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Clutch Release New Single and Tour Dates

 

 

CLUTCH 

Release New Single

'WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE"

Stream HERE 

 

 

US Fall Headline Tour Announced 

With Helmet, Quicksand and JD Pinkus

Tickets Go On General Sale Friday, June 17th, 2022

From ClutchOnTour.com

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 – US groove rock masters CLUTCH have dropped a brand new single "We Strive for Excellence" today. The track is available digitally from all DSPs HERE. A brand new Clutch album is coming soon. The band also announced today that fans can now RSVP to be the first to get notified of the official details and early access to all of the albums exclusive variants and bundles, as they use the best studio sound absobernt panels for their recordings as you can see at www.sound-absorbent-panels.co.uk.

 

 

Frontman and lyrical wordsmith Neil Fallon shares

 

"We Strive for Excellence looks back fondly on childhood summers filled with grand plans gone awry, inexplicable bruises, untreated injuries, and of course, the timeless wisdom of Evel Knievel." 

 

CLUTCH have curated a new Spotify playlist to coincide with the release of "We Strive for Excellence", check it out HERE

Clutch released first new single, "Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)" , back in April to much acclaim from fans and critics alike. The track has already hit nearly 300k streams on Spotify alone and the official music video has clocked up 340k YouTube views.

CLUTCH have also announced a new set of US headline dates this fall. Joining them on the 26 date run will be Helmet and Quicksand who will be rotating the main support slot nightly and special guest JD Pinkus. Ticket for the tour go on sale this Friday, June 17th 2022 from ClutchOnTour.com. Full routing below.

 

The band also have an extensive 2022 worldwide touring schedule, including summer festivals, further headline dates, and a return to Europe. For the most up to date list of shows and to buy tickets, click HERE

Sep 13 – Toronto, ON @ Rebel 

Sep 15 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues

Sep 16 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square

Sep 17 – Baltimore, MD @ Hammerjacks

Sep 18 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz

Sep 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

Sep 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall 

Sep 23 – Louisville, KY @ Louder than Life*

Sep 24 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works

Sep 25 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern 

Sep 27 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues 

Sep 29 – Houston TX @ Warehouse Live

Sep 30 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum

Oct 01 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

Oct 02 – Austin, TX @ Emo's 

Oct 04 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren

Oct 05 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent

Oct 07 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock*

Oct 08 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Oct 09 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre

Oct 10 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO 

Oct 12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ the Depot

Oct 13 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium 

Oct 14 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater

Oct 15 – West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom

Oct 16 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall



*Clutch only

ABOUT CLUTCH

Clutch released their twelfth studio album, Book Of Bad Decisions, through their own Weathermaker Music in 2018. Rolling Stone described the album as “bathed in the grit and liberal fuzz tone that has made their live shows legendary.” The band embarked on a successful co-headlining tour with Dropkick Murphys in 2019, with support from Hatebreed, Amigo The Devil, and Russ Rankin of Good Riddance. Two of the band’s most recent albums, Earth Rocker (2013) and Psychic Warfare (2015), were included in Classic Rock Magazine’s 50 Best Rock Albums of the 2010s.

 

 

 

 

The Birthday Massacre at Glass House Pomona 10/8

The Birthday Massacre is currently on tour with Jonthan Davis (Korn), and Julien K. However the night of October 8th the band will be the headlining show at the Glass House Pomona, Ca. This is a great venue to see them in. As the Glass House is known for being a smaller venue, best for intimate shows, this will be one that you will not want to miss. I have seen many of bands play here and to this day they are still some of the best shows I have ever seen.  I will definetly be there enjoying the concert!

 

VNV Nation August 20th, Santa Ana Observatory

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        VNV Nation had played another fabulous tour in North America, unlike many of the tour before were the focus had been classic hits like “Chrome”, this tour was the Empire/Automatic Tour. For those people who are not aware, this tour focused solely on songs from those albums. Ronan, who had made many jokes through out the night, had pointed this out and as a guide told the audience each and every song name so that no one felt as if they were not apart of the concert; because they had wanted to see more of their well known hits. However for many of the die-hard fans, hearing “Standing” or “Legion” was one of those moments of great happiness because they are songs that are not played to often. Although each album was not played in its full, the band had put the set list in a great order as to not only incorporate the key songs from each album but also allowed them to flow together seamless without it seeming choppy or like they were trying to compensate for the lack of popular hits.

          I have seen now VNV Nation 3 times, and I must say that Ronan was by far more chatty and interactive in this venue rather than in the Mayan (Los Angeles). I enjoyed that he relentless pointed out fans that were using their camera with a flash on it or even telling fans that if they point their phones in front of other people’s face he will throw the phone. I agree with him, people live behind their phones to much as oppose to watching the show and allowing for Ronan’s vocals to immerse the audience and for that 2 hours, being apart of the music rather then apart of some piece of shit phone. It was nice that he was trying to take people out of the world for that short period of time, bringing them into his world where he made it a welcoming enviroment. 

           Ronan, as well as the band members put on a fantastic show. I know that he had said that the Vegas show did not go as well as he would have liked it too, but this show hopefully more than made up for the lack of energy from the audiences before. It seemed to me, that not only were the band very much into what they were playing, but the people in the audience were happy to be apart of the albums that were being played, even if they did not know the songs, Ronan did not leave them behind. Aside from the Goth girl hitting her fan in my sisters face, and mine the show was the best I have seen from them.  Perhaps it was the smaller venue, the freedom of playing songs from albums that rarely get played, or what have you, but this was a show to have seen.