3 big-name bands, 1 rockin’ night
Three big-name rock bands, one with a new lead singer at the helm, will kick off a Canadian tour on Oct. 23 in Penticton.
Stone Temple Pilots and Seether are coheadliners on the tour, which will also feature special guests Default and Age of Days.
With over 50 million albums sold, Stone Temple Pilots roared onto the scene in 1992 with their raucous debut, “Core.”
A breakout success, the album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and dominated radio waves with hits like “Sex Type Thing,” “Wicked Garden,” and the Grammy-Award winning, “Plush.”
STP founding members Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz, along with new lead vocalist, Jeff Gutt, this year released their seventh studio album, “Stone Temple Pilots,” and just wrapped the Rev 3 tour.
Gutt replaces former STP lead singer Scott Weiland, who was a member of the band until he died of a drug overdose in 2015.
Seether is also touring in support of their seventh studio album, “Poison The Parish,” which debuted last year at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums chart.
And with 14 rock radio singles, including three No. 1 hits, multi-award winning Canadian rock band, Default is set to return to the road this fall.
Formed in 1999, the Juno Award-winning group will reunite with Dallas Smith at the helm, after amicably disbanding in 2013 following a career that saw meteoric success in North America and other parts of the world.
Default is best known for their hit “Wasting My Time,” which soared to No. 1 in Canada and No. 2 in the U.S. in 2002.
Canadian rockers Age of Days, best known for their top 20 singles “Afflicted” and “Bombs Away” also join the tour for the first seven shows, in support of their new single “Whatever.”
Tickets start at $42.50 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at the South Okanagan Events Centre box office, by phone at 1-877-SOEC-TIX or online at www.valleyfirsttix.com. VIP and meet-and-greet packages are available for all the bands.