Letlive. have announced that they will be marking the 11th anniversary of their iconic album ‘The Blackest Beautiful’ with an album reissue and a reunion tour to say a “proper farewell”.
The news came in the form of a social media post, teasing farewell shows across the globe and announcing a remixed and remastered edition of the album.
It has been seven years since Letlive. last played a show, announcing their split shortly after the release of 2016 album ‘If I’m The Devil…’.
Check out the band’s announcement post below.
Reflecting on the band’s split, frontman Jason Butler also shared a lengthy statement.
“I spent so many years of my life trying to find myself in this band. Trying to understand what I believed mattered. What was worth fighting for and, equally, what was worth sacrificing for. Which is what I did when I decided it was time to walk away from @letliveperiod.
“It was a sacrifice. A necessary one for my own mental, emotional and physical health. It was somewhat Shakespearean realising that in order to truly honour myself and this band I had to let people love it in their own way even when I was having trouble love myself and let this idea we created be remembered in an honourable state. When I put this project to rest I didn’t know when or if I’d ever come back to it.
“The pain, the peril, the literal hazards I and members of this project experienced are almost too wild to be true. But, in fact, they are. And that is why I felt one last time around the as necessary. This band was not easy for me. It was never ever glamorous. And sometimes it was hard to believe it loved me back the same way I loved it, but I recently came to realise it was y’all that made this band. It was y’all that made it unique.”
Following Letlive., Butler formed Fever 333 with former The Chariot guitarist Stephen Harrison and Night Verses drummer Aric Improta, who completed an arena tour with Enter Shikari earlier this year.
Check out our gallery from the tour’s huge Wembley Arena show here.
