Avenged Sevenfold kick off their North American tour with a setlist full of surprises

Last night (March 6), Avenged Sevenfold kicked off the third leg of their Life Is But A Dream… tour in North America.

The Huntington Beach heroes are back out on the road again in support of last year’s incredible album of the same name, hitting the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York with support from Poppy and Sullivan King.

And they changed things up from the previous tours on this album cycle, with a couple of live debuts and throwbacks to some old favourites, included Blinded In Chains for the first time since 2006 and Save Me for the first time since 2011 (both were also played for the first time with drummer Brooks Wackerman).

Elsewhere, in terms of more recent bangers A7X dusted off Shepherd Of Fire for the first time since 2018, and they gave Roman Sky its first airing in public – having previously only played it live at the The GRAMMY Museum in 2017. They also ended with Cosmic, with lots of fans having been desperate to hear that LIBAD… track in particular.

Via setlist.fm, check out everything Avenged played below:

1. Game Over
2. Mattel
3. Afterlife
4. Hail To The King
5. We Love You
6. Shepherd Of Fire (first performance since 2018)
7. The Stage
8. Roman Sky (public live debut)
9. Blinded In Chains (first performance since 2006)
10. Bat Country
11. Nobody
12. Nightmare
13. Unholy Confessions
14. Save Me (first performance since 2011)

Encore:

15. Cosmic (live debut)

And see some fan footage, too:

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