Ministry Announces Spring 2024 North American Tour Joined By Gary Numan & Front Line Assembly Kicking Off Feb 27; 16th Studio Album HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES Coming March 1

 

Ministry Announces Spring 2024 North American Tour

Joined By Gary Numan & Front Line Assembly

February 27 Through April 5, 2024

 

Tickets On Sale Friday, October 6 At 10 AM Local Time

Find More Info At MinistryBand.com

 

Ministry Recently Announced 16^th Studio Album

HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES

Coming March 1, 2024 Via Nuclear Blast

Featuring Guest Appearances From

Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Jello Biafra & Pepper Keenan

 

Album Pre-Orders Available Now HERE

See Video For New Single “Goddamn White Trash” HERE

 

(Photo by Derick Smith)

 

Ahead of Ministry’s brand-new studio album, HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, dropping March 1, 2024, the band will head out on a Spring 2024 North American tour, once again teaming up with touring comrades Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly.

 

The 29-date tour kicks off February 27 in San Francisco and runs through April 5 in Tucson, hitting major markets in the U.S. and Canada (see the full list of dates below). Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 6 at 10 AM local time. Find more info at www.ministryband.com/tour.

 

Says Ministry mastermind and creator Al Jourgensen, “So looking forward to doing another tour with Gary and the gang. We had such a blast the last time. The shows were amazing. Each band complements the other perfectly. Plus, both of our new releases are Kick Ass! Get your tickets and come join us.”

 

Ministry recently announced details for their groundbreaking 16^th album,

HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, slated for release March 1, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records and issued the first single and video for “Goddamn White Trash,” featuring Pepper Keenan.

 

See the video for “Goddamn White Trash,” directed by Dean Karr, here: https://youtu.be/8imYWda6MOs

 

Joined by Ministry’s current frontline of musicians – John Bechdel (keyboards), Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto (guitars), Roy Mayorga (drums) and Paul D’Amour (bass) – the 9-track HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES also has a slew of special guest contributors including Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, long-time collaborator and Lard companion Jello Biafra and Corrosion of Conformity frontman Pepper Keenan.

 

 

HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES will be available in three vinyl variants, a CD jewelcase and digital/streaming platforms. The vinyl variants include: green with yellow splatter (in stores everywhere); blue with pink splatter (nuclear blast exclusive); red with white splatter (band/tour exclusive).

 

Pre-order HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES HERE

 

The release of HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES follows Ministry’s acclaimed 2021 album Moral Hygiene that kickstarted another era for the band. The critically acclaimed LP wound up on year-end lists from the likes of Consequence of Sound and Loudwire, as the band continued to sell out venues coast-to-coast on the Industrial Strength tour.

 

Tracklist for HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES:

1. B.D.E.
2. Goddamn White Trash***
3. Just Stop Oil
4. Aryan Embarrassment**
5. TV Song 1/6 Edition
6. New Religion
7. It’s Not Pretty
8. Cult of Suffering*
9. Ricky’s Hand

 

*Featuring Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello) 

**Featuring Jello Biafra

***Featuring Pepper Keenan

 

MINISTRY SPRING 2024 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Joined By Gary Numan & Front Line Assembly

 

February 2024

27  San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

29  Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre

 

March 2024

1    Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

2    Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

3    Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

5    Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre

6    Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall

8    Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre

9    Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore

10  Madison, WI @ The Sylvee

12  Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live

13  Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater

14  Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom

16  Toronto, ON @ History

17  Montreal, QC @ MTelus

18  Boston, MA @ Roadrunner

19  New York, NY @ Terminal 5

20  Bethlehem, PA @ Wind Creek Casino

22  Cherokee, NC @ Harrah’s Cherokee

23  Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live

24  Tampa, FL @ Jannus Landing

26  Birmingham, AL @ Avondale

27  Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Casino Biloxi***

29  Houston, TX @ House of Blues

30  Dallas, TX @ The Factory

31  Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater

 

April 2024

2    Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

4    Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

5    Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre

 

***Front Line Assembly is not appearing

 

For tickets and more information, visit www.ministryband.com/tour

 

 

 

Chromeo's sixth studio album "Adult Contemporary" out February 16, new song/video "Personal Effects" out now

