Skillet — https://www.skillet.com/ — hit The Ritz in Raleigh, NC on 3/19/26, and if you’ve followed how critics classify them over the years, the through-line is clear: arena-sized hard rock with a Christian-rock core, a polish that reads radio-ready, and enough alternative-metal heft in the guitars and drums to keep it physical, not decorative. This run isn’t a one-off—Skillet’s 2026 routing is built like a working band’s schedule, with roughly 29 announced dates across 10 countries, moving from U.S. stops like Lancaster, Chattanooga, Raleigh, and Myrtle Beach into a European stretch that hits cities including Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Vienna, Warsaw, Barcelona, and Lisbon. Accolades are part of the package: they’ve stacked up major industry recognition over multiple eras, and the bigger point is that they’ve turned endurance into a brand—big choruses, crowd-command delivery, and a catalog designed for rooms that want to shout back. The most important “now” factor is their latest album, Revolution—their newest full-length statement—paired with a public-facing habit of tying releases and merch drops to causes, including direct fundraising for disaster relief and other support-driven campaigns that show they know how to mobilize their audience for something beyond the encore.