Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium have cut short their “Poison Ascendancy” co-headline tour, with both bands issuing statements on social media. The metalcore megastars have been travelling through Europe and North America to commemorate the release of their 2005 albums, ‘Ascendancy’ and ‘The Poison’, performing both records in full.
The two bands were set to close out the North American leg of the tour, before moving on to play shows in Australia and South America, but BFMV confirmed they’d be cutting loose from the tour once the North American shows were finished. Now, both bands have played their final shows of the tour, calling it quits after their stop at the Red Hat Amphitheatre in Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday (Sunday May 18).
Upon announcing the early end to the tour, BFMV released a statement explaining their shift in focus away from the live shows: “the four of us collectively feel that the time is right for us to divert our full attention towards the next chapter of Bullet For My Valentine.
“We can’t wait to get back in the studio later this summer and finish what we promise you is our best album to date,” they wrote. “To go along with this, we are already starting to make plans for the 2026 and 2027 touring cycles, hitting every corner. We are super excited to drop new music for you all. We value our fans above all else and are forever grateful for your support. We’ll be back with all of you very soon.”
Upon the collapse of the tour, Trivium’s bassist, Paolo Gregoletto, took to social media to discuss its premature ending, placing the blame on BFMV frontman, Matt Tuck. “Matt Tuck didn’t want to do it, after we had planned it, after stuff was already in the works – don’t know why,” he said, in a livestream. “I think it would have been amazing. I think The Poison is a great album. I think the two records pair very well together. And I think it would have been nice to give everyone around the world a chance to see the two together.”
But more recently, Trivium frontman Matt Heafy shared his thoughts on the matter in a social media video, offering a more diplomatic take on the tour closing: “There was an initial plan, and the plan’s changed. You know us – we wanna be everywhere non-stop and go-go-go, and we’ll happily play anytime, any place. They’ve got other plans to go do a record, so I respect that. I respect the fact things change. I think we definitely need – all of us – let’s pull back on the negative stuff. Let’s go back to remembering what we all love and that’s loving bands and loving music.”
“Sometimes plans change. Sometimes that causes headaches and disagreements. It’s like anything in life – like a relationship, like with your family, like with your co-workers… like any of that stuff. So let’s pull back on all that stuff, let’s keep it classy, keep it friendly.”
While the news may have left speculation to some bad blood brewing between the metal groups, they may have ended their tour on a lighter note. Trivium have shared a video of both BFMV and their own band and crew members saving abandoned kittens from a diesel generator while in Atlanta on May 14 for their show at the Coca-Cola Roxy. You can see the video below.
