Pop Evil Announces Album Re-Issue, Tour Details; Debuts Bonus Track, Video

Pop Evil’s 2025 album What Remains is getting renewed attention.
The band announced Friday through a news release, the record is set for re-issue March 27 with two bonus tracks, ‘The Decay’ and a cover of Simple Minds’ timeless classic, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me).’ In anticipation of the re-issue, the band premiered the prior and its companion video Friday.
The video features something of a Pompeii type setting, as a group of people turned to stone stand in front of a volcano, which is spewing lava. The new single plays over the visual in the meantime. As the presentation progresses and nears its finale, the stone covering those people eventually shatters and light breaks through across the landscape from each person.
The band explained the song’s lyrical theme in a prepared statement.
“In a world full of pain, lies, distractions, and half-truths, how easy is it to swallow venom dressed up as medicine without recognizing the damage being done?,” the statement reads. “The choice to help or to hurt is ours. This song is raw, uncomfortable, and honest, an invitation to face the darkness, accept responsibility, and choose to make a difference while you still have time.”
Understanding that statement, the song’s video makes more sense. As people are encased in the hard outer shell, that shell is the darkness. The shell breaking is us facing the darkness, breaking out, and making a collective difference. That is just this critic’s interpretation.
The song’s musical arrangement is another solid fit for the album’s body. That is exhibited through the composition’s overall melodic hard rock approach and its infectious choruses. The rich production that went into the song makes it all the more engaging and entertaining.
In other news, Pop Evil will launch a new tour in support of What Remains‘ re-issue starting Feb. 6 in Destin, FL. The tour is scheduled to run through Apr. 29 in Indianapolis, IN and includes scheduled stops in cities, such as Greensboro, NC; Cincinnati, OH and Phoenix, AZ. Certain stops on the tour will be in support of Sabaton.
The tour’s schedule is noted below:
Pop Evil tour dates: 
Feb 6 – Destin, FL – Club LA
Feb 7 – Birmingham, AL – Workplay
Feb 9 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – FTL War Memorial*
Feb 10 – Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center*
Feb 12 –  Biloxi, MS –  The Sanctuary
Feb 13 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall*
Feb 14 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom*
Feb 15 – San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port*
Feb 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
Feb 19 – Las Vegas, NV – The Portal at Area15
Feb 20 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum*
Feb 21 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live*
Feb 22  – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Feb 24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center*
Feb 25  – Grand Junction, CO  – Mesa Theatre
Feb 26 – Loveland, CO – Blue FCU Arena*
Feb 27 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Arena*
Feb 28 – St. Louis, MO – The Factor*
Mar 2 – Des Moines, IA – Vibrant Music Hal*l
Mar 3 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory*
Mar 4 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed*
Mar 6 – Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live*
Mar 7 – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center*
Mar 8 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore*
Mar 10 – Pittsburgh, PA – UPMC Events Center*
Mar 11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met*
Mar 12 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
Mar 14 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome*
Mar 15 – Washington, DC – The Theatre at National Harbor*
Mar 17 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Special Events C*
Mar 18 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy*
Apr 6 – Halifax, CAN – Scotiabank Center*
Apr 9 – Laval, CAN – Place Bell*
Apr 11 – Toronto, CAN – Great Canadian Casino Resort*
Apr 12 – Sault Ste. Marie, CAN – The Machine Shop
Apr 14 – Winnipeg, CAN – Burton Cummings Theatre*
Apr 17 – Edmonton, CAN – Edmonton Convention Centre*
Apr 18 – Calgary, CAN – Grey Eagle Event Centre*
Apr 20 – Vancouver, CAN – PNE Forum*
Apr 22 – Billings, MT – Pub Station
Apr 24 – Dubuque, IA – Q Casino
Apr 25 – Moline, IL – Rust Belt
Apr 26 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
Apr 28 – Kansas City, MO – Truman
Apr 29 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
* Supporting Sabaton
More information on Pop Evil’s new single, album re-issue, and tour is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
Website: https://www.PopEvil.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/popevil
Twitter: https://twitter.com/popevil