Jimmy Eat World will embark on the ‘Bleed American’ tour, to celebrate the landmark album’s 25th anniversary this year.
Bleed American (or the self-titled album) was the band’s fourth studio effort and featured the singles: “Bleed American,” “Sweetness,” and “The Middle,” which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The tour will kick-off June 9 at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater, making additional stops in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington, Utah, California, Ontario, Arizona and Texas before wrapping up November 14 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida (ahead of their final Warped Tour play in Orlando.)
An assortment of special guests will accompany the band on the road, including Rise Against, Hot Mulligan, Sunny Day Real Estate, Thrice, Motion City Soundtrack, Mom Jeans, Minus the Bear, The Get Up Kids, PUP, Sparta, Hey Mercedes, Girls Against Boys, Illuminati Hotties, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, and Jay Som.
The band will play the whole album, but probably not in sequence. Lead singer/guitarist Jim Adkins told Billboard that the album “changed our lives. It put us on a map. It gave us a new, broad audience of people that found something in it that they connected with. People have grown up with this record, right alongside us growing up, and I feel like it’s important to celebrate it. It’s important to acknowledge to people that we appreciate that, despite the obvious commerce involved. When we printed the last mix of Bleed American, we felt like we had achieved something great for ourselves. There was no barometer of how it would connect with people outside of the studio, and we are still in awe with the life the record and songs have had since their original release. Bleed American is as much yours as it is ours, so we want to celebrate it with you all in a very special way.”
Drummer Zach Lind shares that the tour feels like a second chance to show appreciation to the fans, with Adkins echoing the sentiment: “I feel like at this time in our lives, especially for me, it’s important to get back to a place that you can savor. This tour is designed to be an elevated version of our show, a heightened experience with production that reflects 25 years of learning how to stretch artistically in the live environment.”
Additional information can be found at jimmyeatworld.com.
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