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Rob Zombie Concert Setlists: What to Expect at the Freaks on Parade Tour

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The Spookshow International comes back to haunt North America as Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper revive their co-headlining Freaks on Parade Tour for a second consecutive year. Rob Zombie initially launched the titular thrilling and theatrical trek with Mudvayne in 2022, but he will be joined once again by his influential longtime collaborator and partner-in-darkness, along with returning 2023 tour lineup openers Filter and Ministry .

Despite Rob Zombie’s most recent album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy arriving in 2021, the setlist for the upcoming shock rock horrorfest is sure to have plenty of surprises lurking at every show. His latest North American trek runs for over 20 dates, kicking off on August 20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and wrapping in late September.

Below, dig through the ditches of Rob Zombie’s tour history and burn through an average setlist before slamming in the back of his Freaks on Parade 2024 Tour this summer.

Rob Zombie Tour Stats

Current tour: Freaks on Parade Tour (2022–2024)

Set time: On the 2023 Freaks on Parade Tour, Rob Zombie usually went on stage between 9:40 and 9:50 p.m., though set times vary.

Length of average Rob Zombie show: 1 hour (on the 2023 Freaks on Parade Tour)

Past tours:

• Hellbilly Deluxe Tour (1998–1999)
• Rock Is Dead Tour  (with Korn ) (1999)
• Merry Mayhem Tour (with Ozzy Osbourne ) (2001)
• The Sinister Urge Tour (2002)
• American Witch Tour (2006)
• Educated Horses Tour (2006–2008)
• Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour (2009–2012)
• The Gruesome Twosome (with Alice Cooper ) (2010)
• Hell On Earth Tour (with Slayer ) (2011)
• Twins of Evil Tour (with Marilyn Manson )  (2012)
• Night of the Living Dreads (with Korn ) (2013)
• Return of the Dreads (with Korn ) (2016)
• Twins of Evil: The Second Coming Tour (with Marilyn Manson ) (2018)
• Twins of Evil: Hell Never Dies Tour (with Marilyn Manson ) (2019)
• Freaks on Parade (with Mudvayne and Alice Cooper ) (2022–2024)

Rob Zombie Discography:

• Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside the Spookshow International (1998)
• American Made Music to Strip By (1999)
• The Sinister Urge (2001)
• Educated Horses (2006)
• Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool (2010)
• Mondo Sex Head (2012)
• Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (2013)
• The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (2016)
• The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (2021)

Rob Zombie’s Popular Songs:

• “Living Dead Girl”
• “Superbeast”
• “Feel So Numb”
• “Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)”

Rob Zombie’s Recent Opening Acts:

• Powerman 5000

Rob Zombie Concert Setlist Info

Rob Zombie has continued to keep fans on the edge of their seats with two completely unique setlists between the two previous runs of the Freaks on Parade Tour . Although his 2022 performances featured mainstay covers of The Beatles (“Helter Skelter”) and Ramones (“Blitzkrieg Bop”), the 2023 successor strictly focused on original material aside from the can’t-miss hits from his White Zombie days, “Thunder Kiss ‘65” and “More Human than Human.”

Elsewhere in 2023, Rob Zombie unearthed deep cuts like “Meet the Creeper” from his 1998 debut Hellbilly Deluxe as well as “Demon Speeding” and “Scum of the Earth” from 2001’s The Sinister Urge . As for the singer’s more recent fare, the 2020 single “The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)” and “Shake Your Ass – Smoke Your Grass” have become electrifying additions to live shows.

Find an average Rob Zombie setlist from his 2023 Freaks on Parade Tour below. Also, be sure to check back as soon as the 2024 tour begins in August to see updated setlist information.

Rob Zombie’s 2023 Freaks on Parade Tour Setlist:

• The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)
• Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown
• Feel So Numb
• Well, Everybody’s Fucking in a U.F.O.
• What Lurks on Channel X?
• Demonoid Phenomenon
• The Lords of Salem
• House of 1000 Corpses
• Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)
• Living Dead Girl
• More Human Than Human (White Zombie song)
• Thunder Kiss ’65 (White Zombie song)

Source: Setlist.fm.

How to Get Tickets for Rob Zombie Concerts

Rob Zombie tickets for the Freaks on Parade 2024 Tour are available via Ticketmaster. Standard Tickets are still available for many dates.

