Celebrating 25 Years of Mayhem, Slipknot Returns with a Haunting North American Tour Featuring Knocked Loose, Orbit Culture, and Vended
In the shadowed recesses of the heavy metal world, Slipknot has conjured a tour potent with the ominous allure of their early chaos and self-titled album—marking the 25th anniversary of their eponymous debut with the “Here Comes the Pain” North American tour. This grim celebration weaves together the threads of their legacy, set to haunt arenas from the crypts of New York City’s Madison Square Garden to the spectral halls of Los Angeles’ Inuit Dome and Austin’s Moody Center.
Accompanying Slipknot on this macabre journey are the harbingers of hardcore, Knocked Loose, alongside the dark metallurgists of Orbit Culture and Vended—a band born from the lineage of Slipknot’s own Corey Taylor and Shawn “Clown” Crahan. This assembly not only promises an auditory assault but a lineage of terror that extends the band’s ominous legacy.
As the Nine prepare to unleash a year of celebrations that meld U.S. festival apparitions with a European and U.K. pilgrimage, the soul of Slipknot’s creation looms large. Guitarist Jim Root reflects on the genesis of their sound with a somber reverence, “We poured our spirit into the first record, not knowing if it would echo beyond the void. Yet here we stand, a testament to the night, selling out not just records but the very halls of the living.”
Shawn “Clown” Crahan, the band’s percussionist and unyielding visionary, casts a darker pall on their success. “Each stage I ascend, it’s not the numbers that bind us but the maggot culture, thriving in the decay we spread. This anniversary may find us in grander sepulchers, but the intimacy of the crypt will be felt. Prepare to have your essence shattered—we are the disease, and you are already within our grasp.”
For those enthralled by the prospect of witnessing this spectacle, artist presale tickets have emerged from the shadows today at 12 p.m. ET, available through Knotfest.com. The public will have their chance to seize these tickets on Friday, May 3rd at 10 a.m. local time. Embrace the dark, for Slipknot’s tour promises not just concerts but a profound ritual celebrating a quarter century of sonic malevolence.
Prepare for an experience that goes beyond music—it’s an invocation of the band’s darkest arts.
Slipknot 2024 tour dates:
- May 12: Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville
- May 19: Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival
- Aug 06: Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center *
- Aug 07: Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake *
- Aug 09: Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena *
- Aug 10: Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion *
- Aug 12: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
- Aug 14: Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion *
- Aug 15: Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center *
- Aug 17: Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *
- Sep 01: Pryor, OK – ROCKLAHOMA
- Sep 07: Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre **
- Sep 08: Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Styles Resorts Amphitheater **
- Sep 09: Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
- Sep 11: Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater **
- Sep 13: Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome **
- Sep 15: Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre **
- Sep 17: Austin, TX – Moody Center **
- Sep 18: Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion **
- Sep 21: Des Moines, IA – Knotfest Iowa at Waterworks Park **
- Oct 11: Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival
- Oct 19: São Paulo, BR – Knotfest Brasil
- Nov 08: Guadalajara, MX – Calle 2
- Nov 09: Mexico City, MX – Parque Bicentenario
- Dec 05: Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
- Dec 06: Dortmund, DE – Westfalehallen
- Dec 08: Stuttgart, DE – Schleyerhalle
- Dec 09: Leipzig, DE – Quarterback Immobilien Arena
- Dec 11: Zürich, CH – Hallenstadion
- Dec 12: Paris, FR – Accor Arena
- Dec 14: Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
- Dec 15: Glasgow, UK – Ovo Hydro
- Dec 17: Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
- Dec 18: Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
- Dec 20: London, UK – The O2
- Dec 21: London, UK – The O2
* w/ Special Guests Knocked Loose and Orbit Culture
** w/ Special Guests Knocked Loose and Vended
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