in "Lights Go Out” which was blared in sports arenas nationwide.
But as much success as the band had enjoyed, nothing compared to the juggernaut of 2017’s Judas album. Released in May 2017, the aforementioned title track spent 5 weeks at #1 on the highly influential 'Big Uns Countdown' on Sirius/XM's Octane channel, amassed over 62 million views for its video on YouTube, cracked the Top 5 on the US Rock Radio Charts and is still heard by millions of fans worldwide weekly on TBS Network’s hugely popular “AEW Dynamite” program. The follow-up singles “Painless” hit Number 9 on the charts (11 million views on YouTube), “Burn Me Out” peaked at Number 18. The current record Boombox features “Nowhere To Run” which cracked the Top Ten, "Sane", (with its roller coaster themed video - one of the most thrilling & heart stopping ever made) landing at Number 8 followed by “I Still Burn” which peaked at #7, scoring a trifecta of singles for Boombox released May 6, 2022.
Now, with those massive songs in their arsenal, Fozzy has returned to the road with tours in the US, UK, and Australia. After sharing the stage in recent years with Metallica, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Slash, Three Days Grace, Nickelback, Steel Panther & Buckcherry, Fozzy is stoked to continue to bring good times and kick ass tunes to their fans around the world... and elsewhere!
So get ready to experience the majesty and power of Fozzy live once again and for Judas’ sake... please wear a helmet!
Fozzy is:
Chris Jericho - vocals
Rich Ward – guitars, vocals
Grant Brooks – drums
Billy Grey – guitars
PJ Farley – bass
