Slipknot kick off 25th anniversary tour with rarities and deep cuts

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Slipknot have kicked off their 25th anniversary tour with a brand new setlist filled with rarities and deep cuts – check out what they performed below.

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Last night (August 6), the Iowan metallers took over the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, where they performed the first of their 25th anniversary shows. Early into the set, frontman Corey Taylor gave attendees a “brief warning” that they weren’t playing any material outside of their 1999 self-titled debut album.

. @slipknot Issue Brief Warning: “Nothing You Are About to Hear Tonight Was Written After 1999!”

The band kicked off their 25th anniversary tour playing essentially the entire 'Self-Titled" album. Full info including setlist at the link.https://t.co/Hm81WxvvOP pic.twitter.com/m4Ud4opxBw

— KNOTFEST (@KNOTFEST) August 7, 2024

Slipknot would go on to play the album almost in full, albeit not in order. They notably did not perform ‘Diluted’ from the album, or any of its deluxe tracks that weren’t part of its original release.

They kicked off with ‘(SIC)’, ‘Eyeless’ and ‘Wait And Bleed’, before performing other hits like ‘Liberate’, ‘Purity’, ‘Prosthetics’. Later in the set, they performed ‘No Life’ for the first time since 2000, and ‘Only One’ for the first time since 2012.

The band closed out their set with the menacing ‘Scissors’, marking the first time the song has been performed live since 2000.

Slipknot performed:

‘(SIC)’
‘Eyeless’
‘Wait And Bleed’
‘Get This’
‘Eeyore’
‘Me Inside’ (first time since 2017)
‘Liberate’
‘Purity’
‘Prosthetics’
‘No Life’ (first time since 2000)
‘Only One’ (first time since 2012)
‘Spit It Out’
‘Surfacing’
‘Scissors’ (first time since 2000)

Welcome to 1999

August 6, 2024
Noblesville, IN pic.twitter.com/wVC54udocc

— Slipknot (@slipknot) August 7, 2024

Speaking to NME about their plans for their shows and the future, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan said late last year: “In 25 years of writing seven albums, we’ve allowed ourselves to do anything and everything we want. We do what we want, as much as we want, when we want, how we want. I’m ready to move on from what has been, and move onto a world that I know needs to be. For instance, normally we’d have about two years on and one-and-a-half years off — we’re not doing that anymore.

He continued: “We’re going back to basics. I’m ready to kick everybody in the face again! I’m ready to do a 100-person venue again! I’m ready to do a 500-person venue. We want to play in front of 500 people, but there are a lot of factors that will mean it can’t happen. We’re at the point where we’ve got to ensure safety.

“Nobody knows truly what’s happening. If I were a fan, I would [ask] ‘Why wouldn’t the band play the album in its entirety?’ and ‘Why wouldn’t the band play some special events that seem intimate and fun?’ I’d put money on it – I want to come full circle and get back to when the dream was only a dream. I can’t promise you anything until it’s happening though.

“As far as the new album, that’s happening, but that’s another plan. These live dates are coming first and we’re here to have a good time. This band has never been happier, and that takes a lot because we’ve been through a lot — drugs, women, money, fame, ego, isolation. But we are on track.”

Visit here to purchase tickets and check out the full list of Slipknot’s remaining US dates below.

Slipknot ‘Here Comes The Pain’ 2024 25th anniversary US tour dates are: 

AUGUST
7: Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake *
9: Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena *
10: Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion *
12: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
14: Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion *
15: Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center *
17: Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *

SEPTEMBER
1: Pryor, OK – ROCKLAHOMA
7: Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre #
8: Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Styles Resorts Amphitheater #
9: Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
11: Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater #
13: Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome #
15: Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre #
17: Austin, TX – Moody Center #
18: Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion #
21: Des Moines, IA – Knotfest Iowa at Waterworks Park #

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