'68 future destinations include Fort Rock at Jetblue Park and Welcome to Rockville at Metropolitan Park 
Published by Sareth Ney on April 1, 2015 at 1:15 a.m..
FORT MYERS and JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—’68 will begin their road trip in Fla. this spring, on April 25 and 26. They will be making stops at Jetblue Park for Fort Rock in Fort Myers, Fla. and Welcome to Rockville at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville.

While at Fort Rock, ’68 will be sharing the stage with:  Butcher Babies, Breaking Benjamin, Godsmack, In This Moment, Motionless In White, Papa Roach, Slipknot, Starset, The Pretty Reckless, Vamps, We Are The Harlot and Young Guns.

For Welcome To Rockville at Metropolitan Park, they will be on the bill with: All That Remains, Beartooth, Breaking Benjamin, Butcher Babies, Exodus, Fozzy, From Ashes To New, Godsmack, Halestorm, Hatebreed, Hollywood Undead, In Flames, In This Moment, Islander, KoЯn, Live, Marilyn Manson, Ministry, Motionless In White, Nonpoint, Of Mice & Men, Papa Roach, Periphery, Queensrÿche,  Red Sun Rising, Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, Slash featuring Miles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Slayer, Slipknot, Sons Of Texas, Stars In Stereo, Starset, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, The Devil Wears Prada, The Pretty Reckless, Tremonti, Upon A Burning Body, Vamps, We Are Harlot, World Gone, Young Guns and more are scheduled to perform. The lineup is also subject to change.

Michael McClellan is the drummer and Josh Scogin is the vocalist and guitarist of ’68. Often called Flat Duo Jets, they started out in elementary and remembered recording two tracks in Scogin’s garage. From the two tracks, Scogin went onto hand stamping 30,000 CDs for The Chariots’ “Wars and Rumors of Wars” and figuring out iTunes. Scogin is the former vocalist of The Chariot and Norma Jean.

“In Humor and Sadness” is the debut album by ’68. It has been described as a mixture of Americana and post punk. It went onto be praised by “Alternate Press” and they called it one of the most anticipated albums of 2014. The album was produced by Matt Goldman (Underoath, Anberlin, The Devil Wears Prada). He has collaborated with Scogin throughout the years. It has been compared to a mixture of Nirvana’s “Bleach” with a hint of Black Keys.

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The tickets for the concerts to each show are currently available to the public. For the complete list of the tour dates, please continue to scroll towards the bottom and mark your calendars:
April 25 - Fort Myers, Fla., Fort Rock at Jetblue Park
April 26 - Jacksonville, Fla., Welcome to Rockville at Metropolitan Park
April 29 - Memphis, Tenn., The Hi-Tone
April, 30 - Knoxville, Tenn., The Concourse
May 1 - Lynchburg, Va., Liberty Mountain Skate Park 
May 3 - Burlington, Vt., Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
May 6 - Columbus, Ohio, Woodlands Tavern
May 7 - Grand Rapids, Mich., The Intersection

about the author

Sareth Ney is a concert journalist for the Wu-Man Chu Chronicles. It is a division of A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. After graduating—he continued his four year apprenticeship with master of horror, Clive Barker. In California, he met members of the Wu-Tang Clan. He became the journalist/superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He inducts everyone into his hall of fame, “Supreme Clientele”. His goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones. He is the founder and co-host of No Cover Podcast.