Slipknot suits up for spring and summer outings
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Slipknot will warm up for its run on the upcoming Ozzfest tour with a handful of U.S. dates in May, followed by an extensive European outing. The groups next album is due out in June.
The masked heavy-metal outfit has planned five early May dates that will precede its May-June tour of the European festival circuit. The Euro jaunt includes a May 26 stop in Milton Keynes, England, where the group will appear during Ozzfests only U.K. date.
The nine-member band will wrap things up in Europe in early June, and will have only a few days off before hitting the road again as part of the mainstage lineup for Ozzfests North American summer run.
Slipknots last outing took place last fall, when the band played a short string of U.S. dates. A longer outing had originally been planned, but was scrapped when one of the groups members collapsed in an airport, was subsequently diagnosed with exhaustion and was ordered by doctors to take a break from the road. The bands members wear masks during their performances, and some have reportedly passed out during the groups sets because of the heat and poor ventilation that the masks provide.
Last August, a Slipknot show at Ireland's Point Theatre was canceled after an Irish parents' group protested the show. The concert's promoter claimed that the cancellation was due to poor ticket sales, but the band's label said that three quarters of the tickets had been sold.
The groups yet-untitled forthcoming album will be the follow-up to its self-titled 1999 debut. That album peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard 200 album chart last May, and was certified platinum that same month.
Slipknot
May
4 - Cedar Rapids, IA - U.S. Cellular Center
5 - Peoria, IL - Civic Center in Exhibit Hall
7 - Green Bay, WI - Brown County Vet. Memorial Arena
8 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Civic Auditorium
9 - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Arena
17 - Lisbon, Portugal - Pavilhao Atlantico
18 - Madrid, Spain - Festimad
20 - Milan, Italy - Palavobis
21 - Zurich, Switzerland - Volkhaus
22 - Munich, Germany - Colisseum
24 - Torhout, Belgium -Torhout Festival
25 - Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands - Dynamo Open Air
26 - Keynes, U.K. - National Bowl Milton
28 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinehalle
29 - Paris, France - Le Zenith
31 - Bremen, Germany - Pier 2
June
1 - Nuremberg, Germany - Rock Im Park
2 - Vienna, Austria - Libro Music Hall
3 - Cologne, Germany - Rock Am Ring
Ozzfest 2001
June
8 - Chicago, IL - World Music Amphitheater
9 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Amphitheater
12, 13 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Music Amphitheater
16 - Somerset, WI - Float-Rite Park
18 - St. Louis, MO - Riverport Amphitheater
19 - Kansas City, MO - Sandstone Amphitheater
21, 22 - Denver, CO - Mile High Stadium
25 - George, WA - The Gorge
27 - Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
29 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
30 - San Bernardino, CA - Glen Helen Blockbuster Amphitheater
July
3 - San Antonio, TX - South Texas Verizon Music Amphitheater
5 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Theater
7 - Atlanta, GA - Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater
13 - West Palm Beach, FL - Mars Music Amphitheater
14 - Tampa, FL - Zephyr Hills
17 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
20 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
21 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
24 - Toronto, Ontario - The Docks
26 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
28 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
30, 31 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
August
3 - Columbus, OH - Polaris Amphitheater
5 - Hartford, CT - Meadows Music Amphitheater
7, 8 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
11, 12 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
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