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Ministry 2023 Tour with Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly
Uncle Al and Ministy are going back on the road, this time taking with them two iconic acts, Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly.
Industrial juggernauts Ministry are heading back out on the road in 2023 with a series of spring headlining dates, bringing long-time friends Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly along for the ride.
The tour kicks off April 20 in Reno, Nevada and will end with an anticipated performance at the Sick New World Fest in Las Vegas on May 13.
Tickets for all headline dates go on sale Friday, February 10 at 10 AM local time in all markets. Find more information and ticketing links at ministryband.com.
Ministry also previously announced a summer run opening for Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, kicking off August 24. See all upcoming Ministry tour dates below.
The 2023 appearances come after a wildly successful “Industrial Strength Tour” throughout 2022 and will continue to be a career retrospective of Ministry’s greatest works, as the band enters its fifth decade with frontman and creator Al Jourgensen continuing to churn out his indelible missives on the state of the world and society as we know it.
Songs each night of the tour will include selects from across the span of Ministry’s full catalog including the latest works from 2021 album Moral Hygiene, which was added to many “best of the year” lists, including Loudwire, Consequence Of Sound, Punk News and XS Rock (where it was ranked the #1 album of the year).
Jourgensen has re-entered the studio and is currently beginning work on Ministry’s 16th album – more details will be coming soon.
For the upcoming tour dates, Jourgensen will be joined by band members drummer Roy Mayora,guitarists Cesar Soto and Monte Pittman, bassist Paul D’Amour and keyboardist John Bechdel.
MINISTRY SPRING 2023 HEADLINE TOUR
April 2023
20 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort
21 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
23 Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
25 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre
26 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
27 New Orleans, LA @ Fillmore
29 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
30 Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore
May 2023
3 Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore
4 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hal
5 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora
6 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Clyde
7 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
9 Sioux Falls, SD @ The District
11 Billings, MT @ Pub Station
13 Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World Fest*
*Indicates a festival date where Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly are not playing
MINISTRY OPENING FOR ROB ZOMBIE & ALICE COOPER
August 2023
24 Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
26 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
27 West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
29 Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
30 Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
September 2023
1 Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
2 Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
5 Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
6 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
8 Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
9 Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
10 Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre
12 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
13 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
16 Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
19 Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
20 Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
22 Concord, CA @ Concord Pavillion
23 Anaheim, CA @ HONDA Center
24 Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
For tickets and more information, visit www.ministryband.com/tour
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M3 2024 Preview
It’s that time again. You know what time … it’s time for Heavy Metal/Big Hair.. and all things 80s. Yes it’s time for another family reunion at M3 2024.
I love this lineup and cant wait to rock out. Saturdays lineup has some of my favorite bands like Queensryche , Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, Quiet Riot and Doro. Sundays lineup is just as amazing with bands like PBF, Faster Pussycat, Stryper and Bret Michael with DEE SNIDER.
Of Course Empire Extreme will be there to give you the hottest news and some interviews at this years M3. If you haven’t bought your ticket go to https://m3rockfest.com/tickets
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DECAPITATED & SEPTICFLESH ANNOUNCE THEIR’CANCER CULTURE OVER NORTH AMERICA 2024′ CO-BILLING TOURWITH KATAKLYSM AS DIRECT SUPPORT & ALLEGAEON
