Grammy-nominated band Avenged Sevenfold are going back to their earlier days for a special 25th anniversary show.

Announced yesterday, Avenged Sevenfold will perform at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Friday, October 25. For their anniversary set, the band will perform songs from Waking the Fallen and City of Evil. Avenged Sevenfold will be opening for Death by Stereo, which is a callback to the band’s early days of playing shows in the region. Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows appeared on Death by Stereo’s 2005 studio album Death for Life.

$25 tickets for the show will go on sale to the general public this Friday (August 16) at 10 a.m. PST with a two ticket max limit. In order to purchase tickets, you’ll have to be a member of Avenged Sevenfold’s Deathbats Club. More information about joining the fan club can be found here.

Death By Stereo’s last studio album was 2020’s We're All Dying Just in Time. Avenged Sevenfold have been on the road plugging their recent album Life Is But a Dream...