Posted on: April 26, 2012 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Yellow and Black Attack is back – STRYPER is about to embark in a string of select dates world- wide starting May 10th at Tailgaters in Bolingbrook, IL just outside of Chicago.

STRYPER is one of the few bands from a decadent era that features “All Original Members”. They continue to tour the world and produce Billboard-charting albums. Brothers Michael Sweet and Robert Sweet, along with Oz Fox and Timothy Gaines, make up the legendary hard rock quartet.

Looking back over the past 25 years, STRYPER is considered to be a groundbreaking act on all accounts. They are one of the first Christian rock bands to achieve unprecedented success in the mainstream. Their 1986 album To Hell With The Devil is listed among CCM’s “100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music” and the band’s popular power ballad “Honestly” became a Billboard Top 20 hit and reached number 1 on MTV. Their pop-rock hit “Calling On You”, also entered MTV’s top 10, simultaneously with “Honestly” being one of the first bands to have two top 10 videos on MTV. Even as recent as 2010 and 2011 STRYPER found their way once again on the Billboard Charts with their albums Reborn, Murder by Pride and The Covering.

“After almost 30 years in this business, we are blessed to be able to continue doing what we love most – making music,” explains Michael Sweet, lead singer/ lead guitarist and songwriter. “God has blessed us with talents and abilities so we plan to continue on this path as long as God calls us to do so.”

TOUR DATES – (more to come) – Bold denotes added dates~

5.10.12 Tailgaters Bolingbrook, IL (Chicago)

5.12.12 M3 Festival Columbia, MD

5.17.12 House of blues Dallas, TX

5.18.12 House of blues Houston, TX

5.19.12 Santa Fe Station Las Vegas, NV

5.24.12 BB Kings New York, NY

5.25.12 Showcase Live Foxborough, MA

5.26.12 Rock Junction West Greenwich, RI

6.01.12 The Marque Tempe, AZ

6.02.12 Speaking Rock Casino El Paso, TX Special Guest Stephen Pearcy/ RATT

6.03.12 El Corazon Seattle, WA

7.06.12 Seaside Festival Risoya, Norway

7.07.12 Gulbranna Festival Halmstad, Sweden

7.28.12 HalfwayJam Royalton, MN

9.19.12 Indira Gandhi Stadium Kohima, India

9.22.12 DDSC Dimapur, India

11.16.12 Poliedro de Caracas Caracas, Venezuela

11.17.12 Complejo Ferial Bicentenario Barqusimeto,Venezuela

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