Trek kicks off in Oct
Heavy metal icons Mercyful Fate have announced their first North American headlining tour in over two decades. The journey will commence on October 25th in Dallas and weave its way through fourteen cities, closing on November 16th in Atlanta. The tour follows the band’s stunning headlining performance at this year’s edition of Psycho Las Vegas.
“These will be the first Mercyful Fate concerts in North American theaters in over twenty years,” says vocalist King Diamond. “Memories of a lifetime. Your special chance to see Mercyful Fate with the full European festival production, but up close and personal. You cannot miss this… I hereby respectfully invite you to Come To The Sabbath by which you may free your soul and feast with us in the dark Of Night. Witches and Demons, you may come as you are! Satanic Regards – King Diamond 666.”
Support for the trek will be provided by Kreator and labelmates, Midnight.
Various presales are available throughout the week and end Thursday, September 8th at 10 pm local time. General on sale date is Friday, September 9th at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster and are expected to sell out. Additionally, multiple limited VIP packages will be available which will include meet & greets, photo ops, private Q&As, exclusive merch, and more starting Wednesday, September 7th.
Mercyful Fate is currently working on a new album and recently gave fans a taste of the new material when they debuted a song called “The Jackal Of Salzburg” in Germany this past June as well as at Psycho Las Vegas. The band’s current lineup is King Diamond on vocals, Hank Shermann and Mike Wead on guitars, Bjarne T. Holm on drums and Joey Vera on bass.
Mercyful Fate 2022 North American Tour Dates:
Oct 25 – Dallas, TX – The Factory
Oct 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
Oct 29 – Inglewood, CA – Youtube Theater
Oct 30 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live Sacramento
Nov 1 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Nov 3 – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana
Nov 4 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J. Brady Music Center
Nov 5 – Detroit, MI – Masonic
Nov 8 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Nov 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theater
Nov 11 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Nov 13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall At Fenway
Nov 14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
Nov 16 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
