Behind The Veil: PIERCE THE VEIL Debut The Origins Of The Mosh Pit In Behind-The-Scenes Footage

BILLBOARD has debuted PIERCE THE VEIL’s behind-the-scenes footage on set of their video for “Floral & Fading.”

“Have you ever wondered to yourself, ‘When was the first mosh pit ever?’ How and when did it actually get invented? Or when did someone first whip out a lighter at a rock show?,” Vic Fuentes explains exclusively to Billboard. “We decided to answer all of these questions in one single music video. At a bowling alley in 1969, we unveiled as many iconic rock moments as we could possibly cram into one place.”

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The video premiered February 10 and the track is taken from the band’s latest album Misdaventures, which debuted at #4 in the Billboard Top 200 last year with 54,000 copies sold in the U.S. in its first week. 

Pierce The Veil was recently nominated for Best Underground Alternative Band in the 2017 iHeart Radio Music Awards. Voting is open until February 25 at iHeartRadio.com/awards or through the iHeart Radio app.

The band is currently on their REST IN SPACE TOUR with Falling In Reverse and Crown The Empire until March 10th, full tour dates below (Including festival and EU/UK dates).

Pierce The Veil is Vic Fuentes (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jaime Preciado (bass), Tony Perry (guitar), and Mike Fuentes (drums).

REST IN SPACE TOUR DATES

w/ Falling In Reverse and Crown The Empire
Feb 25 – Saskatoon, SK @ O’Brians Event Centre
Feb 26 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Feb 28 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
March 1 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
March 2 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
March 3 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
March 5 – Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
March 7 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
March 9 – Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater
March 10 – Tucson, AZ @ Club XS

FESTIVALS

Apr 28 – Tampa, FL @ 98Rock Fest
Apr 29 – Jacksonville, FL @ Welcome To Rockville
May 5 – Charlotte, NC @ Carolina Rebellion
May 13 – Somerset, WI @ Northern Invasion 
May 19 – 21 – Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range
May 26 – 28 – Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma

EU/UK

June 1 – Amsterdam, NL @ Power Fest
June 2-4 – Wershofen, DE @ Rock Am Ring
June 2-4 -Nurnburg, DE @ Rock Im Park
June 5 – Hamburg, DE @ Rawk Attack
June 6 – Luxembourg, LU @ The A’s Mayhem
June 8 – Interlaken, CH @ Greenfield Festival
June 9 – Brétigny-Sur-Orge, FR @ Download Festival France
June 10 – London, UK @ Download Festival
June 12 – Lyon, FR @Longlive Rock Fest
June 13 – Milan, IT @ In.Fest
June 16 – Nickelsdorf, AU @ Nova Rock
June 17 – Budapest, HU @ Budapest Park
June 18 – Berlin, DE @ Monsterbash