Defeater announces European Summer Tour

After a full year of being off the road, Boston-based melodic hardcore band Defeater has announced they will be coming to Europe for a headlining tour this June/July. See below for the full list of confirmed dates. The band will also be playing the Belgian Groezrock festival on Friday May 1st.

Front man Derek Archambault performed shows for two years with a cane, but now, fully recovered from a 2014 hip replacement surgery, he is ready to perform again.

“After a year away from touring and nearly two of immobility, I have never been happier to push forward with Defeater,” said Archambault. “Releasing a new album with a label I have bought records from for more than 20 years still doesn't feel real. Like many of my peers, Epitaph's 90's roster was a big part of the soundtrack to my teenage years. Signing to Epitaph and a full European tour this summer has the makings of a banner year for Defeater.”

Defeater has released three studio albums on Bridge 9 Records, Travels (2008), Lost Ground (2009), Empty Days & Sleepless Nights (2011), and Letters Home (2013). All of the band's recordings tell the story of a working class family living in New Jersey during the Post-World War II era. Defeater will release their fourth concept album in 2015 on Epitaph.

“We want to thank everyone for the unbelievable continued support of us this past year and we hope we get a chance to thank you personally in 2015. Let’s do this,” said guitarist Jay Maas.

Defeater European Tour Dates

• 01 May – Meerhout (BE) - Groezrock
• 12 June – Donington (UK) - Download
• 13 June - Interlaken (CH) - Greenfield
• 14 June – Milan (IT) - Lo Fi
• 15 June – Ljubljana (SI) - Orto Bar
• 16 June – Linz (AT) - Stadtwerkstatt
• 17 June – Stuttgart (DE) - Juha West
• 18 June – Montaigu (FR) - Zinor
• 19 June – Clisson (FR) - Hellfest
• 20 June – Ysselstein (NL) - Jera On Air
• 21 June – Trier (DE) - Summerblast - Indoor
• 22 June – Athens (GR) - Ground Zero
• 23 June – Thessaloniki (GR) - Eightball
• 24 June – Saint Petersburg (RUS) - Zal Ozhidaniya
• 25 June – Minsk (BY) - Republic
• 26 June – Moscow (RUS) - Theater
• 27 June – Belgrade (SRB) Rockaway Lake Festival
• 29 June - Tel Aviv (ISR) Acoustic Show - Venue TBA
• 30 June - Tel Aviv (ISR) - Levontin 7
• 01 July – Warsaw (POL) - Hydrozagadka
• 02 July - Hamburg (DE) - Logo
• 03 July – Münster (DE) - Vainstream Warm Up
• 04 July – Roitzschjora (DE) - With Full Force
• 05 July – Tabor (CZ) - Mighty Sounds Festival
• 06 July – Wiesbaden (DE) - Schlachthof
• 07 July – Bristol (UK) - Marble Factory
• 08 July – Birmingham (UK) - The Oobleck
• 09 July – Edinburgh (UK) - Studio 24
• 10 July – Cheltenham (UK) - 2000trees Festival
• 11 July – Paris (FR) - Espace B
• 12 July – Cologne (DE) - Underground
• 13 July – Muncih (DE) - Feierwerk
• 14 July – Vienna (AT) - Viper Room
• 15 July – Dunaújváros (HUN) - Rockmaraton Festival
• 16 July – Viveiro (ES) - Resurrection Festival