Watch Stay Footage From Slipknot’s First 1999 Throwback Present With Their New Drummer

Multi-platinum various steel band Slipknot have begun their extremely anticipated new touring cycle. As any longtime maggot is aware of, which means new masks, outfits, and all the things else that comes with it. 2024 nonetheless marks a particular yr for the Iowan heavy hitters, as they’re taking the time to look again and have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of their self-titled 1999 album that catapulted them to the large leagues.

This yr additionally finds the chart-topping masked metallers rolling out with a brand new member behind the drum package, having parted methods with Jay Weinberg final November. In fact, closely rumored to have taken over that place is ex-Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande. Casagrande unceremoniously exited the aforementioned Brazilian steel legends earlier this yr, resulting in a lot hypothesis.

Slipknot‘s first present again happened within the type of an intimate efficiency at Pappy + Harriet’s tonight (April twenty fifth) in Pioneertown, CA. That venue boasts a 850 exterior capability and by all accounts was packed.

That present was staged not solely as a warm-up for the band’s large stage return at this Saturday’s (April twenty seventh) ‘Sick New World‘ fest, but in addition a throwback of types to the group’s early days earlier than the success of “Slipknot” noticed them quickly leapfrog the varied bands they have been initially opening for.

Together with an assortment of up to date throwback masks, the Knot additionally rocked retro purple jumpsuits. At one level frontman Corey Taylor addressed the gang, providing:

“Tonight, it doesn’t matter you got here from. It doesn’t matter while you have been born. This yr is nineteen fucking’ 99, proper right here. We’re gonna play you some songs from past that yr. However God damnit, it began in ’99, and it’s beginning once more right here tonight.”

The setlist ran as follows:

“515”
“Folks = Shit”
“Eyeless”
“Disasterpiece”
“Earlier than I Neglect”
“Custer”
“Psychosocial”
“The Satan In I”
“Heretic Anthem”
“Unsainted”
“Wait And Bleed”
“Prosthetics”
“Vermilion”
“Duality”
“Spit It Out”
“Surfacing”

Fan-filmed footage from the set has already begun to spill out on-line, you may see some clips beneath. Proceeds from tonight’s present will probably be donated to the Joshua Tree No Kill Shelter and Boys And Women Membership of The Hello Desert. The band’s present reside plans run as follows:

04/27 Las Vegas, NV – Sick New World
05/12 Daytona Seaside, FL – Welcome To Rockville
05/19 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Artwork + Music Pageant
09/01 Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma
09/26 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
10/11 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Pageant

“Slipknot” twenty fifth Anniversary reveals:

10/19-20 Sao Paulo, BRA – Knotfest Brasil
11/08 Guadalajara, MEX – Calle2
11/09 Mexico Metropolis, MEX – Parque Bicentenario
12/05 Amsterdam, NET – Ziggo Dome
12/06 Dortmund, GER – Westfalenhalle
12/08 Stuttgart, GET – Schleyerhalle
12/09 Leipzig, GER – Quarterback Immobilen Area
12/11 Zurich, SWI – Hallenstadion
12/12 Paris, FRA – Accor Area
12/14 Leeds, UK – First Direct Area
12/15 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
12/17 Manchester, UK – Co-Op Stay Area
12/18 Birmingham, UK – Utilita Area
12/20 London, UK – O2 Area
12/21 London, UK – O2 Area