Judas Priest ended the first leg of their Invincible Shield tour ended in Syracuse, NY and we were there. With the area experiencing severe thunderstorms throughout the day and evening, even the gods seem to have taken a break to enjoy the Metal Gods performance. The storms broke just long enough for those that gathered to watch openers Sabaton and most of Judas Priest’s set before starting back up.
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Sebastian Bach hit the road in support of his latest release, Child Within the Man. Joining him on a seven week trek across the U.S. is the extremely charismatic band,The Bites. We caught the show within the first week of the tour in Warren, Ohio and can honestly say, anyone who passes on the opportunity is a fool. Bach is back and better than ever.
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Mike Tramp reworked and revisited some of the most loved songs of White Lion, on the aptly named album Songs of White Lion. He and guitarist Marcus Nand then took to the road to perform them live. The 16 date tour was the precursor to a longer stretch slated for the fall with a full band in tow. We were happily in attendance on the second to last night of this run.
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Industrial heavy hitters, Ministry, joined by punk-rock turned synth-rock godfather, Gary Numan and electro-industrial band Front Line Assembly took over Cleveland’s Agora Theatre.
Continue readingMinistry Announces 2023 Headline Tour Dates
With Direct Support From Gary Numan & Front Line Assembly
16-Date Tour Kicks Off April 20, Ending With Performance At
Sick New World Festival In Las Vegas On May 13
Tickets On Sale Friday, February 10 At
Ministry Will Also Join Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper
For Summer Dates
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
ABOUT MINISTRY
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.
Find Ministry Online
Website: www.ministryband.com
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WeAreMinistry
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/WeAreMinistry
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/WeAreMinistry
Swedish metal band, In Flames, ripped through Niagara Falls, NY last Monday on one of the last nights of their North American fall tour. The Rapids Theatre became home to the band and the fans that attended that evening.
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Sabaton brought their Tour to End All Tours to Pittsburg, PA on October 17th. The headlining tour had Dutch symphonic band, Epica, as direct support on the 6 week tour of North America.
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Judas Priest just fired up their second leg of the 50 Metal Years tour and we caught it in Albany, NY at the MVP Arena. Queensryche was direct support again, after playing a few dates of the first leg of the tour.
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Queensryche once again opened for Judas Priest on the second leg of their 50 Metal Years tour. We were at the Albany, NY show at the MVP Arena to photograph the event.
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Alternative rockers, BRKN Love played the Rec Room once again this year however this time as a headliner on a Friday night to an excited crowd of fans.
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