Rock heavyweights Five Finger Death Punch have launched a new campaign to help veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Depression, and Homelessness.
Many veterans have severe problems with entering back into their everyday life after service due to mental health issues, which is depicted in the new 5FDP video to “Wrong Side Of Heaven”, written by the band and directed by Nick Peterson.
At the end of the video, the contact info of several national and local veterans and PTSD help organizations is shown. This information, as well as details regarding PTSD, is also available at www.5fdp4Vets.com. In addition, the band is hosting a video-call-to-action to their fans asking them to send in their fallen loved ones’ dog tags to create a memorial wall to commemorate them, which will be used as the backdrop for their upcoming arena fall tour (dates below) and as part of a museum exhibition afterwards. A special, limited edition “No One Gets Left Behind” jersey will be available exclusively via an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign to benefit the various help organizations mentioned at the end of the video.
“We wanted to do something impactful to help our veterans in need. With this video and the accompanying campaign we hope to shed more light on the seriousness of their issues. The statistics are shocking, and if any change is to take place it will start with general public awareness. We have been playing numerous military shows but wanted to do more; educate, reach out and donate to the organizations that are making a difference to better the lives of our veterans.”
– FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
Five Finger Death Punch have partnered up with Volbeat, as well as Hellyeah and Nothing More as support acts, for a big fall co-headlining tour across North America kicking off September 16 at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, UT. For tickets go to www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour. 5FDP VIP packages are available at: http://bit.ly/Rm0eBh
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH / VOLBEAT – FALL 2014 TOUR DATES:
9/14 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival – Discovery Park ( Festival)
9/16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center
9/17 – Billings, MT – Rimrock Auto Arena @ Metrapark
9/18 – Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Civic Center
9/20 – Cedar Rapids, IA – US Cellular Coliseum
9/21 – Grand Rapids, MI – Deltaplex
9/23 – Syracuse, NY – The Oncenter
9/25 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena
9/26 – Lowell, MA – Tsongas Center
9/27 – Albany, NY – Times Union Center
9/28 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
9/30 – Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center
10/1 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena
10/3 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
10/4 – Youngstown, OH Covelli Centre
10/7 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial
10/8 – Detroit, MI – Compuware Arena
10/10 – Huntington, WV – Big Sandy Superstore Arena
10/11 – Duluth, GA – Gwinnett Arena
10/12 – Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum
10/14 – Orlando, FL – CFE Arena
10/16 – Biloxi, MS – MS Coast Coliseum
10/17 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena
10/18 – Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Center
10/20 – Wichita, KS – Intrust Bank Arena
10/21 – Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Amphitheatre
10/22 – Rio Rancho, NM – Santa Ana Star Center
10/24 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
10/25 – Phoenix, AZ – Big Red Night of The Dead – Downtown Phoenix
10/26 – San Bernardino, CA – Knotfest USA – San Manuel Amphitheater (Festival)
10/28 – Broomfield, CO – KBPI’s “Saints & Sinners Halloween Ball” – 1st Bank Center (Festival)
