Otep may have run into some controversy last year (as they had done is past years) with some confrontation with her openers, but this won’t stop her from being back in action for the summer touring season. The band has been in the studio working on their eighth full-length studio album, but will break for the summer to start support of the disc with their “Fire and Fury” headlining tour.
Otep frontwoman, poet, illustrator, author and activist Otep Shamaya says, “After every album there’s an overwhelming sense of excitement, but this time it’s in the stratosphere. This time, we hold nothing back. It’s an uncompromising power-groove eruption of expert musicality destined to make some necks sore and spirits soar and with lyrical and stylistic freedoms which makes this feel like the most authentic album to date.”
The summer tour will kick off in Las Vegas on July 5 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The band will venture north into Canada and across the Midwest, hitting the East Coast, then cutting back across the Midwest before wrapping on the West Coast with a final gig on August 18 in Ventura.
Shamaya adds, “We are beyond excited to play some of the new songs on tour, to play Rock Fest in Wisconsin this summer, to scream and sing with our beloved fans and to remind everyone that no matter how hard they try to extinguish our identities, this time, we’re standing together and fighting back. This time, they will know how powerful we truly are.”
Check out further tour information below.
Otep “The Fire and Fury” North American Tour
07/05: Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
07/06: Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
07/07: Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theatre
07/08: Denver, CO – Oriental Theater
07/09: Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
07/11: Merriam, KS – Aftershock
07/12: Sioux Falls, SD – Icon Lounge
07/13: Cadott, WI – Rock Fest – CV Music Festivals
07/14: Joliet, IL – The Forge
07/15: Detroit, MI – Diesel Concert Lounge
07/17: Toronto, ON – The Rockpile
07/18: Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey
07/19: New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
07/20: Reading, PA – Reverb – Rock Room
07/21: Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
07/23: Warrendale, PA – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
07/25: Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
07/26: Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
07/27: Cleveland, OH – The Odeon Concert Club
07/28: Findlay, OH – All American Rock House
07/29: St. Louis, MO – Fubar
08/01: Oklahoma City, OK – Ruins Live
08/02: Austin, TX – Come & Take It Live
08/03: Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Live!
08/04: Houston, TX – Scout Bar
08/05: San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
08/07: Mesa, AZ – Club Red
08/08: Los Angeles, CA – Whisky A Go Go
08/09: Flagstaff, AZ – The Green Room
08/10: Tucson, AZ – The Rialto Theatre
08/11: Anaheim, CA – The Parish – House of Blues
08/12: Sacramento, CA – Holy Diver
08/14: Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
08/15: Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
08/17: Fresno, CA – Fulton 55
08/18: Ventura, CA – Ventura Theater
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