Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe warns parents to not bring kids to his book tour

Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has issued a parental advisory ahead of his upcoming book tour in February for his memoir, Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head, which is set for release on February 18th. 

Tickets are available here.

In an Instagram post, Blythe shared a message advising against bringing children to the events. He explained that the tour will not be a typical book reading, but rather a series of storytelling sessions where he will recount personal experiences to highlight the book's themes. Blythe emphasized that the content may not be suitable for younger audiences.

Blythe posted the following:

Aloha and happy New Year to everyone! I am very busy grinding away at stories for my upcoming spoken word tour to support my new book, Just Beyond the Light. I am quite excited for the tour, but I do feel the need to clarify something in advance about these shows.

I just got an email from an acquaintance mentioning that they have already bought tickets to one of the shows, and that they will be bringing their son, a lovely young man I have met before. I had to reply and tell them that I am not so sure this is a good idea.

As I have mentioned elsewhere, this is NOT a regular book tour, meaning an author sitting at a stool looking all scholarly and reading a few passages from their book, then sitting at a table and signing copies. I will be reading a tiny excerpt at one point from the book, but the rest of the time I'm onstage I will be attempting to illustrate the major themes of the book via stories from my life.

Just in case any of y'all are completely unaware of my history as a human being, over the years, at times I have lived a very, ahem, "full throttle life"- there is a VERY GOOD reason that I have been clean and sober for 14 years now. This means that some, not all, but SOME of the stories I will be telling will involve heavy, HEAVY alcohol and drug usage, as well as the batshit insane situations that occurred as a result of said substance intake. Some of this will be very funny (at least to me), and some of it will be sad/pathetic— regardless, I'm fairly certain it will NOT be appropriate for children. This is your warning, ok?

I'm not going to be gratuitously foul-mouthed, but I'm not a choir boy, my life hasn't been a never-ending trip to Sunday school and we aren't going to be sitting around a campfire at summer camp- it's adult story telling time, y'all, so leave the kids at home. I don't want to traumatize your children, and trust me, you don't want to have to answer the questions your 8 year-old will have after hearing some of this stuff.

Everyone else, I'll see ya there!

02/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts  
02/21 Harrisonburg, VA @ The Golden Pony  
02/23 Somerville, MA @ Arts at the Armory  
02/25 Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount  
02/26 Toronto, ON @ Red Room at The Concert Hall  
02/28 Lansing, MI @ Grewal Hall at 224  
03/01 Joliet, IL @ The Forge  
03/03 Nashville, TN @ The Basement East  
03/04 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater  
03/05 Austin, TX @ Parish  
03/07 Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf  
03/09 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon  
03/12 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent  
03/13 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre  
03/14 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues