Geoff Tate Announces Final Tour Performing Operation: Mindcrime
After being fired from Queensrÿche in 2012, long-time vocalist Geoff Tate got tangled up in a lawsuit with his former bandmates over the rights to the band name and music. The final settlement found Tate’s former bandmates retaining the rights to the Queensrÿche name, while Geoff Tate himself retained the rights to perform Queensrÿche’s landmark 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and the 2006 follow-up Operation: Mindcrime II in their entirety under the band name Operation: Mindcrime. Well that era seems to be coming to an end, as Tate announced a final tour of him performing the 1988 album.
Being billed with the verbose tour name “Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime: The Final Chapter,” the tour was announced yesterday via Instagram. It starts out in March and April of 2025 before picking up again in September and October. While the extensive US tour hits up a lot of areas of the country, a few fans have noted a lack of West Coast dates, leading some to hope that there are more dates to be announced. For the meantime, here’s the list of dates announced thus far:
March 18 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
March 20 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
March 21 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
March 22 – Wichita, KS – TempleLive Wichita
March 23 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
March 25 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
March 26 – Fort Smith, AR – TempleLive Fort Smith
March 27 – Dallas, TX – Echo Music Halt
March 28 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
March 29 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
March 30 – Austin, TX – Empire Garage
April 01 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
April 02 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
April 03 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theater
April 04 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 05 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
April 06 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse
April 08 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
April 09 – Detroit, MI – St Andrews Hall
April 10 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation
April 11 – St Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
April 12 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
April 13 – Fort Wayne, IN – Clyde Theatre
April 15 – Cleveland, OH – TempleLive
April 16 – Columbus, OH – TempleLive
April 17 – Plainfield, IN – Hendrick’s Live
April 18 – St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
April 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
April 21 – Green Bay, WI – Epic Event Center
April 22 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
April 23 – Fargo, ND – Sanctuary
April 25 – Boise, ID – Revolution Center
September 25 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room
September 26 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
September 27 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
September 28 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
October 01 – Hopewell, VA – Beacon Theatre
October 02 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
October 03 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre
October 05 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live
October 08 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Hall
October 09 – Newton, NJ – Newton Theatre
October 10 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theater
October 11 – Tarrytown, NY – Music Hall
October 12 – Fairfield, CT – Sacred Heart Theatre
October 16 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theatre
October 17 – Homer, NY – Center for the Arts
October 18 – North Tonawanda, NY – Riviera Theatre
