June 25th - Bash On The Farm (Forest City, IA)
July 2nd - Creation Festival East (Mount Union, PA)
July 7th - Wachinyeya Festival (Standing Rock Indian Reservation - Fort Yates, ND)
July 20th- Alive Festival (Mineral City, OH)
July 21st - Kingdom Bound (Buffalo, NY)
July 23rd- Sonshine Festival (Somerset, WI)
July 29th - HeavenFest (Denver, CO)
July 30th - HeavenFest (Denver, CO)
August 6th- Creation Festival West (Tri-Cities, WA)

Other festivals and tour dates to-be-announced. If interested in booking the tour, please contact chris.emanuel@randomheromusic.com.

Nine Lashes, Random Hero and Ilia will all be touring this summer in support of new releases from early 2016. Nine Lashes will be releasing Ascend, their third full-length album on Tooth & Nail Records in early 2016. "Galaxy" is the first single released from this project and is currently available on all major digital platforms. Random Hero is currently working on an EP series slated to begin releasing in Early 2016 through Pando Records (ADA / Warner Music Group). Ilia is currently in the studio working on their new EP titled Truth We Forgot which will be released in the Spring of 2016.

Collectively, Nine Lashes, Random Hero, and Ilia will be hitting the road with 25+ Billboard Christian Rock Chart Hits including Six #1's, Sixteen Top 5's & Nineteen Top 10's. When asked about the tour, Ilia's drummer, Jessica, had this to say "We are so excited to be a part of a tour with some of the best and hardest working bands out there! If you like rock, don't miss this tour!" Echoing Jessica's comments, Aaron from Random Hero said "This tour is going to be crazy awesome, we have such an amazing lineup with Nine Lashes and Illia, you are seriously not going to want to miss the show when we come to your area!"

About the artists:

Nine Lashes (Tooth & Nail Records) is a hard rock band from Alabama and is best known for their work with Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch and world renowned producer, Aaron Sprinkle (Anberlin, Relient K, Icon For hire, MAE, TFK, and more). From Water to War reached #8 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and World We View reached #13 respectively. They have had numerous hits on the Billboard Christian Rock charts (#1 Anthem of the Lonely, #1 Break The World, #1 Never Back Down, #3 Get Back, #6 Write It Down, etc.) www.facebook.com/ninelashes
@NineLashes
www.NineLashes.com
Nine Lashes - "Anthem of the Lonely" - https://youtu.be/kgS1zjvCPF4
Nine Lashes - "Get Back" - https://youtu.be/NFawWoisFqw

Random Hero (Pando Records/ ADA/Warner Music) is a hard rock band from Colorado, best known for their work with Ben Kasica of Skillet. Random Hero has had several Billboard Christian Rock Chart hits as well (#2 Not Alone, #2 Burn Up The Night, #4 Mercy, #4 Breakdown, and #25 Freak Show). Random Hero has also been featured on an episode of MTV's Made along with appearances on the Vans Warped Tour, AMA Motocross, Go Fast Extreme Games, ESPN X-Games and more.
www.facebook.com/randomheroband
@randomheroband
www.randomheromusic.com
Random Hero- "Not Alone" - https://youtu.be/qOrHXpjvXUU
Random Hero- "Burn Up The Night" - https://youtu.be/SkRUgzl7NHU

Ilia (Independent) is a female front hard rock band from Arkansas. Ilia has had great success on the Billboard Christian Rock Charts with 10 charting singles, including 7 Top 10's, 5 Top 5's, and 2 #2's. www.facebook.com/iliamusic
@iliamusic
www.iliamusic.com
Ilia- "Young Diaries" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojT1r2nuZBo
Ilia- "My Allegiance" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne-9TW7Brmw

For more info on Nine Lashes, visit the JFH Artists Database.

 

 

 

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