M. SHADOWS Reveals Why AVENGED SEVENFOLD Won't Tour Performing Full Albums

In an exclusive interview with Rock Feed, Avenged Sevenfold's lead vocalist, M. Shadows, discussed the band's upcoming special show — a rare performance featuring songs from their breakthrough albums Waking The Fallen from 2003 and City of Evil from 2005. This one-time event is happening on October 25 at Santa Ana's Observatory venue, and Avenged Sevenfold will be joined by long-running Southern California punk outfit Death By Stereo, who will headline the show.

Avenged Sevenfold and Death By Stereo share a deep history, from touring together decades ago. M. Shadows even contributed guest vocals to two tracks — "Entombed We Collide" and "This Is Not The End" — on Death By Stereo's 2005 album Death For Life.

During the interview, M. Shadows, shared: "Yeah, we're playing a show for about a thousand people. We're gonna be playing only stuff from Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil. We're just not a band that wants to go take an old record on tour right now — it doesn't interest us, it doesn't excite us, but one night does," he explained. "And it really isn't shots fired, ‘cause everyone's doing those tours. Just for us, personally, it doesn't wanna make us get out of bed and go do that. But one night seems really fun to us."

Tickets for this intimate, fan-focused show went on sale in August, priced at an affordable $25 exclusively for members of the Deathbats Club — Avenged Sevenfold's next-gen fan community.