King Diamond has announced a new album for the new year called The Institute. A release date has yet to be announced, but the band has issued a statement about the forthcoming album “For reasons unknown to you, it is clear that you have no way of making it to ‘The Institute’ on your own at this point. Therefore, we will bring THE INSTITUTE to you.
You don’t want to miss this special opportunity for treatment only we can give you. It could be for your own good, you know…” The album has been in progress since last year after King Diamond spilled the beans on the upcoming record. He spoke on Eddie Trunk’s SiriusXM radio show stating that “As soon as the DVD is finished — it’ll be a matter of two or three weeks — [King Diamond guitarist Andy La Rocque] is showing up here [in Frisco, Texas] to initiate my home studio where I’m gonna do all the vocals for a brand new King Diamond studio album.”
According to Brooklyn Vegan, the album’s lead single will be released this fall with speculation of it being “Masquerade of Madness,” new song King Diamond has been playing live this year. The band will also be hitting the road this fall, alongside Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Idle Hands, and is slated to begin Nov.2 in Dallas, TX. The tour will also include stops in Philadelphia, Montreal, Chicago, Seattle, and Portland, wrapping Dec. 4 in Phoenix, AZ. See the full list of tour dates below. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, Aug. 23 at 10 am local time. Fans can purchase tickets here.
King Diamond, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Idle Hands 2019 Tour Dates:
11/02 – Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory
11/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
11/05 – Orlando, FL @ Dr. Philips Center
11/07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
11/08 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Tower Theater
11/11 – Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric
11/12 – Montreal, QC @ M-Telus
11/14 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
11/15 – Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Theatre
11/16 – Louisville, KY @ The Palace Theatre
11/18 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
11/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Palace Theater
11/22 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
11/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
11/25 – Seattle, WA @ The Paramount
11/26 – Portland, OR @ The Schnitzer
11/27 – Vancouver, BC @ The Queen Elizabeth
11/29 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
12/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
12/02 – San Diego, CA @ Magnolia
12/03 – Anaheim, CA @ The Grove of Anaheim
12/04 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica
Photo Credit: Mauricio Alvarado
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