Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel: Tour Dates Revealed

[ApolloFC]

Posted on Ultimate-Guitar.com 9/6/2011

Thrash titans Anthrax and Testament, who haven't toured together in more than a decade, are set to co-headline a U.S. tour beginning Friday, October 14 in Grand Rapids, Michigan (itinerary below). Anthrax will close all shows, and DEATH ANGEL will be main support for the entire tour. The coast-to-coast trek will figure to decimate more than two dozen cities over a five-week period, with both Anthrax and Death Angel debuting brand new material from their new albums. The Anthrax fan club presale begins today at www.anthraxarmy.com, and the public on-sale kicks off Friday, September 9 at 10 a.m. local time.


"We've been tight with the guys in Testament for a long, long time," said Anthrax's Charlie Benante, "so we're really looking forward to hanging out with them on the road. And all of us in Anthrax are big Death Angel fans, so this is going to be a monster of a good time — for all of us and for the fans. Plus, with the incredible success of The Big Four shows over the last year, we wanted to tour with some of the 'second wave' of thrash bands."

The tour will follow Anthrax's Big Four "hometown" appearance at Yankee Stadium on September 14, with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth.

"We're excited to do this tour because Anthrax was actually the first band we ever toured with," adds Testament vocalist Chuck Billy. "It's an accomplishment 20 odd years later that we're going to do it again. The tour kick-off date is actually about five days difference from the kick off date of the first tour 20 years ago. The first time we performed with Anthrax, we only had a total of ten songs, so obviously now we have many songs to pick from so it will be very different. It's good to see that a lot of the faces in the bands are the same as back when we first did this original tour 20 years ago."

Anthrax / Testament / Death Angel fall 2011 tour dates:

Oct. 14 - Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI
Oct. 15 - Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL
Oct. 16 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 18 - The Cotillion, Wichita, KS
Oct. 19 - Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO
Oct. 22 - Nokia LA Live, Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 23 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Oct. 24 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
Oct. 26 - Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
Oct. 28 - South Side Music Hall, Dallas, TX
Oct. 29 - Emo's East, Austin, TX
Oct. 30 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Nov. 01 - House of Blues, Orlando, FL
Nov. 02 - Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov. 04 - House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC
Nov. 05 - Fillmore Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Nov. 06 - The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
Nov. 08 - Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY
Nov. 10 - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
Nov. 11 - Palladium, Worcester, MA
Nov. 15 - Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
Nov. 17 - Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 19 - Rave, Milwaukee, WI

More shows will be announced.

For more info please visit Blabbermouth.net.

NC Date If only it weren't $50+ after ProgPower :S Thats a bit tight for me

 

[RagePSV]

No ATL (Nov 3 perhaps?)? Eh, not traveling for this. Wasn't Overkill rumored to be on this originally?

 

[VenomGA]

No ATL date??? CRIES!!!

 

[nomisofsiman]

I know I'm a bit biased as I've never liked them, but I do find it strange for Anthrax to be the closers as it seems to me that currently people are bigger fans of Testament than Anthrax.

 

[kellsco]

Oct. 26 - Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM

 

[Midihell]

I'll definitely will be attending the October 29th date in Austin..

 

[SeaStorm]

I know I'm a bit biased as I've never liked them, but I do find it strange for Anthrax to be the closers as it seems to me that currently people are bigger fans of Testament than Anthrax.

I don't. Anthrax has a ton of buzz right now with participation in the Big 4, the return of Joey Belladonna, a new album (getting rave reviews) being released before the tour, and tons of love on Eddie Trunk's show.

I'll be at the Minneapolis show! Can't wait. Anthrax was the first metal band I truly went nuts for.

 

[tenebre]

As usual no date near me. BUT chicago is on a saturday

 

[KS METALHEAD]

I'll be at the Oct. 18th show in Wichita.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

I know I'm a bit biased as I've never liked them, but I do find it strange for Anthrax to be the closers as it seems to me that currently people are bigger fans of Testament than Anthrax.

Testament hasn't been playing arenas and stadiums opening for Metallica for the last year and a half.

 

[drmetal8]

So glad this tour is coming to Orlando.

 

[SeaStorm]

BTW, Anthrax is the musical guest on Jimmy Fallon tonight.

Wasn't Overkill rumored to be on this originally?

Yeah, that's what Chuck Billy said when he said more than he was supposed to say. They must have been trying to work it out originally, but it fell through.

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

I'll be in Philly on Nov. 10!

 

[Metal66]

will b at the rave for sure. hope to bring my nephew.

 

[raising_iron]

Yeah, what about Overkill? Thought they were supposed to be on this bill too...regardless, I'll be at the kickoff show in Grand Rapids, this is a "no-brainer"!

 

[nomisofsiman]

I don't. Anthrax has a ton of buzz right now with participation in the Big 4, the return of Joey Belladonna, a new album (getting rave reviews) being released before the tour, and tons of love on Eddie Trunk's show.

I'll be at the Minneapolis show! Can't wait. Anthrax was the first metal band I truly went nuts for.

Yeah, I mean I suppose the "big 4 thing" maybe did it. I guess after reading some of the posts here, I didn't realize they were getting as much buzz as they have been.

 

[RagePSV]

BTW, Anthrax is the musical guest on Jimmy Fallon tonight.

Hell, I remember when the played a song (Keep it in the Family, maybe?) on Married With Children back in 199....something.

 

[SeaStorm]

In My World. 1992. Enjoy.

 

[RagePSV]

Ah yes, the memories.

 

[raising_iron]

yeah, remember watching that when it came out...and when they sang a capella with Cookie at the end it was drop dead hilarious...already got our tix for the Grand Rapids kickoff show!