English rock band Killing Joke announced their 40th anniversary world tour on April 1st. The “Laugh At Your Peril Tour” begins on September 1st in Seattle, WA with a leg of North American shows. The tour ends on November 17th in London. According to ConsequenceofSound the band’s frontman Jaz Coleman is teaming up with the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra. Coleman is collaborating with the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra to make new versions of classic Killing Joke songs from the band’s entire career.
The last full album that the band released was Pylon in 2015. Pylon is fifteenth album produced by the band and the third album written by the original lineup of Jaz Coleman, Youth, Geordie Walker and Paul Ferguson. The band released the music video for their single “Euphoria” in January 2016 after the postponement of their Winter 2016 tour. According to mxdwn ,“Euphoria” follows the performance of Killing Joke live with some animations that make it crazy and as violent as one would expect”. Pre-orders in digital, CD, and LP formats for Symphonic Killing Joke are on Killing Joke’s music page, PledgeMusic page.
Tour Dates
09/01 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
09/02 – Portland, OR @ Star Theater
09/04 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
09/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater
09/07 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
09/09 – Columbus, OH @ Skully’s Music Diner
09/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
09/11 – Boston, MA @ The Paradise
09/12 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
09/14 – Chicago, IL @ TBA
09/17 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
09/18 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
09/19 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
09/21 – Mexico City, MX @ Lunario del Auditorio Nacional
09/23 – Sao Paolo, BR @ Carioca Club
09/24 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Roxy Live
09/27 – Santiago, CL @ Blondie
09/29 – Lima, PE @ Cocos
10/15 – Humburg, DE @ Markthalle
10/16 – Munich, DE @ Neue Theaterfabrik
10/17 – Hamburg, DE @ E-Werk
10/19 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys
10/20 – Warsaw, PL @ Stodola
10/21 – Prague, CZ @ The Roxy
10/22 – Randal, SL @ MCC
10/23 – Budapest, HR @ Durer Kert
10/25 – Milan, IT @ TBA
10/26 – Geneva, CH @ L’Usine
10/27 – Paris, FR @ Cabaret Sauvage
10/28 – Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall
10/30 – Antwerp, BE @ Da Roma
10/31 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
11/02 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
11/03 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
11/04 – Newcastle, UK @ Northumbria University
11/06 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
11/07 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
11/09 – Birmingham, UK @ The Institute
11/10 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
11/11 – Southampton, UK @ Guildhall
11/13 – Cambridge, UK @ Corn Exchange
11/14 – Norwich, UK @ UEA
11/16 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy
11/17 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
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