When I heard W.A.S.P for the first time in back in 1984, it was unlike anything I had ever seen or ever heard up to that point in my life. W.A.S.P looked like Alice Cooper and Twisted Sister had an evil spawn with an image that scared my mother and a sound that made my dad furious. In other words, it was some amazing shit. It was melodic, it was heavy, and the voice of Blackie Lawless to this day is in my mind as one of the greatest metal voices of all time.
The last time I saw W.A.S.P was on the Headless Children tour here in Atlanta and it was one of the best shows I’ve seen. The band was touring for their best album to date and the fire and energy on that stage could only be matched by a handful of times. W.A.S.P hasn’t toured North America soil in 12 years and their last US performance was in 2013 at the M3 Festival. Blackie Lawless has had a lot of success with W.A.S.P over in Europe for over a decade but to celebrate the 40th anniversary of W.A.S.P, Blackie is bringing it back home.
Blackie Lawless had this to say about the tour:
“For over 10 years, we have not toured on U.S. soil. But starting in October 2022, we return,” bandleader Blackie Lawless said in a tour promo video, which you can watch below. “Ten years I’d want, 10 years I’ve cussed, 10 years I’d lust to return to my homeland and be a wild child, a love machine, to be blind in Texas, on your knees and headless. We’ll take the band and the fans back to where it all started, complete with a stage-show extravaganza that many fans never saw live,” Lawless continued. “‘Cause I wanna scream, ’cause I wanna feed, ’cause I wanna bleed, ’cause I wanna be somebody.”
This is a tour that is not to be missed. The tour begins on Oct. 29 in Anaheim, Calif., and runs through Dec. 9 in San Francisco. Fellow ’80s metal veterans Armored Saint will join them on the road, with Michael Schenker providing additional support on the Texas and Oklahoma dates.
W.A.S.P. 40th-Anniversary Fall 2022 U.S. Tour
Oct. 29 – Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
Oct. 30 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
Oct. 31 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
Nov. 2 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Nov. 3 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Pavilion
Nov. 4 – San Antonio, TX @ Eaton Arena
Nov. 5 – Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory
Nov. 6 – Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater
Nov. 9 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
Nov. 10 – Ashwaubenon, WI @ EPIC Event Center
Nov. 11 – Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
Nov. 12 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Nov. 13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Palace Theater
Nov. 16 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
Nov. 17 – Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater
Nov. 18 – Huntington, NY @ Paramount Theater
Nov. 19 – Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak
Nov. 20 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theater
Nov. 23 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Nov. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater
Nov. 26 – Orlando, FL @ Plaza Live
Nov. 29 – Leesburg, VA @ Tally Ho Theater
Nov. 30 – Columbus, OH @ The King Of Clubs
Dec. 2 – St Charles, IL @ Arcada Theater
Dec. 3 – St Charles, IL @ Arcada Theater
Dec. 5 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
Dec. 7 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Theater
Dec. 9 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
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