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Lengthy-running heavy steel supergroup DOWN, that includes vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders, will make a handful of uncommon reside appearances this spring and summer season.
The band will launch a three-date U.S. run of reveals on Might 19 on the Welcome To Rockville pageant in Daytona Seaside, Florida. After enjoying in Atlanta and Dallas instantly after Rockville, DOWN will take a three-week break earlier than regrouping for 3 European pageant appearances in June. An look at this yr’s Blue Ridge Rock Pageant will observe in September in Alton, Virginia.
DOWN tour dates:
Might 19 – Daytona Seaside, FL @ Welcome To Rockville
Might 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
Might 22 – Dallas, TX @ Amplified Reside
Jun. 16 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell
Jun. 18 – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metallic Assembly
Jun. 19 – Clisson, France @ Hellfest
Sep. 09 – Alton, Virginia @ Blue Ridge Rock Pageant
Two months in the past, Windstein confirmed to Ghost Cult that DOWN was nonetheless planning to launch a six-song EP of “obscure” cowl songs. “Lots of people have been asking about that but; that is true,” he mentioned. “We simply have to get our butts in a room collectively and choose the shit out and DOWN it up a bit of bit, so to talk. However that is the one factor sooner or later as of now. However it’s one thing.”
As for the opportunity of DOWN staging the beforehand introduced anniversary tour celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the band’s 1995-released basic debut album, “NOLA”, after the trek was sidelined as a result of world pandemic, Kirk mentioned: “I certain hope so. I imply, now we have [shows booked in] Dallas and I imagine now we have one in Atlanta, and now we have [Welcome To] Rockville, now we have a pageant in Florida — so far as I do know.
“However yeah, I am optimistic [that we will be able to do a short ‘NOLA’ anniversary tour],” he continued. “I get it that possibly DOWN is just not ready to do a whole lot of touring anymore or something, however for god’s sake, we will a minimum of do primarily Southeast of the USA, a little bit of the Midwest — to not dick you over on the West Coast, however with out going 1000’s of miles away — do one thing. However we’ll see. Proper now, in fact, everybody’s concern is simply doing what now we have booked already and hoping that that goes easily.”
Final August, DOWN took half in a really particular in-person reside and digital expertise. “NOLA City Throwdown” was held on the Fillmore in New Orleans, Louisiana and featured followers attending the present in individual in addition to watching it in actual time from the consolation of their front room.
In August 2020, DOWN celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of “NOLA” with a particular livestreamed occasion. Dubbed “The Quarter Century Throwdown”, the high-production, multi-camera occasion befell utilizing cutting-edge streaming expertise to create a one-of-a-kind digital live performance expertise.
A founding member of DOWN, Windstein left the band in 2013 with a view to give attention to CROWBAR and his household life. He was changed by Bobby Landgraf, DOWN‘s former guitar tech who was beforehand in GAHDZILLA MOTOR COMPANY, a Nineteen Nineties outfit additionally that includes Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS, WATCHTOWER), and HONKY.
Windstein introduced his return to DOWN in 2019, with the band confirming numerous pageant appearances for 2020 to have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of “NOLA”, all of which have since been canceled or postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe.
Previous to the August 2020 livestream, DOWN‘s final reside look befell in August 2016 on the Psycho Las Vegas pageant in Las Vegas.
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