Korn and fellow hard rockers Breaking Benjamin hit the ground running on the first stop of their joint Winter Tour last night, January 23rd, at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The 24-city trek will see the bands visiting arenas throughout the US before wrapping up March 1st in Fresno, California, with support along the way from the hard-charging Camden Town duo, BONES UK.
Check out some highlights from the tour's opening night!
BONES UK
Girls CAN play guitar – and Rosie Bones and Carmen Vandenberg will prove it to you.
The UK rock duo kicked off the show with a 7-song set, featuring tracks off last year's self-titled debut. They opened up with "Creature" and "Choke" before playing their cover of David Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans." Other highlights included back-to-back middle-finger-to-stereotypes songs "Girls Can't Play Guitar" and "Beautiful Is Boring" and their smash hit "Pretty Waste."
BONES UK have toured with the likes of The Struts and Highly Suspect in the past, and now they'll be supporting Korn and Breaking Ben throughout the entirety of this tour!
Breaking Benjamin
TODAY'S THE DAY! Breaking Ben have blessed us with their new album, Aurora, which features 10 reworked, acoustic tracks from the band's back catalogue, including new renditions of "So Cold," "Far Away" and "Dear Agony."
But we're here to discuss what happened last night.
The Pennsylvania rockers treated fans to a stacked setlist of favorites including "The Diary of Jane," "I Will Not Bow" and "Until the End." They also played new songs "Red Cold River" and "Torn in Two" off Ember.
The Wilkes-Barre natives are actually hosting a hometown meet and greet TODAY at the Gallery of Sound to celebrate the release of the record!
KORN
The rockers performed a 15-song set including a four-song encore, kicking things off with "Here To Stay" before diving into classics "Divine," "Make Me Bad" and "Freak on a Leash."
They also played a few new songs off their latest album The Nothing (check out our album review HERE!) including "Can You Hear Me," "Cold" and "You'll Never Find Me." Their encore consisted of "4U," "Twist," "Coming Undone" (with a little snippet of Queen's "We Will Rock You" in the middle) and "Falling Away From Me."
Check out the remainder of Korn, Breaking Ben and BONES UK's Winter Tour itinerary below! For tickets, head to Live Nation!
Korn + Breaking Ben Winter Tour dates:
01/25 – Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena
01/27 – Québec, QC @ Videotron Centre
01/28 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
01/30 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Van Andel Arena
01/31 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
02/03 – Evansville, IN @ The Ford Center
02/04 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
02/06 – Rockford, IL @ BMO Harris Bank Center
02/07 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
02/09 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
02/12 – Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
02/13 – Springfield, MO @ JQH Arena
02/15 – Cedar Rapids, IA @ US Cellular Center
02/16 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
02/18 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
02/20 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
02/21 – Rapid City, SD @ Rushmore Plaza Ice Arena
02/23 – Missoula, MT @ Adams Center
02/24 – Boise, ID @ Ford Idaho Center Arena
02/26 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
02/27 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
02/29 – Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center
03/01 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center
