Slipknot Announces U.S. Dates For 25th Anniversary ‘Here Comes The Pain Tour’

Metal mainstays Slipknot have announced the North American dates of its “Here Comes The Pain Tour,” celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album from 1999.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour includes arena plays across North America, including Madison Square Garden, the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, Moody Center in Austin and more. Support comes from Kentucky hardcore upstarts Knocked Loose, with Orbit Culture and Vended as support on select dates.

Dates run from August to September, including previously announced festival dates before, during and after, followed by a European leg taking place in December. A knotfest.com artist presale begins today, with general onsale Friday, May 3.

Also part of the routing are two Knotfest events, one in Brazil on Oct. 19, and the other Sept. 21 in the band’s home state of Iowa. Yesterday the lineup for Knotfest Iowa was announced, which features Till Lindemann from Rammstein, Knocked Loose, Hatebreed, Poison The Well, GWAR and others. The event, taking place at Waterworks Park in Des Moines, will include a revamped Knotfest Museum celebrating the 25-year milestone. A ticket presale began today with general onsale also May 3.

Slipknot is represented by CAA.

Building hype for the tour and 25th anniversary was a popup show at hippie desert enclave Pappy & Harriet’s in Southern California followed by a high-profile set at Sick New World festival in Las Vegas. The gigs featured a new drummer, which has sense turned out to be Eloy Casagrande of Sepultura — as tagged in an Instagram post as a somewhat official announcement confirming what many fans had been speculating for months.

“We’ve made some changes in the band, which were very public,” said Cory Brennan, head of 5B Artists + Media, in a recent Pollstar interview. The artist manager, who signed Slipknot as a mostly unknown entity, says the band’s connection with fans remains as strong as ever.

“To see the fan reaction go from being upset about the drummer being gone to now being excited about who is the new drummer, it really speaks to Slipknot being more than a band and really being a culture,” said Brennan. “It’s pushing a new lifeblood into the band now. Whether it’s them writing music, playing albums from start to finish to celebrate their 25 years, whether it’s playing small unannounced shows where the band just shows up, it feels like that time is now, this year and next year. It’s exciting.”

SLIPKNOT LIVE DATES 2024:

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