Black Veil Brides Announce Vindicate and 2026 Tour Dates
From the opening organ introduction and dramatic soliloquy of “Invocation To The Muse” to the emotive finale of “Eschaton,” the band — vocalist Andy Biersack, guitarists Jake Pitts and Jinxx, bassist Lonny Eagleton, and drummer Christian Coma — delivers one of the most ambitious chapters of their career. Previously released singles including “Bleeders,” “Hallelujah,” and “Certainty” have already showcased the band’s continued musical evolution, while maintaining the theatrical intensity that has defined their sound.
“This record is rooted in the feelings of revenge and vindication. These are emotions that can either push us forward or hold us back. There’s a duality to them. They can fuel growth, drive ambition, and help us rise above what’s tried to break us, but they can also become destructive if we let them consume us,” explains Andy Biersack.
Each song explores a different side of that struggle. Sometimes it’s about getting even with someone else, sometimes it’s about confronting ourselves and our past, our pain, or the things that were done to us. At its core, though, this album is about resilience.
“It’s for anyone who’s ever had their dreams doubted or their fire challenged by people who couldn’t see their vision. We’re all born with that spark. The world will try to take that away at times, but this record is about holding onto it, fighting back, and turning those struggles into something powerful.”
The latest preview from the album arrives with the release of the title track, “Vindicate.” Featuring a haunting calliope introduction that erupts into a driving wall of guitars and Biersack’s signature scream, the song captures the dramatic scale and power fans have come to expect from Black Veil Brides. The track is now available across all digital service providers. A NSFW music video directed by George Gallardo Kattah (who also helmed the visual for “Certainty”) can be seen here.
Vindicate Tracklist:
1. Invocation To The Muse
2. Vindicate
3. Certainty
4. Bleeders
5. Hallelujah
6. Cut
7. Alive
8. Purgatory
9. Revenger
10. Sorrow
11. Grace
12. Ave Maria
13. Woe & Pain
14. Eschaton
In support of the new album, Black Veil Brides will embark on their first North American headline tour of 2026. The 24-city run kicks off April 25 in Riverside and concludes May 30 in Worcester. Along the way, the tour will make stops in Seattle (April 28), Houston (May 5), Detroit (May 17), and New York (May 28), among others. Support on the tour will come from From Ashes To New, TX2, and As December Falls. Information on tickets and VIP packages can be found here.
Black Veil Brides 2026 North American Tour Dates w/ From Ashes To New, TX2, and As December Falls:
4/25/26: Riverside, CA — Municipal Auditorium
4/26/26: Reno, NV — Grand Sierra Resort
4/28/26: Seattle, WA — Showbox SoDo
4/30/26: Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
5/1/26: Denver, CO — Fillmore
5/2/26: Omaha, NE — ASTRO
5/4/26: Dallas, TX — House of Blues
5/5/26: Houston, TX — House of Blues
5/6/26: San Antonio, TX — The Aztec
5/8/26: Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle
5/9/26: Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome To Rockville
5/11/26: Greensboro, NC — Piedmont Hall
5/12/26: Norfolk, VA — The Norva
5/14/26: Philadelphia, PA — Fillmore
5/15/26: Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
5/16/26: Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple
5/17/26: Detroit, MI — The Fillmore
5/19/26: Indianapolis, IN — Egyptian Room
5/21/26: Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore
5/22/26: Chicago, IL — Ramova Theatre
5/23/26: Madison, WI — The Sylvee
5/25/26: Toronto, ON — History
5/26/26: Montreal, QC — M-Telus
5/28/26: New York, NY — Palladium Times Square
5/29/26: Silver Spring, MD — Fillmore
5/30/26: Worcester, MA — The Palladium
^ Promoted by Live Nation
* Festival appearance
# Not a Live Nation date
About Black Veil Brides:
Like their band name suggests, Black Veil Brides evoke transcendent visions of an impenetrable hereafter, intermingling with a steely focus on the dark passions and elusive mysteries of the here and now. A romantic fantasy first summoned in a small town by founder Andy Biersack – a creative who was fascinated with death rock, theatricality, and monsters (both real and imagined). It wasn’t until moving to Los Angeles that the unstoppable force the band is currently became finalized. The band’s (and its other members Jake Pitts, Jinxx, Lonny Eagleton, Christian Coma) Instagram and Twitter accounts command close to 12 million followers between them. The Phantom Tomorrow, the group’s last full-length album, went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart. Their last single “Bleeders” — through their new label home Spinefarm — propelled them to the top of the Active Rock radio charts. In the hearts and minds of their fans, the band represents an unwillingness to compromise and a resistance to critics (personal and professional). Fueled by the same fire as the group’s own heroes, the iconoclasts whose creative output, once dismissed, is now canonized. Now, after 15 years of leading the BVB Army, the next phase of Black Veil Brides begins with a joyful “Hallelujah” and a definite sense of “Certainty.”
Black Veil Brides at Alliant Energy Powerhouse Cedar Rapids, IA November 2022 | Photo by Jeremy Glazier
