The reactivated MINISTRY has scheduled the following U.S. tour dates for June 2012:
June 17 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
June 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
June 23 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
June 28 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
June 29 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen spoke to U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine
about his band’s decision to reform for a new album and tour, including an appearance at next year’s Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany.
On the topic of MINISTRY‘s upcoming tour activities — which will feature the lineup of Al Jourgensen, Mike Scaccia and Tommy
Victor on guitar, Tony Campos on bass, Aaron Rossi on drums, and John Bechdel on keyboards — Jourgensen said, « The
doctors told me to keep it light [following Al‘s recent
health scare], so we’re doing four shows in the States next June. The Nokia Theatre in L.A., the Vic theatre in Chicago — we’ll add second shows if those sell out — Denver at the Ogden
Theatre, and one night at the Nokia Theatre in New York and that’s our whole American tour. That’s it. And then we go to Europe and I’m gonna do a couple of festivals and club shows. We’re gona
do a limited tour, it’ll be like 5-6 weeks. Maybe 20, 21 shows and just see how it works. »
