Slipknot announces 2020 Irish tour date
In the wake of their return to the number one slot on the Official Irish Albums Chart with a sixth studio album, ‘We Are Not Your Kind’, Slipknot have announced their UK and Irish tour dates for early 2020.
Dates line up as follows:
Thursday, January 16 - MANCHESTER Arena
Friday, January 17 - NEWCASTLE Utilita Arena
Saturday, January 18 - GLASGOW SEC (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 O2 Arena
On the announcement, Slipknot frontman, Corey Taylor siad: “It feels good to be coming back for an extensive tour of Europe and the UK. 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.”
As well as taking the top album spot in the UK, SLIPKNOT, who are as much a cultural phenomenon as they are a band, made a resounding global impact, with number one debuts in the USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, Ireland, Belgium and Finland, as well as top three debuts in Germany, France, Norway, Italy, The Netherlands and New Zealand.
Behemoth are special guests on all UK and European shows.
Tickets go on general sale at 9am Friday, August 30 from all usual Ticketmaster outlets.