This spring, Death Metal fans will be treated to an epic night of music on the ‘Cancel Culture Over North America 2024‘ tour. Death metal paragons DECAPITATED and Symphonic death metallers SEPTICFLESH are heading on a 30-day co-billing trek with melodic death metal syndicate and labelmates, KATAKLYSM as direct support. The tour will commence on April 16th in Santa Ana and will make stops in Atlanta, Toronto, and Minneapolis before concluding in Los Angeles on May 19th. Joining the bands as openers are technical melodic death metal band ALLEGAEON. General admission tickets for the tour will go on sale on Monday, January, 29th at 7 AM PST | 10 AM EST. Confirmed dates for DECAPITATED and SEPTICFLESH co-billing ‘Cancer Culture Over North America 2024‘ tour with direct support KATAKLYSM as well as ALLEGAEONare: 04/16 U.S. Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory 04/17 U.S. Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater 04/18 U.S. Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater 04/19 U.S. Dallas, TX – Granada Theater 04/20 U.S. Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall 04/21 U.S. Austin, TX – Come and Take it Live 04/23 U.S. Tampa, FL – The Orpheum 04/24 U.S. Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Hell) 04/25 U.S. Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819 04/26 U.S. Wilmington, DE – The Queen 04/27 U.S. Hartford, CT – The Webster 04/28 U.S. Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw 04/29 U.S. Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall 05/01 CAN Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell 05/02 CAN Montreal, QC – Beanfield Theater 05/03 CAN Toronto, ON – The Phoenix 05/04 U.S. Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground 05/05 U.S. Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s Entertainment Center 05/06 U.S. Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall 05/07 U.S. Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall 05/08 U.S. Joliet, IL – The Forge 05/10 U.S. Minneapolis, MN – Green Room 05/11 CAN Winnipeg, MB – Park Theater 05/12 CAN Saskatoon, SK – Louis (USSU) 05/13 CAN Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room 05/14 CAN Calgary, AB – The Back Alley 05/16 CAN Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater 05/17 U.S. Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater 05/18 CAN San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge 05/19 U.S. Los Angeles, CA – 1720 |
About DECAPITATED Across eight studio albums, DECAPITATED grew from the adolescent dream of teenagers from a small Central European town to one of the leaders of the metal genre. Each successive album further expands the band’s sound with genre-bending authenticity and integrity. As Metal Injection rightfully observed, “any self-respecting death metalhead knows the name well.” Like a rose in the devil’s garden, the DECAPITATED story builds triumph from tragedy. The gleeful grotesquery of extreme metal imagery and riff-tastic bludgeoning beckons listeners to uncover broader truths. Their latest studio album Cancer Culture was released in 2022, with instantly recognisable devastation and deceptively sinister hooks abound. Newly minted DECAPITATED anthems like ‘Last Supper’, ‘Hello Death’, ‘Just A Cigarette’, ‘No Cure’, ‘Iconoclast’, and ‘Cancer Culture’ shimmer with sonically sharp production and unrelenting bombast. There’s also a newly increased emphasis on melody, even venturing into darkly romantic territory. Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka (guitar), Rafał “Rasta” Piotrowski (vocals), Paweł Pasek (bass), and James Stewart (drums) are at the top of their game, delivering the goods at peak performance. Jinjer vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk and Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn make impressive guest appearances. Flynn contributes a hauntingly beautiful vocal to the Cancer Culture track ‘Iconoclast’, with Shmayluk, a formidable screamer, going the clean vocal route on track ‘Hello Death. Decapitated are: Waclaw ‘Vogg’ Kieltyka – guitars Rafał “Rasta” Piotrowski – vocals James Stewart – drums Paweł Pasek – bass (live) More information: www.decapitatedband.net www.facebook.com/decapitated www.instagram.com/decapitatedband www.twitter.com/decapitated |
About SEPTICFLESH SEPTICFLESH was formed as ‘Septic Flesh’ in Greece in the early ’90s by Spyridon Antoniou (a.k.a. Seth Siro Anton): vocals/bass, Christos Antoniou: guitar and Sotirios Vagenas (a.k.a. Sotiris Anunnaki V.): guitar/ clean vocals. A debut EP was released in 1991, entitled Temple of The Lost Race. Their first full-length album Mystic Places of Dawn was released in 1994, followed by EΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ that was released in 1995. With the release of Ophidian Wheel in 1997, a female soprano vocalist (Natalie Rassoulis) was introduced, as the band moved towards a more symphonic style. A Fallen Temple (1998) continued in the same musical direction. In 1999, Revolution DNA was released, followed by Sumerian Daemons in 2003, both albums produced by Fredrik Nordström (At The Gates, Opeth, In Flames). Although the band’s popularity was growing, the band members decided to disband, in order to focus on other personal projects and goals. But that was not the end of the story… After a reunion, the band returned with the album Communion in 2008, again with Fredrik Nordström at the helm of production. From that point onwards, the symphonic element (composed by Christos Antoniou, who has a Master’s Degree in Concert Music) was fully implemented in the structure of the songs, with the collaboration of Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague. The Great Mass (2011) followed with Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Pain) producing, Titan (2014) with Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head) as producer and Codex Omega (2017) which started the group’s collaboration with Jens Bogren that continues to the very day. In 2020, the recording of the epic and fully orchestrated Live in Mexico entitled Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX was released on CD/LP/DVD/Blu-Ray. SEPTICFLESH is: Seth Siro Anton | Vocals, Bass Christos Antoniou | Guitar, Orchestra Sotiris Anunnaki V | Clean Vocals, Guitar, 12 String Guitar Psychon | Guitar Kerim ‘Krimh’ Lechner | Drums More information: https://www.septicflesh.com/ https://www.facebook.com/septicfleshband https://www.instagram.com/septicflesh_band/ https://twitter.com/septicfleshband |
