The Trespass America Festival Only Begs The Question, “Why?”

Featuring the likes of Emmure, Five Finger Death Punch, Pop Evil, and God Forbid the Trespass America Festival was recently announced.  Complete with a press release that boasts it to be a “festival set on revitalizing the metal scene with some of the most current and credible bands in hard rock/metal.”  Okay, so it does have Trivium and Battlecross, two fairly credible bands in the metal world, but overall this thing has a glaring “WTF?!” stamp all over it.  There is nothing “revitalizing” about a festival such as this.  When there’s festivals that have been presented by Decibel and Metalsucks with real credible bands, and bands like Anthrax, Iced Earth, and Iron Maiden touring why would one want to spend hard earned dollars on this hogwash?  Let’s not forget the Heritage Hunter Tour either featuring Opeth, Mastodon, and Ghost.  There’s so many great tours and festivals this year that I have to ask, why?  Why is this tour happening?  Ohhhhh, Metal Hammer is presenting it, you say?  Makes perfect sense now!

If you’re actually all in an excited fluster over this tour I’m not exactly sure how you landed here at Metal Delirium, but if this is your cup of tea the dates will be listed below.  As with any story we run even touching on Five Finger Death Punch I’m sure the “knuckleheads” will come out of the woodwork yet again only to prove that the stereotypes surrounding the average 5FDP fan are in fact true.

If you attend one of these dates try not to think too hard about all the great shows you’re missing.

JULY

13        Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center

15        Billings, MT – MetraPark Arena

16        Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Civic Center

17        Sioux Falls, SD – Sioux Falls Arena

19        Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom

21        Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County Expo Center

24        Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Amphitheatre

25        Belton, TX – Bell County Expo Center

27        San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum

28        Beaumont, TX – Ford Pavilion

30        Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

31        Evansville, IN – Ford Center

 

AUGUST

3         Battle Creek, MI – Kellogg Arena

7         Syracuse, NY – SRC Arena and Events Center/Onondaga Community Center

8         Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center

10        Scarborough, ME – Scarborough Downs

14        Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

15        Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre

17        Worchester, MA – DCU Center

18        Newark, NJ – Prudential Center

19        Philadelphia, PA – Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier

22        Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum

25        Rio Rancho, NM – Santa Ana Star Center

26        Phoenix, AZ – Comercia Theatre

28        Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium

Justin Angel

About Justin Angel

Cheatin' death since 1988 with a metal soundtrack the entire way! Music in general has always been the thing to get me through tough times in my life. It is religion for me, so now I'm going to continue doing what I love. I'm going to keep grabbing up and digesting any music that comes my way and share my opinions on it. I'm always open to discuss them with anyone and hear the opinions of others.