Cancer Bats set October UK headline tour with Ignite and Knives
Cancer Bats will headline the first Marshall Made Of Loud UK tour this October, taking in independent venues across the country with support from Ignite and Knives.
The 16-date run begins at Dover’s Booking Hall on 12 October and closes with a Halloween headline show at London’s Electric Brixton on 31 October. Along the way, the Canadian heavyweights will play rooms including The Joiners in Southampton, Bristol’s The Fleece, Manchester’s Gorilla, Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut and Leeds’ Key Club.
The shows arrive following the release of the band’s eighth studio album, Give Me Dirt, which is out now via Bat Skull and Marshall Records.
Cancer Bats said: “We are beyond excited to announce this Marshall Made Of Loud Tour!! Playing all our favourite independent venues across the UK, with Ignite and Knives, and we end it all with a Halloween show in London!! This is going to be an insane tour!!!”
A run through the UK’s independent rooms
Marshall’s Made Of Loud tour is centred on the country’s independent circuit, with Cancer Bats bringing their bruising live set to venues from the south coast to Scotland. Tickets are on sale now.
- 12 October – Dover, The Booking Hall
- 13 October – Brighton, Chalk
- 15 October – Exeter, Cavern
- 16 October – Falmouth, Princess Pavilion
- 17 October – Southampton, The Joiners
- 18 October – Plymouth, The DepØ
- 20 October – Bristol, The Fleece
- 21 October – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
- 22 October – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
- 24 October – Birmingham, The Asylum
- 25 October – Manchester, Gorilla
- 26 October – Newcastle, Anarchy Brew Co
- 28 October – Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
- 29 October – Leeds, The Key Club
- 30 October – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
- 31 October – London, Electric Brixton
Give Me Dirt lands with a raw edge
Recorded at God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts, Give Me Dirt was produced by Kurt Ballou and Zach Weeks. The record was made with the full band working together in the room, with songs addressing nature, freedom, personal change, loss and environmental destruction.
Frontman Liam Cormier also created the album artwork by hand, building a mixed-media piece from paint, paper, stencils and drywall mud.
“So many people I find are so sick of AI these days and all things that look too polished,” Cormier said. “I wanted the artwork to capture the energy of the album, but also represent us as a band. We are rough and dirty, our sound is loud and a mix of so many influences.”
The full Give Me Dirt track listing is below.
- World Wild Fire Death Race (Feat. Nate Newton)
- Stay Stuck
- Don’t Trip
- Bright Eyes Of Gold (Feat. Chris Creswell)
- Give Me Dirt
- Long Tooth (Feat. Brooklyn Doran)
- Speed Wizard
- Ocean Crash
- Positive Grid
- Prognosis
- Fool Like You (Feat. Efrem Schulz)
Read our review of Cancer Bats, Ignite and Knives at Chalk, Brighton
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