Jan. 2 — Sabaton will spend 2024 celebrating its 25th anniversary as a band.
The band recently made the announcement through a video posted Tuesday to its YouTube channel. The celebration started Wednesday with a listening party for its debut album, Primo Victoria. The band will also tour to celebrate its anniversary, beginning with a run alongside Judas Priest on that band’s “Invincible Shield Tour.” The bands’ run is scheduled to launch Apr. 18 in Wallingford, CT and to run through May 22 in Syracuse, NY.
The tour’s schedule is noted below:
JUDAS PRIEST: INVINCIBLE SHIELD TOUR DATES:
Thu Apr 18 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Fri Apr 19 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Sun Apr 21 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena
Wed Apr 24 – Bangor, ME – Cross Insurance Center
Thu Apr 25 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Sat Apr 27 – Youngstown, OH – Covelli Center*
Sun Apr 28 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River
Wed May 01 – Rosemont, IL – Rosemont Theatre
Thu May 02 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
Sat May 4 – Kalamazoo, MI – Wings Event Center*
Sun May 05 – Maryland Heights, MO – St Louis Music Park
Tue May 07 – Huntsville, AL – VBC Propst Arena*
Thu May 09 – Daytona, FL – Welcome to Rockville^
Sat May 11 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Sun May 12 – Mobile, AL – Mobile Civic Center Arena*
Tue May 14 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Fri May 17 – Evansville, IN – Ford Center*
Sun May 19 – Washington, DC –The Theater at MGM National Harbor
Tue May 21 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena
Wed May 22 – Syracuse, NY – Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
*Not a Live Nation Date
^Festival Performance
Front man Joakim Broden said in a prepared statement, the band is looking forward to the year-long celebration.
“This is a massive milestone for us,” Broden said. “Our fans have been with us every step of the way and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this monumental occasion with them. We’re planning some great things that we’ve never done before, and we’re confident that 2024 will be one to remember, especially as we are heading to the studio at the beginning of next year to begin working on new music!”
Par Sundstrom shared, the band’s bassist and manager, shared Broden’s enthusiasm in his own statement.
“It’s hard to believe that a quarter of a century of us playing music and doing what we love the most has passed already,” Sundstrom said. “It’s been one hell of a journey, that’s for sure. We sing about history, but looking back we also wrote some history! Stay tuned!”
Along with listening parties for each of the band’s albums and its upcoming live runs, the band’s celebration will also include games, giveaways and contests featuring limited edition 25th anniversary merchandise and other exclusive items that fans can win.
In other news, the band announced in October, another reason to celebrate. The band announced its “History Rocks” project reached a new milestone. The milestone in question was of its The War to End All Wars movie running in 100 theaters in 27 territories worldwide.
Sundstrom discussed the new milestone in a prepared statement.
“Reaching over 100 museums is an important milestone,” Sundstrom said. “We wanted to create something that makes our fans visit and help their local museums, and I’m beyond happy to see that it’s working. We’re grateful to anyone who suggested a museum to us by using our “Suggest a museum” form on our movie’s website. The form is now closed following thousands of suggestions, but museums are still urged to contact us if they wish to participate. It means a lot to us to see how many involved have been enthusiastic, both fans and museums.”
The movie, which is running in the noted theaters free of charge to the museums where it is being screened, made its global premiere Nov. 4-9 surrounding the 105th anniversary of Armistice Day. Armistice Day (known today as Veterans Day in the United States) is marked every year on Nov. 11. It is the day on which World War I officially ended.
