Underoath Announce Define The Great Line 20th Anniversary Tour This Fall

Define the Great Line turns 20 this year, and Underoath aren't letting that milestone slide. The Tampa band just announced a full North American tour dedicated to the album that changed everything for them, and honestly, for a lot of us too. They're bringing August Burns Red, Atreyu, As Cities Burn, and Emery along for the ride. If you grew up screaming along to these bands, this one's for you.

The six-week trek kicks off November 5th in St. Louis and runs through December 18th, wrapping up with a hometown show at Yuengling Center in Tampa. August Burns Red and Atreyu are on all dates, while As Cities Burn handles the first leg and Emery picks up the second half. Every one of these bands goes back with Underoath to the mid-2000s scene, so this lineup feels genuinely curated rather than thrown together.

An Album That Still Hits

For anyone who needs a refresher, Define the Great Line dropped on June 20, 2006, through Tooth & Nail Records. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, moving nearly 100,000 copies in its first week. That made it the highest-charting Christian album on the Billboard 200 since 1997. By November of that year, it was certified gold by the RIAA. The lead single Writing on the Walls went on to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Short Form Music Video in 2007.

The album was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage alongside Matt Goldman and the band themselves, recorded at Zing Recording Studios in Massachusetts and Glow in the Dark Studios in Atlanta. The result was this raw collision of metalcore, post-hardcore, and emo that still doesn't sound like anything else. Loudwire ranked it 24th on their list of the 25 greatest metalcore albums of all time, and Revolver put it at No. 1 on their list of the best Underoath albums. I'll be real, it holds up.

Keyboardist Chris Dudley summed it up perfectly: "What this album has meant to us, and so many others, over the past 20 years is hard to quantify. It gave us permission to be ourselves. It sent us around the world. It gave people the freedom to say (and scream) the things out loud they had buried deep. It will outlive us. We still play these songs on stage 20 years later and get those chills. The opportunity to devote an entire tour to presenting this album in the best way it ever has been, alongside friends we've had since before it was released, is going to be bucket list material for us."

The Support Is Stacked

Let's talk about this supporting lineup because it's not filler. August Burns Red are co-headlining the whole run, and they're coming off the release of their new album Season of Surrender, which dropped June 5th. They'll be road-tested and sharp by the time this tour rolls around. Atreyu are on every date except the Montreal stop, and these two bands go way back. Underoath were opening for Atreyu back in 2003. Now they're sharing a stage as equals.

As Cities Burn and Emery splitting the two legs makes each half feel distinct. As Cities Burn toured with Underoath on a 2006 headlining run alongside Poison the Well, so those roots run deep. This whole package feels like a reunion of the 2006 scene, and that's exactly the point.

Christmas Burns Red Makes an Appearance

The December 3rd date in Lancaster, PA, doubles as August Burns Red's annual Christmas Burns Red VII event at Freedom Hall. Underoath and ABR will co-headline that show, with Atreyu, Emery, and one additional artist still to be announced. If you've never been to a Christmas Burns Red show, it's become one of those annual traditions in the scene. Past editions have featured The Devil Wears Prada, Currents, The Callous Daoboys, and more. This year might be the biggest one yet.

Full Tour Dates

With As Cities Burn:

11/05 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
11/06 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
11/07 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel Entertainment Center
11/09 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
11/10 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
11/12 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
11/13 – TBA
11/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
11/16 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
11/17 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum
11/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
11/21 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
11/23 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
11/24 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
11/25 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
11/27 – TBA

With Emery:

11/28 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS (no Atreyu)
11/29 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
12/01 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
12/03 – Lancaster, PA – Freedom Hall (Christmas Burns Red)
12/04 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
12/05 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
12/06 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
12/08 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
12/11 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
12/12 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
12/13 – TBA
12/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
12/16 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
12/18 – Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center

Underoath's Packed 2026

This anniversary tour isn't the only thing Underoath has going on this year. They already announced they'd be performing Define the Great Line in full at Furnace Fest. They're also on the Van Tour To Vans Warped Tour hitting independent venues before festival stops in Washington, D.C. and Long Beach. On top of that, they're supporting Alexisonfire for the Crisis anniversary shows in Toronto, plus sets at Louder Than Life, Four Chord Music Festival, Aftershock, and Sick New World. The band released their tenth studio album, The Place After This One, in March 2025 through MNRK Heavy, and they've hinted at writing a new record for 2027. They're not slowing down.

How to Get Tickets

The Citi presale is live right now, as of today, June 9th at 12:00pm EST. Artist presales go up tomorrow, June 10th at 10:00am local time. Venue presales follow on June 11th at 10:00am local, and the general public on-sale is this Friday, June 12th at 10:00am local. Grab tickets through Ticketmaster.

If you were there for Define the Great Line the first time around, you already know. If you discovered it later, this is your chance to hear it the way it was meant to be experienced. Don't sit on this one.

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