Lacuna Coil – I Wish You Were Dead
As the band prepares to release their brand new studio album Sleepless Empire, Italian metal titans LACUNA COIL have released the ultimate single ‘I Wish You Were Dead’ alongside a stunning music video.
‘I Wish You Were Dead’ is about the emotional turmoil and struggle that accompanies toxic relationships. The song’s video takes the track’s heavy theme and spins it into a romantic Goth tale just in time for Valentine’s Day. Filmed by Martina L McLean in a church in Capranica, a small town north of Rome, it marks a first in the history of LACUNA COIL: the band performing a choreography!
On the new single, the band shares:
“We all have this person we wish never existed, right? We all felt the need to erase the same person from our thoughts, someone who hurt us that it’s still in our mind. We wanted to write heavier lyrics on a happier musical canvas. Also we are a little tired of being politically correct at all costs…”
Speaking about the album, the band shares:
“Sleepless Empire captures, through our eyes, the chaos of a generation trapped in a digital world that never stops, where social media consumes identity and every day pushes us one step closer to becoming soulless zombies. We find ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the modern one, confronting the evolution and searching for a true meaning of it all. Throughout every song, the journey is an undercurrent of rebellion, a desperate cry to reclaim oneself in an era that seems to have lost its sense of time and reality.”
To celebrate the album release and give fans the chance to be a part of the Sleepless Empire, several in-store events on release day across Europe have been announced.
Feb. 14, 2025 – London (UK) @ HMV Oxford Street
Feb. 17, 2025 – Turin (IT) @ Circolo dei Lettori
Feb. 18, 2025 – Milan (IT) @ Feltrinelli Piazza Piemonte
Feb. 19, 2025 – Rome (IT) @ Feltrinelli Appia Nuova
Feb. 20, 2025 – Bologna (IT) @ Sala Borsa
Oct. 10, 2025 – Milan (IT) @ Alcatraz
Oct. 11, 2025 – Meisenthal (FR) @ La Boite Noire
Oct. 12, 2025 – Paris (FR) @ L’Élysée Montmartre
Oct. 14, 2025 – Toulouse (FR) @ Le Bikini
Oct. 16, 2025 – Madrid (ES) @ La Riviera
Oct. 17, 2025 – Lisbon (PT) @ L.A.V.
Oct. 18, 2025 – Seville (ES) @ Custom
Oct. 20, 2025 – Barcelona (ES) @ Apolo
Oct. 21, 2025 – Grenoble (FR) @ La Belle Électrique
Oct. 22, 2025 – Stuttgart (DE) @ Lka Longhorn
Oct. 24, 2025 – Lausanne (CH) @ Docks
Oct. 25, 2025 – Zurich (CH) @ Dynamo
Oct. 26, 2025 – Munich (DE) @ Backstage Werk
Oct. 28, 2025 – Budapest (HU) @ Barba Negra
Oct. 29, 2025 – Vienna (AT) @ Szene
Oct. 31, 2025 – Wroclaw (PL) @ A2
Nov. 2, 2025 – Hamburg (DE) @ Markthalle
Nov. 3, 2025 – Berlin (DE) @ Huxley’s
Nov. 4, 2025 – Copenhagen (DK) @ Pumpehuset
Nov. 5, 2025 – Oslo (NO) @ Vulkan
Nov. 7, 2025 – Jyvaskyla (FI) @ Lutakko
Nov. 8, 2025 – Tampere (FI) @ Tavara-Asema
Nov. 11, 2025 – Stockholm (SE) @ Debaser
Nov. 12, 2025 – Gothenburg (SE) @ Pustervik
Nov. 14, 2025 – Nijmegen (NL) @ Doornroosje
Nov. 15, 2025 – Cologne (DE) @ LMH
Nov. 16, 2025 – Esch-Sur-Alzette (LU) @ Rockhal
Nov. 18, 2025 – Brussels (BE) @ A.B.
Nov. 19, 2025 – Frankfurt (DE) @ Batschkapp
Nov. 20, 2025 – Eindhoven (NL) @ Effenaar
Nov. 22, 2025 – Southampton (UK) @ 1865
Nov. 23, 2025 – Norwich (UK) @ Epic Studios
Nov. 25, 2025 – Leeds (UK) @ Stylus
Nov. 26, 2025 – Newcastle (UK) @ Northumbria Uni
Nov. 28, 2025 – Cardiff (UK) @ Tramshed
Nov. 29, 2025 – Brighton (UK) @ Chalk
Dec. 1, 2025 – Lille (FR) @ Le Splendid
Lacuna Coil live
Mar. 12, 2025 – Buenos Aires (AR) @ El Teatro Flores
Mar. 13, 2025 – Santiago (CL) @ Teatro Coliseo
Mar. 15, 2025 – Sao Paulo (BR) @ Carioca Club
Mar. 16, 2025 – Curitiba (BR) @ Tork N Roll
Mar. 18, 2025 – Belo Horizonte (BR) @ Mr Rock
Mar. 19, 2025 – Brasilia (BR) @ Toihna
Mar. 21, 2025 – Bogota (CO) @ Lourdes Musical Hall
Mar. 23, 2025 – Tegucigalpa (HN) @ Radio House Casa Campo
Mar. 27, 2025 – Guadalajara (MX) @ C3 Stage
Mar. 28, 2025 – Monterrey (MX) @ Café Iguana
Mar. 29, 2025 – Mexico City (MX) @ Pabellon Oeste
Mar. 30, 2025 – San Luis Potosi (MX) @ Cineteca Alameda
Machine Head tour dates
w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Unearth
Apr. 5, 2025 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Apr. 7, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Apr. 9, 2025 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
Apr. 10, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Apr. 12, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Apr. 13, 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Union
Apr. 15, 2025 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
Apr. 17, 2025 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec
Apr. 18, 2025 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Apr. 19, 2025 – Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
Apr. 21, 2025 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
Apr. 22, 2025 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
Apr. 23, 2025 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Apr. 25, 2025 – Reading, PA @ Santander Arena
Apr. 26, 2025 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
Apr. 27, 2025 – Montreal, QC @ M’Telus
Apr. 28, 2025 – Toronto, ON @ History
Apr. 30, 2025 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J. Brady Music Center
May 2, 2025 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
May 3, 2025 – Chicago, IL @ Radius
May 4, 2025 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
May 5, 2025 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings
May 7, 2025 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Center
May 8, 2025 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall
May 10, 2025 – Kelowna, BC @ Prospera Place
Lacuna Coil live
June 6, 2025 – Metal Fest OpenAir (CZ) @ Czech Republic
June 15, 2025 – Lignano Sabbiadoro (IT) @ Arena Alpe Adria
June 28, 2025 – Tallinn (EE) @ Tallinn Rock Festival
July 6, 2025 – Lucca (IT) @ Lucca Summer Festival
Aug. 8, 2025 – Bloodstock Festival (UK) @ England
Aug. 10, 2025 – M’era Luna Festival (DE) @ Germany
Aug. 15, 2025 – Carhaix (FR) @ Motocultor
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