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On the heels of their final studio release “The Last Sucker,” released September 18, 2007, Ministry announces their Final World Tour, “C U LaTouR” with Special Guests Meshuggah and opening act Hemlock. Ministry kicks off The North American leg of C U LaTouR in Vancouver late March 2008 stopping in a limited engagement, 33 major market cities through mid-May, ending the US leg in Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen’s home town of Chicago. Ministry then heads off to play the principal European festivals as well as choice club dates beginning late May stretching through to July. Exclusive pre-sale tickets for the North American C U LaTouR, offered by Music Today, go on-sale Thursday, November 15th and can be purchased here. Exclusive Special Limited Access VIP tickets will be available for purchase via the pre-sale offering advance doors, seating, meet & greets and souvenir 13th Planet gift bags.
The C U LaTouR touring line-up features Ministry’s founder Al Jourgensen being joined on-stage by guitarists Tommy Victor (Prong) and Sin Quirin (Revolting Cocks), keyboardist John Bechdel (Prong, AoTW, False Icons), drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ex-Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Alice Cooper). Static X’s Tony Campos has recently stepped in to fulfill bass on behalf of the recently departed Ministry/Killing Joke bassist Paul Raven. Joining the Ministry clan as a Special Featured Artist will be Fear Factory/Ascension of The Watchers vocalist Burton C. Bell. Main support is Swedish experimental metal Meshuggah and opening act is the US-based Hemlock.
To coincide with C U LaTouR, Jourgensen’s indie imprint is scheduled to release Ministry & Co-Conspirators “Cover Up,” a 12-track cover release featuring artists from the 13th Planet Records family, as well as other special guests. “Cover Up” is scheduled for a simultaneous release to coincide with the launch of C U LaTouR in late March/early April 2008.
For its spectacular two-and-a-half-hour “C U LaTouR” set, Ministry will perform tracks from “The Last Sucker” as well as songs that revisit the band’s rich and provocative 30-year musical history. Archival Ministry videos plus other visual elements of alchemy, Christianity, politics and other topics aligned with Ministry will be incorporated into a special video presentation, produced by Wicked Lake director Zach Passero (with whom Jourgensen is collaborating on the soundtrack for the feature film) that will change night to night. And, as is expected from a Ministry show, you just never know what surprise guests will jump on stage for a song or two.
“A Ministry tour is a travelling circus,” states Jourgensen, “When we roll into town, everyone hides their daughters, but the freaks roll out the red carpet and a friend or two pops up on stage to add some spice and mayhem to the show. We never know who’s gonna walk through the dressing room door at sound check. We rehearse a bunch of ‘extra’ songs just in case so-and-so shows up…”
confirmed so far:
March, 25 - Spokane, WA - The Big Easy - BUY March, 26 - Calgary, Canada - The Whiskey - BUY March, 27 - Vancouver, Canada - Croatian Cultural Center - BUY March, 28 - Vancouver, Canada - Commodore Ballroom - BUY March, 29 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo - BUY March, 30 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre - BUY April, 1 - San Francisco, CA - Filmore Auditorium April, 2 - San Francisco, CA - Filmore Auditorium April, 5 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues April, 6 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues April, 7 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues April, 8 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre - BUY April, 9 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues April, 11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Salt Air - BUY April, 12 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre - BUY April, 14 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre - BUY April, 15 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa - BUY April, 16 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom - BUY April, 17 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom - BUY April, 18 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre - BUY April, 19 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues April 21 - Ft. Lauderdale - Revolution April, 22- Orlando, FL - House of Blues April, 23 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing - BUY April, 24 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall - BUY April, 25 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade April, 26 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live April, 27 - Worcester, MA - Palladium April, 29 - Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore At The TLA May, 1 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza - BUY May, 2 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza - BUY May, 3 - Montreal, Canada - Metropolis - BUY May, 4 - Toronto, Canada - The Guvernment - Kool Haus - BUY May, 6 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre - BUY May, 7 - Detroit, MI - Emerald Theatre - BUY May, 8 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues - BUY May, 9 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues - BUY
I've got to go to the NC show... I've missed them the last few times they've come through (once with Thrill Kill Kult, still mad at myself over that one, and one where Ogre showed up, I think.)
If this really is the last time they tour, I must go. Hopefully this means Jourgensen will start another band, or will start doing stuff with RevCo again.