About KATAKLYSM For almost three decades, KATAKLYSM has delivered unapologetic waves of powerful sound across the entire globe. The band’s fifteenth full-length studio album, Goliath, was released last August. The record was recorded at JFD Studios in Dallas, TX and Studio City, CA as well as The Cabin in Orlando, FL by J-F Dagenais, who also produced and engineered the album. For the mixing and mastering, the band returned to Chris Clancy with assistance from Colin Richardson. The cover artwork required an image that captured the iconic battle of David versus Goliath theme that is echoed throughout the album while matching the power of the music. The band enlisted renowned Berlin metal illustrator Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE) to create the artwork which took the KATAKLYSM look and gave it a macabre filter that compliments the brooding sense of uneasiness that was felt during the writing and recording of the album.KATAKLYSM is: Maurizio Iacono | Vocals Jean-François Dagenais | Guitar Stephane Barbe | Bass James Payne | Drums More information: www.facebook.com/kataklysm twitter.com/kataklysmband www.instagram.com/kataklysmband www.youtube.com/kataklysm www.kataklysm.ca |
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DROPKICK MURPHY 2024 Tour
Dropkick Murphys have announced the full itinerary for their 2024 U.S. St. Patrick’s Day Tour. All dates will feature punk legends Pennywise as special guests, with hotly-tipped Dublin rock band The Scratch opening the shows through March 15. Openers for the March 16 and March 17 shows at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston will be announced soon.
The annual trek kicks off February 13 in San Jose, CA and runs through the always-sold-out Boston hometown run of dates (March 14-17) culminating on St. Patrick’s Day. Dropkick Murphys and Pennywise co-headline the February 14 date in Ontario, CA, as the tour touches down in Pennywise’s Southern California stomping grounds.
Tickets for the newly announced tour dates go on sale Friday, November 17 at 10:00 AMlocal time in each market at www.DropkickMurphys.com. A ticket presale begins Wednesday, November 15 at 10:00 AM local time. Sign up for the presale ticket code at DropkickMurphys.com/presale.
The Boston St. Patrick’s Day week celebration begins Thursday, March 14 at CitizensHouse Of Blues Boston and will be followed by three nights at MGM Music Hall at Fenway: Friday, March 15, Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17. In addition, Saturday, March 16 will feature an intimate daytime Dropkick Murphys VIP Mini-Concert at MGM Music Hall. Kids under 10 get in free to the VIP Mini-Concert with a paid ticketed parent or guardian. Proceeds will benefit the band’s nonprofit, The Claddagh Fund.
Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day Tour 2024 dates are as follows:
Date | City | Venue |
Tue., February 13 | San Jose, CA | San Jose Civic |
Wed., February 14 | Ontario, CA | Toyota Arena * |
Thu., February 15 | Reno, NV | Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort |
Sat., February 17 | Portland, OR | Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds |
Sun., February 18 | Airway Heights, WA | Spokane Live |
Mon., February 19 | Bozeman, MT | The ELM |
Tue., February 20 | Casper, WY | Ford Wyoming Center |
Wed., February 21 | Idaho Falls, ID | Mountain America Center |
Sat., February 24 | Maplewood, MN | Myth Live |
Sun., February 25 | Moline, IL | The Rust Belt |
Mon., February 26 | Chesterfield, MO | The Factory |
Tue., February 27 | Evansville, IN | Ford Center |
Thu., February 29 | Nashville, TN | Marathon Music Works |
Fri., March 1 | Columbia, SC | Township Auditorium |
Sat., March 2 | Wheeling, WV | WesBanco Arena |
Sun., March 3 | Pikeville, KY | Appalachian Wireless Arena |
Tue., March 5 | Lancaster, PA | Freedom Hall |
Wed., March 6 | Warren, OH | Packard Music Hall |
Thu., March 7 | Norfolk, VA | Chartway Arena |
Fri., March 8 | State College, PA | Bryce Jordan Center Theatre |
Sat., March 9 | Binghamton, NY | Visions Veterans Memorial Arena |
Mon., March 11 | Poughkeepsie, NY | MJN Convention Center |
Tue., March 12 | Portland, ME | Cross Insurance Arena |
Thu., March 14 | Boston, MA | Citizens House Of Blues Boston |
Fri., March 15 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway |
Sat., March 16 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway ** |
Sun., March 17 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway ** |
* Dropkick Murphys & Pennywise co-headline show | ||
** Opener(s) TBA |
Dropkick Murphys recently returned to fully electric performances following a pair of critically acclaimed acoustic albums – 2022’s This Machine Still Kills Fascists and 2023’s Okemah Rising – interpreting the work of Woody Guthrie for a new generation. The albums, recorded in Tulsa with trusted collaborator and producer Ted Hutt, exposed the band to new audiences through airplay on stations like SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country, coverage in outlets such as Rolling Stone Country, Paste, CNN, Americana Highways and SPIN, and via Dropkick Murphys’ first-ever acoustic, reserved-seating theater tour in 2022.
