Grammy-award winning hard rockers SLIPKNOT announced today their first U.S. headline tour in support of their #1 album "All Hope Is Gone". The tour, which kicks off on January 23 in St. Paul, MN, will hit 33 cities across the country, and include an historic stop at New York's Madison Square Garden, a first for the band. COHEED AND CAMBRIA.....
Corey Taylor's "goofy cover band" THE DÜMFÜX is scheduled to perform at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa on December 31, 2008. Also scheduled to appear are DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS (feat. SISTER SOLEIL vocalist Stella Katsoudas and SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn Crahan), JUNK POET and CALOUS. Tickets are $15 in advance/$20 at the door and are available from Ticketmaster.
Taylor previously told the Des Moines Register about THE DÜMFÜX, "It's a cover thing, all about fun. Seventies punk and '80s hair metal. Just good songs, just have-fun songs wi...
SLIPKNOT's Jim Root (guitar) and Corey Taylor (vocals) were interviewed by MTV Japan when the band played the Loud Park 08 festival, which was held October 18-19 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. Watch the two-minute report below.
SATYRICON frontman Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven interviewed SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison in Oslo, Norway earlier this week when SLIPKNOT played the city as part of its European tour with MACHINE HEAD and CHILDREN OF BODOM. The four-minute chat, which originally aired on NRK's P3 TV, can be viewed in the full story.
Jordison toured North America as a guest drummer with SATYRICON in late 2004 after the band's regular skinsman Frost was denied a visa due to heightened homeland security concerns. Jordison also toured with MINISTRY and famously sat in for METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich when the drummer fell ill and could not make it to a massive U.K. festival in the summer of 2004.
SLIPKNOT was forced to cancel several European festival appearances as well as performances for MTV Europe and Virgin TV this past summer after Jordison broke his ankle and was advised to rest for four to six weeks.
As reported earlier Slipknot's video for 'Psychosocial' has been nominated for "Best Video of 2008" on Fuse.tv. They beat Metallica in round 1! This round they're up against AVENGED SEVENFOLD, so head over to Fuse.tv and vote for 'Psychosocial' to make it number one!
If you haven't seen it yet, click on the download link on the right side.
Tonight's (Wednesday, November 12) edition of Norway's "Tinitus" radio show, which will air between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3, will include a special report from the SLIPKNOT / MACHINE HEAD / CHILDREN OF BODOM gig at the Oslo Spektrum earlier this week where SATYRICON frontman Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven interviewed SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison. Also interviewed for tonight's program were Satyr and IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte.
"Tinitus"
is Norway's most popular metal show with an average of over 60,000
listeners per week (1.5 percent of the country's population!).
To tune into P3 via the Internet, follow the instructions that are posted on the "Tinitus" MySpace page at this location.
