Korn announce huge summer U.S. tour with special guests Staind

With gigs finally on the horizon again, Korn have just announced a huge summer headline tour with support from special guests Staind.

The bands will be kicking off a mammoth 28-city run in West Palm Beach, Florida on August 5, and closing proceedings at Louisville, Kentucky's epic Louder Than Life festival on September 23.

Speaking to Kerrang! recently about Korn's lockdown experience as a whole and the positives and negatives of time away from the road, Jonathan Davis reflected, "It's been hard for some of us, and it’s been better for others. I can totally relate to people going batshit crazy. When you’ve got an outlet and you’re told that you can’t do it anymore, that’s gonna fuck your head up. It’s not just musicians who’re gonna suffer – it’s everyone. One day you can go outside, the next day you can’t. Then you need to wear a mask. We’re told to take this vaccine, then we’re told not to. We’re being told so many different things that it’s normal to have mental health problems. We’re not made to be pinned up inside and only allowed to go out to the grocery store and to get gas. I have respiratory issues, too, so in the first part of it I thought I was gonna be a goner! It’s been tough.

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"Ultimately, though, it’s been like an enforced time-out. It’s been bittersweet. It’s given me the opportunity to hang out with my family more and do some things I hadn’t been able to do before: search inside me and find myself. I just hung out with my kids and my girl, listening to music and playing video games. I cooked and did shit around my house: shit that I’ve never done. I’m a musician – I was given a gift – but that doesn’t make me different to anyone else.”

Catch Korn and Staind at the following dates:

August 2021

5 West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
7 Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
8 Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
10 Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
11 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
13 Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
14 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
17 Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
18 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
20 Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
21 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
24 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
25 Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
27 Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL
28 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
31 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre

September 2021

2 Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
3 Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
5 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - St. Louis, MO
6 Bonner Springs, KS – Azura Amphitheater
9 Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
11 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
12 Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
14 Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
15 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
18 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
19 Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
21 Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
23 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life* (festival date)

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