Stick To Your Guns will hit the road this fall in support of their latest record True View for a co-headline tour of North America with Emmure and support from Wage War and Sanction. Inspired by their supportive community of fans, the band is also launching their #HopeBringers initiative to coincide with the tour.
Over the next month, the band is asking fans to post photos and videos on Instagram and Twitter of themselves making a positive difference in the world and tagging #HopeBringers in the post. The band will select a handful of shared post on their social channels throughout the course of the tour. If selected, the band will give the participants 2 free tickets, exclusive merchandise and access to the meet and greet for dates on the upcoming tour. At the meet and greet, the band will talk and interview those selected about the important work that they are doing and ways everyone can work together to try and affect change.
In addition to the initiative, Stick To Your Guns will also be organizing 4 different events for shows on their upcoming tour. The events will serve as a way for fans to directly participate in the #HopeBringers initiative. The events will be in coordination with local organizations and the band plans to be releasing more details in the upcoming weeks for the following shows:
Anaheim, California October 14th
Denver, Colorado October 21st
Pontiac, Michigan October 25th
Jacksonville, Florida November 5th
Read a statement from the band now below!
“Stick To Your Guns is incredibly excited to launch our #HopeBringers intiative for our upcoming North American tour.
We are frequently tagged in photos and videos from people who associate our band with the work that they are doing to try and make a difference in the world, whether that be them working with charities, or with local community organizations, or sometimes even just things that they are doing on their own. It’s always so inspiring for us to see that some of you associate our band and our message with that type of humanitarian work, so we wanted to use our platform to share the work you are doing with the world.
Over the next month, we are asking fans to post photos and videos of you going out into the world and working to make a difference with and tag #HopeBringers in your post. We are going to look through the hashtag and pick a couple of you out to feature on our social channels throughout the course of the tour. If selected, we will get in touch with you and give you 2 free tickets to our upcoming tour, some exclusive merchandise, as well access to the meet and greet. At the meet and greet, we are going to take some time to talk and interview you about the important work that you’re doing and ways you think we can all work together to try and affect change.
This does not need to be associated with our band or our lyrics, and it does not need to be a part of any specific political or a religious set of ideals. It can even be photos or videos that you’ve posted before. It could be work that you do with a local animal rescue, or participation in a blood drive, caring for the elderly, being active in a demonstration, working with environmental clean ups, booking benefit or charity drive shows, etc. It’s what you feel you’re doing to try and make a difference in your family, your community, your school, even your local music scene.
This isn’t about our band, or our upcoming tour, or trying to put a price tag on rewarding good behaviour; this is about how we are constantly inspired by how many of you are still so driven to be a force for good a world that desperately needs it. We see so many of you standing in opposition to apathy, and it give us strength. We want to use our platform to showcase the work you are doing, and in turn, hopefully motivate others to follow in your footsteps. Stay tuned for some more announcements from us in the upcoming weeks!
Everyday the value of life spreads thinner
But in this chaos, we will be #HopeBringers”