LORDS OF ACID ‘PRAISE THE LORDS’ 2025 TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 27 WITH NEW VOCALIST CARLA HARVEY,LITTLE MISS NASTY,LUCIA CIFARELLI from KMFDM, AND MORE
The Praise the Lords 2025 Tour is almost upon us-and it’s shaping up to be one of the wildest, naughtiest, and most unforgettable nights in underground music this year. Belgian electro-industrial legends Lords of Acid return to the U.S. this summer, launching May 27 in San Francisco and running through June 29 in Las Vegas. This run marks the debut of new front woman Carla Harvey (ex-Butcher Babies), stepping into the role of the new Acid Queen.
Support comes from international rock/metal/goth/edm burlesque powerhouse Little Miss Nasty known for their dark glam aesthetic, genre-smashing stage show, and viral, take-no-prisoners choreography.
KMFDM’s legendary alt-icon vocalist Lucia Cifarelli will join on select dates with a dark, gritty solo set.
Opening DJ sets from DJ AlleyKat and NYC nightlife icon Xris SMACK! setting the mood for sin with goth, EBM, rock, and industrial club fire.
Tickets and VIP Meet & Greets are going fast-with many cities nearing sellout and VIP allotments nearly gone in several markets.
VIP includes a personal photo and meet and greet with Lords Of Acid, exclusive signed merch, and early venue access.
Don’t miss your chance to witness this wild, cross-genre tour.
Praise the Lords. Join the cult. Get loud. Get nasty.
05/27 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge 05/29 Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House Of Music 05/30 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 05/31 Portland, OR @ Dante’s 06/01 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall 06/03 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall 06/04 Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater 06/05 Wichita, KS @ WAVE 06/06 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre 06/07 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge 06/09 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick 06/10 Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron 06/12 Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing Co 06/13 New York, NY @ Racket NYC 06/14 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club 06/15 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 06/17 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 06/18 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues New Orleans 06/19 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar 06/20 San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center 06/21 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater 06/23 El Paso, TX @ Rock House Bar & Grill 06/24 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre 06/26 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater 06/27 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom 06/28 San Diego, CA @ Music Box 06/29 Las Vegas, NV @ AREA15
KING DIAMOND November 6th at Cleveland, Ohio’s Agora Theatre
King Diamond
KING DIAMOND will embark on a long-awaited North American headlining tour this fall. The “Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920” trek will commence on October 15 in San Antonio, Texas and run through December 6 in Dallas, Texas. Support will be provided by OVERKILL and NIGHT DEMON. Additional backing vocals for the KING DIAMOND set will be provided by the special guest Myrkur.
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
Born in 1981 in Chicago, Ministry has been the lifetime passion project of founder Al Jourgensen, considered to be the pioneer of industrial music. In its early days, Ministry was identifiable by its heavy synth-pop material in line with the new sounds and technology that were being developed in the ‘80s. Ministry’s output began with four 12” singles on Wax Trax! Records in 1981 before the first LP With Sympathy in 1983 via Arista Records. As time progressed however, so did Ministry, quickly developing a harsher, and more stylized sound that the band soon became infamous for on seminal albums Twitch (1986), The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989). With the release of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs (1992), Ministry hit an all-time high in the mainstream musical realm and received its first Grammy nomination. In total, Ministry has been nominated for a Grammy award six times. Eight more albums would follow before an indefinite break in 2013, only to be unearthed again in 2018 with AmeriKKKant, continuing to reflect Jourgensen’s views on the frightening state of society and politics. The band’s latest effort, Moral Hygiene, came out in 2021 on Nuclear Blast Records.
VILLE VALO OF HIM WILL RELEASE NEW SINGLE “LOVELETTING” VV’S DEBUT ALBUM NEON NOIR DUE FOR RELEASE IN EARLY 20232023 HEADLINE TOUR SET FOR EUROPE, UK, + NORTH AMERICA
Finnish Love Metal pioneer, Ville Valo, will release a new single, “Loveletting,” on April 8 under the VV banner. “Loveletting” is taken from VV’s forthcoming debut album Neon Noir.
