GWAR suits up for fall tour
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Costumed gore-rockers GWAR will get their Halloween started early with the mid-October launch of a massive fall tour that supports the group's latest album, "Beyond Hell."
An Oct. 13 kick-off in Philadelphia is planned, and the band has about 50 dates lined up through early December. Details are included below.
Last month, GWAR offered up "Beyond Hell," the follow-up to 2004's "War Party." The new set, which the group recorded with producer Devin Townsend, includes a cover version of Alice Cooper's "School's Out."
"The concept of the album is the closest thing to a rock opera that GWAR has done since 'Ragnarok,' and concerns GWAR’s epic journey into the tunnels and caverns that honeycomb your world, a journey not only to escape their earthly prison 'from within,' but also to find and confront this so-called 'Satan,' who seems to think that he is a bigger bad ass than Oderus," the group wrote in a message posted at its website. "Along the way GWAR encounters a bevy of demonic dickheads and hapless victims, all ready to die for your entertainment."
GWAR is a satirical thrash-metal/punk band formed in the mid-'80s by a group of artists and musicians at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. The band has made a name for itself via its horror-film-inspired costumes, raunchy lyrics, and graphic, gory stage performances.
Earlier this year, toy manufacturer Shocker Toys obtained the rights to manufacture a line of GWAR action figures modeled after the band members: Oderus Urungus, Flattus Maximus, Beefcake the Mighty, Jizmak Da Gusha and Balsac the Jaws of Death.
October 2006
13 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
14 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
15 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
16 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
17 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's
19 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Fun Theater
20 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
21 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
22 - Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
23 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
24 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
26 - Louisville, KY - Headliners
27 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
28 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's
29 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
30 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
31 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
November 2006
1 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
2 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
3 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theater
5 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
7 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy
8 - Seattle, WA - Fenix (Formerly Premier)
9 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
11 - Bend, OR - Midtown
12 - Chico, CA - Senator Theater
13 - Sparks, NV - New Oasis
14 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater
15 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
18 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
19 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater
20 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
21 - Cabazon, CA - Key Club @ Morongo
22 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
24 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
25 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
26 - Houston, TX - Meridian
27 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
29 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
30 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
December 2006
1 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
2 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
4 - Nashville, TN - Exit / In
5 - Knoxville, TN - Blue Cats
6 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
8 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
9 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club
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