CHROMEO’S SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM   ADULT CONTEMPORARY OUT FEBRUARY 16 UNVEIL NEW SONG + VIDEO “PERSONAL EFFECTS” FUNK YOURSELF HEADLINE TOUR UNDERWAY NOW,  SOLD-OUT SHOWS IN BROOKLYN OCTOBER 13 + 14  Photo credit: Alexander Gay October 2, 2023—Approaching the 20-year mark of their storied career, Chromeo will unveil their sixth studio album, Adult Contemporary, on February 16, 2024; pre-save/pre-order it here. The aptly named LP sees the iconic Canadian duo of Dave 1 (Dave Macklovitch) and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) exploring what it means to be funky in your 30s and 40s. As the riotous early 2000s era that propelled them to indie superstardom becomes the stuff of legends, the Funklordz approach this new chapter with their groove intact.  “Personal Effects”—the newest track from the record—debuted live last night at Chromeo’s Shrine Outdoor headline show in Los Angeles. It is once again accompanied by a high-concept, hilariously clever video directed by Spencer Ford(Troye Sivan, JAWNY, BROCKHAMPTON); watch/share here.  “This is the last song we added on the album,” says Dave 1. “I was on a flight and the pilot said, ‘please don’t forget your personal effects’ and I was like, ‘wait how come this isn’t a Chromeo song title?!’ We felt like we needed a little breezy funk…something warm and fuzzy to bop to. You notice that long instrumental bit at the end? That’s definitely a motif on the album: extended sections where we let the music ride out. Adult Contemporary is a meditation on modern, mature relationships, which means: if we gotta sing about curling irons, so be it.”  Chromeo’s previous two LPs were more collaborative than their early material, and certainly were career milestones: 2014’s White Women earned them their first Top 40 hit and 2018’s Head Over Heels their first Grammy nomination. But Adult Contemporary marks a return to the duo’s original formula: Dave and Pee wrote, produced, performed and arranged every single song, honing in on the intimacy of their relationship—they’ve literally spoken every day for the last 30 years! After spending the last couple of years lending their production talents to the likes of Omar Apollo, Blu De Tiger, Ian Isiah and Onyx Collective, Chromeo locked themselves in their LA and Brooklyn studios, double-breasted suits in tow, and concocted their most musically expansive, lyrically focused, sonically polished and, above all, their most honest record to date.  Across the album’s 14 tracks, Chromeo navigate adult relationships in a contemporary world, traversing themes of commitment (“Lost And Found”), monogamy (“Got It Good”), attachment issues (“CODA”), sleepless nights (“Ballad Of The Insomniacs”), abstinence (“BTS”) and so much more. True to their trademark tone, it’s both unapologetically funny and disarmingly sincere, with nary a trace of irony. Musically, it’s safe to say the Funklordz have entered their sophisticated Steely Dan era, matching their signature synth-work with lush string arrangements, slick horn sections and live instrumentation throughout. And while this is undoubtedly Chromeo now, Adult Contemporary’s only collaborations are a deliberate nod to the duo’s early days: the album is mixed by New York house legend Morgan Geist (Storm Queen, Metro Area), mastered by French Touch hero Alex Gopher (Phoenix, Air) and its sole feature is La Roux, a close friend the band for over 15 years.  “Personal Effects” follows a cohesive trilogy of teaser singles: the dancefloor banger “(I Don’t Need A) New Girl,” “Replacements,” which was hailed as “a nod back to the heyday of indie sleaze,” that is “sure to make you dance” by Consequence; and “Words With You,” which Stereogum calls their “favorite thing the Canadian synth-funk duo has ever done.” Chromeo is currently testing out new music in live performances across North America on their FUNK YOURSELFTour, their first headline run in over four years. This includes sold-out stops at New York’s Brooklyn Steel, two nights at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall, Austin City Limits and Portola festivals and more. FUNK YOURSELF kicked off with the Funklordz’s triumphant fifth appearance at Coachella, where they blew minds with an all new stage setup—including four custom chrome modular synth towers—designed with longtime collaborator and contemporary artist Freeka Tet (Amnesia Scanner, Oneohtrix Point Never, Aphex Twin). Rolling Stone raved, “if Coachella was any kind of a preview, Chromeo are going bigger, bolder and chrome-ier than before.” See full tour routing below.  After almost two decades of shiny synths and sharp lyrics, Chromeo have set themselves apart as dedicated scholars of the groove, proving time and again that no one does it quite like them. Across their five LPs, Dave 1 and P-Thugg established an electrofunk sound that has become the lingua franca of pop music. Together, the inseparable friends have toured the world over, perfecting a musical and visual language that is now instantly recognizable—and more refined than ever before.  Album cover CHROMEO—ADULT CONTEMPORARY 1. (I Don’t Need A) New Girl 2. Got It Good 3. Lost And Found 4. BTS 5. Replacements (Featuring La Roux) 6. Lonesome Nights 7. Personal Effects 8. She Knows It (Personal Effects Pt. 2) 9.  Ballad Of The Insomniacs 10. CODA 11. Words With You 12. A Cut Above 13. Friendsnlovers 14. Two Of Us (Friendsnlovers Pt. 2) CHROMEO LIVE October 3—San Diego, CA—Humphreys* October 4—Phoenix, AZ—Marquee Theatre* October 6—Houston, TX—The Ballroom at Warehouse Live*  October 7—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Music Festival October 8—Dallas, TX—The Echo Lounge & Music Hall* October 10—Atlanta, GA—The Eastern† October 11—Richmond, VA—The National† October 12—Washington, D.C.—9:30 Club† October 13—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Steel†‡ October 14—Brooklyn, NY—Music Hall of Williamsburg October 16—Boston, MA—Roadrunner† October 17—Philadelphia, PA—Franklin Music Hall† October 19—Montreal, QC—MTELUS† October 20—Toronto, ON—The Danforth Music Hall† October 21—Toronto, ON—The Danforth Music Hall† October 22—Chicago, IL—The Salt Shed† October 26—Sydney, Australia—The Metro Theatre October 28—Adelaide, Australia—Harvest Rock II October 29—Melbourne, Australia—170 Russell November 2—Las Vegas, NV—Arkadia Festival *with Coco & Breezy †with Ric Wilson ‡with May Rio

SASAMI @ The Glass House Saturday, September 30th 2023

All photos taken by Martin Worster

Little Dragon @ Hollywood Palladium Friday September 29, 2023

All photos taken by Martin Worster