SLIPKNOT Announces Short U.S. Run With HATEBREED

January 20, 2015

SLIPKNOT has announced details of its upcoming spring headline tour. The next North American leg of the Grammy Award-winning rock juggernaut's phenomenally successful "Prepare For Hell" world tour gets underway this April, featuring special guests HATEBREED. Presales are available now via www.slipknot1.com, with general onsales beginning Friday, January 23.

In other news, SLIPKNOT is officially set to top the bill at an array of spring festivals, including such eagerly awaited events as Ft. Myers, Florida's Fort Rock (slated for April 25); Jacksonville, Florida's Welcome To Rockville (April 26); Concord, North Carolina's Carolina Rebellion (May 2-3); Somerset, Wisconsin's Northern Invasion (May 9); and Columbus, Ohio's Rock On The Range (May 15-17). The band is currently on the European leg of the "Prepare For Hell" world tour, with dates scheduled in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. From there, SLIPKNOT will venture to Australia, where they will headline February's annual Soundwave traveling festival, with stops in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Finally, the band will return to Europe in June for a further series of festival appearances, with highlights including Germany's Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park, the United Kingdom's Download festival, France's Hellfest, and many more.

SLIPKNOT tour dates with HATEBREED:

Apr. 29 - Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Bay Center
Apr. 30 - New Orleans, LA - Champions Square-Superdome
May 02 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
May 05 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Coliseum
May 08 - Bloomington, IL - US Cellular Coliseum
May 10 - Cedar Rapids, IA - US Cellular Center
May 12 - Erie, PA - Erie Insurance Arena
May 13 - Scranton, PA - The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
May 16 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena

SLIPKNOT's first major U.S. headlining tour in support of ".5: The Gray Chapter", dubbed "Prepare For Hell", also featured KORN and KING 810.

The trek kicked off on October 29, 2014 in El Paso, Texas and wrapped up on December 7, 2014 in Boston.

".5: The Gray Chapter" sold around 132,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on October 21, 2014 via Roadrunner.

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