at Milwaukee Metal Fest , and I have two big East Coast shows with Overkill that got announced today , which I ' m thrilled about because I didn ' t know if I was going to be able to do a bunch of touring with Jasta . Obviously , we got the 30th-anniversary stuff with Hatebreed . Then , in August , we go back to Europe to do all the big festivals like Bloodstock and Alcatraz and a bunch of others . And we even have a weekend in July where we ' re doing Barcelona Rock and some big festivals that we don ' t normally get to do with Hatebreed , especially with the classic metal bands . We always find that we do really well when we support KISS or Judas Priest . We ' ve supported Judas Priest in Germany , we direct supported Kiss in Holland and Belgium . It ' s a great way to get to new people who have never heard of us or maybe have seen the logo or have seen the shirts at all the shows but never heard the band or never saw the band live . So , 30 years in , to be able to do that is a big deal , and we don ' t want to miss those opportunities . But it ' ll be nice to have September off because I ' ll probably do a lot of writing before we leave for the 30th-anniversary tour . Maybe we will have some new songs in the can by the time we leave for the tour .”
Milwaukee Metal Fest is May 16-19 at The Rave Eagles Club , Milwaukee , WI . See Page 2 in this issue for the band line-up . For information , including ticket prices and fest details , visit www . milwaukeemetaldestival . com
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