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SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Skillet - European Tour 2026
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:You never know where or when a revolution might happen. It usually=0D=0Aoriginates without warning and unexpectedly. After nearly three=0D=0Adecades, eleven albums, and thousands of shows worldwide, Skillet play=0D=0Alouder, fight harder, and sound more rebellious than ever.=0D=0ANow, the multiplatinum chart-topping two-time GRAMMY Award-nominated=0D=0Aglobal hard rock quartet—John Cooper [lead vocals, bass], Korey=0D=0ACooper [guitar, keys], Jen Ledger [drums, vocals], and Seth Morrison=0D=0A[lead guitar]—deliver an insurgent, infectious, and inimitable body=0D=0Aof work with their twelfth full-length offering and first-ever=0D=0Aindependent album, Revolution.=0D=0A“Musically, there are a lot of flavors on the record,” notes John.=0D=0A“It’s got the arena songs, but it also has some tunes that are=0D=0Amore nostalgic and throwback Skillet. Thematically, there’s so much=0D=0Anihilism in our culture. Depression and teen suicide are at epidemic=0D=0Alevels. We’re revolting against a culture that creates nihilism,=0D=0Anothingness, and materialism. Revolution isn’t about wanting to burn=0D=0Aeverything down. Instead, it’s a revolution of love to say, ‘I=0D=0Arefuse to be silent and let you destroy everything. Let’s rebuild=0D=0Atogether’.” After an incredible 20 years on Atlantic Records,=0D=0ASkillet have built this new vision entirely by hand, intentionally=0D=0Aopting to go independent at the end of their last contract and=0D=0Adeveloping a solid indie team. Bolstered and galvanized by the support=0D=0Aof a fervent global base, they took advantage of this newfound=0D=0Afreedom, writing and recording the album at their own pace on the road=0D=0Aand at home as well as in studios across Milwaukee, Canada, and=0D=0ANashville. The group also tapped the talents of longtime collaborators=0D=0Aand producers Brian Howes and Seth Mosely, as well as band member=0D=0AKorey Cooper with YOUTHYEAR/Carlo Colasacco bringing these ten tracks=0D=0Ato life naturally.=0D=0A“We made records on the same label for 20 years, and it was a great=0D=0Aexperience,” says John. “Since this was the first independent=0D=0Arecord, it put some pep in my step, so to speak,” he laughs. “We=0D=0Adid exactly what we wanted to do. If I was on the road and felt=0D=0Ainspired to write, I just did. In the past, we’d make a bunch of=0D=0Aideas and whittle everything down for the album. This time, we only=0D=0Awrote and recorded ten tracks, but it was all we needed.”=0D=0AFittingly, Skillet come out of the gate swinging with the single=0D=0A“Unpopular.” Exuding confidence, it hinges on a hard-hitting=0D=0Aguitar groove and swaggering rhythm. A shotgun blast, Ric=0D=0AFlair-inspired “Woo,” and wailing guitar lead perfectly complement=0D=0Athe tongue-in-cheek lyrics as John muses, “I think today’s a good=0D=0Aday to be unpopular.”=0D=0A“It’s lighthearted, but there’s a clear message,” he goes on.=0D=0A“So many people don’t have a place to belong. You used to know=0D=0Ayour neighbors. Our communities are online now, which contributes to=0D=0Athe loneliness. You have powerful people telling you what reality is,=0D=0Awhat you should eat, what you should drive, and how you should live.=0D=0AThey deem us ‘unpopular’. In reality, we agree more than we=0D=0Adisagree as a society. The majority of people just want to be free and=0D=0Athey don’t really care whether or not you agree with them about=0D=0Aeverything. I don’t mind being ‘unpopular’ to powers-that-be who=0D=0Athink I should shut up!”=0D=0AOn the follow-up single “Ash In The Wind,” cinematic electronics=0D=0Amelt into a hard-hitting bridge punctuated by pinch harmonics and a=0D=0Agritty riff. Emotion overflows as John wonders, “What am I supposed=0D=0Ato do?”=0D=0A=0D=0A  “It reminds me of a mix of old Skillet and Linkin Park who I’m=0D=0Aa huge fan of,” grins John. “Korey produced it, and it definitely=0D=0Amerges the live performance with modern recording techniques. I was=0D=0Athinking of social media, and it makes me mad to see what’s it done=0D=0Ato our youth.”.=0D=0AElsewhere, airy guitar gives way to a chantable chorus on “All That=0D=0AMatters to Me” as John sings, “My faith, my family, my freedom’s=0D=0Aall that matters to me.”