Billy Talent return with Live at Festhalle Frankfurt, their first live album since 2007’s 666. The new album, produced by Juno Award nominee for Producer of the Year Ian D’sa and mixed by Juno Award winner Eric Ratz, sees the band perform 21 career spanning hits and was recorded this past November at the iconic German venue in front of a sold-out crowd. The 21-track set is slated for release digitally and on double disc CD on June 16, 2023 – with a vinyl pre order available now. The vinyl release is expected to ship to fans in late September. Following the release of Live at Festhalle Frankfurt, Billy Talent will drop several live videos from the show, culminating in a full-length concert film, directed by Dennis Dirksen that will premiere later this fall.
The band is currently back on tour in Europe, bringing their high-energy live show to the fans through the end of June, with major festival appearances including Rock For People (Czechia), Hurricane Festival (Germany), Southside Festival (Germany), Graspop (Belgium), Jera On Air Festival (Netherlands), Summerside Festival (Switzerland), and several more.
Following its European trek, Billy Talent returns to North America to light up the stage at festivals including a co-headline show with Weezer at Festival D’été (Quebec) followed by Ottawa Bluesfest, Rock The Park (London) and others. Billy Talent also has a number of headline dates, including Toronto’s Budweiser Stage with Cypress Hill on July 8th. Later this year, the band will return to the United States for the first time in seven years which will include stops at Aftershock Festival (Sacramento, CA) and Louder Than Life (Lousiville, KY) in addition to several headline shows.
Billy Talent are one of Canada’s most successful bans. They have sold nearly one million albums in Canada alone and nearly 3 million albums internationally and are approaching 2 billion global streams across their catalogue. Theyhave won 7 Juno Awards and have been nominated 23 times, including three nods for Afraid of Heights (Group of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, and Ian D’Sa for Producer of the Year).Their most recent studio album Crisis of Faith debuted at #1 in Germany and had three singles hit the #1 spot at canadian rock radio which combined to spend a total of 21 weeks atop theCanadian Rock radio chart. Crisis of Faith debuted at #8 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart, joining just four other rock artists who have reached the Top 10 within the past 2 months (Iron Maiden, The Tragically Hip, Kings of Leon and Foo Fighters). In 2018 the group was honoured with the Legends of Live Special Achievement Award, presented by Canadian Music Week.
TRACKLISTING
1. Devil In a Midnight Mass (Live)
2. This Suffering (Live)
3. I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better) (Live)
4. Afraid of Heights (Live)
5. Perfect World (Live)
6. Hanging Out With All The Wrong People (Live)
7. Try Honestly (Live)
8. Pins and Needles (Live)
9. Rusted From the Rain (Live)
10. Saint Veronika (Live)
11. The Wolf (Live)
12. Diamond on a Landmine (Live)
13. End of Me (Live)
14. Surrender (Live)
15. Forgiveness I (Live)
16. Reckless Paradise (Live)
17. Surprise Surprise (Live)
18. Fallen Leaves (Live)
19. Devil On My Shoulder (Live)
20. Viking Death March (Live)
21. Red Flag (Live)
Tour Dates
JUN 2, 2023 – SLAMDUNK FRANCE – LYON, FRANCE
JUN 3, 2023 – SLAMDUNK ITALY – IGEA MARINA, ITALY
JUN 5, 2023 – KINO ŠIŠKA – LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
JUN 6, 2023 – REFINERY GALLERY – BRATISLAVA II, SLOVAKIA
JUN 7, 2023 – BUDAPEST PARK – BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
JUN 9, 2023 – ROCK FOR PEOPLE 2023 – HRADEC, CZECHIA
JUN 10, 2023 – PROGRESJA – WARSAW, POLAND
JUN 12, 2023 – PALLADIUM RIGA – RĪGA, LATVIA
JUN 14, 2023 – MUSIC CLUB B17 – POZNAŃ, POLAND
JUN 16, 2023 – HURRICANE FESTIVAL 2023 – SCHNEE, GERMANY
JUN 17, 2023 – SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL 2023 – NEUHAUSEN OB ECK, GERMANY
JUN 18, 2023 – GRASPOP METAL MEETING 2023 – DESSEL, BELGIUM
JUN 20, 2023 – ELBOW AMPHITHEATER – LOKET, CZECHIA
JUN 22, 2023 – JERA ON AIR FESTIVAL 2023 – YSSELSTEYN, NETHERLANDS
JUN 24, 2023 – SUMMERSIDE FESTIVAL – GRENCHEN, SWITZERLAND
JUL 6, 2023 – FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ DE QUÉBEC 2023 – QUÉBEC, QC
JUL 7, 2023 – OTTAWA BLUESFEST 2023 – OTTAWA, ON
JUL 8, 2023 – BUDWEISER STAGE – TORONTO, ON
JUL 15, 2023 – ROCK THE PARK – LONDON, ON
JUL 29, 2023 – BELL PARK – SUDBURY, ON
AUG 5, 2023 – AREA 506 FESTIVAL 2023 – SAINT JOHN, NB
AUG 12, 2023 – BURT BLOCK PARTY – WINNIPEG, MB
AUG 25, 2023 – PNE AMPHITHEATRE – VANCOUVER, BC
SEP 21, 2023 – LEON’S CENTRE – KINGSTON, ON
SEP 24, 2023 – LOUDER THAN LIFE 2023 – LOUISVILLE, KY
OCT 8, 2023 – AFTERSHOCK 2023 – SACRAMENTO, CA
OCT 11, 2023 – SAVE-ON-FOODS MEMORIAL CENTRE – VICTORIA, BC
OCT 13, 2023 – SOUTH OKANAGAN EVENTS CENTRE – PENTICTON, BC
OCT 15, 2023 – CN CENTRE – PRINCE GEORGE, BC
OCT 27, 2023 – EDMONTON HALLOWEEN HOWLER – ENOCH, AB
OCT 28, 2023 – CALGARY HALLOWEEN HOWLER – CALGARY, AB
