HELMET Announces Fall 2024 U.S. Tour, European 'Betty' Anniversary Tour

HELMET will head back out on the road in the U.S. and Europe this fall. First up is a tour of the U.S. with LOCAL H to continue support of the most recent HELMET album, "Left". Second up, HELMET will play European shows to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the "Betty" album. The setlist will feature the "Betty" album together with favorites from the band's catalog. North American plans for a 2025 "Betty" anniversary tour are under consideration but nothing is scheduled yet.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale on Friday, July 19.

HELMET 2024 tour dates:

U.S.

Sep. 19 - Wally's - Hampton Beach, NH *
Sep. 20 - District Music Hall - Norwalk, CT *
Sep. 22 - Brooklyn Made - Brooklyn, NY *
Sep. 23 - The Queen - Wilmington, DE *
Sep. 24 - The Broadberry - Richmond, VA *
Sep. 26 - Lovedraft’s Brewing Co. - Mechanicsburg, PA *
Sep. 27 - The King of Clubs - Columbus, OH *
Sep. 28 - Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center - Louisville, KY
Sep. 29 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN *
Oct. 01 - Club LA - Destin, FL *
Oct. 02 - Southport Music Hall - Jefferson, LA *
Oct. 03 - The Rev Room - Little Rock, AR *
Oct. 04 - The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK *
Oct. 05 - The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS *

Europe

Nov. 15 - Futurum - Prague, CZ
Nov. 17 - Hybrydy - Warsaw, PL
Nov. 18 - Blue Note - Poznan, PL
Nov. 20 - Astra - Berlin, DE
Nov. 21 - Loppen - Copenhagen, DK
Nov. 22 - Markthalle - Hamburg, DE
Nov. 23 - AJZ - Chemnitz, DE
Nov. 25 - Reflektor - Liège, BE
Nov. 26 - Handelsbeurs - Gent, BE
Nov. 27 - Het Depot - Leuven, BE
Nov. 28 - Matrix - Bochum, DE
Nov. 29 - Das Bett - Frankfurt, DE
Nov. 30 - PTR/Undertown - Geneva, CH
Dec. 01 - Dynamo - Zurich, CH
Dec. 02 - Szene - Vienna, AT
Dec. 03 - Analog Music Hall - Budapest, HU
Dec. 05 - Locomotivclub - Bologna, IT
Dec. 07 - La Poudriere - Belfort, FR
Dec. 08 - Patronaat - Haarlem, NL
Dec. 10 - Electric Ballroom - London, GB

* With LOCAL H

"Left" was released last November via earMUSIC.

After the critically acclaimed "Dead To The World" in 2016, HELMET is back with their signature blend of heavy, riff-loaded rock and evocative lyrics that have resonated with fans worldwide for over three decades. "Time for your holiday serial murder / How time slips away", resonate the opening lines of "Holiday". HELMET take no prisoners in their direct and unfiltered expression, leaving listeners with a lasting impact and a sense of urgency to examine the world around them.

"Left" sees HELMET — comprising frontman Page Hamilton, drummer Kyle Stevenson, guitarist Dan Beeman and bassist Dave Case — carve out a musical landscape that is taut, muscular, and direct. Hamilton's lead guitar lines feel like everything from downed power lines arcing to exploding resistors in shortwave radios. On "Left", every snare crack hits like gunfire, every solo seemingly a manifestation of rabies-induced psychosis.

Guided by Hamilton alongside co-producers Jim Kaufman and Mark Renk, and mastered by Howie Weinberg, the 11 songs on the new album are leaner and meaner in their execution than previous aural throwdowns. "Left" is powered by unbridled determination, a renewed sense of purpose and a desire to create more new dialects within the musical language Hamilton invented via his use of drop-D tuning.

HELMET's first official live album, "Live And Rare", was released in November 2021 via earMUSIC. It was made available on heavyweight black vinyl as well as a CD digipak edition and digital.

Although HELMET disbanded in 1997, Hamilton revived the band in 2004, and the group has continued to tour and record.

"Dead To The World" was released in October 2016 via earMUSIC. The effort was produced by Hamilton and mixed by Jay Baumgardner.

In 2021, HELMET released a cover of GANG OF FOUR's 1981 song "Into The Ditch". The track was recorded for a tribute album to GANG OF FOUR's guitarist Andy Gill, "The Problem Of Leisure: A Celebration Of Andy Gill And Gang Of Four".

Having cut his teeth playing with avant-garde guitar icon Glenn Branca and indie stalwarts BAND OF SUSANS, Hamilton launched HELMET in 1989, and the band released its debut album, "Strap It On", on the independent Amphetamine Reptile label the following year. HELMET soon became the subject of an unprecedented major-label bidding war, ultimately signing with Interscope and releasing "Meantime" in June 1992.

Even while the band was absent from the spotlight, HELMET continued to exercise considerable influence on multiple generations of bands. Their songs have been covered by the likes of CHEVELLE, DEFTONES, FAITH NO MORE, PIG DESTROYER and SOULFLY, and the band inspired a 2016 HELMET tribute album titled "Meantime Redux". HELMET has also been cited as a key influence on such bands as GODSMACK, KORN, MARILYN MANSON, MASTODON, PANTERA, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, SEPULTURA, SLIPKNOT, STAIND, SYSTEM OF A DOWN and TOOL.