BC News|September 04, 2015 09:51 EDT
Underoath Rebirth Reunion Tour Dates Announced; Band Appears on Bad Christian Podcast & Aaron Admits Reason for Departure
Metalcore pioneers UnderOath are officially back, and recently announced the 2016 Rebirth Tour that will watch the band celebrate 10 years since their classic albums They're Only Chasing Safety and Define the Great Line were released. They have also released the entire tour schedule and spoke about the reunion on Bad Christian Podcast.
The tour kicks off March 16 in their hometown of St. Petersburg, FL and travel through the U.S. will run through April 24 in Orlando, FL.
Not only will they be celebrating the release of the records, but they will be playing them in their entirety back to back every night of the tour.
"We are SOOO stoked to announce Rebirth Tour 2016! We will be playing They're Only Chasing Safety and Define The Great Line from front to back at every headlining show!Go to http://underoath.merchline.com/ to buy VIP tickets and bundles now, and we'll see you in the fall! -TM / UÃ ?#"ŽUOrebirth?" wrote Underoath on their Facebook page. they also released a video where they spoke about the tour here.
Band members Spencer Chamberlain, Aaron Gillespie, and Tim McTague appeared on the Bad Christian Podcast with their friends in Emery to talk about how the reunion came about. Also, Gillespie finally spoke about why he left the band in the first place.
In a recent interview on AP, vocalists Spencer Chamberlain and Aaron Gillespie announced the hiatus is done, but at the time it was just for one show.
After many weeks of speculation on Underoath's social media and website after they posted "Rebirth is Coming." Gillespie had returned and the band said they were playing the Self Help Fest in San Bernardino, California March 19th in 2016.
Watch the announcement below on YouTube:
Gillespie said the show was "offered" to them and they felt it was a good time to get together again. The other rumor of the band playing both Define the Great Line and They're Only Chasing Safety back to back has also come to fruition.
"It'll probably be [Define The Great Line in full] and then, depending on how much time we have, some songs off of They're Only Chasing Safety and some songs off Lost In The Sound [Of Separation]," said Chamberlain to AP. "I'd play every record front-to-back if I could!"
