HALESTORM vocalist Lzzy Hale recently spoke with Simon Crampton at UK-based ThisIsNotAScene.com. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Q: I’m going to get a bit old school with you now. When you were teenagers and you guys were writing ‘Don’t Mess With The Time, Man’ and ‘Breaking The Silence’ did you ever imagine getting to this level of success you’re at now, especially with a sold out UK tour to your name.

Lzzy: "I don’t think we had any idea that we were going to take it this far, I think that the mentally that my brother and I had kind of bled through to the rest of the guys, and that has always been just to try and be in the moment, to enjoy what you’re doing and put one foot forward. The goal was always to keep going, but I had no idea that I would be standing here on a roof with you right now in the middle of my first European headlining tour, its definitely humbling to think about in a lot of ways, but I do have to thank my parents for not thinking we were nuts, and actually letting us do it, I’ve got to live about 6 different life times because they were behind us, so I’m very appreciative of that."

Q: I wanted to talk to you about collaborations. You’ve worked with a number of artists, including SHINEDOWN, BLACK STONE CHERRY, ADRENALINE MOB, as well as James Michael from SIXX:AM and you also appeared with Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) at the Download Festival. What do you feel like you’ve learnt from these experiences?

Lzzy: "I love collaborating with other people, writing with other people and also singing with other people, because it gets you out of your comfort zone, I’m very comfortable with myself and sometimes that’s not necessarily a good thing, in fact as soon you become comfortable with yourself and then you see someone else you then feel like you need to practice. Its really neat to be in a room with a great writer or a great singer, someone who is more established than you, and you step it up a little bit and you have more to prove all of a sudden and you want to do right by them and right by yourself, so to me I always enjoy the challenge, and I’m lucky to be surrounded by such amazing people and amazing performers that like me enough to at least want to be on some of their records.

A lot of the stuff that I’ve done has happened really organically though, for instance the performance at Download with Corey Taylor happened five minutes before I was due onstage, I was in the van because I was going to watch him play anyway, and so he’s like 'Come in the van with us, we’re going to the stage' so I was like 'Ok, sweet' and then he looks at me and says 'By the way, do you wanna sing?' so I said 'Sure, what do you wanna sing?' and he said 'Well, I was thinking about adding in some AC/DC, or maybe some FLEETWOOD MAC' and I was like 'Sure, AC/DC is fine' so he said 'Well what song do you know?' I said 'I know a lot of them, how about ‘Shook Me All Night Long’, I know that one pretty good' he was like literally backstage figuring out the chords and was like 'Cool, I’ll call you up then' and I was like 'Jesus…, seriously?' (laughs) but yeah he’s really crazy like that."

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Jägermeister recently announced the Halestorm fall headline tour in support of the band's new album, The Strange Case Of... The tour kicks off November 8th at Mobile, Alabama's Soul Kitchen and continues through mid-December with support from IN THIS MOMENT and EVE TO ADAM.

Jägermeister has a long history of supporting bands, both from a local level to national amphitheater acts. "We are incredibly excited to be working with Halestorm on this upcoming headline tour," says Cliff Rigano, Director of Music Marketing for Jagermeister. "The band is truly coming into their own as a rock powerhouse, and we are excited to be a part of their success."

"We are so stoked to be partnering with our friends at Jägermeister for this upcoming tour," said Lzzy Hale of Halestorm "We've known all of these guys for years and can't wait to throw down with them out on the road! It's going to be great to finally be seeing all of our Halestorm Freaks in all the cities that we have not yet been to this year. Joining us will be our good friends from JVC and our partners in crime, In This Moment and Eve To Adam. Rock it out, people! See you at the shows!"

A behind the scenes video will be filmed all tour long in conjunction with JVC and their cutting edge Adixxion action cameras for an in-depth look at one of the hardest working rock bands on the road.

Tour dates:

November

8 - Mobile, AL - Soul Kitchen
9 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
10 - Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
12 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
13 - W. Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
14 - Chico, CA - Senator Theater
16 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
17 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
18 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
20 - Kennewick, WA - Toyota Center (with ALICE COOPER)
21 - Garden City, ID - Revolution Event Center (with Alice Cooper)
23 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
24 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
25 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
27 - Jackson, WY - Pink Garter Theatre
29 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
30 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium

December

1 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
3 - Sioux Falls, SD - The Vault
4 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
5 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
7 - South Bend, IN - Club Fever
8 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
10 - Richmond, VA - The National
11 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium
12 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
14 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
15 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
27 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
29 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
31 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage