Next month, W.A.S.P. will embark on the "Album One Alive" tour, celebrating their landmark debut album released on August 17, 1984. The trek will see W.A.S.P.'s playing the album in its entirety, from start to finish.
In a new interview with Guitar World, band leader Blackie Lawless discusses the upcoming tour, recalls scavenging Marshalls from Ted Nugent, explains why he still records to tape, and reveals what he’s discovered about his band’s early days that he didn’t know at the time. An excerpt from the feature follows...
Guitar World: W.A.S.P. is heading out on tour soon, and you’ve got something special planned, right?
Blackie Lawless: “We’re going to do the first album in its entirety from beginning to end. Then we’ll take a small break and come back, and we’ll do our best-of set in the second half. The first half of the show will look like a combination of what the first album looked like and what the first tour looked like, because most people didn’t see it at the time.”
Guitar World: But it isn’t just a trip down memory lane, is it?
Lawless: “I’m trying to create an environment. I don’t want people going down memory lane – I want them to walk into the room and feel like it’s 1984. If you’re familiar with what the first album looks like, there’s going to be a portion of the show where the album cover literally comes alive. It’s an outrageous stunt. When people see it they’re going to freak.”
Asked if beyond the tour, are W.A.S.P. working on new music, Blackie reveals, "We’re getting ready to go out and be the stinkiest, nastiest rock ’n’ roll band in the world. There’s new stuff in the pipeline - but like I said, the live show right now is what we’re concentrating on the most.”
Read more at Guitar World.
To give the fans something every week to celebrate, W.A.S.P. is giving away:
• 10 pairs of tickets a week for the length of the US tour.
• Silver Award - Blackie is also giving away each week of the tour two personal meet and greets in his dressing room. In HIS dressing room!
• Gold Award - One lucky fan will win Blackie’s personal certified RIAA award for the debut album.
• Platinum Award - And the Grand Prize, one fan and a guest will be provided airfare and a luxury Hollywood hotel to the final show in Los Angeles, meet the band and stay for the after show, end of tour party.
W.A.S.P. can only celebrate 1984 once and they want to do it big! To enter all you have to do is head here and enter your email address.
It was recently announced that Armored Saint will be replacing Death Angel on the tour. W.A.S.P. issued the following statement, "W.A.S.P. is pleased to announce that Armored Saint will now be joining the "Album One Alive" fall 2024 US Tour. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Death Angel will no longer be able to be a part of this tour. We all wish them the best going forward."
Tickets and VIP packages available here. Dates are listed below.
Tour dates:
October
26 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theater*
28 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
29 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
30 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
November
1 - Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre
2 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
3 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
4 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
5 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
7 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore
8 - St Charles, IL - The Arcada Theatre
9 - St Charles, IL - The Arcada Theatre
10 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
11 - Toronto, ON - History
13 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
14 - Quebec City, QC - Theatre Capitole
15 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
16 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom At Manhattan Center
17 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
19 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora Theater
20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
21 - Stroudsburg, PA - The Sherman Theater
22 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
23 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
24 - Orlando, FL - The Plaza Live
26 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
27 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
29 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
30 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theatre
December
1 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum
3 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall
4 - Wichita, KS - The Cotillion
6 - Albuquerque, NM - Revel
7 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee Theatre
9 - Tucson, AZ - The Rialto Theatre
10 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues
11 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
12 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
13 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
14 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
* no support acts
