Hometown hard-rock heroes Godsmack will play their most intimate show since their astonishing 1997 multi-platinum breakthrough next Thursday, May 3, at the 2000-capacity Avalon Ballroom — and if you want in, you’ll have to listen to the FNX Radio Network this weekend. Most of the tickets have already been given to FNX Advantage cardholders, but a limited number will be given away live on the air beginning this Friday, April 27, around 5 p.m.

Having just completed their nationwide headlining “Wake the Fuck Up America” arena tour in support of their platinum-certified sophomore effort, Awake (Republic/Universal), Godsmack are gearing up for yet another tour this summer: a jaunt through outdoor sheds with progressive-metal faves Deftones. (That tour hits the Tweeter Center in Mansfield on August 24.) And they’re interrupting their brief break from the road to make an extremely rare return to clubland. For next Thursday’s show, Godsmack will be joined by New York metal quartet Luxx, whose singer, Katrina Chester, provided back-up vocals on Awake (both Luxx and Godsmack are managed by former Extreme drummer Paul Geary). And again, the only way in is to listen to FNX. Visit www.wfnx.net for more info.

Godsmack and Luxx perform next Thursday, May 3, at Avalon, 15 Lansdowne Street, in Boston; doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Issue Date: April 26 - May 3, 2001