Slipknot announce Knotfest Roadshow 2021 with Killswitch Engage, FEVER 333 and Code Orange

With Corey Taylor currently on tour and Slipknot recently announcing the return of Knotfest Iowa, things are really heating up for The Nine right now. And their busy year looks set to continue with the launch of a huge U.S. tour kicking off in September.

The metal titans will be bringing along Killswitch Engage, FEVER 333 and Code Orange for their Knotfest Roadshow, with the mammoth 28-date run taking in huge rooms all across America.

“With the world opening up, it’s time to get excited about life again," says Corey. "To get back to life again. This tour is a long time coming and we hope you’re as excited to see it as we are to play it. Stay safe, stay (sic) and we’ll see you soon."

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Presumably the ’Knot will be unveiling plenty of material from 2019's 5/5-rated We Are Not Your Kind at these shows as they haven't completed a full cycle on the record yet. However, the band have also been in the studio lately, too, with Corey teasing last week, "We’ve got a bunch of really cool stuff, man. It was something that we just kind of started kicking around, obviously, in quarantine. And Clown hit me up, he was, like, 'Hey, we’re gonna start working on some music. Are you down?’ I was like, 'Absolutely. Start sending me some stuff, and we’ll start figuring it out.’

"So they started putting together some rad music, man – really cool stuff that made me start thinking outside my own box and challenging myself. And it was cool, ’cause I got excited again about exploring some different stuff and not just being so driven in my own thing, but thinking outside, trying to tell other people’s stories again. And that’s kind of where I’m going with this new Slipknot album: trying to tell other people’s stories and not just my own. And it’s feeling pretty rad, man. I can’t wait for people to hear it.”

Catch the Knotfest Roadshow at the following dates:

September 2021

25 Des Moines, IA – National Balloon Classic Field
28 Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
29 Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater

October 2021

1 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
2 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
3 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
5 Syracuse, NY – Lakeview Amphitheater
8 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
9 Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
10 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
12 Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
13 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
15 Burgettstown, PA – S&T Bank Music Park
17 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
19 Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
20 West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
22 Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
23 Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
24 Pelham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
26 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
28 Del Valle, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
29 The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
30 Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion

November 2021

1 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
2 Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion

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