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Machine Head announce UK tour

By | Published on Thursday 28 September 2017

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American metallers Machine Head have announced that they will tour the UK in May next year, by which point they will have released new album ‘Catharsis’.

“It’s been far too long since we’ve demolished venues in the UK”, says the band’s Robb Flynn – not speaking literally, you understand. Unless they were involved in the demolition of the Astoria and we just didn’t know about it.

“We have had an awesome and productive break writing our new album ‘Catharsis'”, he continues, “but now it’s time for Machine Head to go melt some faces!” Again, not speaking literally, you understand. No need to wear a protective mask.

“The reaction to our last ‘Evening With’ tours in the UK was nothing short of incredible, so once again these dates will be ‘Evening With’ shows and will see us performing two and half to three hours every night, with no opening bands”.

Enthusing about this set up further, he goes on: “We loved performing as an ‘Evening With’ for the UK head cases and you guys loved it as well. The freedom to do whatever the fuck we want, for as long as we want, every night was liberating. Jamming ‘Desire To Fire’ live for the first time in aeons at the ‘Ten Ton Hammersmith’ show in London was epic as fuck!”

“This is not what everyone else is doing” he brags. “And frankly, there are not a lot of bands who could even pull it off, but Machine Head can pull it off, and we are excited as fuck to do it again. We are carving our own path here, playing by our own rules, and as an artist, it’s the best feeling in the world! No festivals, period! No supporting some stupid DJ! The Head will only be ‘headlining’, so come on down and rage!”

So that’s the pep talk complete. Here are the dates:

13 May: Southampton, Guildhall
14 May: Cardiff University
15 May: Bristol, Academy
17 May: Birmingham, Academy
18 May: London, Roundhouse
19 May: London, Roundhouse
21 May: Nottingham, Rock City
22 May: Newcastle, Academy
23 May: Glasgow, Academy
25 May: Manchester, Academy

Tickets go on general sale on Friday.



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