Falling in Reverse

Firenze Rocks announces a new big name to join the lineup for the 2025 edition, Falling In Reverse will take to the stage at the Visarno Arena in Florence on Thursday, June 12, before Guns N’ Roses, the day’s headliner.

With the recent success of their album Popular Monster, double platinum in the United States, and record-breaking hits such as “ZOMBIFIED,” “Voices in My Head” and “Watch the World Burn,” Falling In Reverse promise a spectacular performance, fusing metal, hip-hop and unforgettable melodies. Radke, known for his charismatic presence on stage, will lead the audience through a unique experience, where metal energy and confessional anguish mix with a charge of pure adrenaline.

FALLING IN REVERSE are back with 2024’s “Popular Monster,” the postmodern group’s first full-length in seven years. The album is backed by three RIAA certified gold singles (“ZOMBIFIED,” “Voices in My Head,” “Watch the World Burn”), the double-platinum title track, a reimagined nü-metal classic, and six brand-new anthems of furious metal, melody, and hip-hop.

Popular Monster is a declaration of defiance and triumphant victory for singer, songwriter, bandleader, and provocateur Ronnie Radke, who invented Falling In Reverse in a prison cell. Radke fills Falling In Reverse’s fifth full-length with invincible, irresistible songs that resonate across generations and genres. Co-produced with longtime collaborator Tyler Smyth (I Prevail, Skillet, Lights), Popular Monster is full of confessional angst, bravado, and clever wordplay.

As a teenager, Ronnie formed a series of pop-punk bands in Las Vegas, culminating in the creation of Escape The Fate. The metalcore group’s meteoric rise coincided with the singer’s spiral into addiction. When he was sentenced to two years in prison, the band he founded had moved on without him. Some fans, critics, and industry insiders thought that was the end of his story. They were sorely mistaken.

Falling In Reverse’s debut album, The Drug In Me Is You (2011), certified gold, arrived less than two years after Ronnie’s release. Drawing on his formative fascinations with metal, punk, and hip-hop, he almost single-handedly revived rap rock with the ambitious Fashionably Late (2013).

Just Like You (2015) debuted in the Top 5 of the US rock charts. The gritty and atmospheric Coming Home (2017) demonstrated another adventurous side to Radke’s expression. “Losing My Mind” and ‘Losing My Life’ shocked the scene again in 2018, when Radke became the first of his peers to transition from album format to standalone singles. “Drugs” explored the American substance abuse epidemic and channeled Ronnie’s own heartbreak.

The massive “Popular Monster” became Ronnie’s first No. 1 song at radio and his first platinum single less than two years after its release. It was also the first No. 1 song on Billboard’s inaugural Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, which tracks airplay, streams and downloads. “Popular Monster” went on to achieve double platinum status in the US and 3x platinum in Australia. “ZOMBIFIED” and “Voices In My Head” hit No. 1 in succession. “Voices In My Head” was also the No. 1 song of 2022 on SiriusXM’s Octane. The unconventional, caustic, and super-heavy “Watch the World Burn” dominated rock radio in 2023 and improbably became his first Billboard Hot 100 song.

Like the A-list producers and directors Ronnie hired to bring his vision to life, he also surrounded himself with incredible live musicians, creating unforgettable performances with multiple lineups over the years. Radke owns the stage, whether he’s headlined the Warped Tour with My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, and Fall Out Boy in the latter years of the tour, or is playing headline slots at every major rock festival or headlining massive shows.

The album, Popular Monster, continues the story of an artist who never stops, overcoming obstacles (and adversaries) both internal and external.

“Radke is one of the most revered rock frontmen of this generation,” wrote the respected Forbes magazine in a 2020 profile. “And perhaps one of the scene’s last true rockmen.