FOUR YEAR STRONG Announces 25th-Anniversary Tour, Celebrates 20 Years Of 'Rise Or Die Trying'

New England rock band FOUR YEAR STRONG will celebrate its 25th anniversary as well as 20 years of its critically acclaimed sophomore album "Rise Or Die Trying" on a U.S. tour in early 2027. The band will be performing the album in full, including hit songs like "Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die", "Bada Big! Wit' A Pipe!" and "Beatdown In The Key Of Happy", along with a selection of tracks from throughout their discography. Joining them on this momentous run will be special guests DRUG CHURCH, HEART ATTACK MAN and SUNBLOC. The tour will kick off on March 20 in Buffalo, with stops to follow in Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville, New York, and more before wrapping with a hometown show in Boston on April 30.

The band shares: "2027 is a big year for us. Not only have we had 25 years as a band, playing incredible shows and tours, doing things we never dreamed we would do, but also 20 years ago we released 'Rise Or Die Trying', the record that started everything for us. It gave us the foundation for everything that came after.

"So, in celebration of two huge milestones in the FYS story, we are beyond stoked to announce we will be hitting the road next year to spend it with you all! We will be playing 'Rise Or Die Trying' in full, as well as songs that span the last 25 years, featuring lots of deep cuts and rare setlist appearances! We are incredibly pumped to be doing it with DRUG CHURCH, HEART ATTACK MAN and SUNBLOC.

"This is going to be something special, and we can't wait to spend it with all of you!"

VIP packages and pre-sale tickets are available now.

For more information, visit fouryearstrong.com. General on sale will begin this Friday, October 23 at 10 a.m. local time.

Tour dates:

March 20 - Buffalo, NY - Electric City **
March 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre
March 23 - Cleveland, OH - The Roxy ***
March 24 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
March 26 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave II **
March 27 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
March 28 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
March 30 - Denver, CO - Summit
April 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
April 2 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
April 3 - Seattle, WA - El Corazón
April 4 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
April 6 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone
April 7 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
April 9 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
April 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
April 11 - Mesa, AZ - The Nile Theater
April 13 - San Antonio, TX - Vibes Event Center
April 14 - Dallas, TX - Studio at The Factory
April 16 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
April 17 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Heaven)
April 18 - Jacksonville, FL - FIVE
April 20 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
April 21 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
April 23 - Charlotte, NC - The Underground
April 24 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
April 25 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
April 27 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony
April 28 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
April 29 - Albany, NY - Empire Live
April 30 - Boston, MA - Citizens House of Blues

** No DRUG CHURCH
*** No HEART ATTACK MAN

FOUR YEAR STRONG's latest album, "Analysis Paralysis", was released in August 2024 via Pure Noise Records.

When it was time for FOUR YEAR STRONG to prep what would become their sixth album, "Analysis Paralysis", they were truly, finally, stumped. Vocalist/guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day showed up to producer Will Putney's studio on day one of recording without a single finished song, in stark contrast to the 40-some ideas they brought to the table for 2020's "Brain Pain". The two spent those early days in a bedroom at Putney's house talking about, and listening to, music, desperate for a spark of inspiration. They found it by looking back: at what made "Brain Pain" a success and even the genesis of FOUR YEAR STRONG as a band as they rode their trademark sound — pop-punk energy, dexterous riffage and caustic hardcore spirit — to the top of the underground in the late aughts. Within a month, they'd completed nearly 80% of the album, like the ominous, metal-meets-industrial "Aftermath / Afterthought". They melded combustible hardcore rhythms with '90s alt-rock melodic bliss ("Uncooked"),dabbled in rough-around-the-edges reggae ("Out Of Touch") and swerved between vibe-heavy synths and thunderous breakdowns ("STFIL").

The result is an album that expands their classic sound in exciting ways — but through it all, it's unmistakably them: O'Connor and Day's distinctive vocals atop the airtight rhythm section prowess drummer Jake Massucco and bassist Joe Weiss provide. This deep into their career, there's really nothing that doesn't sound like FOUR YEAR STRONG with these four involved.