23x-platinum rock band SKILLET have announced their explosive new single, "Scream," arriving July 10, alongside the launch of their upcoming "Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour," a major fall headline run produced by Live Nation.
The new track serves as the first taste of a new era of music from the band, with additional releases expected later this year. Fans can pre-save "Scream" HERE.
The announcement follows a monumental start to the year for SKILLET. Their 6x-platinum anthem "Monster" recently surpassed 4 billion global streams, earned a place in Spotify's Billions Club, and solidified its status as one of the most-streamed rock songs of all time. The achievement is particularly historic as "Monster" remains the only song by a Christian artist to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify. The milestone arrives on the heels of the band's completely sold-out European headline tour, which moved more than 90,000 tickets across 23 cities, bringing SKILLET in front of the largest international audiences of their career.
For the new music, the band returned to familiar ground. "We went back to Memphis and worked with a producer who knew the band before we'd made our first record," says frontmanJohn Cooper. "Life has taken some great turns, but it's also taken some painful turns. Now we're here, and we still have more of a story to tell. The music kept getting heavier, and I said, 'We've got to go all-in.'"
They certainly did with "Scream." Clean electric guitar slips into the undertow of crushing distortion as Cooper delivers a catchy and cathartic chorus:"I wanna scream. I wanna break something beautiful."Ominous keys ring out, the beat snaps, and he wonders, "Will I ever be enough?" before a palm-muted bridge unleashes one final burst of emotion punctuated by glitchy electronics.
"I don't think I'm the only one who's noticing the volatility of the world and how social media is a cesspool where people are constantly yelling at each other," Cooper explains. "It's not helping anyone's mental health. In this landscape, it's easy to feel like nothing matters. "Scream" is about wanting your life to matter when the world feels chaotic and overwhelming."
TICKETS:
Tickets will be available starting via a Skillet Artist Presale and Spotify Presale, details below. Additional presales will run ahead of the general onsale which starts Friday, June 26 at 1:00pm local time at LiveNation.com. For tickets, tour dates, and more information, you can also visit Skillet.com.
Spotify Reserved: Skillet's Reserved by Spotify tickets may be available to eligible US Spotify Premium subscribers through Ticketmaster. Eligible fans will be notified by Spotify via email and app notification, and will have the opportunity to purchase up to two tickets before the general on-sale.
SKILLET ON TOUR:
09/30—Schenectady, NY—Proctors Theatre
10/02—Philadelphia, PA—The Fillmore
10/03—Montclair, NJ—The Wellmont Theater
10/04—Huntington, NY—The Paramount
10/07—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/08—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore Silver Spring
10/10—Grand Rapids, MI—GLC Live at 20 Monroe
10/11—Detroit, MI—The Fillmore
10/12—Pittsburgh, PA—Citizens Live at The Wylie
10/14—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant
10/16—Minneapolis, MN—Uptown Theater
10/17—Milwaukee, WI—Landmark Credit Union Live
10/18—Omaha, NE—Steelhouse Omaha
10/20—Kansas City, MO—The Midland Theatre
10/22—Denver, CO—Fillmore Auditorium
10/23—Salt Lake City, UT—The Union Event Center
10/26—Airway Heights, WA—Pend Oreille Pavilion at Northern Quest
10/27—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre
10/30—Wheatland, CA—Hard Rock Live Sacramento
10/31—Inglewood, CA—YouTube Theater
11/01—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren
11/05—Dallas, TX—House of Blues
11/06—San Antonio, TX—The Aztec Theatre
11/10—Orlando, FL—House of Blues