Avenged Sevenfold "The Stage" Tour dominates Central Illinois

Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL January 25th, 2018

Review and Photos by Jeremy Rickman of JKR Photography

Peoria, Illinois is the 9th stop on Avenged Sevenfold's "The Stage" World Tour with guests Breaking Benjamin and Bullet For My Valentine. The Peoria Civic Center was packed to the rafters with fans from all over the Midwest for the return of A7X to Central Illinois since 2011. The surge of energy from this almost sold out show was felt by everyone walking into the arena on the chilly January evening.

Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, and Ghost at US Bank Arena for the Hail to the King Tour

A7X headlined the Hail to the King Tour at US Bank Arena on 10/6/2013. All I can say is these guys are good at what they do! Rock, pyrotechnics, fireworks, explosions, more fire and a sold out crowd of loyal fans makes for a rockin' Sunday night of music. I spoke with several people while waiting to shoot the show in the pit who traveled from all over the place to see the event. Post show I felt as if I had a sun burn from all the fire emanating from the stage. I knew very little of A7X before tonight except that they hail from Huntington Beach (an old hangout of mine) and Portnoy of Dream Theater used to be their drummer.  A7X has the most loyal hard rock fan base that I have seen in some time.  Check out more of the photos from this show at Cumulus Radio 96 Rock and iheartradio.

Images by Doug Siegel