Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace With the Wars Inside Our Head features spoken word and Q&A session
Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe’s sophomore book, Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace With the Wars Inside Our Head arrives February 18th via Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group. In anticipation of its release, the Lamb of God frontman has expanded his North American book tour to 15 dates.
The special “evening with” event includes a spoken word performance, an audience Q&A session, a copy of Just Beyond the Light, and an opportunity to have the book signed. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale Friday, December 13th at noon local time.
“I’m stoked to hit the road in support of my new book, Just Beyond the Light – this will be my first solo tour, and without a band behind me, what can people expect? Well, a little bit of book talk… and a bunch of insane stories from my whacked-out life, obviously. I’ll also be answering some questions and signing stuff after – see ya there, ladies & gents!”
Blythe’s previously released memoir, Dark Days, focused on the Richmond-based vocalist’s personal story, with a candid re-telling of both his brightest and darkest days. With Just Beyond The Light, Blythe shares how he works daily to maintain positivity in a world that feels like it is spinning out of control. In his own words, Just Beyond the Light is a “tight, concise roadmap of how I have attempted to maintain what I believe to be a proper perspective in life, even during difficult times.”
Written with a scathing balance of hard-edged reality offset by a knowing humor and a razor-sharp wit, voiced in his inimitable, conversational, everyman-philosopher style, Blythe breaks down his approach to life, which is a personal and idiosyncratic mix of sobriety, art, and surfing. He writes movingly of his childhood in the South, of fallen friends, of what he’s learned touring the world as the vocalist of a successful heavy metal band, and of the very real ways he is doing what he can to leave the world a better place. Above all, he offers readers hope that balance, real balance, is possible, even (or especially) when things seem hopeless.
Randy Blythe Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace With the Wars Inside Our Head Book Tour Dates:
Feb 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Feb 21 – Harrisonburg, VA @ The Golden Pony
Feb 23 – Somerville, MA @ Arts at the Armory
Feb 25 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
Feb 26 – Toronto, ON @ Red Room at The Concert Hall
Feb 28 – Lansing, MI @ Grewal Hall at 224
Mar 1 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge
Mar 3 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
Mar 4 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Mar 5 – Austin, TX @ Parish
Mar 7 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
Mar 9 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Mar 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mar 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Mar 14 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
