French metal band Gojira have announced their upcoming tour dates for the winter of 2021. The band will tour beginning in October for their newest album, Fortitude, which was released April 30, 2021. 

The winter tour dates will take Gojira through the southern United States, before bringing them through a few dates in the northeast and midwest. They announced the 14 winter dates in addition to their fall dates, which begin in August. 

Pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale on May 4, 2021, and general sale begins May 7, 2021. Gojira will be joined by Knocked Loose and Alien Weaponry for their tour dates between Oct. 11 and Oct. 29.  To purchase tickets, click here. 

Fortitude is the band’s seventh studio album and first release since their Grammy nominated 2016 album, Magma. Ahead of the album, they released five singles: “The Chant,” (for which they also filmed a music video), “Into the Storm,” “Born for One Thing,” “Another World,” and “Amazonia.” “Amazonia,” was a fundraised for the indigenous nongovernmental organization, The Articulation for Indigineous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). In a press release, the band stated they had raised over $300,000 for APIB. 

Magma was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Album category in 2017. Gojira’s past albums include L’Enfant Sauvage (2012), The Way of All Flesh (2008), From Mars to Sirius (2005), The Link (2003) and Terra Incognita (2001). 

Gojira will tour with their current members, Joe Duplantier (vocals), Christian Andreu (guitar), Mario Duplantier (drums) and Jean-Michel Labadie (bass).

Gojira Winter 2021 Tour Dates

10/9 Sacramento, CA–Aftershock*
10/11,  Salt Lake City, UT–The Union
10/13 – Kansas City, MO–Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
10/14 – Wichita, KS–The Cotillion
10/15 – Oklahoma City, OK–Diamond Ballroom
10/17 – New Orleans, LA–Civic Theatre
10/19 – Tampa, FL–Jannus Live
10/20 – Orlando, FL–Hard Rock Live
10/22 – Nashville, TN–Marathon Music Works
10/23 – Asheville, NC–Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
10/25 – Albany, NY–Upstate Concert Hall
10/27 – Portland, ME–State Theatre
10/28 – Rochester, NY–Main Street Armory
10/29 ­– Cleveland, OH–The Agora

*Festival date

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat