Albany-raised pop-punk band State Champs have announced a 13-date tour across the EU and UK in Winter 2025. The shows will start in Germany and finish at London’s prestigious O2 Forum on 28th February.
The band have released two singles, “Too Late To Say” and “Silver Cloud”. These releases come after the band announced their fifth studio album and self-titled record, State Champs, to be released on 8th November 2024 via Pure Noise Records.
Tue 11 Feb 2025 Die Kantin, Cologne,Germany
Wed 12 Feb 2025 Übel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Germany
Thu 13 Feb 2025 Hole 44, Berlin, Germany
Sat 15 Feb 2025 Dynamo, Eindhoven,Netherlands
Sun 16 Feb 2025 Zappa JC Antwerp, Belgium
Tue 18 Feb 2025 Engine Rooms, Southampton, United Kingdom
Wed 19 Feb 2025 O2 Academy, Bristol, United Kingdom
Fri 21 Feb 2025 Project House, Leeds, United Kingdom
Sat 22 Feb 2025 O2 Ritz Manchester, United Kingdom
Sun 23 Feb 2025 SWG3 Galvanizers, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tue 25 Feb 2025 NX, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Wed 26 Feb 2025 O2 Institute, Birmingham United Kingdom
Fri 28 Feb 2025 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom
Comprised of 12 tracks, the songs on this record explode with passionate and smartly constructed precision. While big, bold, and slick, the production nevertheless sounds like a band in a room together or decimating the stage. It’s a perfect example of how the band has become a major player in the pop-punk scene, championing the genre over the past decade.
Nearly 15 years after the band’s formation, lead singer Derek DiScanio, bassist Ryan Scott Graham, guitarist Tyler Szalkowski, and drummer Evan Ambrosio found themselves at different points in their personal lives—marriage, kids, and relocations across the country made for a new kind of relationship dynamic. Produced by Anton DeLost (Mayday Parade, Hawthorne Heights), State Champs will showcase some of the best edgy, high-energy tracks that have defined their career thus far, making it the exact right time to debut their self-titled album.
Starting in bedrooms and basements in 2010, State Champs quickly ascended as leaders of a new scene owing as much to early Fall Out Boy and Green Day as latter-day Warped Tour bands. They have become one of the most recognizable names in pop punk over the last decade and have helped to define the genre for a new generation of fans. They are experts at building authentic connections with audiences through smart and uplifting songcraft and passionate performances.
Over the course of their career, State Champs has received accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone, MTV, Kerrang!, Upset, Alternative Press, and Rock Sound, among others. Their sophomore album, Around the World and Back, entered the Billboard Current Rock Albums chart at No. 3 and made Rock Sound’s Top 10 Albums of the Year. Living Proof followed in 2018, and that same year Billboard called them “modern-day pop-punk torchbearers.” The band has also collaborated with some of pop-punk’s heaviest hitters, co-writing songs with Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low and Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 on their latest album Kings of the New Age.
State Champs is Derek DiScanio (Vocals), Tyler Szalkowski (Guitar), Ryan Scott Graham (Bass) and Evan Ambrosio (Drums).
