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MINISTRY: UK Dates Announced

February 5, 2008

According to Metal Hammer, MINISTRY will play the following UK dates in May/June:

May 27 - London Kentish Town Forum
May 28 - Norwich Waterfont
May 29 - Manchester Academy
May 30 - Glasgow Academy
Jun. 01 - Bristol Academy
Jun. 02 - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall

The valedictory line-up will include PRONG frontman Tommy Victor on guitar, alongside fellow guitarist Sin Quirin, as well as PRONG drummer Aaron Rossi, while various guest musicians will also be appearing.

There will, however, be one noticeable absence on the tour, that of long-term MINISTRY collaborator and former KILLING JOKE bassist Paul Raven, who passed away unexpectedly in October last year. "Dude," sighs mainman Al Jourgensen, "we were just going over some of the last tours and some of the concert footage, and I just tried to block it out of my mind. That fucking pirate dude. The thing I keep waiting for is he's such a lazy pothead, that fuck, is that he's not even dead, he's just so stoned he doesn't know he's alive, and he's too lazy to get up and get a fucking job."

Fans are no doubt hoping that MINISTRY will follow in the footsteps of costumed rockers KISS, and eventually go back on their word, but Al is adamant that such cliches are not for him.

"It isn't just KISS, it's everyone! No, dude. I'm going away. I'm a fucking recluse. I'd be happy moving to a trailer park in New Mexico as opposed to 'I really miss it I'm going broke'."

Not that Al will be putting his feet up after the tour. A new REVOLTING COCKS record has just been completed, as has an entire score and soundtrack for a lesbian vampire horror movie called "Wicked Lake", with the soundtrack featuring OBITUARY, MESHUGGAH, MINISTRY and PRONG, among others. There's also the not insignificant matter of MINISTRY's imminent, final-ever release, the covers album "Cover Up".

"Just to hear Tommy Victor do 'Space Truckin' [DEEP PURPLE] is worth the price of admission alone," says Al, "because he does all those high falsettos. 'It's A Wonderful World' came out great. Burton C. Bell [FEAR FACTORY] sings on 'Under My Thumb'. It's insane. We played 'Just Got Paid' to [ZZ TOP's] Billy Gibbons and he was like, 'This is waaayyy better than our version!' He's in love with it. We're getting approval from the whole council of elders. They're all like, 'Dude, this is amazing!'"

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