Saint Vitus Confirm European Tour Dates with Mos Generator
Granted, we already knew that doom masters Saint Vitus were heading back to Europe this Fall. The legendary-yet-somehow-still-perpetually-underdog outfit were previously confirmed to take part in Up in Smoke 2017, Desertfest Athens 2017, Blowup Vol. 3, Desertfest Belgium 2017, Into the Void and Keep it Low 2017, and well, that pretty much accounts for three successive weekends of busy-as-hell European touring. Still, it’s good to fill in the gaps between and get the news that the band will be joined by Mos Generator on the run, which is the second Euro tour for Vitus in 2017 behind a Spring fling with the now-defunct Tombstones that included stops at Desertfest London and Berlin. By hitting Athens and Antwerp, Vitus will have played every single 2017 Desertfest. Not too shabby.
This also isn’t their first stint with Mos Generator, and if you’ll recall, it was that band’s guitarist/vocalist, Tony Reed, who produced their triumphant 2012 comeback long-player, Lillie: F-65 (review here). With original vocalist Scott Reagers returned to the lineup and new bassist Pat Bruders having stepped in earlier this year for founder Mark Adams, Vitus were allegedly working on a follow-up to Lillie: F-65, though what the current status of that might be as they head abroad once again, I couldn’t say. In the meantime, they released Live Vol. 2 (review here) last year via Season of Mist.
That same label sent the following down the PR wire:
SAINT VITUS announce new European tour
Heavy metal legends SAINT VITUS have announced a new European headlining tour this Fall. The tour kicks off on September 8, and sees SAINT VITUS performing across several festivals such as Fall of Summer, Desertfest, Keep it Low and more before concluding in October. Support on this tour comes from MOS GENERATOR. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
SAINT VITUS are touring in support of their recently released ‘Live Vol. 2’ album. ‘Live Vol. 2’ captures a dominating, Wino-fronted 2013 Euro festival headline set from the ‘Lillie: F-65’ line-up (Dave Chandler: guitar, Scott “Wino” Weinrich: vocals, Mark Adams: bass, Henry Vasquez: drums) and tour. ‘Live Vol. 2’ , is streaming now at the official SAINT VITUS Bandcamp page. ‘Live Vol. 2’ is available at the Season of Mist E-Shop.
In addition to the CD and Double LP versions that are in worldwide distribution, a deluxe edition of ‘Live Vol. 2’ is available exclusively from Season of Mist. This deluxe version is available as a double CD and triple-LP with the rare live album “Marbles in the Mosphit” as the second CD and third LP respectively. “Marbles in the Moshpit” features a killer performance recorded live on December 20, 1984 in Ontario while the band was supporting BLACK FLAG. The album features the classic SAINT VITUS lineup (Dave Chandler: guitar, Scott Reagers: vocals, Mark Adams: bass, Armando J. Acosta: Drums) performing VITUS classics such as “Hallow’s Victim”, “White Magic/Black Magic”, “White Stallion”, and more.
SAINT VITUS tour dates:
Sept 8 Torcy (FR) @ Fall of Summer
Sept 30 Sheffield (UK) @ Academy (HRH Doom & Stoner)
Oct 1 London (UK) @ Underworld
Oct 2 Coventry (UK) @ Phoenix
Oct 3 Glasgow (UK) @ Audio
Oct 4 Manchester (UK) @ Rebellion
Oct 7 Pratteln (CH) @ Z7 (Up in Smoke Festival 2017)
Oct 8 Athens (GR) @ Lera Odos (Desertfest 2017)
Oct 9 Wien (AT) @ Viper Room
Oct 10 Bologna (IT) @ Freakout Club
Oct 11 Roma (IT) @ Traffic Live
Oct 12 Mezaggo (IT) @ Bloom
Oct 14 Helsinki (FI) @ Korjaamo (Blowup Vol. 3)
Oct 15 Antwerpen (BE) @ Trix (Desertfest 2017)
Oct 17 Frankfurt (DE) @ Zoom
Oct 19 Chemnitz (DE) @ Talschock
Oct 20 Leeuwarden (NL) @ Neushoorn (Into the Void Festival)
Oct 22 München (DE) @ Feierwerk (Keep It Low Festival)
Oct 23 Berlin (DE) @ Lido
BAND LINE-UP:
David Chandler (guitar)
Scott Reagers (vocals)
Henry Vasquez (drums)
Pat Bruders (bass)
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