Grammy-nominated Lancaster, Pennsylvania five-piece AUGUST BURNS RED will head back out on the road this summer. Having just wrapped a successful winter 2022 run supporting KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, the band will embark on a headline "Through The Thorns" trek starting on July 15 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The six-week tour will end on August 27 in Long Island, New York. Support on the trek will come from WE CAME AS ROMANS, HOLLOW FRONT and VOID OF VISION. "We are so excited to hit the road with this awesome package filled with our friends in WE CAME AS ROMANS, and two great new bands: HOLLOW FRONT and VOID OF VISION," says AUGUST BURNS RED. "We will be hitting up some places we haven't played in a VERY long time, as well as some familiar favorites. We hope to see you soon!" A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Tuesday, March 29 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, March 31 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code "ABRBBM2022" to access tickets before the general public. General on-sale will be Friday, April 1 at 10 a.m. local time. Check back here on Tuesday for ticketing links to individual shows. Tour dates: Jul. 15 - Harrisburg, PA - HMAC Jul. 16 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom Jul. 17 - Providence, RI - The Strand Ballroom Jul. 19 - Rochester, NY - Anthology Jul. 20 - Hartford, CT - The Webster Jul. 22 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live Jul. 23 - Norfolk, VA - Norva Jul. 24 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel Jul. 25 - Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine Jul. 26 - Columbia, SC - The Senate Jul. 28 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City Jul. 29 - New Orleans, LA - Republic Jul. 30 - Austin, TX - Emos Jul. 31 - Corpus Christi, TX - Brewster Street Icehouse Aug. 02 - Tucson, AZ - Encore Aug. 03 - San Diego, CA - Soma Aug. 04 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Aug. 05 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades Aug. 06 - Portland, OR - Roseland Aug. 08 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Market Aug. 09 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Aug. 10 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Aug. 12 - Great Falls, MT - The Newberry Aug. 13 - Billings, MT - Zoo Montana Aug. 14 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Brewing Outdoors Aug. 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Fillmore Aug. 18 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon St Aug. 19 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Aug. 20 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Aug. 21 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theater Aug. 23 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Piere’s Aug. 24 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts Aug. 25 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom Aug. 27 - Long Island, NY - Paramount Last year, AUGUST BURNS RED released "Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition". The band re-recorded its fourth album, which was originally made available on June 21, 2011, with special guests, brand new guitar solos, alternate tunings, and more. In 2020, AUGUST BURNS RED guitarist JB Brubaker told Billboard that he and his bandmates have grown more comfortable with the "metalcore" tag in recent years. "The word metalcore became a little bit taboo for us in like, 2013," he said. "There was just this enormous boom of bands playing metalcore and it was just so watered-down and predictable and boring. And at this point now in 2020, I feel like so much of that heap of bands that were active seven years ago, so many of them have come and gone now that I'm not as embarrassed by the term 'metalcore' anymore. Because I feel like the bands who are left standing from that boom, it's sort of like the cream rose to the top. And while I much prefer just calling AUGUST BURNS RED a metal band, I get why people would call us a metalcore band. I mean, we play a ton of breakdowns. So if you want to get quite literal about it, the 'core' is obvious."
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