Rock Band, Skillet Embarks On International Summer Festival Tour

Skillet's John Cooper teases short clip from upcoming album on social media

GRAMMY® Nominated Skillet will embark on their 2016 international summer festival tour, kicking off in Denmark's Jelling Festival on May 28 with a wrap on July 3 in the Czech Republic. Skillet will travel to multiple international markets, hitting some of the most popular festivals across Europe and Russia including UK's Download, Germany's Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park. 

The tour arrives shortly after their RIAA double platinum certification of top single "Monster," known as the biggest digital single in Christian music history. Skillet's 2014 headlining international tour sold-out more than half of all venues including London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Antwerp and Cologne. Skillet's 2016 tour is the band's fourth trek across Europe.

On April 8, John Cooper revealed a short clip from Skillet's to be announced album on his personal social media accounts, available on Twitter and Instagram, with a social reach of nearly 1,700,000. The highly anticipated record will follow three years after their No. 1 Billboard Rock hit RISE.

For more information on Skillet's upcoming tour, visit www.skillet.com/tour.

Watch the Official Video for Monster

Skillet International Summer Tour Routing

*All dates are subject to change

• May 28 -- Jelling, Denmark -- Jelling Festival
• May 31 -- Stockholm, Sweden -- Grona Lund Tivoli
• June 1 -- Oslo, Norway -- Sentrum Scene
• June 3 -- Nuremberg, Germany -- Rock Im Park
• June 5 -- Mendig, Germany -- Rock am Ring
• June 7 -- Hohenems, Austria -- Event Center
• June 9 -- Nickelsdorf, Austria -- Nova Rock
• June 10 -- Leicestershire, UK -- Download Festival
• June 11 -- Landgraaf, Netherlands -- Pinkpop
• June 12 -- Paris, France -- Download Festival Paris
• June 15 -- Kiev, Ukraine -- Art-Zavod Platform
• June 18 -- Dessel, Belgium -- Graspop Metal Festival
• June 19 -- Hinwil, Switzerland -- Rock The Ring
• June 21 -- Perm, Russia -- Sports Arena "Eaglet"
• June 22 -- Ekaterinburg, Russia -- Teleclub
• June 23 -- Chelyabinsk, Russia -- World Trade Center
• June 25 -- Ufa, Russia -- Lights of Ufa
• June 27 -- Samara, Russia -- MTL Arena
• June 30 -- Sopron, Hungary -- Volt Festival
• July 2 -- Minsk, Belarus -- Most Festival
• July 3 -- Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic -- Rock The People

Source: The Media Collective