Ah, Clutch news. What’s it been, two full weeks? Still in the midst of their tour with Black Label Society (I’d say it’s a strange fit, but Clutch has toured with Slayer and System of a Down, so put to scale, it makes as much sense as anything else), the venerable Maryland rockers have announced their ceremonial New Year’s Eve show, set to ring in 2011 at The Orange Peel in the incorporated jam band hippie commune known as Asheville, North Carolina. The PR wire has the details:

Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, and Jean-Paul Gaster will say goodbye to 2010 the same way they began it 365 days prior, kickin’ out the jams on the big stage. Asheville, North Carolina‘s The Orange Peel will be the site of veteran rock band Clutch‘s traditional American New Year’s Eve performance.

In recent years the four piece Maryland hard rock act has LOUDLY rang in the New Year with epic performances in such great American cities as Detroit, Washington DC, Baltimore, Flint, and Grand Rapids, MI. Tickets are available exclusively to fanclub members beginning today, and will be open to the public this Friday. Next week, Clutch will announce a short December tour which will lead up to this special NYE date, as well as the support package which will accompany the band on the road.

2010 has seen Clutch release a plethora of well received international audio, video and digital product via their new label Weathermaker Music, including notable double disc reissues of From Beale Street to Oblivion and Robot Hive/Exodus. The expanded double disc edition of Blast Tyrant will be released in January 2011, with further details to be announced next week at weathermakermusic.com. Weathermaker will also be issuing forth special vinyl editions of all three reissues, to be ready for turntables in the Spring.

Tags: Clutch, Maryland, Weathermaker

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