Slipknot Announce U.S. Headlining Tour, with Coheed and Cambria, Trivium Supporting
Masked metallers Slipknot announced today their first U.S. headline tour in support of their new album All Hope Is Gone. The tour, which kicks off on January 23rd in St. Paul, MN, will hit 33 cities across the country, and include an stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a first for the band. Coheed and Cambria and labelmates Trivium round out the bill.Frontman Corey Taylor had this to say about the upcoming tour, “2009 is the 10 year anniversary of the world’s first taste of this band. To celebrate we are coming back out with a killer tour, a couple great bands and the same ferocity with which we attack life. We want all of our maggots to come and celebrate with us, because if it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have been here for 10 years. Get ready for chaos!”
- The dates are as follows:
- 01/23/09- Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MN
- 01/24/09- Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO
- 01/25/09- Mid America Center - Council Bluffs, IA
- 01/27/09- Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum - Madison, WI
- 01/28/09- Wells Fargo Arena - Des Moines, IA
- 01/30/09- Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
- 01/31/09- The Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI
- 02/02/09- Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, IL
- 02/03/09- Pepsi Coliseum - Indianapolis, IN
- 02/05/09- Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
- 02/06/09- Tsongas Arena - Lowell, MA
- 02/07/09- Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
- 02/09/09- Greensboro Coliseum Complex - Greensboro, NC
- 02/10/09- Cricket Arena - Charlotte, NC
- 02/11/09- Bi-Lo Center - Greenville, SC
- 02/13/09- 1st Mariner Arena - Baltimore, MD
- 02/14/09- Rupp Arena - Lexington, KY
- 02/15/09- Sommet Center - Nashville, TN
- 02/17/09- Gwinnett Center - Duluth, GA
- 02/18/09- UCF Arena - Orlando, FL
- 02/19/09- Pensacola Civic Center - Pensacola, FL
- 02/21/09- Concrete Street Amphitheater - Corpus Christi, TX
- 02/22/09- Nokia Theatre - Grand Prairie, TX
- 02/23/09- BOK Center - Tulsa, OK
- 02/25/09- Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX
- 02/26/09- Verizon Wireless Theater - Houston, TX
- 02/28/09- El Paso County Coliseum - El Paso, TX
- 03/01/09- Freeman Coliseum - San Antonio, TX
- 03/03/09- Denver Coliseum - Denver, CO
- 03/04/09- Tingley Coliseum - Albuquerque, NM
- 03/05/09- Jobing.com Arena - Glendale, AZ
- 03/07/09- The Forum - Inglewood, CA
- 03/08/09- Cox Arena - San Diego, CA
- 03/10/09- Citizens Business Bank Arena - Ontario, CA
- 03/11/09- ARCO Arena - Sacramento, CA
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