MINISTRY Announces Summer 2018 European Tour

March 16, 2018

Industrial metal veterans MINISTRY have announced an extensive tour of Europe. Kicking off in Spain, the trek will bring Al Jourgensen and his troop to the summer festivals and will see them perform several headline shows with various special guests, such as the haunting CHELSEA WOLFE, hardcore punk combo CONVERGE and post-rock highflyers GRAVE PLEASURES.

Tour dates:

Jul. 11 - E - Viveiro - Resurrection
Jul. 12 - F - Bordeaux - Rocher de Palmer #
Jul. 13 - F - Paris - Elysée Montmartre #
Jul. 14 - NL - Eindhoven - Dynamo Metal Fest
Jul. 15 - B - Dour - Dour Fest
Jul. 17 - UK - Nottingham - Rock City **
Jul. 18 - UK - Glasgow - o2 ABC **
Jul. 20 - UK - Manchester - Albert Hall **
Jul. 21 - UK - London - Forum Theatre **
Jul. 23 - UK - Belfast - Limelight **
Jul. 24 - IRL - Dublin - Tivoli Variety Theatre **
Jul. 25 - UK - Bristol - SWX **
Jul. 27 - HU - Szekesfehervar - Fezen Festival
Jul. 28 - D - Kempten - Rock the King
Jul. 30 - D - München - Backstage #
Jul. 31 - I - Segrate (MI) - Circolo Magnolia Open Air #
Aug. 01 - I - Rome - Villa Ada #
Aug. 03 - CH - Zürich - Dynamo #
Aug. 04 - CH - Geneve - l‘Usine #
Aug. 06 - D - Wiesbaden - Schlachthof * #
Aug. 07 - D - Nürnberg - Löwensaal * #
Aug. 08 - D - Leipzig - Täubchenthal #
Aug. 10 - CZ - Jaromer - Brutal Assault
Aug. 11 - D - Hildesheim - M‘era Luna
Aug. 12 - B - Kortrijk - Alcatraz Metal Festival
Aug. 14 - D - Köln - Essigfabrik #
Aug. 15 - D - Saarbrücken @ Garage #
Aug. 17 - F - St. Nolff - Motocultor Festival

* With CONVERGE
** With CHELSEA WOLFE
# With GRAVE PLEASURES

MINISTRY's latest album, "AmeriKKKant", was released on March 9 via Nuclear Blast.

Jourgensen has assembled an ultra-cool number of all-star guest musicians for the band's 2018 North American tour that kicks off March 22 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The tour's guest lineup will feature vocalist Burton C. Bell (FEAR FACTORY),drummer Joey Jordison (ex-SLIPKNOT, VIMIC),and live scratcher DJ Swamp (BECK, THE CRYSTAL METHOD),who will join longtime bandmembers Sin Quirin and Cesar Soto on guitars, Tony Campos on bass, and keyboardist John Bechdel.

Find more on Ministry

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).