Multi-platinum rock heavyweights SHINEDOWN have shared complete and comprehensive details for their eighth studio album "Ei8ht," due May 29 via Atlantic Records, accompanied by the announcement of an ambitious "Dance, Kid, Dance Act II" world tour spanning 54 dates across 11 countries on four continents. The album and tour package represents the most expansive and creatively ambitious statement in the Jacksonville, Florida band's two-decade-plus career, reflecting frontman Brent Smith's evolving vision of SHINEDOWN as a constantly growing and artistically fearless musical force.
The ambitious 18-track album is the band's most extensive and conceptually unified work to date, significantly surpassing the 14 tracks on 2022's politically charged "Planet Zero." Smith has described "Ei8ht" in multiple interviews as "the most personal and cinematic record we have ever made," noting that the album was conceived from the outset as a cohesive narrative experience meant to be consumed as a complete work rather than a collection of individual singles. The record was produced by Eric Bass, SHINEDOWN's multi-instrumentalist bassist who has served as the band's primary producer since 2012's "Amaryllis," at his Bass Cave studio facility in Charleston, South Carolina.
New single "Safe And Sound" was released simultaneously with the album announcement, debuting strongly at rock radio across the United States and immediately generating impressive streaming numbers on all major platforms. The track showcases a matured and refined songwriting approach that masterfully balances SHINEDOWN's arena-ready melodic hooks with introspective and emotionally vulnerable lyrical depth, a combination that has made the band one of the most consistently successful and reliable rock acts of the 21st century, holding a record-breaking 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The "Dance, Kid, Dance Act II" world tour begins May 13 in Green Bay, Wisconsin and runs through the fall, hitting major markets across North America, Europe, the UK, Australia, and Japan. Pre-orders for "Ei8ht" include limited colored vinyl pressing options, exclusive merchandise bundles, and VIP tour upgrade packages that include meet-and-greet opportunities with the full band.