Slipknot Prepares The World For Hell

Currently playing gigs in the U.K. and Europe through mid-February, Slipknot is rocking festivals on both sides of the equator in 2015.  Australia will feel the band’s sonic wrath next month via Soundwave appearances in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney.  Come summer Slipknot will cross the Atlantic to play Germany’s Rock Im Park and Rock Am Ring fests during the June 5-7 weekend.  Other Euro festivals on the band’s June agenda include Netherlands’ FortaRockXL, Poland’s Impact, Switzerland’s Greenfield, England’s Download, Austria’s Nova Rock, France’s Hellfest and Belgium’s Graspop Metal Meeting.  Some events have not announced daily plans.

The band has also slotted several U.S. festivals, playing Fort Rock in Fort Myers, Fla., April 25; Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, Fla., April 26; Carolina Rebellion in Concord, N.C., May 3; and Northern Invasion in Somerset, Wis., May 9.  Slipknot will also crank up the volume at Rock On The Range in Columbus, Ohio, sometime during the May 15-17 weekend.  We’d like to tell you the exact day but, as in the summer Euro listings, the festival has yet to release its daily schedules.

As latest single “Custer” racks up spins on rock radio, the band recently released a live video of .5: The Gray Chapter’s first single, “The Devil In I,” shot at last year’s Knotfest in Southern California.

Here’s the routing with spring headlining dates bolded for easy reference:

Jan. 20 – Manchester, England, Manchester Arena
Jan. 22 – Liverpool, England, Echo Arena
Jan. 23 – London, England, The SSE Arena, Wembley
Jan. 24 – Cardiff, Wales, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Jan. 26 – Nottingham, England, The Capital FM Arena Nottingham
Jan. 27 – Birmingham, England, Barclaycard Arena
Jan. 29 – Paris, France, Zenith Paris
Feb. 1 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Heineken Music Hall
Feb. 2 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Rockhal
Feb. 3 – Assago, Italy, Mediolanum Forum
Feb. 5 – Budapest, Hungary, BudapestArena
Feb. 7 – Berlin, Germany, Max-Schmeling-Halle
Feb. 8 – Hamburg, Germany, O2 World Hamburg
Feb. 10 – Oslo, Norway, Oslo Spektrum Arena ANS
Feb. 11 – Stockholm, Sweden, Hovet
Feb. 12 – Frederiksberg, Denmark, Forum Copenhagen
Feb. 15 – Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki Ice Arena
Feb. 21 – Melbourne, Australia, Flemington Racecourse (Soundwave Festival)
Feb. 22 – Adelaide, Australia, Bonython Park (Soundwave Festival)
Feb. 28 – Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
March 1 – Sydney, Australia, Olympic Park Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
April 25 – Fort Myers, Fla., JetBlue Park (Monster Energy Fort Rock)
April 26 – Jacksonville, Fla., Metropolitan Park (Welcome To Rockville)
April 29 – Pensacola, Fla., Pensacola Bay Center
April 30 – New Orleans, La., Champions Square
May 2 – Pelham, Ala., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
May 3 – Concord, N.C., Charlotte Motor Speedway (Carolina Rebellion)
May 5 – Knoxville, Tenn., Knoxville Coliseum
May 8 – Bloomington, Ill., U.S. Cellular Coliseum
May 9 – Somerset, Wis., Somerset Amphitheater (Northern Invasion)
May 10 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. Cellular Center
May 12 – Erie, Pa., Erie Insurance Arena
May 13 – Moosic, Pa., Pavilion At Montage Mountain
May 15-17 – Columbus, Ohio, Crew Stadium (Rock On The Range)
May 16 – Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
June 5-7 – Nuremberg, Germany, Rock Im Park
June 5-7 – Mendig, Germany, Rock am Ring
June 6 – Nijmegen, Netherlands, Goffertpark (FortaRockXL)
June 9 – Lodz, Poland, Atlas Arena (Impact Festival)
June 11-13 – Interlaken, Switzerland, Interlaken Airfield (Greenfield Festival)
June 12 – Derby, United Kingdom, Donington Park (Download Festival)
June 13-14 – Nickelsdorf, Austria, Pannonia Fields (Nova Rock Festival)
June 19-21 – Cisson, France, Hellfest Grounds (Hellfest)
June 19-21 – Dessel Belgium, Boeretang (Graspop Metal Meeting)

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