The full list of museums screening The War To End All Wars globally is noted below:
LIST OF PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS:
AUSTRALIA
Army Museum of South Australia
BELGIUM
Plugstreet 14-18
Talbot House
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Завичајни музеј Градишка / Homeland Museum of Gradiška
BRAZIL
Museu do Expedicionário
Museu Militar do Comando Militar do Sul
BULGARIA
Pazardzhik Regional Museum
CANADA
Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence
Millet & District Museum, Archives & Visitor Services
Rocky Mountain House Museum
THEMUSEUM
CROATIA
Gradski muzej Varaždin
Muzej vojne i ratne povijesti
SIsak Municipal Museum
CZECH REPUBLIC
Military Muzeum Generála Sergěje Jana Ingra
Muzeum a vzdělávací centrum čs. legií/Československých legií
Patton Memorial Pilsen
Vojenské muzeum Chuchelná
DENMARK
Mosede Fort, Danmark 1914-18
Museum Skanderborg
Sønderborg Castle
FINLAND
The Parola Armour Museum
Tornionlaakson museo – Tornedalens museum
FRANCECarrière Wellington: Mémorial de la Bataille d’Arras
Hôtel national des Invalides Musée de l´Armée
Historial franco-allemand du Hartmannswillerkopf
Musée des blindés et de la cavalerie
Musée Pierre-Noël de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
GERMANY
Anti Kriegs Museum
Festung Königstein
Flandernbunker / “Mahnmal Kilian” e.V.
Garnisonmuseum Ludwigsburg
HUNGARY
HM Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum
LITHUANIA
Vytautas the Great War Museum
NETHERLANDS
Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg
NEW ZEALAND
Whanganui Regional Museum
NORWAY
Tirpitz Museum Alta
POLAND
Museum of Military Technology / Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej
Muzeum Górnośląskie / Upper Silesian Museum
Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej / Naval Museum Gdynia
Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej GRYF
Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej w Zabrzu
Muzeum Twierdzy Kostrzyn / Fortressmuseum of Kostrzyn
Muzeum Wojsk Lądowych w Bydgoszczy/Army Infantery Museum
Rzeszowskie Piwnice / Resov Cellars
PORTUGAL
Museu do Ar
ROMANIA
“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Palace of Ruginoasa
MNIR / National History Museum of Romania
National Military Museum
Palace of Culture / Complexul Muzeal Național „Moldova” Iași
SERBIA
Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region (Музеј рудничко-таковског краја)
National Museum in Leskovac
National Museum of Serbia/Народни музеј Србије
Zavičajni muzej Župe
SLOVAKIA
Múzeum Slovenského Národného Povstania
Slovakia Bytča The Wedding Palace in Bytča – administrated by Považské múzeum
Spiš castle administered by Slovak National Museum – Spiš Museum
SLOVENIA
City Museum of Ljubljana / Mestni muzej Ljubljana
Park vojaške zgodovine Pivka /Park of Military History
SPAIN
Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias
SWEDEN
Aeroseum
Arsenalen – Swedish Tankmuseum
Garnisonsmuseet Skaraborg
Hässleholms Museum
Jamtli Museet
Maritiman – Göteborgs maritima centrum
Miliseum
UNITED KINGDOM
Black Country Living Museum
Bodmin Keep – Cornwall’s Army Museum
CMSM Combined Military Services Museum
Heugh Battery Museum
Military Museum Scotland
Royal Armouries Museum
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
South Wales Aviation Museum
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum
The Tank Museum
York Army Museum
UNITED STATES82d Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
American Heritage Museum
Chippewa Valley Museum
General Robert W. Cone NTC & 11th ACR Heritage Center
Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles
Howard County Historical Society
Hutchings Museum Institute
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District: Sahara West Library
Maryland Veterans Musuem at Patriot Park
Mesa Public Library – Red Mountain Branch
Michigan’s Military Heritage Museum
Military Aviation Museum
Military Heritage Museum
Military History Center of the Carolinas
Museum of the American G.I
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum
Texas Panhandle War Memorial
The National WWI Museum and Memorial
The William C. Lambert Military Museum and Archive
Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Woodman Museum
Wright Stuff Squadron Living History Museum
Anyone interested in having The War to End All Wars screened at their nearest museum can fill out a form for consideration here.
More information on Sabaton’s new movie is available here. More information on Sabaton’s 25th anniversary celebration is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
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