New York, NY (Top40 Charts) HYDE - the lead vocalist for two of Japan's biggest rock bands, L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS - announced today, Tuesday, February 12, that he'll perform three additional headlining U.S. shows in Los Angeles,
Chicago and Cambridge, MA (Boston), due to fan demand.
As previously announced, HYDE's spring tour with
In This Moment will kick-off on May 7 in Louisville, KY. HYDE will also perform a handful of U.S. festival shows this year, including the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Jacksonville, FL on May 5 and Epicenter Festival in Rockingham, NC on May 11 (see all dates below). Tickets for the U.S. headlining shows will go on sale this Friday at 12pm local time. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/HYDEOfficialENG/ for more ticket info.
A globally-renowned artist, HYDE first rose to fame with his band L'Arc~en~Ciel, a stadium level act and the only Japanese band to ever sell out Madison
Square Garden in NYC. L'Arc~en~Ciel released 12 studio albums and 42 singles and has sold over 40 million records worldwide. HYDE has released three successful solo albums throughout his career and is best known in the U.S. as the lead singer of VAMPS. Late last year, HYDE teamed up with Drew Fulk (Crown The Empire, Bad Wolves, Motionless In White) and Nick Furlong (Blink-182, Papa Roach, 5 Seconds To Summer, Diplo) amongst other producers, to write 10 new songs for his forthcoming album. Check out the official video for the song, "After Light."
HYDE's other rock band VAMPS, has previously played U.S. tours with artists such as I Prevail, Starset, SIXX:A.M., Danzig and has played some of the biggest U.S. festivals, as well as headlined several South American tours in Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
VAMPS' 2017 album, UNDERWORLD was produced by GRAMMY-award winner
Howard Benson and Kane Churko. It features several high profile collaborations with Richard Kruspe of Rammstein, Apocalyptica, Chris Motionless from Motionless In White, and Man With A Mission bassist, Kamikaze Boy. The band achieved notable newcomer success in the U.S. in 2017 with hit singles, "
Inside Of Me" and "Calling." VAMPS won the SiriusXM Octane poll for "Best New Artist" in a landslide twice and UNDERWORLD received strong support from Spotify and Apple Music, leading to several songs being featured on some of the biggest curated playlists.
Following are HYDE's 2019 U.S. tour dates:
05 May - Jacksonville, FL - Metropolitan Park
07 May - Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace Theatre
11 May - Rockingham, NC - Rockingham Festival Grounds
13 May - Stroudsburg, PA - The Sherman Theater
14 May - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
15 May -
Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
Silver Spring
17 May - Cambridge, MA - The
Middle East Downstairs
19 May - Chicago, IL - Reggies Rock Club
21 May - Mankato, MN - Verizon Center
22 May - Sioux Falls, SD - The District
24 May - KCMO, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
26 May - Los Angeles, CA - 1720.
