ROB ZOMBIE and MEGADETHhave just
announced a co-headlining tour guaranteed to raise the temperature on the
planet. The trek, which marks the first time the two bands have toured
together, kicks off Friday, May 11 in Holmdel, NJ and encompasses high-profile
appearances at several rock festivals, including Rock On The Range and Rocklahoma.
Rob Zombie will headline Rocklahoma, co-line (with Incubus) Rock On The
Range, and will close all shows on the Megadeth dates. The tour wraps
Saturday, March 26 at Rocklahoma - a list of confirmed dates is below. To
purchase tickets,visit
The tour will come on the heels of Megadeth's critically
acclaimed return of the traveling festival Gigantour, created and curated by
frontman Dave Mustaine. Rave reviews have poured in for the festival,
which also features Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil. "The return
of Gigantour, a nicely curated package tour of heavy metal bands, is just one
more step in a great run underway by Megadeth," wrote the Boston
Globe.
"It was a smart and well-paced show, one that illuminated
metal's various angles (1/31/12)."
Twenty-eleven also marked the release of Megadeth's 13th
album, the appropriately titled TH1RT3EN. Released
November 1 on Roadrunner Records, the album debuted at #11 on the Billboard Top
200 chart and #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock chart. The
album also landed on international charts including Top 10 placements in
Argentina, Finland, Korea and Japan. Megadeth - Mustaine, drummer Shawn
Drover, guitarist Chris Broderick and bassist David Ellefson - also received
their tenth Grammy nomination for this project, earning a "Best Hard
Rock/Heavy Metal Performance" nomination for their single "Public
Enemy #1." The "Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Performance"
category was eerily, category #13.
This will be Rob Zombie's first concert tour since last
summer's "Hell on Earth" co-headline trek with Slayer. Zombie
spent last fall and winter shooting his sixth feature film, "The Lords of
Salem" that he wrote and directed and is making with the producers of the
"Paranormal Activity" franchise. With principal photography
completed, the film is currently in post-production.
Never one to play it safe, Zombie - with guitarist John 5,
bassist Piggy D, and Ginger Fish on drums - will bring his legendary stage
show out in full force on these dates. Audiences will get what they
expect from a Rob Zombie show - an amped-up, non-stop barrage of sin, sex and
Satan guaranteed to rip your face off, a true rock and roll spectacle at its
finest.
With more than 15 million albums sold, seven Grammy
nominations, the helming of five major motion pictures (including the #1
record-breaking "Halloween"), dozens of music videos, TV shows and
last summer's strangely celebrated "Woolite" TV commercial where he
showed the hidden terrors of doing laundry, Zombie is truly a force to be
reckoned with in today's entertainment landscape. For over 25 years, his
unique meld of horror and hard rock has influenced his sound as a musician, and
his vision as a director and writer. Plans are for a new Rob Zombie album
to be completed later this year.
Rob Zombie/ Megadeth
Tour Dates
MAY
11 PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
12 Toyota Pavilion
Scranton, PA
16 Stage AE
Pittsburgh, PA
18 The Deltaplex
Grand Rapids, MI
20 Rock On The Range
Columbus, OH
22 La Crosse Center
La Crosse, WI
24 Tyson Center
Sioux City, IA
25 Hartman Arena
Wichita, KS
26 Rocklahoma
Pryor, OK
More dates to be announced.
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