Rock band that topped charts in 3 decades coming to the PPL Center

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A hard rock band that has topped the charts in three decades is coming to Allentown’s PPL Center, it was announced.

Godsmack, best known for its hits “Bulletproof,” “Voodoo” and “I Stand Alone,” will perform at the arena at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25.

Opening the show will be Nothing More, which had the 2017 No. 1 hit “Go to War,” and former Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook’s new band Flat Black.

Tickets, at $49.50 to $185, are on sale at the PPL Center box office.

Godsmack in the 2000s released three consecutive No. 1 albums and that has had a dozen No. 1 hits on the Mainstream Rock single chart.

A history of rock hits

Godsmack’s self-titled major label debut album in 1998 sold four times platinum hit “Voodoo,” as well as three other Top 10 Mainstream Rock chart hits.

The band had its first No. 1 single with the title from its second album, 2000’s “Awake” — which sold double-platinum — then scored two more, “I Stand Alone,” which sold gold status, and “Straight Out of Line” from its third album, 2002’s platinum “Faceless.”

“I Stand Alone” was nominated for two Grammy Awards, and “Straight out of Line” for one.

“Faceless” started a streak of three straight No. 1 albums for Godsmack – with 2006’s gold “IV” and 2010’s gold “The Oracle” reaching the same peak.

The band continued its success into the 2010s with the gold 2018 album “When Legends Rise.” That disc produced three gold or platinum hits: “Bulletproof” and the title track in 2018, and “Under Your Scars” in 2019. The 2019 single “Unforgettable” also hit No. 1.

The band’s most recent album, 2023’s “Lighting Up the Sky,” produced the No. 1 Mainstream Rock hit “Surrender,” “Soul on Fire,” which peaked at No. 2, and this year’s “Truth,” which peaked at No. 4.

In all, the group has had 29 Mainstream Rock chart hits in its 26-year chart career.

Godsmack played Bethlehem’s Musikfest festival in 2017 and 2019.