Deftones and Rise Against Team Up For US Tour, Chicago Opening Date

Feb 06, 2017 James Currie Breaking News, Music News, This Just In 0

Deftones have teamed up with Chicago’s own, Rise Against for a 22 date summer tour that will start right here in Chicago.

February 6, 2017 (Burbank, CA) – Multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning alternative-rock band Deftones have announced that they will hit the road for a month-long co-headlining tour this summer with Rise Against. The tour kicks off on June 9^th in Chicago and travels across the U.S. before wrapping up in Phoenix on July 9^th. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday February 10 at 10am (local time) atwww.deftones.com. Please see below for all upcoming tour dates.

“We’ve been talking to Rise about touring together for a while now. Finally, everything aligned and we get to spend the summer playing shows with our friends. We couldn¹t be more excited and can’t wait to see you at the shows,” said Deftones.

Deftones are touring in support of their critically acclaimed eighth studio album,GORE, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart upon its release in April.

Deftones have released eight studio albums to date and have sold over 10 million albums worldwide. The band is vocalist/guitarist Chino Moreno, guitarist Stephen Carpenter, keyboardist/samplist Frank Delgado, drummer Abe Cunningham,and bassist Sergio Vega.

Deftones upcoming tour dates are as follows:

06/09 Chicago, IL FirstMerit Bank Pavilion

06/10 Detroit, MI Freedom Hill Amphitheatre

06/11 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre

06/13 Wantagh, NY Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater

06/16 Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

06/17 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing

06/18 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre

06/20 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre

06/22 Tampa, FL MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

06/23 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheatre

06/24 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place Amphitheatre