Staind To Release First Album In Nine Years ‘Live: It’s Been Awhile’

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Rock band Staind have announced that they’ll be releasing their first album in nine years, called ‘Live: It’s Been Awhile’.

The band will be celebrating the new album’s release with a two-part streaming series in partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents. The live series and album will feature never-before-seen concert footage from a show at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT from October 2019.

The concert originally celebrated the band’s reunion after a five-year hiatus. “These were the first grouping of shows we played together in 2019, when we were gearing up for what was to be a very busy 2020…that never happened” lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Aaron Lewis said. “I’m glad we captured that energy here and can share it with those who couldn’t be at Foxwoods.”

The streaming series will also see the band playing their iconic multi-platinum 2001 album ‘Break The Cycle’ in its entirety on May 8th’s streaming event – exactly 20 years after the album’s release. The ’20th Anniversary Of Break The Cycle, Performed In Its Entirety’ takes place at Mill 1 in Open Square in Holyoke, Massachusetts, bringing the band back to their Western Mass roots.

“Our first show together in 1995 was at a now defunct bar called the Waterfront in Holyoke” Aaron said. “We played mostly covers, because that’s what you had to do back then. Turns out The Waterfront is two miles from where we did this. Here we are, two miles down the road, 26 years later, celebrating the anniversary of the album that helped us break though 20 years ago and altered our lives forever.”

Both global streaming events debut at 2:00 PM PDT / 5:00 PM EDT / 10:00 PM BST / 11:00 PM CEST on their respective days and will be available on-demand for 72 hours. Check out the trailers for the streams here:

Purchase tickets for one or both of the Staind global streaming events at StaindLive.com. Fans can also purchase bundles and VIP experiences, including exclusive merchandise, a custom STAIND guitar autographed by the entire band, and a virtual meet & greet with the band.

The band have released the live version of their massive single ‘It’s Been Awhile’, which spent 20 weeks at No 1 and continues to be one of the most played songs in modern rock history. Check it out below.

Live: It’s Been Awhile track listing:

1. Eyes Wide Open (Live)
2. Paper Jesus (Live)
3. Not Again (Live)
4. Fade (Live)
5. For You (Live)
6. Something (Live)
7. Intro (Live)
8. Crawl (Live)
9. Right Here (Live)
10. Outside (Live)
11. Paper Wings (Live)
12. So Far Away (Live)
13. Raw (Live)
14. It’s Been Awhile (Live)
15. Mudshovel (Live)