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The full list of dates for this year's Summer Slaughter Tour have been confirmed, and it includes a stop in St. Paul at Station 4 on Wednesday, August 14. Topping the bill is The Dillinger Escape Plan alongside Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Rings Of Saturn, Thy Art Is Murder, and Aeon. Here is the list of confirmed dates:
July 19 - San Francisco, CA, The Regency Ballroom
July 20 - West Hollywood, CA, House Of Blues
July 21 - Santa Ana, CA, The Observatory
July 24 - Oklahoma City, OK, Diamond Ballroom
July 26 - Dallas, TX, House Of Blues
July 27 - Houston, TX, House Of Blues
July 29 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, House Of Blues
July 30 - Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade
July 31 - Knoxville, TN, Old City Courtyard
August 1 - North Myrtle Beach, SC, House Of Blues
August 2 - Silver Spring, MD, The Fillmore Silver Spring
August 3 - Worcester, MA, The Palladium
August 4 - Philadelphia, PA, Trocadero Theatre
August 7 - New York, NY, Best Buy Theater
August 8 - Toronto, ON, Sound Academy
August 10 - Clifton Park, NY, Upstate Concert Hall
August 11 - Detroit, MI, The Majestic Theatre
August 12 - Chicago, IL, House Of Blues
August 13 - Milwaukee, WI, The Rave Eagles Club
August 14 - St. Paul, MN, Station 4
August 16 - Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre
There's been a slew of new concert announcements this week (more on these tomorrow), but one bit of news can't wait and that's the long overdue return of Slipknot to the Twin Cities on Saturday, August 18 at the recently renovated Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset, Wisconsin. To make it even more special, this is one of only two dates for Knotfest, an apparently new annual festival-style touring event—the other being Friday, August 17 in Pacific Junction, Iowa (just outside the Omaha, Nebraska metro area). The band lineup differs slightly on each day, but the Somerset date has a more extensive bill, so far being:
Main Stage:
Slipknot
Deftones
Serj Tankian
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Second Stage:
Dethklok
Lamb Of God
Cannibal Corpse
Prong
Gojira
More bands should be added to the bill. I'm just hoping that a long-time favorite live band of mine, The Urge, who is slated to play the Pacific Junction date, will be added to the Somerset show. From the initial press release, it sounds like there will be vendors and a variety of activities including carnival rides. One cool feature will be a "Slipknot museum" with information and memorabellia from the band's archives. I'll have more information about the event as I learn it!
Tickets for both dates of Knotfest go on sale this Friday, June 8 at 10:00 am CDT through Ticketmaster. The event is all ages and tickets for the Somerset date are only $23 plus fees. The Ticketmaster event page states that "A limited number of tickets will be made available at 'early bird' discounted prices." It's unclear whether $23 is the early bird price or whether this is the standard price.
