Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium have announced a North American co-headline tour for 2025. Find all the details below.
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The ‘Poisoned Ascendancy’ run of dates will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bullet For My Valentine’s debut album ‘The Poisoned’, and Trivium’s second record ‘Ascendancy’. Both bands are set to play their respective LP in full, following a joint UK leg early next year.
Kicking off in Vancouver on March 30, the trek also includes stop-offs in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York, Nashville and Atlanta throughout April and May.
Support will come from August Burns Red, as well as Sylosis and Bleed From Within on select dates.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (September 20) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale now via Ticketmaster. Check out the official tour poster here:
The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour USA w/ @augustburnsred @sylosisofficial & @bleedfromwithin. If you have signed up to our mailer, presale codes will be sent out from tomorrow onwards with general sale going live Friday at 10am.
Register for presale here: https://t.co/W7lkSc57yR pic.twitter.com/NQHlN55Jh2
— BFMV (@bfmvofficial) September 17, 2024
In a statement, Bullet For My Valentine said: “We are super excited to announce we are coming back to the USA in 2025 with our friends Trivium, to bring you the ‘Poisoned Ascendancy’ tour.
“We’re going to be celebrating 20 years of our debut album ‘The Poison’ and Trivium’s ‘Ascendancy’. It’s the metal tour of 2025, so don’t miss out.”
Trivium added: “This is a celebration for the old fans that were there at 9am at Ozzfest to catch a couple songs from a band in Iron Maiden shirts. It’s for the new fans that have been listening to the deep cuts but never caught them on a recent tour.
“And lastly, it’s for both BFMV and us to take a moment to reflect on how amazing these 20 years have been, how fast they’ve gone, and how important these albums are for the both of our bands.”
Speaking to NME in February, BFMV’s Matt Tuck described the forthcoming co-headline tour as a “well-deserved victory lap”, and said both bands “deserved” the chance to celebrate their legacies. “We never had the chance to really take in what was happening at the time,” he explained.
Tuck continued: “This tour almost didn’t happen because we were so focused on making a new album and touring that. That’s how we’re wired, that’s what we’ve always done. But after talking about it, we realised that if we didn’t take this opportunity, we’d always regret it. 20 years is a long time to be making an impact.
“A 20th anniversary is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, but to celebrate that alongside Trivium just makes it more special.”
In other news, Trivium frontman Matt Heafy confirmed last summer that the band had no plans to work on new music, and were apparently ready to take a hiatus following a 2023 tour.
Their 10th and latest album, ‘In the Court Of The Dragon’, was released in 2021. Bullet For My Valentine shared their self-titled seventh full-length effort that same year.
