Demi Lovato Rehearses ‘Substance’ With New Guitarist Nita Strauss – Billboard

Demi Lovato sounds able to hit the street. On Wednesday (July 27) the singer posted a sneak preview of the upcoming outing in help of her upcoming eighth studio album, Holy Fvck, which is due out on August 19. And from the sound of it, followers are in for a rocking good time.

Within the 2:42 video, Lovato strums and sings alongside her new guitarist, former Alice Cooper band gunslinger Nita Strauss, who seems proper at residence punching out the massive riffs on the brand new pop-punk rager “Substance” whereas offering highly effective backing vocals as a part of the all-female ensemble.

“So I ask myself/ ‘Am I the one one on the lookout for substance?’/ Received excessive, it solely left me lonely and loveless/ Don’t wanna find yourself in a casket, head stuffed with maggots/ Physique stuffed with jack s–t, I get an abundance/ Am I the one one on the lookout for substance?” Lovato wails on the tune’s driving refrain. “Can’t wait to see you guys on tour,” Demi captioned the clip.

Strauss made her debut in Lovato’s band earlier this month when the singer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Reside! to carry out “Substance.” The entire gang will formally hit the street starting on August 13 once they play the Illinois State Truthful, adopted by a present on the Iowa State Truthful the following evening after which the official tour kick-off with a two-night stand (Aug. 30-31) at Espaco Unimed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After rolling by means of some extra South American dates, the outing will hit the U.S. starting Sept. 22 with a present at Onerous Rock Reside in Sacramento, California.

Present plans name for Lovato to be on the street by means of a Nov. 6 in Irving, Texas. The 16-track Holy Fvck, which Lovato has tagged as a return to her pop-punk roots, is slated to characteristic the YungBlud collab “Freak,” in addition to “Eat Me” with Royal & the Serpent and “Assist Me” with Useless Sara.  “HOLY FVCK takes me again to my roots,” Lovato mentioned whereas describing the monitor itemizing in an earlier submit. “It’s a physique of labor that’s unapologetically me, and I can’t wait to carry out it on tour for you!”

Watch the rehearsal video beneath.