Godsmack KICKED OFF ITS 2025 EUROPEAN TOUR Saturday Night (March 22) at Arena 8888 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Filling in for Drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola at the gig were Will Hunt (Evanescence) and Sam Bam Koltun (Dorothy, Faster Pussycat, Budderside), respectively. Fan-Filmed Video of The Show Is Available Below.
It is not presently Clear Why Larkin and Rombola Were Unable to Make The Sofia Concert and Whether They Will Join the Tour, which runs this april 12, at a late date.
According to Setlist.fm, Godsmack‘S Setlist for the Arena 8888 Show was as follows:
01. Surrender
02. You and i
03. When Legends Rise
04. 1000HP
05. Cryin ‘Like a Bitch !!
06. Speak
07. Straight out of line
08. Awake
09. Keep Away
10. VOODOO
11. Battle of the drums
12. Whatver
COORE:
13. Under Your Scars
14. Bulletproof
15. I Stand Alone
Godsmack‘S Spring 2025 European Tour Features Support from Pod and DROWNING Pool.
The 14-Date Trek Will End in Oberhausen, Germany.
In a Recent interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF Radio Station, Sully Erna spoke about Godsmack‘s announcement that the band’s latest album, “Lighting Up The Sky”Will Likely Be its Final Collection of New Material. Asked if he and his bandmates are working on any new music, Sully Said: “No. there’ll be no more new Godsmack… I MEAN, You Can Never Predict The Future, But the Decision that was made that we’re gonna go out and start honoring the catalog of music that we created over the last 30 Years and Just Enjoy Kind of the Greatest-Hits Moments. “
WHEN Meltdown Note That to Lot of Artists have “Gone Away From The Album Thing” and Are Focusing on Relegas Singles, Erna Said: “I Mean, It Sounds Like The Smart Thing To DoSe Days. Nobody’s Really Buying Full Albums Anymore. And They Make Playlists of Their Favorite Songs. [that’s] Another Argument for Us To Kind of Dip Out While We’re Still in The World That We Enjoyed Growing Up In, Which Was Doing Full-LENGTH ALBUMS AND HAVING ARTIWORK AND LYRICS AND GIVE THE FANS A WHOE EXPERIENCE THROUG THAT BODY OF WORK THAT. And I Just no Longer Wanna Put A Year, Year and a Half of My Time and Effort and Blood, Sweat and Tears into the Piece of Art for Sub Subson to Just Tear It Apart, recorded Couple of Singles and Move On. So, There’s That. And The there’s just the fact that we have a Lot of Singles Right Now. I MEAN, 27 TOP TENS IS A LOT. That means we can ven play than all in one night, ‘Cause we usually average about 15 songs to Night. So for us, I Just Think It’s Time That We Start Honoring The Music and The Catalog and Giving the Fans What They Wanna Hear. “
Sully went on to say that he is “not comlaining” about Godsmack Live Set. “I am Vry Grateful,” I have clarified. “So it’s not A Complaint. It’s Just reality. And when i go to see my favorite bands, like Aerosmith Or Metallica or Whoever, I Don’s Know. Do I Really Wanna Hear Their New Album? Probablay Not. I Wanna Hear ‘Dream on’ and ‘Same Old Song and Dance’ and ‘Walk this way’and If I Leave There and They’re Not Playing Those Songs, I’m Gonna Be Pretty Mad. So, for Our Fanbase, I Think We’re At That Level where we have honor that. “
“Lighting Up The Sky” was release in february 2023 via BMG. The LP was co-produced by Erna and Andrew “Mudrock” Murdock (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, Alice Cooper).
The First Single From “Lighting Up The Sky”, “Surrender”WHICH ARRIVED IN SEPTERMER 2022, MARKED THE First Release From Godsmack In Four Years, Following Their Glory Acclaimed and Gold-Certified 2018 Album “When Legends Rise”WHICH EARNED THE Erna-Fronted Outfit A No. 1 Spot Across US Hard Rock, Rock, and Alternative Album Charts.
