Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown have announced a co-headlining tour that kicks off Oct. 16 and runs through November. The tour will stop at Stage College, Pennsylvania’s Bryce Jordan Center on Nov. 20.

Tickets for the event are available to members of the band’s respective fan clubs starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14.

Shinedown will release their new studio album, “Threat to Survival,” on Sept. 18. The band has released a video for the album’s first single, “Cut the Cord.”

Breaking Benjamin’s latest release, “Dark Before Dawn,” is the band’s first album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The group is currently on tour and will play The Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Sept. 18. We spoke with Breaking Benjamin vocalist Ben Burnley in July about the band’s return, their current tour and what the Wilkes-Barre music scene means to him.

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Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown announce co-headlining tour, stop in State College on Nov. 20.

By Gene Axton

gaxton@timesleader.com

Breaking Benjamin vocalist Ben Burnley returns home to play The Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Sept. 18 before embarking on a co-headline tour with Shinedown.
http://www.theweekender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_web1_benjamin11.jpg.optimal.jpgBreaking Benjamin vocalist Ben Burnley returns home to play The Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Sept. 18 before embarking on a co-headline tour with Shinedown. Submitted photo