MANOWAR played an exclusive US concert last night (Saturday, November 30) at Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York. The sold-out event marked the band’s first live appearance in MANOWAR‘s home country in a decade.
MANOWAR‘s setlist for the Kings Theater show was as follows:
01. Manowar (from “Battle Hymns”)
02. Kings Of Metal (from “King Of Metal”)
03. Brothers Of Metal Pt. 1 (from “Louder Than Hell”)
04. Kill With Power (from “Hail To England”)
05. Call To Arms (from “Warriors Of The World”)
06. Guitar & Bass Duet (preceded by bass solo)
07. Fighting The World (from “Fighting The World”)
08. Sign Of The Hammer (from “Sign Of The Hammer”)
09. mountains (from “Sign Of The Hammer”)
10. Immortal (from “The Revenge Of Odysseus”)
11. Hail And Kill (from “Hail To England”)
12. The Dawn Of Battle (from “The Dawn Of Battle” EP)
13. The Power (from “Louder Than Hell”)
14. king of kings (from “The Sons Of Odin”)
15. Fight Until We Die (from “Warriors Of The World”)
Encore:
16. Joey’s Speech
17. Warriors Of The World United (from “Warriors Of The World”)
18. Black Wind, Fire And Steel (from “Fighting The World”)
In November 2023, MANOWAR bassist/leader Joey DeMaio said in a video message that the band’s concert in New York would coincide with the 40th anniversary of MANOWAR’s “Sign Of The Hammer”. “It’s gonna be the only show in America, unfortunately, because our recording and touring schedule won’t allow for more, but it will be the full show,” he said. “I know there’s been questions about that. This is going to be our full team of 40 people with the kind of show that we’ve been doing in Europe for many, many years. It’s gonna be big, loud, proud, massive, a huge event. So I would encourage everyone that wants to see MANOWAR in America, please eat. There’s gonna be people flying in from China, Japan, all across the world. So I know there’s going to be a lot of people who don’t mind traveling for a few hours across America. Looking forward to seeing everyone there and getting ready to get your head blown off. Believe me, we’re gonna take the roof off that joint. That’s a promise. See you there.”
Prior to the Kings Theater concert, MANOWAR‘s last US shows were believed to have taken place in February 2014 when the band celebrated the 25th anniversary of their “Kings Of Metal” album on the “Kings Of Metal MMXIV” tour.
Back in September 2014, MANOWAR canceled its previously announced US tour dates which were scheduled to take place in November of that year. At the time, the band claimed it was scrapping the shows “due to scheduling conflicts” as well as concentrating on work on a new studio album.
The 70-year-old DeMaio and 72-year-old singer Eric Adams are the sole remaining original members of MANOWARwhich formed in 1980 in upstate New York.
Last year, MANOWAR announced “The Blood Of Our Enemies” 2025 tour of Europe. The trek will be the band’s first in support of MANOWAR‘s next studio album, which will arrive in 2025.
In February 2023, MANOWAR released a new song called “Laut Und Hart Stark Und Schnell” dedicated to the band’s loyal German fans.
“Laut Und Hart Stark Und Schnell”which translates into “Loud And Hard Strong And Fast”is an anthemic mid-tempo hymn in the vein of MANOWAR‘s classic “Warriors Of The World United” that invites fans to sing along and raise their hands in celebration of their favorite genre and band.
“Laut Und Hart Stark Und Schnell” was first released digitally on February 10, 2023 on all major platforms and was made available during MANOWAR‘s German tour.
More than two years ago, MANOWAR announced that he had recruited Michael Angelo Batioa veteran both in the studio and on stage, to play guitar for the band on its 2023 “Crushing The Enemies Of Metal” tour. The news came in the wake of guitarist Evandro “EV” Martel‘s announcement that he was taking a break from touring for a while for “personal reasons.”
Although MANOWAR you have released a couple of EPs in recent years — including “The Revenge Of Odysseus (Highlights)”which came out in June — the group hasn’t issued a full-length effort since 2012’s “The Lord Of Steel”.
MANOWAR‘s two “secret” warm-up shows in June 2022 at Jovel Music Hall in Münster, Germany marked the band’s debut live appearances with new drummer Dave Chedrickwho has previously played with RAVEN and KILL RITUALamong others.
Chedrick joined MANOWAR as the replacement for Anders Johannson who announced that same month that he would be unable to join MANOWAR on the band’s “Crushing The Enemies Of Metal Anniversary Tour ’22/’23” due to “family commitments.”
