Heavy metal band LOVEBITES has announced its first world tour will take place in 2024, entitled "THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE", and has today revealed the tour's poster art.
The tour includes the band's previously announced appearances in June at Spain's Rock Imperium Festival and Resurrection Fest, main stage of France's Hellfest, and ProgPower USA in September. It will also include the band's biggest solo show ever, taking place on 1 September at the Tokyo Garden Theater. Further cities and countries are expected to be added to the poster's "AND MORE" section shortly.
The news follows LOVEBITES' fourth album JUDGEMENT DAY and its song "Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down)" ranking as the 15th best album and song of the year, respectively, in Metal Hammer UK's end of year reader polls. As such, a UK appearance is also highly likely.
LOVEBITES has left a comment in anticipation for the first world tour:
"2023 was the 'Year of Resurrection' for LOVEBITES, and we will follow it with our first world tour. The title of the tour is >'THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE', which has the same meaning as the Japanese proverb 'Ai to nikushimi wa kami hitoe'. We understand that in the world of heavy metal, where most bands consist of men dressed in black, LOVEBITES, an all-female band dressed in white, is even more of an outlier in the scene, and that some people may not respect us. That is why we want those who have shunned us in the past to see us on stage and enjoy our performance during this world tour. The proverb from which the tour title is taken from originally meant that love can easily turn to hate, but we purposefully took this as a paradox and selected it for the title.
We are currently working day and night on new material, with a new release planned by the end of 2024. As such, our only full-set show in Japan this year will be at Tokyo Garden Theater on 1 September, and for that reason we want to make the show even more unforgettable than usual."
Advanced ticket registration for the solo show at Tokyo Garden Theatre will be made available to members of LOVEBITES' official fanclub LOVEBITES INC. from 6 January.
LOVEBITES
THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE WORLD TOUR
- 22 June: Spain - Rock Imperium Festival
- 26-29 June: Spain - Resurrection Fest
- 28 June: France - Hellfest
- 1 September: Japan - Tokyo Garden Theater
- 6 September: United States -ProgPower USA
More dates TBA
