Gwar has announced dates for a fall North American tour dubbed the Return of the World Maggot Tour, which will feature direct support from Everytime I Die and openers Warbeast and Ghoul.

Photo by Raymond Flotat

Kicking off October 18 in Charlotte, NC at Amos’ Southend, the tour will bring Gwar all the way to the West Coast and back before wrapping up on November 27 in New Haven, CT.  Ghoul will open for the first half of the tour and Warbeast will open the second half.

Return of the World Maggot isn’t just the tour name, though. Gwar will actually be bringing back the World Maggot–a massive stage prop to which they feed their fans back in the 90s–at stops along the tour.

News of the upcoming tour comes just about a week after the announcement that the original Beefcake the Mighty, Mike Bishop, would handle bass duties for a special set at this year’s Gwar-B-Q.  That’s not the only high-profile news for Gwar in 2011, with lead singer Oderus Urungus being quietly kicked off of Fox’s Red Eye last month.

The tour dates are as follows:

10/18 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
10/19 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
10/20 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10/21 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
10/22 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
10/23 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
10/24 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
10/25 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/26 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
10/28 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
10/29 – Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
10/30 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
10/31 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
11/01 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
11/02 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11/04 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Event Centre
11/05 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
11/07 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
11/08 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
11/09 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
11/11 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
11/12 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
11/13 – Pomona, CA – Glasshouse
11/14 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
11/15 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
11/16 – Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall
11/18 – Austin, TX – East Side Drive In
11/19 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
11/20 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
11/21 – New Orleans, LA – The Hangar
11/22 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
11/23 – Tampa, FL – Green Iguana Stadium
11/25 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
11/26 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
11/27 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place