Dropkick Murphys Okemah Rising band members are: Ken Casey (lead vocals), Tim Brennan (guitars, tin whistle, accordion, piano, vocals), Jeff DaRosa (guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, percussion, and vocals), James Lynch (guitars and vocals), and Kevin Rheault (bass).
Formed in the South Bay of Los Angeles—a neighborhood with a rich punk-rock history—in 1988, Pennywise went on to amass an international following with their relentless touring and a melodic, high-energy sound fusing classic punk, surf punk, and blistering hardcore. Resolutely working outside the margins of the mainstream, the band–singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge, drummer Byron McMackin, and bassist Randy Bradbury–has emerged as an enduringly vibrant staple on SoCal radio airwaves and the worldwide festival circuit.
For more on Dropkick Murphys, visit:
Website: www.DropkickMurphys.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DropkickMurphys
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropkickmurphys
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/dropkickmurphys
Twitter: www.twitter.com/DropkickMurphys
YouTube: www.youtube.com/DropkickMurphys
For more info about Pennywise, visit:
Website: www.pennywisdom.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_pennywise
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pennywise
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennywise
For more info on The Scratch, visit:
Website: https://thescratch.ie
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thescratchmusic/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheScratchMusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thescratchmusic
About Dropkick Murphys: Dropkick Murphys proudly remain Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions. Since 1996, the boys have created the kind of music that’s meant to be chanted at last call, in packed arenas, and during the fourth quarter, third period, or ninth inning of a comeback rally. Their celebrated discography includes four consecutive Billboard top 10 album debuts (Turn Up That Dial, 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory, Signed and Sealed in Blood, Going Out In Style), along with 2005’s gold-selling The Warrior’s Code featuring the near double platinum classic “I’m Shipping Up To Boston.” Whether you caught a legendary gig at The Rathskeller (The Rat) under Kenmore Square, found the band by taking the T to Newbury Comics to cop Do Or Die in ’98, discovered them in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award winning The Departed, or saw ‘em throw down at Coachella (or one of hundreds of other festivals), you’ve become a part of their extended family. Dropkick Murphys’ music has generated half-a-billion streams, they’ve quietly moved 8 million-plus units worldwide and the band has sold out gigs on multiple continents. In 2020, the band was one of the first to embrace streaming performances, starting with their Streaming Up From Boston St. Patrick’s Day virtual performance. It was followed by their landmark Streaming Outta Fenway livestream, which drew more than 5.9 million viewers and held the #3 spot on Pollstar’s “Top 2020 Live Streams” chart. Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day Stream 2021…Still Locked Down, was #1 on Pollstar’s Livestream chart for the week ending March 22, 2021, logging over 1 million views. Dropkick Murphys returned in 2022 with their first-ever all-acoustic album, This Machine Still Kills Fascists (Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS]), and seated theater tour. This Machine Still Kills Fascists–and their follow-up album Okemah Rising–breathe musical life into mostly unpublished lyrics by the legendary Woody Guthrie, curated for the band by Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie.
About Pennywise: Formed in the South Bay of Los Angeles—a neighborhood with a rich punk-rock history—in 1988, Pennywise went on to amass an international following with their relentless touring and a melodic, high-energy sound fusing classic punk, surf punk, and blistering hardcore. Through the years, Pennywise have solidified their place in punk history with iconic songs like “F*ck Authority,” “Alien,” and “Bro Hymn” (their timeless ode to brotherhood and departed friends). Pennywise have released 11 albums over the last three decades, including: Pennywise (1991), Unknown Road (1993), About Time (1995), Full Circle (1997), Straight Ahead (1999), Land of the Free? (2001), From The Ashes(2003), The Fuse (2005), Reason To Believe (2008), Yesterdays (2014), and Never Gonna Die (2018). Resolutely working outside the margins of the mainstream, the band has emerged as an enduringly vibrant staple on SoCal radio airwaves and the worldwide festival circuit.
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