GWAR have announced plans to tour North America in celebration of the (delayed) 30-year anniversary of their 1990 sophomore album, Scumdogs of the Universe. The band will perform the album in full on the 42-date trek, which includes several concerts in Canada.
"We've been saving it up, and we are ready to explode all over the face of this nation with a dazzling flood of chaotic shock rock load," said "lead throat thing" the Berserker Blóthar. "But don't even try to come to a show on this tour unless you are unvaccinated, COVID positive and willing to submit to an enthusiastic rectal temperature check at the hands of our degenerate road crew."
The band will kick off the run in their hometown of Richmond, VA, on September 16, before making their way north of the border for a stop at Toronto's Opera House on November 8. Along the way, they'll hit Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton throughout December, before wrapping up in Washington, DC, on the 13th.
GWAR will find support from Napalm Death and Eyehategod throughout the majority of the trek, with select performances supported by Madball.
Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday (June 18).
See the full schedule of events below.
GWAR 2021 Tour Dates:
09/16 Richmond, VA - The National $
09/17 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall $
09/18 Chicago, IL - RiotFest @ Douglas Park
09/19 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls $
10/28 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa x
10/29 Worcester, MA - The Palladium x
10/30 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall x
10/31 New York, NY - Irving Plaza x
11/01 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage x
11/02 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom x
11/04 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave x
11/05 Detroit, MI - Crofoot Ballroom x
11/06 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue x
11/07 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues x
11/08 Toronto, ON - The Opera House x
11/10 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel x
11/11 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts x
11/12 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade x
11/13 Daytona Beach, FL - Welcome to Rockville
11/15 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live x
11/16 Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar & Grill x
11/18 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater x
11/19 Tuscon, AZ - The Rialto x
11/20 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues x
11/21 Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco Theater x
11/22 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom x
11/23 Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater x
11/24 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory x
11/26 Reno, NV - Virginia Street Brewhouse x
11/27 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory x
11/28 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom x
11/30 Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO x
12/01 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom x
12/03 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall x
12/04 Edmonton, AB - Midway Bar x
12/06 Billings, MT - Pub Station x
12/07 Denver, CO - The Oriental Theater x
12/08 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater x
12/09 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue x
12/10 Lincoln, NE - The Bourbon Theatre x
12/11 Sauget, IL - Pop's x
12/13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club x
$ with Madball and Eyehategod supporting
x with Napalm Death and Eyehategod supporting
"We've been saving it up, and we are ready to explode all over the face of this nation with a dazzling flood of chaotic shock rock load," said "lead throat thing" the Berserker Blóthar. "But don't even try to come to a show on this tour unless you are unvaccinated, COVID positive and willing to submit to an enthusiastic rectal temperature check at the hands of our degenerate road crew."
The band will kick off the run in their hometown of Richmond, VA, on September 16, before making their way north of the border for a stop at Toronto's Opera House on November 8. Along the way, they'll hit Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton throughout December, before wrapping up in Washington, DC, on the 13th.
GWAR will find support from Napalm Death and Eyehategod throughout the majority of the trek, with select performances supported by Madball.
Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday (June 18).
See the full schedule of events below.
GWAR 2021 Tour Dates:
09/16 Richmond, VA - The National $
09/17 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall $
09/18 Chicago, IL - RiotFest @ Douglas Park
09/19 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls $
10/28 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa x
10/29 Worcester, MA - The Palladium x
10/30 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall x
10/31 New York, NY - Irving Plaza x
11/01 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage x
11/02 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom x
11/04 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave x
11/05 Detroit, MI - Crofoot Ballroom x
11/06 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue x
11/07 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues x
11/08 Toronto, ON - The Opera House x
11/10 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel x
11/11 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts x
11/12 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade x
11/13 Daytona Beach, FL - Welcome to Rockville
11/15 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live x
11/16 Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar & Grill x
11/18 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater x
11/19 Tuscon, AZ - The Rialto x
11/20 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues x
11/21 Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco Theater x
11/22 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom x
11/23 Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater x
11/24 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory x
11/26 Reno, NV - Virginia Street Brewhouse x
11/27 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory x
11/28 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom x
11/30 Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO x
12/01 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom x
12/03 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall x
12/04 Edmonton, AB - Midway Bar x
12/06 Billings, MT - Pub Station x
12/07 Denver, CO - The Oriental Theater x
12/08 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater x
12/09 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue x
12/10 Lincoln, NE - The Bourbon Theatre x
12/11 Sauget, IL - Pop's x
12/13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club x
$ with Madball and Eyehategod supporting
x with Napalm Death and Eyehategod supporting
