On Feb. 25, Sevendust will hit the road with Three Days Grace and Disturbed for The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour. Ahead of the tour launch, frontman Lajon Witherspoon joined Loudwire Nights on Wednesday (Feb. 19) to talk about all of it -- and much more.
Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.
"It's been something I've been looking forward to for a long time," Witherspoon told host Chuck Armstrong.
"The fact to go full circle, to come back and be able to tour with Disturbed again after our younger days when we did it and did festivals and hung out and played -- it's really cool. And Three Days Grace and what they're doing, that new track ["Mayday"] and both the guys being together, singing. I think it's amazing."
Another thing Witherspoon is excited about is to play venues he's never played before, including the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City.
"Get out of here, that's a bucket list for me," he said.
"Somebody said to me yesterday that they can't believe we've never played Madison Square Garden. Well, I can believe we've never played there before. This is definitely something that's going to be cool."
"It's so funny you're talking about that right now. Between everything -- me and Morgan [Rose], we're trying to put together a setlist for the Disturbed and the headlining run -- we are now looking inside the Sevendust music box with 20 or so songs that we're kind of weeding through right now to see what we like."
Witherspoon said they create their best work when they're together in a room with their instruments: "Just those young men, like we were when we first started. That's where the magic happens."
In addition to trying to find a time to find that magic in-between everything Sevendust have going on, Witherspoon said he's also working on his own solo project.
"I've been definitely going to Nashville a lot lately, I'm working with some cats out there," he said.
"A few different cats that have actually been writing with Jelly Roll and several big artists that have come out of the Nashville scene ... We have this great working relationship and I've also been invited to write with other artists."
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If fans are curious what Witherspoon's solo music will sound like, he had plenty to share.
"I'm so excited," he told the Loudwire Nights audience.
"It doesn't get too far away from Sevendust. I feel like it's the soulful, rock, R&B, country type of stuff that I'm doing, but it's all over the spectrum of music that I like. I will be sharing that very soon."