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Zombie dropped The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse album in 2021 and his reimagining of the classic monster family sitcom The Munsters in 2022; last summer’s Freaks on Parade tour featured Mudvayne, StaticX and Powerman 5000. Cooper is planning to drop two new albums in 2023 — to follow his 2021 Detroit Stories collection — while continuing to host hist syndicated “Nights with Alice Cooper” radio show.

Check out the Freaks on Parade 2023 tour preview and dates below.

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August 24 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion

August 26 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

August 27 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

August 29 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

August 30 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

Sept. 1 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Sept. 2 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena

Sept. 5 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre

Sept. 6 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage

Sept. 8 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain

Sept. 9 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

Sept. 10 – Hartford, CT @ The XFINITY Theatre

Sept. 12 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

Sept. 16 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *

Sept. 20 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre

Sept. 22 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion

Sept. 23 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center

Sept. 24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

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Rob Zombie And Alice Cooper Announce Freaks On Parade Tour 2023

With Special Guests Ministry And Filter

Tickets on sale starting friday, february 3rd at 10am local on livenation.com  .

Today, Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper announced the 2023 Freaks on Parade Tour . Following a very successful run last summer, Rob Zombie is at it again. This year he joins forces with the “godfather of Shock Rock” Alice Cooper who promises to bring his signature style of macabre rock on tour. Rounding out the line-up are industrial pioneers Ministry and eclectic alternative rock act Filter . 

Produced by Live Nation, the 19-city run kicks off Thursday, August 24th in Dallas at Dos Equis Pavilion, with stops across North America in Virginia Beach, Toronto, Nashville, Anaheim and more before wrapping up on Sunday, September 24th in Phoenix at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre. 

TICKETS: Tickets go on sale starting Friday, February 3rd at 10am local time on livenation.com . 

PRESALE: Citi is the official card of the 2023 Freaks on Parade tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, January 31st at 10am local time until Thursday, February 2nd at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .  

2023 FREAKS ON PARADE TOUR DATES:   

Thu Aug 24 –  Dallas, TX –  Dos Equis Pavilion 

Sat Aug 26 –  Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 

Sun Aug 27 – West Palm Beach, FL –  iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre 

Tue Aug 29 –  Raleigh, NC –  Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek 

Wed Aug 30 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater 

Fri Sep 01 –  Tinley Park, IL –  Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 

Sat Sep 02 –  Des Moines, IA –  Wells Fargo Arena 

Tue Sep 05 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre 

Wed Sep 06 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage 

Fri Sep 08 – Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain 

Sat Sep 09 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 

Sun Sep 10 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre 

Tue Sep 12 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena 

Sat Sep 16 – Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre * 

Tue Sep 19 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater 

Wed Sep 20 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre 

Fri Sep 22 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion 

Sat Sep 23 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center 

Sun Sep 24 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre 

*Non-Live Nation Date 

ABOUT ROB ZOMBIE:  

As a rock icon and filmmaker with a unique vision, Rob Zombie has continuously challenged audiences as he stretches the boundaries of both music and film. He has sold over 15 million albums worldwide, and is the only artist to experience unprecedented success in both music and film as the writer/director of eight feature films with a worldwide gross totaling more than $150 million. Each of Rob Zombie’s 7 solo studio albums have debuted in the top 10 on Billboard’s 200 chart, including his most recent album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse, in 2021. Zombie is an 8-time Grammy nominee, with his most recent nomination for Best Metal Performance at the 2022 awards. Rob Zombie has proved an undeniable box office success throughout his career. His ninth feature film, The Munsters, released in September 2022. 

Follow Rob Zombie:  

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ABOUT ALICE COOPER:  

Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Twenty-plus years into the new millennium, Cooper is always very productive and busy, touring worldwide year-in and year-out while also writing, recording and releasing new albums like 2021’s “Detroit Stories,” which entered the Billboard Album chart at #1, and finishing up TWO new albums planned for 2023, while also continuing to do his nightly “Nights With Alice Cooper” syndicated radio show. 

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Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper Announce 2023 North American Tour with Ministry and Filter

The four bands will hit the road together in late August for a month-long outing

Shock rockers Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper are teaming up for a co-headlining 2023 North American tour. The stacked bill features support from industrial veterans Ministry and Filter .

The month-long “Freaks on Parade” tour kicks off August 24th in Dallas, and runs through a September 24th show in Phoenix. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (February 3rd) via Ticketmaster , with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning Wednesday (February 1st) at 10 a.m. local time using the code CHORUS . Fans can also pick up tickets via StubHub .

