{"id":6678,"date":"2016-09-08T16:56:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T21:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:55:38","slug":"album-preview-alter-bridgethe-last-herooctober-7-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/?p=6678","title":{"rendered":"<b>Album Preview: <br>Alter Bridge<\/b><br><i>The Last Hero<\/i><br>October 7, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/?attachment_id=6680\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9E848599-5A6A-445E-86AC-497F6ACCA7F2.png\" data-orig-size=\"391,259\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9e848599-5a6a-445e-86ac-497f6acca7f2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9E848599-5A6A-445E-86AC-497F6ACCA7F2.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6680 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9E848599-5A6A-445E-86AC-497F6ACCA7F2.png\" alt=\"9e848599-5a6a-445e-86ac-497f6acca7f2\" width=\"391\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9E848599-5A6A-445E-86AC-497F6ACCA7F2.png 391w, https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9E848599-5A6A-445E-86AC-497F6ACCA7F2-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alter Bridge has a new album coming out, <em>The Last Hero<\/em> on October 7th. This hard rock group has been\u00a0inspired by heroism, and that mantra is showcased in the second track released from the album. Today, Alter Bridge released a lyric video for that song, \u201cMy Champion,\u201d which you can watch here!.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WTTkNlvrYeQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe lyric was actually inspired by thinking back to my situation as a kid,\u201d Myles Kennedy recalls. \u201cI was this really small, underdeveloped kid who had to work extremely hard to keep up with all of my peers. It was very frustrating. I would hear a lot of words of encouragement from parents, coaches, or teachers though. A lot of those things were stored away, and they manifested themselves in this song. I\u2019ve been able to apply some of those concepts in my life a thousand times over since then.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album is now available for pre-order via iTunes <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/TheLastHero_iTunes\">HERE<\/a>, Amazon <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/TheLastHero_Amz\">HERE<\/a> and Google Play <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/TheLastHero_GP\">HERE<\/a>. Fans who order the album will receive an instant download of \u201cMy Champion\u201d and the debut single \u201cShow Me A Leader.\u201d The album is also available in various fan bundles at www.Alterbridge.com\/store. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alter Bridge is heading out on select U.S. headline dates in support of <em>The Last Hero<\/em>, so grab a ticket, grab the album, and get ready to rock!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICNer22c2PE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u>Tour Dates<\/u><br \/>\nSEP 22 &#8211;\u00a0Destin, FL, USA<br \/>\nSEP 24 &#8211; Houston, TX, USA<br \/>\nSEP 25 &#8211; San Antonio, TX, USA<br \/>\nSEP 28 &#8211; Minneapolis, MN, USA<br \/>\nSEP 29 &#8211; Lincoln, NE, USA<br \/>\nOCT 1 &#8211; Janesville, WI, USA<br \/>\nOCT 2 &#8211; Louisville, KY, USA<br \/>\nOCT 4 &#8211; Matthews, NC, USA<br \/>\nOCT 5 &#8211; Nashville, TN, USA<br \/>\nOCT 7 &#8211; Dallas, TX, USA<br \/>\nOCT 8 &#8211; Tulsa, OK, USA<br \/>\nOCT 10 &#8211; Jackson, MS, USA<\/p>\n<p>NOV 4 &#8211; Bilbao, Spain<br \/>\nNOV 5 &#8211; Barcelona, Spain<br \/>\nNOV 8 &#8211; Paris, France<br \/>\nNOV 9 &#8211; Brussels, Belgium<br \/>\nNOV 10 &#8211; Amsterdam, Netherlands<br \/>\nNOV 13 &#8211; Berlin, Germany<br \/>\nNOV 14 &#8211; Vienna, Austria<br \/>\nNOV 16 &#8211; Katowice, Poland<br \/>\nNOV 18 &#8211; Stockholm, Sweden<br \/>\nNOV 20 &#8211; Sankt Hanshaugen, Norway<br \/>\nNOV 21 &#8211; Copenhagen, Denmark<br \/>\nNOV 23 &#8211; Manchester, United Kingdom<br \/>\nNOV 24 &#8211; London, United Kingdom<br \/>\nNOV 26 &#8211; Nottingham, United Kingdom<br \/>\nNOV 27 &#8211; Birmingham, United Kingdom<br \/>\nNOV 28 &#8211; Cardiff, United Kingdom<br \/>\nDEC 1 &#8211; Glasgow, United Kingdom<br \/>\nDEC 2 &#8211; Leeds, United Kingdom<br \/>\nDEC 4 &#8211; Frankfurt, Germany<br \/>\nDEC 5 &#8211; K\u00f6ln, Germany<br \/>\nDEC 6 &#8211; Hamburg, Germany<br \/>\nDEC 9 &#8211; Casalecchio Di Reno, Italy<br \/>\nDEC 10 &#8211; Munich, Germany<br \/>\nDEC 11 &#8211; Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>JAN 16 &#8211; Miami, FL, USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alter Bridge has a new album coming out, The Last Hero on October 7th. This hard rock group has been\u00a0inspired by heroism, and that mantra is showcased in the second track released from the album. Today, Alter Bridge released a lyric video for that song, \u201cMy Champion,\u201d which you can watch here!. \u201cThe lyric was actually inspired by thinking back [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[189,260],"class_list":["post-6678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","tag-album-preview","tag-alter-bridge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mENz-1JI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6678"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6686,"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions\/6686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}