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Pop Evil release new single ‘Set Me Free’

March 19, 2021

Pop Evil introduced their new single “Set Me Free” today and announce the release of their 6th record “Versatile”, which will be out May 21st on Entertainment One (eONe). With the release of their new record, the rock giants from Michigan shine with versatility, which emerged with the single releases Let The Chaos Reign, Work and Breathe Again. The latter storming the top 10 Rock charts, following their previous #1 hits “Walking Lions”, “Footsteps”, “Deal With The Devil”, “Trenches” and “Torn To Pieces”, which achieved gold with the RIAA. With the new single “Set Me Free”, the band convince with a great riff paired with a hooking vocal line from singer Leigh Kakaty. Thereby Pop Evil embody stamina and positivity, two things that right now are more important than ever! “We are very excited to announce our sixth studio album is being released May 21,” announce POP EVIL in a joint statement. “‘Versatile’ is available for pre-order now! With this launch we are releasing a brand-new track from the album, ‘Set Me Free,’ which embodies the challenging times [Read More]

ENTERTAINMENT ONE AND SECRET LOCATION TEAM UP TO CREATE NEW MUSIC PLATFORM “FLOODLIGHT”

April 25, 2016

Entertainment One have teamed up with Secret Location to create a new music platform called Floodlight, a platform designed to enhance and extend the music fan experience across multiple platforms. The first offering on the new platform features rockers Pop Evil and an exclusive virtual reality 3D video of their song Take It All. Check out the news below: (New York, NY – April 25, 2016) – In its commitment to reaching next-gen music fans, Entertainment One (eOne) has partnered with Secret Location to create FLOODLIGHT, a platform designed to enhance and extend the music fan experience across multiple platforms.FLOODLIGHT will bring audiences closer to their favorite eOne music artists with exclusive content and unique one-time experiences, delivered directly by the artists.eOne also confirmed the first offering on the FLOODLIGHT platform will be an exclusive 3D virtual reality video for the song “Take it All” by rock hit makers Pop Evil. Pop Evil has sold 1.3 million singles to date, and its current album “Up” has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Independent Chart, with 14 [Read More]

Last Stop on Pop Evil’s US Onyx Tour & Star Treatments Charity. Contributed by Tara Lilly Williams

June 6, 2015

To celebrate the end of the US “Onyx” tour we caught up with Matt DiRito & Pop Evil at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan. The band wanted to play the last show in their home state before heading overseas. They wanted to give their incredible fans a special treat by playing their 1st single, “Footsteps” off of their upcoming album “Up” for the first time. Leigh thanked fans for traveling from all over the US & Canada to celebrate their last show. Their fans are a rare bunch traveling with the band to many shows. Connie Malone and her 76 year old mother Ann made the trip all the way from Texas. Terri Wollovetz said that she had been to over 20 of their shows. The fans stood in line wearing ponchos for several hours of heavy rain just to hear them play. Melissa Brown from Kentucky & her friend Camille Mathis rocked their ponchos in line outside the venue for four hours in the rain. Melissa said, “I would stand outside in the [Read More]

Pop Evil – Concert Review – Backstage Munich, Nov. 5th, 2014 and Interview with Leigh

November 8, 2014

Concert Review Contributed by Alexandra There was light rain outside and it got pretty cold in Munich that day. A few fans waited outside, when doors opened at 7pm. Show start was scheduled for 8pm. There wasn’t an opening act officially announced for the Germany tour, so it was kind of a surprise, who that would be. It was a local band called Thunder and Blitzkrieg (www.thunderandblitzkrieg.com). You can’t really define their music to a certain style. I’d say it’s hard rock with punk influences. They had a few fans there that knew the lyrics. When they started to play there weren’t really that many people there, but the ones that were seemed to like it. Check out a slide show of photos from their set: The room was more crowded, when at 9pm Pop Evil started their set. They were greeted with loud cheers and immediately started with ‚Flawed‘. Their 13 piece set-list consisted mostly of songs from their current record ‘Onyx‘, the album they tour now for almost 2 years. They played [Read More]

Lineup for Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival includes Godsmack, Buckcherry, Escape the Fate, Seether and many more!

June 17, 2014

Festivals! Festivals! Festivals! Ahh, we love our festivals! Today the lineup for the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival have been announced. It is an awesome lineup and includes the following: Godsmack Seether Skillet Buckcherry Pop Evil Suicide Girls Escape The Fate Redlight King 3 Years Hollow Within Reason New Medicine Sons of Revelry These Raven Skies Tattered *Lineup will vary by market* We are so excited to see so many great bands on the lineup as well as a few that we have never had the opportunity to see before. We will be bringing featured bands weekly to get you amped up for Uproar. To get you ready and excited for this year’s Uproar Festival, check out the following video: We are excited and really hoping to see a Northern California date added soon. Here are the dates so far for this year’s Uproar Festival: Date Market Venue Friday 8/15 [Read More]

Pop Evil debut video for “Torn To Pieces”

April 14, 2014

Pop Evil’s song, Torn To Pieces” from their highly successful album, Onyx has been rapidly climbing the charts and hits the Top 5 spot. The song deals with the loss of loved ones, something everyone is bound to go through. “Digging up the past can be very difficult,” says vocalist Leigh Kakaty, “Losing someone close to you has a healing process, and I choose to do it through this video.” They have released a new video for the song which is directed by Johan Carlén and you can check it out here: Pop Evil is currently set to start another tour, this time co-headlining with Escape The Fate and label mates Avatar and Glamour of the Kill which kicks off at the end of this month. Pop Evil have been busy touring in support of their album ONYX as well as recently collaborating with legendary artist DMC who recently remixed their No. 1 hit single, Trenches. The remix will be feature on the opening video montage prior to each game for the ACC Network [Read More]

Pop Evil & Escape The Fate announce CO-HEADLINING Tour set to start in April!

March 12, 2014

Two of my favorite bands are teaming up for a co-headlining tour. Just this morning we received the word that Pop Evil and Escape the Fate will be hitting the road in April. We are hoping to see some West Coast dates added too since we need our fix of both these bad ass bands! The tour will also feature special guests Avatar and Glamour of the Kill. Pop Evil have been busy touring in support of their album ONYX as well as recently collaborating with legendary artist DMC who recently remixed their No. 1 hit single, Trenches. The remix will be feature on the opening video montage prior to each game for the ACC Network telecasts. You can watch the video clip here. We also caught a quick interview with a couple of the guys at last year’s Aftershock Festival and we have some great photos you can check out here. Here is our interview from Aftershock Festival with Nick and Chachi: Escape the Fate have been busy as well touring. We caught them [Read More]