{"id":24175,"date":"2018-02-12T20:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T02:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=24175"},"modified":"2018-02-12T20:52:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T02:52:28","slug":"ministry-announces-star-guest-line-march-april-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=24175","title":{"rendered":"MINISTRY ANNOUNCES ALL-STAR GUEST LINE-UP FOR MARCH\/APRIL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Tour to Support Ministry’s Politically-Charged New Album, AmeriKKKant<\/em>,<\/div>\n
Due out March 9<\/div>\n
(See Video HERE<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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“It’s called ‘AmeriKKKant’ because we can’t keep going down<\/em><\/p>\n
the road we’re on.”<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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— Al Jourgensen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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LOS ANGELES, CA – (Monday, February 12, 2018) — Ministry’s provocateur-in-chief Al Jourgensen has assembled an ultra-cool number of all-star guest musicians for the band’s 2018 North American tour that kicks off March 22 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. \u00a0The tour is in support of the band’s upcoming album,\u00a0<\/span>AmeriKKKant<\/i>, set for a March 9 release (Nuclear Blast).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The tour’s guest line up will feature vocalist Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory), drummer Joey Jordison (Slipknot, VIMIC), and live scratcher DJ Swamp (Beck, the Crystal Method), who will join long-time band members Sin Quirin and Cesar Soto on guitars, Tony Campos (Fear Factory, Static-X, Asesino, Cavalera Brothers) on bass, and keyboardist John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Fear Factory).<\/div>\n
For these dates, Ministry will present a whole new set list that will include more new songs from\u00a0AmeriKKKant<\/i>. \u00a0Said Jourgensen, “Old friends, new music…Dream lineup, nightmare world. \u00a0Get your ass to this show…this one will be memorable.”<\/div>\n
With his “P.T.-Barnum-meets-Rage-Against-The-Machine” ringmaster style, Jourgensen will front this motley crew of killer musicians, along with giant inflatable Trump chickens, video screens projecting politically-imbued images to compliment the music, and a couple of Antifa soldiers.<\/div>\n
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“I am very honored to be part of Ministry’s ‘all-star’ crew for the upcoming ‘Amerikkant’ tour,” said Burton C. Bell. “Working with Al over the years has been a blast and a dream come true, and to be part of another Ministry album was another milestone in my career. \u00a0Hanging, laughing, playing with AL, JB, Sin, Cesar, Tony and Joey is always a good time. I’ve known all these characters for some time, and they will never get old!\u00a0I expect this tour to be super fun. Like the songs goes, “my whole life is making music with my friends, and I can’t wait to get on the road again…”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“This looks to be a landmark tour with an amazing lineup and a killer new record,” added Joey Jordison, “and we look forward to these shows and celebrating a new chapter in the history of Ministry. \u00a0But more importantly, the current status and future of Ministry’s music and legacy. \u00a0So, to the past, present and most importantly to the future, stay alert as this is not to be missed and we hope you will join us at these shows. We’ll see you on the road very soon.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Dates for Ministry’s upcoming tour are as follows:<\/div>\n
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MARCH<\/b><\/div>\n
22 \u00a0House of Blues, Anaheim, CA<\/div>\n
23 \u00a0Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA<\/div>\n
24 \u00a0Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, NV<\/div>\n
26 \u00a0Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA<\/div>\n
28 \u00a0Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR<\/div>\n
29 \u00a0Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n
31 \u00a0Union Hall, Edmonton, AB \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n
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APRIL<\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01 \u00a0 Palace Theatre, Calgary, AB \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n
\u00a03 \u00a0 Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT<\/div>\n
\u00a05 \u00a0 Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln, NE<\/div>\n

\u00a07 \u00a0 Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\u00a08 \u00a0 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI<\/div>\n
10 \u00a0Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH<\/div>\n
11 \u00a020 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids, MI<\/div>\n
12 \u00a0Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN<\/div>\n
14 \u00a0Opera House, Toronto, ON \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n
15 \u00a0MTelus, Montreal, QC \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n
17 \u00a0Royale, Boston, MA<\/div>\n
18 \u00a0Aura, Portland, ME<\/div>\n
19 \u00a0Paramount Theatre, Huntington, NY<\/div>\n
21 \u00a0Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ<\/div>\n
22 \u00a0Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY<\/div>\n
23 \u00a0Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD<\/div>\n
25 \u00a0Center Stage, Atlanta, GA<\/div>\n
26 \u00a0Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL<\/div>\n
28 \u00a0Levitation Festival, Austin, TX<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tour to Support Ministry’s Politically-Charged New Album, AmeriKKKant, Due out March 9 (See Video HERE) “It’s called ‘AmeriKKKant’ because we can’t keep going down the road we’re on.” — Al […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-breaking-news","category-this-just-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}