Pike vs. the Automaton Announce November Touring
Well, it’s established that Matt Pike formed the project Pike vs. the Automaton basically so he could keep going when the pandemic was on, High on Fire weren’t up to much and Sleep were actively taking a break, so why not continue to support earlier-2022’s Pike vs. the Automaton (review here) with another tour? What, you thought dude was going to sit on ass for the Fall? Maybe do a few Cameos? Turns out you can do both.
They’ll start in Dallas and head to the upper Midwest before wrapping in Iowa City. I don’t know if it snows in Minneapolis in mid-November or not, but I’d play the mother hen and tell dudes to take coats anyway. No, you won’t get sick just from being cold, but freezing your ass off is no way to go through life either.
Interesting to see Pike ascend to “heavy metal icon” status, but I can’t really debate it, even before you take into account the Grammy. Maybe more “heavy” than “metal,” but why quibble? I know there’s been some blowback because he read some dirtbag’s book or whatever, but you can’t really argue with the impact he’s had on at least two generations of heavy music in basically two once-in-a-lifetime-if-you’re-lucky bands. Seems to me if you were getting your politics from High on Fire lyrics anyway, that one’s on you, and the whole thing was pretty low stakes, made bigger because the internet is toxic too all forms of life.
Anyway, go get ’em, I guess, not that they need me to say it. From the PR wire:
High on Fire’s Matt Pike Announces ‘Pike vs. the Automaton’ U.S. Tour Dates
Heavy Metal Icon Hits the Road In Support of Debut Solo LP
From rewriting the hard rock rulebook with his Grammy award-winning trio, High on Fire, to reverse engineering doom metal with his genre-defining trio Sleep, Matt Pike has channeled his natural talents and chiseled a steely path straight to the heart of modern-day metal’s molten core. Today, Pike announces a string of autumn U.S. tour dates in support of his debut solo LP, ‘Pike vs. the Automaton’, out now via MNRK Heavy.
The ‘Pike vs. the Automaton’ mini-tour will launch on November 13 in Dallas, TX. The weeklong jaunt will run through November 20 in Iowa City, IA. Tickets for all dates are on sale at this location: https://pvta.ffm.to/tourdates
The just-released live dates are as follows:
Matt Pike’s ‘Pike vs. the Automaton’ tour dates:
November 13 Dallas, TX Amplified Live
November 14 Little Rock, AR White Water Tavern
November 15 Memphis, TN Growlers
November 17 Chicago, IL Reggies
November 18 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
November 19 Minneapolis, MN Turf Club
November 20 Iowa City, IA Gabe’s
“Actions speak louder than words,” said Pike when asked for comment. “We’re going to let our music do the talking. See you at the shows.”
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