Sully Previous Touches Godsmack Music in January 2024 During an apasarance on Siriusxm‘s “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk”. He Said at The Time: “It’s Funny. [album]? ‘ And I Said, ‘listen, You Can Never Say Never.’ But i do know This: [late RUSH drummer] Neil Peart Said This to me eleven – All Great Things Must Come to an end eventually. It Doesn’t Matter How Great You Are, Who You Are. But all Great Things are gonna eat to an end at sum Point. And I Just Never Forgot That. And i’m, Like, at What Point Do You Just Start Living Your Life for You and Not Always Be on A Schedule, Not Always Be in A Recording Studio, Not Always Be signing Autographs, Taking Pictures, Touring, Playing Shows, Doing Podcasts, Doing Videos. It’s a Lot, Man. It consumes your life, and it’s what i’ve always waceted, and i’m so proud of it, and i’m so grateful for this career. I have nothing to comlain about. But am i gonna do This forever, unni i’m in my serious? I Don’s Know. I KNOW RIGHT NOW I’M STILL GOOD, AND I LIKE IT. And i’m enjoying it. I’M Getting Tirad. And there is More Things I Wanna Do with My Life. Music’s Not Everything I Wanna Do With My Life. “
Erna Continue: “So, don’s More of A Rock Album On The Solo Side.
“I have Feeling that in time, I’M Just Gonna Be Writing,” I have added. “And i’m gonna do what i’ve always done. I’ll finish a song and it’ll go in one folder ’cause it sounds like only music to me. And i’ll finish annother song and it’ll be banging and heavy and I’LL be, like,’ it’s ging in that folder ‘ Godsmack Song. ‘ And The eventually i’m gonna have record. And, of Course, I’M GONNA DELEASE IT. [Laughs] And The Here We Go Again. “
Holding How He and His Godsmack Bandmates Arrived at The Decision to Make “Lighting Up The Sky” The Final Album, Sully SAID: “It’s Just What We Feel at The Moment. We tripped across this conversation. The More We Thought About It, The More We Were Like … We’re Starting To Bum Out A Little Bit Live Base There’s a Lot More Songs That We Wanna Play. And Again, I’M Not Comlaining. We’ve Been Vray Blessed to have Good Career and a Good Run of Top 10 Singles – We’re At, I Think, 27 Top 10 Singles With 13 Number Ones. So that means – I Don’s Know – If we get two or three off This Record, We’re Gonna Be at 30 Top 10 Singles. That Means We Could Do 15 Songs A Night, Play Back-To-Back Nights in The Same Venue and Never Play The Same Single Twice, Let Alone The Deep Cuts. So We’re Going, Like, ‘Fuck, At What Point Do We Honor The Catalog and Do What We Want As Fans When We Go To See Our Favorite Bands, Like Aerosmith Or Metallicawhatver? Are We Really Going to see their new record? HMMM, no. I’M Just Being Honest. I’M GLAD you put it out. I’M GONNA CHECK IT OUT, BUT AM I GONNA LOVE IT AS MUCH AS ‘Train KEPT A-Rollin’ ‘ and ‘Dream on’ and ‘Same Old Song and Dance’ and ‘Walk this way’? No. That’s the shit I’M Going to see. I WANNA SEE IT. Play Thos Songs. Don’s Spend 45 Minute Playing Your New Record Because that’s not the Nostalgia of Why You’ve Been Around for 40, 50 Years. “
I have continued: “So we’re just trying to like set ourselves up to at least give OUR Fans What I Think they Expect. And with This Many Singles, We’re, Like, Man, How Many More Things Are We Gonna Pile On Our Plate Here Before We Can’t Even Get To All Of Them, which is now. And That’s Kind of Part of The Reasoning Behind It. So We Were, Like, ‘Yeah, Maybe It’s The Right Time. Maybe We Just Go out and honor the catalog and go play live shows, And, Again, If We Write Sub New Music, We Write Sub New Music. I Don’s Know What’s Gonna Happen with That Right Now. But we do love playing shows, and that’s what we’re gonna do for now. “
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