=0D=0A“It was the first song I wrote,” he recalls. “I was sick of all=0D=0Aof the anger, insanity, and violence in the world—whether it’s=0D=0Aschool shootings or people constantly for something to hate online and=0D=0Ayelling. I was thinking, ‘How do we remind?’ Again, everyone=0D=0Adoesn’t have to agree by any means, but how do we reclaim ideas of=0D=0Acommunity, loving your neighbor, and being willing to tolerate=0D=0Aopposing viewpoints as friends? I had to say something about it.”=0D=0AThen, there’s “Not Afraid.” Melodic guitar entwines with big=0D=0Ascreen-ready strings, while John locks into a call-and-response with=0D=0AJen on the bridge. It culminates on refrain, “I will keep the faith,=0D=0Anever back down till my dying day. Staring death straight in her face,=0D=0AI am not afraid,” bulldozing a path for a fret-scorching solo.=0D=0A“We wanted to add the classical vibe with some throwback guitars,”=0D=0Ahe goes on. “The chorus has a lot of swag. It became the vibe of the=0D=0Aalbum, which is heart-on-your-sleeve and=0D=0Aready-to-take-on-the-world.”=0D=0AThe opener “Show Time” sets the tone. A muscular riff lumbers and=0D=0Astomps, and a charismatic back-and-forth between John and Jen=0D=0Adominates the chorus, “Tonight’s the night we make history, you=0D=0Agotta fight to take victory. Show time, here we go!”=0D=0AOn the other end of the spectrum, John carries the heartfelt “Happy=0D=0AWedding Day (Alex’s Song)” with unabashed emotion over softly=0D=0Astrummed acoustic guitar. He exhales, “I blinked, it went faster=0D=0Athan a freight train, happy wedding day.”=0D=0A“I was initially going to write the song, not show anyone, and sing=0D=0Ait at my daughter’s wedding as a surprise,” he remembers. “I=0D=0Anever finished the second verse though. I figured there was no way I=0D=0Acould do it without getting choked up anyway! When I woke up on the=0D=0Awedding day, I was like, ‘I have to do this song’,” he chuckles.=0D=0A“I grabbed my guitar, and I sang it. My daughter loved it, and=0D=0Aeveryone was crying. We haven’t done anything like this in a long=0D=0Atime, but everybody was like, ‘You have to put it on the record’.=0D=0AI’m glad we did.”=0D=0ARevolution has only extended Skillet’s formidable legacy. As of=0D=0A2024, the band have received two GRAMMY Award nominations, picked up a=0D=0ABillboard Music Award, and landed three albums in the Top 5 of the=0D=0ABillboard 200. Selling over 22 million units worldwide, they have=0D=0Anotched multiplatinum, platinum, or gold RIAA certifications for a=0D=0Atotal of 12 singles and four full-length albums. Not to mention, they=0D=0Ahave regularly attracted 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify,=0D=0Aboasting “one of the most-streamed rock songs of all-time” with=0D=0Athe 5x-platinum “Monster.” Their presence has impressively surged=0D=0Athroughout popular culture with syncs by WWE, Marvel, ESPN, and NFL in=0D=0Aaddition to coverage from USA Today, The New York Times, and more. As=0D=0Aa live force of nature, they have touched down on four continents and=0D=0Ain 26 countries, packing arenas everywhere from the Middle East to=0D=0ARussia. Not to mention, Skillet expanded their world with the graphic=0D=0Anovel series EDEN. The first installment stood out as Z2 Comics’=0D=0Abest-selling book of all-time.=0D=0AEven with all of this history in the rearview, Revolution feels like a=0D=0Anew beginning for Skillet.=0D=0A=0D=0A  “I think that the album is poignant, but it's also very confident=0D=0Aand inclusive as well. It's a record saying, ‘We have to be willing=0D=0Ato stand up for what we believe in—even if it might be unpopular in=0D=0Asome circles, but hey, maybe we could have a revolution of love, you=0D=0Aknow, a revolution of understanding, of tolerance towards people that=0D=0Awe don't agree with and come back to some human dignity and respecting=0D=0Apeople's rights and where they're coming from. And so it's kind of=0D=0Aspeaking to the division and the polarization that is happening as=0D=0Awell, which I think is a really good message and what the whole=0D=0A‘revolution’ thing is all about. We allude to it on the record=0D=0Acover where there's a Skillet flag, and in the corner it lists I=0D=0ACorinthians, 13:13, a verse that says, “Hold onto these things:=0D=0Afaith, hope, love. But the greatest is love.” =0D=0A
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