Having previously promised that next year’s Knotfest Australia will be part of their 25th anniversary celebrations, Slipknot have now just revealed the line-up.
The Iowa legends will headline their epic traveling fest in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, but they’ve also confirmed they’ll be joined down under by A Day To Remember, BABYMETALSlaughter To Prevail, Polaris, Within Temptation, Enter Shikari, Hatebreed, In Hearts Wake, HEALTHMiss May I, Sold and Sunami. Tickets go on sale in a week’s time, from 3pm on Wednesday, October23.
Of course, Slipknot have had a busy year – but so too have ADTR. We recently caught up with their frontman Jeremy McKinnon following the band’s massive North American tour and asked what their future plans were, to which he revealed: “As usual, we’re just constantly writing. So we’re just trying to get something together that we think is good enough to be a new record. And once we do that, it’ll be all guns blazing. I know people are ready for us to do that because they’re telling us all the time. It’s like that meme with the guy poking the horse like, ‘C’mon, do something!’ It’s time…”
Check out the Knotfest Australia 2025 poster below:
This year, meanwhile, you can catch Slipknot at the following European and UKdates:
December
5 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
6 Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle
8 Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyerhalle
9 Leipzig, Germany – Quarterback Immobilien Arena
11 Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
12 Paris, France – Accorhotel Arena
14 Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
15 glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
17 Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Arena
18 Birmingham, UK – Sand Utilite
20 London, UK –The EITHER2
21 London, UK –TheEITHER2
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Posted on October 16th 2024, 5:51p.m.