California rockers BUCKCHERRY will embark on a fall 2025 headlining tour with support from legendary HANOI ROCKS vocalist Michael Monroe. The tour begins September 20 with a BUCKCHERRY-only warm-up date at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, California. Monroe joins the tour on September 21 at the West Hollywood rock landmark Whisky A Go Go. The package continues until October 25 in Ringle, Wisconsin and is then followed by nine BUCKCHERRY-only headline shows. DREW CAGLE AND THE REPUTATION, whom Rolling Stone magazine has named “One Of The 10 Bands To Watch In 2025,” will open all shows. VIP meet-and-greets will be available for all shows.
BUCKCHERRY on tour with Michael Monroe (except where otherwise noted):
Sep. 20 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House*
Sep. 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Whisky
Sep. 22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Whisky
Sep. 24 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
Sep. 26 – Leander, TX – The Haute Spot
Sep. 27 – Ft. Worth, TX – Ridgela Theater
Sep. 28 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
Sep. 30 – Orlando, FL – Plaza Live
Oct. 01 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
Oct. 03 – Jacksonville, FL – Five
Oct. 04 – High Point, NC – Cohab Space
Oct. 05 – Waynesboro, VA – The Foundry
Oct. 07 – Leesburg, VA – Tally Ho Theater
Oct. 08 – Hopewell, VA – Beacon Theater
Oct. 10 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
Oct. 11 – Syracuse, NY – Sharkey’s Event Center
Oct. 12 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theater
Oct. 14 – Derry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall
Oct. 15 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
Oct. 17 – Harrison, OH – Blue Note Harrison
Oct. 18 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
Oct. 19 – Dixon, IL – Dixon Theater
Oct. 21 – Warrendale, PA – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
Oct. 23 – Bowling Green, KY – Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center
Oct. 24 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theater
Oct. 25 – Ringle, WI – Q & Z Expo Center
Oct. 26 – Kansasville, WI – 1175 Sports Park*
Oct. 28 – Peoria, IL – Temple Live*
Oct. 30 – St. Louis, MO – Pops*
Oct. 31 – West Siloam, OK – Seven Stage @ Cherokee Casino*
Nov. 01 – Kansas City, MO – VooDoo Lounge*
Nov. 02 – Springfield, MO – The Regency Live*
Nov. 04 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom*
Nov. 06 – Albuquerque,NM – Sunshine Theater*
Nov. 07 – Tucson, AZ – Encore*
* BUCKCHERRY only
In other news, BUCKCHERRY has released the official music video for the song “Let It Burn”. The clip was filmed at two upstate New York shows during the spring 2025 tour with STEEL PANTHER and was directed by Tom Flynn. “Let It Burn” is taken from BUCKCHERRY‘s eleventh full-length effort, “Roar Like Thunder”, which was released on June 13.
In a recent interview with Neil Jones of TotalRock, BUCKCHERRY vocalist Josh Todd spoke about the band’s knack for releasing consistently strong new albums, including their recently issued eleventh full-length effort, “Roar Like Thunder”. He said: “Yeah, that’s my competitive spirit. I wanna be as great as I can be, and as far as BUCKCHERRY is concerned and what we are and what we mean. And I’m very passionate about this band to this day, and I really care about putting out a quality record.
“I decided a while back that I don’t wanna do anything longer than 10-song records because I don’t want filler or any bullshit,” Josh explained. “I feel like that’s the perfect length. And not a whole lot of people even listen to an entire record anymore. So, the thing for us is to create a record that you can put on and leave on. And the only stipulation on this effort was to not have any ballads or covers. We just wanted a rocking record, and I feel like we accomplished it. And we’ve got a great songwriting chemistry going on with me, Stevie [Dacanay; a.k.a. Stevie D., guitar] and [producer] Marti Frederiksen. The last three BUCKCHERRY records — [2021’s] ‘Hellbound’, [2023’s] ‘Vol. 10’ and this one — have been the best, in my opinion. So, yeah, just riding that wave.”
Elaborating on BUCKCHERRY‘s decision to not have any ballads this time around, Todd said: “Yeah, we have a lot of ballads, not just on [BUCKCHERRY‘s double-platinum 2005 album] ’15’. We’ve always put ’em out on most of our records. We have over a hundred songs out there, so it was fine not to do it on this record. I love slowing it down and having more dynamics in a record for sure, but that’s just what we felt at the time, and it feels good now. And the reviews and everybody’s responses have been really tremendous. And, yeah, so we’re enjoying it.”
As for BUCKCHERRY‘s working relationship with Frederiksen, Josh said: “Yeah, he’s produced a lot of records of ours. It goes all the way back to 2005 when he co-wrote ‘Sorry’ with us on the ’15’ record, and then he produced ‘Black Butterfly’ and so on.
“When we get in the room with him, it’s like he’s just like the sixth bandmember,” Todd explained. “He really brings out the best in us and he understands what’s special about this band and doesn’t wanna ruin that. And he wants to just make it as good as it can be. And the cool part about writing songs with him and Stevie is, like, the best idea wins. And it’s just nice. It’s a lot of fun making records.”
As with “Vol. 10” and “Hellbound”, “Roar Like Thunder” was recorded in Nashville at Sienna Studios and helmed by Frederiksen, who has previously collaborated with AEROSMITH, DEF LEPPARD, Jonny Lang and Sheryl Crow, among many others. All 10 tracks were written by Todd, Dacanay and Frederiksen.
“Roar Like Thunder” was released in North America by Round Hill Records, in Japan by Sony Japan and in the remainder of the world by Earache Records.
“Vol. 10” came out in June 2023. The 11-song LP featured 10 new BUCKCHERRY originals and, as a bonus track, a cover of the Bryan Adams classic “Summer Of 69”.
In November 2023, BUCKCHERRY released a new holiday song called “Tell ‘Em It’s Christmas”.
BUCKCHERRY previously released another holiday song, “Christmas Is Here”, back in 2010.
In the summer of 2020, BUCKCHERRY recruited JETBOY‘s Billy Rowe as its new guitarist. He joined the group as the replacement for Kevin Roentgen, who left BUCKCHERRY in July of that year.
In 2019, BUCKCHERRY enlisted Francis Ruiz as its new drummer. He joined the group as the replacement for Sean Winchester, who exited BUCKCHERRY after laying down the drum tracks on “Warpaint”.
The 20th-anniversary deluxe edition of the double-platinum BUCKCHERRY album “15” on physical and digital formats arrived on January 17 via Endurance Music Group. Originally released in 2005, the album featured the four-times-platinum single “Crazy Bitch” and the two-times-platinum single “Sorry”. The deluxe edition was issued in North America on a two-vinyl-LP format featuring the album’s 11 original songs as well as four bonus tracks recorded in 2005 and three newly recorded acoustic tracks by Todd and Dacanay.
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