Slipknot have announced details of a lengthy UK and European arena tour for early 2020. See full dates and ticket details below.
After scoring their first Number One album in 18 years with the acclaimed comeback record ‘We Are Not Your Kind‘, the masked metallers will be celebrating with a huge run of shows next year. After teasing fans with the cities that they’d be visiting, now the band confirm that the tour will kick off at Dublin’s 3Arena and culminate at The O2 in London. Support on all dates comes from Behemoth.
“It feels good to be coming back for an extensive tour of Europe and the UK,” said frontman Corey Taylor. “No matter how many times we come there, it always feels like we can never get enough, nor play ALL the cities we want to. But one thing’s for certain: the audiences are ALWAYS some of the best in the world.”
Full dates are below, with tickets on sale from 9am on Friday August 30 and available here.
Tuesday January 14 – DUBLIN 3Arena
Thursday January 16 – MANCHESTER Arena
Friday January 17 – NEWCASTLE Utilita Arena
Saturday January 18 – GLASGOW The SSE Hydro
Monday January 20 – SHEFFIELD FlyDSA Arena
Tuesday January 21 – NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday January 22 – CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena
Friday January 24 – BIRMINGHAM Arena
Saturday January 25 – LONDON The O2 Arena
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Check out the full UK and European tour dates below
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