Ten Ton Slug Announce Fall Japanese Tour Dates
Galway, Ireland, crushsludge purveyors Ten Ton Slug will follow-up on their trip to Botswana last year — where the playthrough video below for “Mallacht an tSloda” was recorded — by this Fall heading to Japan to tour in a cohort with Diggeth (the Netherlands), Scotland’s Dog Tired and Japanese psych rockers Hylko. The tour as I understand it will feature all four acts each night, and finishes in Tokyo where it seems to be more of a festival happening, or at very least a seven-band night, which might as well be a festival if it isn’t.
Never mind the shows, the life experience of touring Japan with your friends and making new ones is its own excuse here, but yeah, the gigs are likely to be killer as well. Ten Ton Slug obviously have an adventurous spirit, and as they continue to support 2024’s pummeling Colossal Oppressor (review here), they’re finding new ways and new places to explore. It’s also how you know they don’t hate each other, because if there wasn’t ample love there, no way would they want to do this kind of traveling as a group. So that’s a nice thought, too.
Dates from the PR wire:
TEN TON SLUG – ‘KASHIKOMI’ Japan Tour 2026
Ireland’s leading purveyors of riff-filled sludge Ten Ton Slug are teaming up with Scottish riffmasters Dog Tired and Netherlands heavyweights Diggeth for a 5-date run of shows in Japan this November. Japan’s doom three-piece HYLKO round out the bill supporting the bands at every stop.
The tour (titled ‘Kashikomi’ – a Japanese term which expresses both profound awe and trembling fear) begins in Osaka on November 25th and culminates in an all-dayer featuring additional local Japanese bands (TBA) in WILD SIDE in Shinjuku Tokyo on November 29th.
Full list of dates:
Nov 25th – Osaka @ HOLY MOUNTAIN
Nov 26th – Nagoya @ HUCK FINN
Nov 27th – Shizuoka @ SOUGEN
Nov 28th – Tokyo (Machida) @ CLASSIX
Nov 29th – Tokyo (Shinjuku) @ WILD SIDE* *(+3 additional bands TBA.)
Ticket and final lineup details follow on socials in the coming months.
_ Poster art by Eoghain Wynne at Screwtape designs; www.instagram.com/screwtape.designs/
Ten Ton Slug:
Tommy Carolan – Drums
Pavol Rosa – Bass
Sean Sullivan – Guitars/Vocals
Rónán Ó hArrachtáin – Vocals
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