The Daily Mom team of editors and writers are attending concerts all over the country, like the current tour with Shinedown, showcasing your favorite bands and artists to give you first hand accounts on what it is like to attend a show. Plan your spring and summer concert line-up this year with our DM Concert Series.
About Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. They got their start in 2001 and have since released six studio albums, with their current one released in 2017 called Attention, Attention.They have 13 number one singles on the Billboard Charts and they have sold over 10 million records worldwide.
Shinedown’s music is categorized as hard rock with influences of alternative metal and alternative rock, area rock, pop, Southern rock, and grunge. However, the band doesn’t like to think of themselves as any specific styling of music and continues to claim that they are “just a rock band.”
Shinedown Tour
Shinedown’s latest album, Attention, Attention, is also the name of their current tour. The tour started last October in the United States and then continued throughout Russia, the UK, and Europe with Godsmack as the opening act. They are currently rounding out their tour in the US with opening acts Papa Roach and Asking Alexandria with shows in the following locations:
March 01 — Hershey, PA at Giant Center
March 02 — Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena
March 05 — Youngstown, OH at Covelli Centre
March 07 — Ft. Wayne, IN at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
March 08 — Milwaukee, WI at Fiserv Forum
March 09 — Green Bay, WI at Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
March 11 — Minneapolis, MN at Target Center
March 12 — Fargo, ND at FargoDome
March 15 — Lincoln, NE at Pinnacle Bank Arena
March 16 — Cedar Rapids, IA at U.S. Cellular Center
March 17 — St. Louis at Chaifetz Arena
March 19 — Wichita, KS at INTRUST Bank Arena
March 20 — Loveland, CO at Budweiser Events Center
Shinedown Albums
Shinedown has released 6 studio albums since their inception in 2001. Over the course of their 17 years as a band, they have sold over 10 million albums worldwide, placing them just behind Van Halen for the spot of the most number one songs by a rock band. Their albums include:
- Formation and Leave a Whisper (2000–2004)
- Us and Them (2005–2006)
- The Sound of Madness (2007–2010)
- Amaryllis (2011–2014)
- Threat to Survival (2015–2016)
- Attention Attention (2017–present)
Shinedown New Album: Attention! Attention!
Shinedown’s current album, Attention, Attention, was released in 2017. It chronicles the band’s experience with mental health and the road to recovery for some of their bandmates. Attention, Attention hit Number Five on the Billboard 200 and topped the Alternative, Top Hard Rock and Rock Albums charts. Their newest song released in 2018, “Get Up” has gone mainstream, hitting a larger audience for its raw and real experiences with mental health. The overall sound of Attention, Attention is a bit different than Shinedown’s other albums in that it is telling stories and experiences on a personal level making it relatable to a larger crowd.
Songs on Attention, Attention include:
- “The Entrance”
- “Devil”
- “Black Soul”
- “Attention Attention”
- “Kill Your Conscience”
- “Pyro”
- “Monsters”
- “Darkside”
- “Creatures”
- “Evolve”
- “Get Up”
- “Special”
- “The Human Radio”
- “Brillant”
Shinedown in Concert
For a rock band that spans almost 2 decades there are a lot of great songs to choose from and only so little time to play them in one night. Shinedown will play you a mix of songs spanning from “Leave a Whisper” to “Attention! Attention!” with a jam packed set of favorites and deep tracks. Old favorites like “45” and the cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” might grace the stage along side “Save Me” and “Bully”. Are you head bobbing to “Bully” in your head right now? Don’t worry, that’s bound to happen.
For the true Shinedown fans you’ll wish you could put on every album and listen to them through to find those deep tracks you love so much. Maybe you’ll be in for a couple surprises and hear some of those songs that made you fall in love with them in the first place.
Shinedown’s new album has brought in a host of new fans that may not be as familiar with the band as many other fans have been for years. Songs from this hard rocking and upbeat album will have you jumping out of your seat screaming and even swaying along to harmonious melody. Lead singer, Brent Smith, will undoubtedly put on a vocal performance that will leave you inspired. His vocal range and ability is truly amazing, seeing him perform live is almost the only way to believe it. Just like the Crow chasing the Butterfly, find the closest show near you and discover the “Sound of Madness” that only Shinedown has created.
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Songs from this hard rocking and upbeat album will have you jumping out of your seat screaming and even swaying along to harmonious melody. Lead singer, Brent Smith, will undoubtedly put on a vocal performance that will leave you inspired. His vocal range and ability is truly amazing, seeing him perform live is almost the only way to believe it.
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