Breaking Benjamin will tour Europe in June and July for the first time since 2017, with support from Chevelle and Return to Dust. The run kicks off June 6 at the Rock Im Park festival in Germany and includes 20 shows across the continent.
Frontman Benjamin Burnley will travel to Europe by boat instead of plane because of his fear of flying. “I’m heading to Europe towards the end of the month. And I don’t fly, so I have to take a boat out there, so I have to leave a week earlier than everybody else,” Burnley said in an interview with Jesea Lee, per Yahoo!.
Burnley leaves at the end of May, while his bandmates depart a week later. After the tour ends, Burnley will have to stay in London a few extra days to wait for his return ship.
”And as long and drawn out as the [expletive] is, as boring as it is, every time I’m, like, ‘Oh, man,’ I just think about flying and I’m, like, ‘Okay, I’m good, actually,’” Burnley said when asked about his fear of flying. “Honestly, I don’t like traveling in a… I’m really in the wrong profession. And I don’t like traveling or speed in any way.”
The group debuted new drummer Brian Medeiros at the Welcome to Rockville festival on May 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Medeiros replaced James Cassells from Asking Alexandria, who filled in for eight months after Shaun Foist stepped away to focus on his battle with Hashimoto’s disease.
Breaking Benjamin put out a new single called “Something Wicked” earlier this month. The track signals the latest chapter for the Pennsylvania rockers and hints at a new album coming soon.
The European leg wraps on July 17 in London before they return to North America. A fall tour across the United States and Canada runs from September through October, with 43 dates scheduled. All of them are listed on the band’s website.