Helmet Announce 30th Anniversary Tour of the U.S.
It’s been thirty years since Helmet formed and twenty-two years since they last released an album about which the general populace cared, and you know what that means: it’s time for anniversary tour!
And an anniversary tour there shall be. Helmet are calling it the ’30x30x30 Tour,’ because not only are they celebrating their thirtieth birthday, but they’ll be doing so in thirty different cities, playing thirty songs each night, with no opener.
Of course, other than frontman Page Hamilton, none of the band’s current members had anything to do with the releases that made Helmet famous. In fact, most of them have only been in the band for about a third of its storied career. Just a heads up, lest you think like John Stanier or someone is gonna be there.
Dates for the U.S. run are below, courtesy of The PRP. Below that are dates for the European leg of the tour, because I’m in a giving mood.
U.S. Dates
10/23 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
10/25 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
10/26 New York City, NY – Bowery Ballroom
10/27 Washington, DC – Union Stage
10/29 Columbia, SC – The Senate
10/30 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
10/31 New Orleans, LA – House Of Blues
11/01 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
11/02 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
11/03 Dallas, TX – Trees
11/05 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
11/07 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
11/08 Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Hotel
11/09 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
11/10 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
11/12 Sacramento, CA – Holy Diver
11/13 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
11/14 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11/15 Medford, OR – Howiee’s On Front
11/16 Portland, OR – Dante’s
11/17 Seattle, WA – Substation
11/19 Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
11/20 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
11/22 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
11/23 Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room
11/24 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
11/26 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
11/27 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
11/29 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
11/30 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
European Dates
09/03 Prague, CZE – Lucerna Music Bar
09/05 Berlin, GER – SO36
09/06 Aarhus, DEN – VoxHall
09/07 Copenhagen, DEN – VEGA
09/09 Stockholm, SWE – Kraken STHLM
09/10 Oslo, NOR – Rockefeller
09/12 Hamburg, GER – Gruenspan
09/13 Düsseldorf, GER – JAB im Haus der Jugend
09/14 Coesfeld, GER – Fabrik Coesfeld
09/15 Den Bosch, NET – Willem Twee poppodium
09/17 Antwerp, BEL – Trix
09/18 Hasselt, BEL – Muziekodroom
09/19 Kortrijk, BEL – Concertzaal De Kreun
09/20 Frankfurt, GER – Zoom Club
09/21 Munich, GER – Strom
09/22 Vienna, AUT – Szene Wein
09/24 Budapest, HUN – Dürer Kert
09/25 Heidelberg, GER – halle02
09/26 Schweinfurt, GER – Stattbahnhof
09/27 Zürich, SWI – Plaza Klub
09/28 Mezzago, ITA – Bloom
09/29 Bologna, ITA – Locomotiv Club
10/01 Paris, FRA – La Boule Noire
10/02 Nantes, FRA – Le Ferrailleur
10/04 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
10/05 Leeds, UK – The Key Club
10/07 Dublin, IRE – Button Factory
10/08 Glasgow, UK – The Garage
10/09 Manchester, UK – Gorilla
10/10 London, UK – O2 Academy Islington