Motorpsycho European Tour Starts Tonight
Europe needs my American ass to tell it to go see a Motorpsycho gig like it needs a surge of right-wing populism — which is to say not at fucking all — but as the ultra-prolific Norwegian progressive heavy rockers begin their Spring 2019 tour this evening in support of their latest album, The Crucible, I’d like to point out that their tour will meet up with Elder‘s on May 16 in Hamburg, and together they’ll play a gig marked out as a 25th anniversary celebration for Stickman Records. Damn right. Motorpsycho and Elder sharing a bill is about as much as you could ask for in an evening, so yeah, I’d think if there’s going to be an anniversary party for their label, that would be the night to do it.
Motorpsycho are an institution when it comes to heavy prog, so while I don’t need to tell Europe to go see it, in the name of friendship, I will anyway. I’ll have a writeup for The Crucible in the next Quarterly Review at the start of July — which is much closer than it sounds like — but obviously, the short version is, “duh, it’s Motorpsycho.”
Here are the tour dates:
Motorpsycho – European Tour Dates
Good news if you’re on the European continent – Motorpsycho and Elder have embarked on respective tours this spring/summer.
The two will team up on May 16th at the Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany for a special show to celebrate 25 years of Stickman Records!
Those in attendance will be able to enter into a raffle to win one of a number of test pressings offered up by the bands and Stickman. All proceeds from raffle ticket sales will be donated to One Earth One Ocean, an environmental organization that works to improve the health of our oceans by removing plastic waste.
For those of you who also want to do good and throw your hat in the ring for some rare test pressings, we will be holding another raffle online in the coming months.
Motorpsycho live:
14.05.19 Aarhus (DK), Train
15.05.19 Copenhagen (DK), Hotel Cecil
16.05.19 Hamburg (DE), Markthalle
19.05.19 Utrecht (NL), Tivoli
21.05.19 Groningen (NL), Vera
22.05.19 Leuven (B), Het Depot
23.05.19 Hannover (DE), Faust
24.05.19 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof
25.05.19 Lausanne (CH), Les Docks
27.05.19 Wien (AUS), Arena
28.05.19 Trezzo Sull’Adda (IT), Live Club
29.05.19 Bologna (IT), Zona Roveri
30.05.19 Avelino (IT), Teatro Partenio
31.05.19 Ciampino (IT), Orion
01.06.19 Genova (IT), Goa Boa Preview
02.06.19 Reutlingen (DE), franz.K
28.06.19 Trondheim (NOR), Trondheim Rocks
31.07.19 Trondheim (NOR), Olavsfestdagene
06.08.19 Oslo (NOR), Øya Festival
29.09.19 Bremen (DE), Schlachthof
01.10.19 Köln (DE), Gloria Theater
15.10.19 Frankfurt (DE), Mousonturm
16.10.19 Leipzig (DE), Conne Island
17.10.19 Berlin (DE), Festsaal Kreuzberg
Motorpsycho is: Bent Sæther, Hans Magnus “Snah” Ryan, Tomas Järmyr.
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