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2024 John Cooper featured as an artist on Black Stone Cherry's track 'American Horse'
2024 Announced upcoming album 'Revolution', signaling Skillet's continued musical journey.
April 2024 Released collaborative single 'Be Somebody' with Citizen Soldier.
March 2024 Released collaborative single 'I Get Wicked' with Red.
2023 Petra celebrated its 50th anniversary with a US and world tour.
2023 Trevor McNevan, Joel Bruyere, and Steve Augustine reunite and return to the band.
2023 John Cooper featured on Saint Asonia's song 'Wolf', which peaked at #21 on the charts
October 2023 Released collaborative single 'So Far Gone' with Art of Dying.
August 2023 Released collaborative single 'Down' with New Medicine.
July 2023 Announced return from hiatus and released a collaborative single 'War Of Change' with Adelitas Way.
July 4 2023 Skillet performed at the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan alongside Theory of a Deadman.
2022 Released 'Dominion' album, demonstrating the band's continued musical evolution.
2021 Skillet headlined the Drive-in Theater Tour with support from Colton Dixon and Jordan Feliz.
2020 Skillet won two GMA Dove Awards for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year with 'Legendary' and Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year with 'Victorious'
2019 RIAA certified 'Monster' as 3× Platinum and 'Hero' as 2× Platinum. 'Monster' achieved over 3 billion global audio streams, while 'Hero' reached more than 1 billion streams.
2019 Lacey Sturm and Jarob Bramlett temporarily fill in for Jen Ledger during her solo project performances.
2019 Released 'Victorious' album, continuing to showcase John Cooper's musical creativity.
July 12 2019 Oh, Sleeper released their fourth full-length album, 'Bloodied / Unbowed', marking their return after the hiatus.
June 27 2019 Premiered their fourth single 'The Island' on Altpress.com.
May 17 2019 Released the single 'Fissure' and announced the official release date and pre-orders for their upcoming album.
2018 Skillet won the GMA Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year with 'Unleashed Beyond'
2018 Tragic event of Lucas Starr's death. Band experiences another lineup change with Seth Webster joining on bass, Micah Kinard moving to rhythm guitar, and Shane Blay returning to lead guitar and clean vocals.
2018 John Cooper featured on and wrote for LEDGER's EP, with the song 'Warrior' reaching #2 on the charts
2018 Released single 'My Demons', which peaked at number 25 on the charts and was part of the album 'Still Breathing'
December 2018 Fight the Fury goes on tour in Russia after releasing an EP on Atlantic Records.
December 7 2018 Former bassist and founding member Lucas Starr passed away from colon cancer at the age of 34.
November 30 2018 Released the single 'Decimation & Burial', marking their return to Solid State Records.
October 26 2018 John Cooper released his album 'Still Breathing' under Atlantic Records in CD and digital download formats
September 2018 John Cooper and Seth Morrison created a side project called Fight the Fury, collaborating with John Panzer III and Jared Ward to release an EP titled 'Still Breathing' and the single 'My Demons'.
September 2018 Cooper starts a side project called Fight the Fury, aiming to meet the needs of fans who enjoy Skillet's heavier music.
April 2018 Jen Ledger launched her solo music career by forming the band Ledger with Korey Cooper, releasing a self-titled EP and the single 'Not Dead Yet'.
2017 Skillet was nominated for Billboard Music Awards in multiple categories including Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album for 'Unleashed', and Top Christian Song for 'Feel Invincible'
2017 Original core members Trevor McNevan, Joel Bruyere, and Steve Augustine temporarily leave the band.
2017 Announced they would be releasing an album called Bloodied/Unbowed.
November 2017 The band released a new album, continuing their sporadic performances since their initial retirement.
September 15 2017 Released their second live album 'Untraveled Roads' as a CD and DVD combo pack, after which the band entered an indefinite hiatus.
2016 Significant band restructuring occurs: Micah Kinard and Shane Blay temporarily take on additional instrumental roles, with Kinard playing bass and Blay handling rhythm guitar.
2016 Released 'Unleashed' album, further solidifying Skillet's position in the rock music scene.
September 2016 Skillet launched the Unleashed Tour, playing 18 club-sized venues primarily on the East Coast of the United States with Sick Puppies, Thousand Foot Krutch, and Devour the Day.
February 1 2016 Skillet recognized for recording the biggest digital single in Christian music history with their song 'Monster', which had over 2.6 million sales and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA.
2015 Skillet won the GMA Dove Award for Rock Song of the Year with 'Good to Be Alive'
September 2015 Joshua Sturm filled in for Joel Bruyere during live performances after Bruyere was hospitalized with a collapsed lung.
August 2015 Joshua Sturm temporarily fills in as bass guitarist for August and September.
2014 Skillet won GMA Dove Awards for Rock Album of the Year with 'Rise' and Rock Song of the Year with 'Not Gonna Die'
May 2014 Launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the album OXYGEN:INHALE.
2013 Petra reformed with new drummer Cristian Borneo and recorded a new song titled 'Holy is Your Name' before going back on tour.
2013 Skillet won multiple awards including the Loudwire Music Awards for Rock Album of 2013 with 'Rise', and three HM Awards for Best Album, Best Band, and Best HM Cover
2013 The band went on hiatus to allow clean vocalist and lead guitarist Shane Blay to join Wovenwar, a California-based metal band formed with members of As I Lay Dying.
2013 Oh, Sleeper completed a full tour with the Van's Warped Tour and independently released The Titan EP.
2013 Released 'Rise' album, demonstrating Skillet's ongoing musical innovation.

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