San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, have announced the first U.S. tour dates of their world tour in support of their upcoming album, Catharsis. Vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn adds, "It's been far too long since we've demolished venues in America, we have had an awesome and productive break writing our new album Catharsis, but now it's time for MACHINE HEAD to go melt some faces! The reaction to our last "Evening With" tours in America were nothing short of incredible, so once again these dates will be "Evening With" and will see us performing 2 1/2 to 3 hours every night with no opening bands. "We LOVED performing as an Evening With for you Head Cases, and you guys loved it as well, the freedom to do whatever the fuck we wanted for as long as we wanted every night was liberating. It's not what everyone else is doing, and frankly, there are not a lot of bands who could even pull it off, but MACHINE HEAD CAN pull it off, and we are excited as fuck to do it again. We are carving our own path here, playing by our own rules, and as an artist, it's the best feeling in the world! |
MACHINE HEAD recently wrapped up recording their 9th full-length album with Zack Ohren (FALLUJAH, ALL SHALL PERISH) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA. An official release date has yet to be confirmed, but a Jan. 2018 release is expected. More details to follow shortly.
MACHINE HEAD will also be offering an extremely limited number of VIP Packages in 2 tiers. Gold VIP Tour Package: One (1) General Admission Ticket Meet and Greet w/ Machine Head Group Photo w/ Machine Head Exclusive Meet and Greet Shirt Machine Head Flag Souvenir Laminate w/ Lanyard Early Entry and Platinum "Soundcheck" Package: One (1) General Admission Ticket Soundcheck Viewing Meet and Greet w/ Machine Head Group Photo w/ Machine Head Exclusive Meet and Greet Shirt Machine Head Flag Souvenir Laminate w/ Lanyard Early Entry Head to the link below www.machinehead.vip | Confirmed tour dates are as follows. North American "Catharsis” World Tour 2018 Thu 25-Jan Phoenix, AZ - Nile Theater Sat 27-Jan Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater Mon 29-Jan San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theater Tue 30-Jan Dallas, TX - Gas Moneky Live! Wed 31-Jan Houston,TX - HOB Fri 02-Feb Birmingham, AL - Saturn Sat 03-Feb Pensacola, FL - Vinyl MH Mon 05-Feb Orlando, FL - Plaza Live Tue 06-Feb Atlanta, GA - Centerstage Thu 08-Feb Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts Fri 09-Feb New York, NY - Playstation Sat 10-Feb Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club Sun 11-Feb Montreal, QC - Club Soda Tue 13-Feb Toronto, ON - Danforth MH Wed 14-Feb Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom Thu 15-Feb Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE Fri 16-Feb Cleveland, OH - Agora Sat 17-Feb Detroit, MI - Majestic Tue 20-Feb Des Moines, IA - Woolys Wed 21-Feb Madison, WI - Majestic Thu 22-Feb Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Fri 23-Feb Chicago, IL - Concord MH Sat 24-Feb Saint Louis, MO - Pops Tue 27-Feb Denver, CO - Summit MH Thu 01-Mar Las Vegas, NV - HOB Fri 02-Mar Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Sat 03-Mar Oakland, CA - The Fox Theater Mon 05-Mar Portland, OR - Roseland Tue 06-Mar Vancouver, BC - Commodore Wed 07-Mar Seattle, WA - Showbox Market Visit MACHINE HEAD online: www.MACHINEHEAD1.com. www.facebook.com/MACHINEHEAD twitter.com/MFNH www.youtube.com/MACHINEHEAD |
MACHINE HEAD wrapped up the touring cycle for their first Nuclear Blast Entertainment album Bloodstone & Diamonds in March 2016 with a whopping 283 concerts on 5 different continents around the world. Around 250 of those shows were performed as “An Evening With MACHINE HEAD” with no support bands and performances often lasting 2 1/2 to 3 hours in duration, much to their fans (called "Head Cases") delight. Three tours of the United States (with many dates sold out in advance), three tours of The U.K. / Europe, (including multiple dates in Russia and Greece), shows in Mexico and South America, a completely sold out run of 9 Australian / New Zealand shows, sold out dates in Japan, plus their first ever plays in Taiwan and Thailand, and all without any festival | |
Bloodstone & Diamonds debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard charts and has gone on to sell 285,000 copies worldwide.
MACHINE HEAD's latest track “Is There Anybody Out There?” released as a stand-alone, digital-only, non-album release became their #2 most streamed song ever on Spotify with 9 million streams in less than a year, and cracked the Top 40 on the Active Rock chart in the United States. It marks the first time for any Nuclear Blast artist to enter what is widely considered to be the “official rock chart” for the United States, and is significant considering there was no physical track sent to retail.