Ivan Moody had a surprising announcement for the group in attendance at 5 Finger Demise Punch’s present in Denver Friday night time, Oct. 14: He is “retiring from heavy metallic.” Although not imminent, Moody mentioned this can be his final 12 months to be the frontman of FFDP, after making another album with the band.
Moody, who hails from Denver, appeared with two of his children on stage to ship his speech, by which he shared:
“I needed to inform you this. And no one else on the planet is aware of, Denver, so that is the place it should begin. And what you do with it’s as much as you. The final 15 years of my life I’ve toured the world, I’ve seen each nation, each metropolis on this planet at the very least twice. That is a reality. And thru that point as a lot of you dad and mom know … I’ve missed lots of time with my kiddos. So I made them a deal in the present day, and I’ll stick with it. After this 12 months, I’m going to make another 5 Finger Demise Punch album after which I’m retiring from heavy metallic.” Moody then shakes every children’ hand and jokes they can not have his mic stand.
He continued, “However I needed to start out that right here and inform all of you, from day one after I determined to be a singer taking part in locations like … the Bluebird Theater, the Ogden, and we have been speculated to play Pink Rocks, we’ll have to do this another time. Can I play Pink Rocks another time? … I owe you all the things, Colorado, 5 Finger Demise Punch and each knucklehead on this planet, thanks.”
It must be famous Moody didn’t say he was retiring from music per se, however from heavy metallic. Some followers studying into his assertion instructed Moody could be shifting nearer to a rustic singer profession. And it will make sense. FFDP have teamed up with Canadian singers Brantley Gilbert and Cory Marks for his or her upcoming 22-date tour in November. In fact, Moody and Gilbert did a canopy of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s “Blue on Black” collectively again in 2019 whereas, that very same 12 months, Moody additionally guested on Marks’ music “Outlaws & Outsiders.”
Although, Moody has made these sorts of statements earlier than so time will inform if this one holds true. In June 2017, after a beleaguered present within the Netherlands, he declared onstage, “I’ll let you understand forward of time — that is my final present with 5 Finger Demise Punch,” after which made a throat-slit movement throughout his neck. Nonetheless, by August of that 12 months, he returned with the band at a present in Illinois after issuing a press release that he was “embarrassed and ashamed to confess that I’ve fallen off the wagon once more” and had entered remedy to assist along with his sobriety.
5 Finger Demise Punch wraps up in the present day in Utah. Discover tickets right here.
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