Filter's Damned Good Tour

After a nearly six year break from the touring circuit, Filter is ready to hit the road again with a 30-date tour throughout the U.S., with a couple of Canadian dates and European festival gigs thrown in.

The tour kicked off May 21 at Amos’ South End in Charlotte, N.C. and concludes July 5 at the Balloon Field in Des Moines, Iowa.

Filter will also be playing at the Dive in Charleston, S.C. (May 22), House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio (May 24), The Fillmore at TLA in Philadelphia (May 27), the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. (May 29) and Canopy Club in Urbana, Ill. (June 13). Additional dates include shows at Durty Nellies in Chicago (June 14), The Rock in Minneapolis (June 15), Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City, Okla. (June 20), City Hall in Nashville (June 23) and Guvernment in Toronto (June 26).

11 of the dates feature special guests alternative metal band, 10 Years.

European festival dates include MTV Rock in Park in Nurnburg, Germany (June 6), Rock am Ring in Nurnburgring, Germany (June 8), plus a stop at Islington Academy in London (June 9).

The tour will be a great chance to show off Filter’s latest album, Anthems for the Damned, released May 13. The album is the band’s first studio project since 2002’s The Amalgamut.