Slipknot confirm eight-date 2020 UK tour

Part of a massive European trek

Slipknot 2020 UK tour
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 19th Jul 2019
Last updated 19th Jul 2019

Fresh from wrapping up their summer European shows that included a triumphant headline slot at Download Festival 2019, Slipknot have confirmed they will return to the UK in 2020 to play eight headline dates.

Perennial teases, the Iowan masked metallers have revealed the eight UK cities they will bring their spectacular all-new live production to next year - without unveiling the dates and venues.

The cities are Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham, Cardiff, Birmingham and London.

Slipknot's UK shows are part of a sprawling European trek that also includes Dublin and dates in The Netherlands, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

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The European itinerary is as follows:

Dublin, Ireland

Manchester, United Kingdom

Newcastle, United Kingdom

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Frankfurt, Germany

Paris, France

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Lyon, France

Budapest, Hungary

Lodz, Poland

Stuttgart, Germany

Munich, Germany

Milan, Italy

Zurich, Switzerland

Vienna, Austria

Hamburg, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Dortmund, Germany

Copenhagen, Denmark

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

Helsinki, Finland

Slipknot have also confirmed that fans who pre-order new album ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ before 11.30pm UK time on Thursday 8th August at the Roadrunner Records e-store, will be eligible for an exclusive ticket pre-sale code granting early access to the first available tickets for their 2020 European run.

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Slipknot percussionist #6 Shawn Crahan unveiled his new silver clown mask to the world when the Iowan masked metallers premiered fearsome single 'Unsainted' in May 2019. Outside of the day job banging things with Slipknot, the unmasked Shawn Crahan is an acclaimed film director and photographer.

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Boasting the single ‘Unsainted’, ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ is released on Friday 9th August 2019 via Roadrunner Records.

Guitarist Jim Root says of the album: “This is the most time we’ve had to write a record, and work stuff out together. One of my inspirations this time around was those artists that recorded full length albums - not just songs. While the industry is moving toward singles, Slipknot wanted to make an album experience, front to back.”

“These days the art we are making comes with the highest reward, because it’s taken the most time,” adds Crahan. “Almost four years to create this emotion and temperature, and the reward now is nothing short of salvation.”

You can see photos from Slipknot’s transcendental headline performance at Download Festival last month right here.

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Slipknot UK and Europe tour 2020