Published on December 18th, 2020 | by Darren Paltrowitz

Stryper’s Michael Sweet On His December 19th Live-Stream Concert, Future Recording Plans, Chris Jericho, Influences & More

Stryper founder and frontman Michael Sweet will be performing his 5th annual Christmas concert via VenueNet, a brand new premier social platform for concert live-streaming, on December 19, 2020 at 7:00 PM EST. This fully-interactive concert experience aims to bring the spirit of Christmas and the music you love right to your laptop or mobile device. Sweet’s Christmas show has been a success for years in the Massachusetts area, but now fans across the globe will have an opportunity like never before to be a part of this yearly celebration, as featuring original music and Christmas classics — with a twist — from the newly-opened Bank Of New Hampshire Stage in Concord, New Hampshire.

Michael Sweet’s Christmas concert is far from the only thing going on for him. Stryper released a new album in September, arguably its heaviest album to date, Even The Devil Believes; he put out a new solo album titled Ten the previous year. Stryper is scheduled to be part of the next Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea cruise, as scheduled for October 2021. Prior to that, Sweet has a few side projects slated to be recorded in 2021, including work with L.A. Guns co-founder Tracii Guns, Dokken guitarist George Lynch — as part of Sweet & Lynch — and Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra.

On December 18, 2020, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Sweet via Zoom, as embedded below. We talked about the December 19th livestream, future recording plans, Chris Jericho, his aforementioned Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea, Van Halen and plenty more. Additional info on Sweet can be found online via VenueNet, www.michaelsweet.com, www.twitter.com/michaelhsweet, www.instagram.com/michaelsweetstryper, www.facebook.com/Stryper and www.stryper.com.

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Tags: Chris Jericho, Fozzy, Livestreams, Michael Sweet, Stryper

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal.Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."