Yahoo News Slipknot tour 2020: How to get tickets
Slipknot have announced their UK tour dates for January 2020, which will take in cities including London, Birmingham, Newcastle and Dublin.
The tour will be in support of the band's new album We Are Not Your Kind, which was released this month to rave reviews.
Polish metal band Behemoth will support Slipknot on all UK dates.
One individual who won't be happy about the dates is the band's percussionist Clown, who griped to The Independent this month that he had “always wanted to tour Europe when it’s not cold. But we always go in February, so I can’t walk around Greece and Italy and London and not be freezing my ass off. My whole career in Europe has been in winter. It’s the same bulls**t”.
Tickets for the tour will go on-sale to the general public starting on Friday, 30 August at 9am at Live Nation UK for UK tickets and Ticketmaster IE for Dublin.
Pre-order tickets are available to Slipknot’s OutsideTheNine fan club members from 9am on Tuesday, 27 August.
Pre-order tickets are also available to those who pre-ordered We Are Not Your Kind from the Roadrunner Store from 11am on Tuesday, 27 August.
Frontman Corey Taylor said in a statement: “It feels good to be coming back for an extensive tour of Europe and the UK. No matter how many times we come there, it always feels like we can never get enough, nor play all the cities we want to. But one thing’s for certain: the audiences are always some of the best in the world.”
See the Slipknot 2020 tour dates, below:
14 Jan 2020 Dublin, 3Arena
16 Jan 2020 Manchester, Arena
17 Jan 2020 Newcastle, Utilita Arena
18 Jan 2020 Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
20 Jan 2020 Sheffield, FlyDSA Arena
21 Jan 2020 Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
22 Jan 2020 Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
24 Jan 2020 Birmingham, Birmingham Arena
25 Jan 2020 London, O2 Arena
Got sweaty palms already? Check out our handy tips for dealing with the demand:
1) Make sure you are ready and waiting with the web page up at least five minutes before 9am.
2) Do not let your computer, phone or whatever device holds the key to your happiness run out of battery.
3) Register your details with the website you are booking from in advance, if you can, but don’t panic if you haven’t left enough time as your tickets will be held while you fill out your information
4) Check how many tickets you are allowed to buy in one purchase. If you try to buy more than the limited number, your booking may be cancelled without notice, meaning no-one gets to go.
5) Get your friends to try too, but stay in contact in case you all succeed and end up with a bunch of tickets you didn’t want. If you do need to sell any on, do so at face value. No-one likes a tout.
6) Be patient and avoid refreshing or switching between browsers. Stick with one tab and have some faith! Be prepared to wait for an hour to get tickets
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