Knotfest 2022 – What a year to be alive and kicking it at a show!
The all unfamiliar territory of let’s rock out – but still keep your distance.
When heavy metal elite Slipknot comes to town, all that weird stress of the past two years fades into a cloud of massive guitar swells, guttural screams, and carnage. The sea of fans ranging from the youngest around 18 months and the eldest, well, grandpa, has some badass taste! The cult-ish following the band has grown over its mesmerizing 23 years as a collective is almost my favorite part of attending Knotfest.
The band announced a while back their new album should be released soon (end of summer-ish) but has touted their shine for being lazy and has held up the mixing. Currently out, though, and the first new music by the band in two years is the single “The Chapeltown Rag” from the upcoming album.
3 things we are sure of about the new album:
There will be an anthemic dark ballad (or 3)
Variety in stylings and guest singers are to be solid
It will have an MGK diss
The tour itself is a sight to see; they describe it as:
Slipknot’s own self-curated, destination festival brand, currently held in four international locations; the US, Japan, Mexico, Finland, Germany, Colombia and Brazil. Designed as an immersive, unforgettable, ‘dark carnival experience’, the event invites you into Slipknot’s apocalyptic underworld where stunning visuals, fire breathers and nightmarish creatures on stilts set the stage for an intoxicating and memorable weekend of live music.
Not one word is a lie! From the massive stage production including mass amounts of pyro, you are thrown into a whole other world when you step into the venue. The smells, sights, and anticipation of the show are about to happen. The adrenaline during an always vast dense circle pit opens up to the shrieks of the rabid fans. From the first song to the last, the energy never dips. There are non-stop circle pits and people crowd surfing from the second the first guitar lick is strummed.
The set itself is extensive and hits on all the greatest hits and culminates with a 3 song encore – not many shows are so blessed!
You dance, sing, wait until you are on your long mile plus hike back to your vehicle to collapse in your seat and reflect on the monumental memory you just made with 30,000 other strangers. You are now a part of the Slipknot culture. You are already planning your next Slipknot concert. Hopefully, you will get your fingers ready to pre-order the album and get another set of tickets to another leg of the tour.
You only live once, right??
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One Slipknot fan made us a playlist of the setlist of the night.
Catch this tour if you can; the remaining tour dates are below:
Knotfest Roadshow 2022
LEG 1 Remaining Dates
Slipknot w/ In This Moment & Wage War
Mon Apr 11 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
Tue Apr 12 Regina, SK Brandt Centre
Thu Apr 14 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
Fri Apr 15 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Sun Apr 17 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
LEG 2
Slipknot w/ Cypress Hill and Ho99o9
Wed May 18 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
Fri May 20 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Sat May 21 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Sun May 22 Manchester, NH SNHU Arena
Tue May 24 Albany, NY MVP Arena
Thu May 26 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sat May 28 Québec, QC Videotron Centre
Sun May 29 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
Mon May 30 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Wed Jun 01 Cincinnati, OH Heritage Bank Center
Thu Jun 02 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
Sat Jun 04 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Sun Jun 05 Moline, IL TaxSlayer Center
Tue Jun 07 Bonner Springs, KS Azura Amphitheater
Thu Jun 09 Colorado Springs, CO The Broadmoor World Arena
Sat Jun 11 Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center
Mon Jun 13 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
Tue Jun 14 Ridgefield, WA RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Fri Jun 17 Las Vegas, NV MGM Garden Arena
Sat Jun 18 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
The tour is part of Live Nation’s Live Stubs initiative which provides digital collectible NFT ticket stubs to ticket holders to automatically be included with tickets purchased for the tour. Fans will also be able to view, share, gift, trade, and resell their live stubs on Livenation.com.
Photos by Luke Jamroz: http://www.lukejamrozphotography.com
