At The Prudential Center in Newark NJ on March 10th, 2026
American rock band Beartooth are working on a new album and recently released a brand new single Free just as they signed to a new label home Fearless Records and are taking the momentum into arenas as direct support for Bad Omens on their North American tour. The run kicked off on February 22nd in Salt Lake City and will arrived in Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on March 10th. The Prudential Center as we call it here in New Jersey “The Rock” was about to get rocked.
Written by Andris Jansons
As you might have noticed during the opening paragraph, the Beartooth has a lot of new things about them. Also … Caleb Shomo has no beard. Not a schoker at the live show as he changed his appearance already some time ago, but it takes some time to get used to. I almost felt bad for the fan in the front row who looked just like Caleb before, with beard and headband. He didn’t care, he was rocking with full force! Captured him in pic below.
From the start Caleb and band set the tone for what we can expect on that night. Stage setting was somewhat in darker notes with most light coming from behind projectors and screens. Gave that more mysticism and gothic feel. Though from all my times seeing Beartooth live, I personally would suggest that a bit lighter mode suits them better. Yes, this was my third time seeing Beartooth live, and every time the band delivered an amazing show. And as band preaches change, I have different views on their shows. Beartooth are changing. they are becoming more melodic and the visual appearance goes hand in hand with their changing music. Personally I like earlier Beartooth with heavier sound and more straightforward metalcore or post-hardcore sound, but that’s just me, the fans are embracing the change and their performance was very well received.
Caleb was truly enjoying his time on stage, asking fans to either give him sing-a-long or complete silence so he can deliver his powerful voice to fill the entire arena.
Beartooth setlist for the night was as follows: Might Love Myself, In Between, Doubt Me, ATTN., Disease, The Lines, Free, Sunshine!, You Never Know, The Past Is Dead and Riptide.
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Tickets are on sale here, and all dates are listed below.
Beartooth Tour Dates
3/14 – CFG Bank Arena – Baltimore, MD [SOLD OUT]
3/16 – Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC [SOLD OUT]
3/17 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN [SOLD OUT]
3/19 – American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
3/20 – Frost Bank Center – San Antonio, TX
3/22 – Paycom Center – Oklahoma City, OK
3/24 – Desert Diamond Arena – Glendale, AZ
3/26 – Kia Forum – Inglewood, CA [SOLD OUT]
3/27 – Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA
About Beartooth (from management):
In 2013, Caleb Shomo locked himself in a basement studio in Ohio – screaming and singing, playing every instrument, self-producing a batch of furious but melodic songs with no intention of returning to the heavy music world that had burned him as a teen. What came out was Beartooth: both bomb and balm, an outright refusal to suffer in silence, weaponizing radio-ready bombast and raw emotion against noise-rock chaos. Over the course of 6 studio albums, Beartooth has since “developed into a unique and dynamic beast” (Rolling Stone) with Forbes calling them a band “inching towards a tipping point of becoming the latest arena headliner.” The catalog is anchored by intensity, honesty, and connection and they have topped the Rock and Alternative charts and landed on several Best Rock/Metal Albums of the Year lists. 2023’s The Surface went further still, debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums chart and delivering back-to-back #1 singles at Active Rock and Mainstream Rock radio. With over 1.3 billion streams worldwide, one RIAA-certified platinum single, one gold single, and a new era just beginning with Fearless Records, that tipping point has arrived.
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