As I write this story, there is a massive blizzard overtaking New York City. It's pretty cold and seeing as though I was just in LA for the NAMM convention, I am longing for warm weather once more. Recieving the press release for Slipknot's upcoming summer tour with Lamb of God makes me want summer even harder.
The two bands just confirmed they will be touring together once the weather gets a bit warmer. They chose some surprising openers… Bullet For My Valentine and Motionless In White. Is there crossover between the four bases? Maybe that was intentional so that everybody could play in front of a new audience. Either way, you have quite the variety plate here. The routing of the tour is as follows:
July 24 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
July 25 Tampa, FL MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater
July 26 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
July 28 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 29 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 31 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 1 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 2 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
August 4 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
August 5 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 6 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
August 8 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater
August 11 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
August 12 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
August 14 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
August 15 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
August 16 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
August 19 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 21 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheater
August 24 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
August 26 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
August 28 Las Vegas, NV MGM Resort Festival Lot
August 29 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
August 30 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
September 2 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheater
September 4 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 5 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
Pre-sales will be available Tuesday, January 27th via Slipknot's website with general on-sales beginning Friday, January 30th.
Don't forget, Slipknot announced a few dates for the spring with Hatebreed as well. Meanwhile, Lamb of God are hard at work on a new album. Hopefully, they'll have some new songs to play this summer, which they've hinted at.
