Metalcore supergroup Better Lovers have expanded the roster for their annual hometown holiday show. Three of the group’s five members previously performed in Buffalo, NY metalcore outfit Every Time I Die, and have continued that outfit’s holiday traditions with their own event. This year’s festivities will take over at the Riverworks in Buffalo, NY on December 14th. and feature sets from:
Better Lovers
Converge
Fleshwater
Twitching Tongues
Dying Wish
Teenage Wrist
Anxious
Atomic Rule
Atomic Rule is the fledgling new outfit from ex-Every Time I Die guitarist Andy Williams. That group unites him with Travis Bennington (Eternal Sleep) and more. Williams will be pulling double duty at ‘BLissmas‘, having also been scheduled to perform via his main career as a professional wrestler.
Known as ‘The Butcher‘ in AEW, Williams will be headlining a wrestling matinee at the Riverworks that will precede the aforementioned show. Other wrestlers booked for that include:
Orange Cassidy
Evil Uno
Nyla Rose
Kip Sabian
Tony Deppen
Jody Threat
Ricky Shane Page
Madd Dogg Matt Cross
Kevin Blackwood
Puf
Additionally, a December 13th pre-show will take place at the REC Room and find Better Lovers guitarist Will Putney onstage with another of his other supergroup, END. Better Lovers vocalist Greg Puciato will also be performing a solo set that night, with Soul Blind and Fatal Visions booked as well.
Ahead of all that though will be release party for Better Lovers‘ new beer, ‘Highly Beeresponsible’. That event will be held at the Tap House in Buffalo, NY on December 12th, and will also have a Buckley family recipe for chicken wings served up.
Better Lovers‘ debut album “Highly Irresponsible” is headed for an October 25th release and the following run of headlining shows will follow it:
With Full Of Hell, SPY & Cloakroom:
11/03 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
11/04 Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
11/05 Orlando, FL – The Abbey
11/06 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
11/08 Charlotte, NC – The Underground
11/09 Richmond, VA – Canal Club
11/10 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
11/11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/13 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls
11/14 Toronto, ON – Opera House
11/15 Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
11/16 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
11/17 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
11/19 Detroit, MI – The Magic Stick
11/20 Chicago, IL – The Metro
11/21 Minneapolis, MN – Lyric @ Skyway
11/23 Denver, CO – The Summit
11/24 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
11/26 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
11/27 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
11/29 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
11/30 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
12/01 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
12/02 Mesa, AZ – The Nile
With Gouge Away, SPY & Cloakroom:
12/04 Dallas, TX – Studio at The Factory
12/05 Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
12/06 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
12/07 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
12/08 Lakewood, OH – The Roxy
Better Lovers:
12/14 Buffalo, NY – BLissmas
With Frontierer & Greyhaven:
01/17 Bristol, UK – Marble Factory
01/18 London, UK – Electric Brixton
01/19 Manchester, UK – Academy 2
01/20 Glasgow, UK – Slay
01/22 Newcastle, UK – The Grove
01/23 Leeds, UK – Project House
01/24 Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute 2