With guitarist John 5 replacing Mick Mars in Mötley Crüe, Rob Zombie has recruited Mike Riggs to round out his band , which also includes bassist Piggy D and drummer Ginger Fish.

Meanwhile, prior to the shows with Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper will be the special guest on Mötley Crüe’s co-headlining summer North American shows with Def Leppard. He also recently announced a spring headlining tour .

Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe Announce Summer 2023 US Tour Dates with Alice Cooper

See the full list of Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper’s tour dates below, followed by Cooper’s additional 2023 dates. Pick up tickets via Ticketmaster or StubHub .

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper’s 2023 North American Tour Dates with Ministry and Filter: 08/24 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion 08/26 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 08/27 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre 08/29 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek 08/30 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater 09/01 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 09/02 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena 09/05 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre 09/06 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage 09/08 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain 09/09 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 09/10 – Hartford, CT @ The XFINITY Theatre 09/12 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 09/16 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre 09/19 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater 09/20 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre 09/22 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion 09/23 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center 09/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Additional Alice Cooper 2023 Tour Dates: 04/29 – Youngstown, OH @ Covelli Centre ^ 05/02 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum ^ 05/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre ^ 05/06 – Bemidji, MN @ Sanford Center ^ 05/09 – Champaign, IL @ State Farm Center ^ 05/10 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace ^ 05/13 – Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre ^ 05/14 – Spartanburg, SC @ Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium ^ 05/15 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center ^ 05/17 – Shreveport, LA @ Shreveport Municipal Auditorium ^ 05/18 – Biloxi, MS @ Beau Rivage Theatre ^ 08/05 – Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome * 08/08 – Columbus, OH @ Ohio Stadium * 08/11 – Fargo, ND @ Fargodome * 08/13 – Omaha, NE @ Charles Schwab Field Omaha * 08/16 – Tulsa, OK @ H.A. Chapman Stadium * 08/18 – El Paso, TX @ Sun Bowl Stadium *

^ = headlining show * = supporting Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard

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Watch: ROB ZOMBIE Kicks Off 'Freaks On Parade' 2023 North American Tour With ALICE COOPER

Rob Zombie kicked off his "Freaks On Parade" 2023 tour with Alice Cooper last night (Thursday, August 24) at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas. Fan-filmed video of Rob 's performance can be seen below (courtesy of the Russell McKeown   YouTube channel).

Rob 's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm :

01. The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition) 02. Feel So Numb 03. Well, Everybody's Fucking In A U.F.O. 04. What Lurks On Channel X? 05. Superbeast 06. Demonoid Phenomenon 07. Drum Solo 08. The Lords Of Salem 09. House Of 1000 Corpses 10. More Human Than Human (WHITE ZOMBIE song) 11. Living Dead Girl 12. Thunder Kiss '65 (WHITE ZOMBIE song) 13. Dragula

This past May, Rob told "Howie Mandel Does Stuff" that he had started work on his next studio album. "It's been a while since I've made a record," he said. "I was [working on the music for the LP] till about a week ago. And it's going good. It's a long process.

"I like making records over a long period of time, so that I can live with it," he explained. "Sometimes you write something and it's new and you're all excited 'cause it's new and the time goes by, [and you're, like] 'Eh, it's just exciting 'cause it's new. It's not really that good.' But if you live with stuff for a while, you kind of [get a better sense of how strong it is]."

Elaborating on how he goes about making albums, Rob said: "Usually it starts with just me and the producer coming up with ideas, mapping out rough ideas. And then the band will start, 'I've got this idea. And this idea…' I haven't stood in a room with a band and jammed on ideas since the early '90s. 'Cause I just always found that to be really draining… I like working with one guy behind the board and we formulate ideas and you piece it together — kind of like you would a movie; it's kind of similar. As opposed to a bunch of guys jamming all day long. You're, like, 'Anyone got any ideas?' 'Not really.'"

Asked how close he is to completing the next album, Rob said: "Not close at all. We just have a ton of ideas and I've gotta take those ideas, whittle them down, start writing lyrics, see if that makes sense… Hopefully by next summer [it will be ready]."

Rob 's seventh studio album, "The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy" , was released in March 2021 via Nuclear Blast . The LP marked Rob 's first new album in nearly five years. The follow-up to 2016's "The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser" was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris .

"The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy" was the third consecutive effort to feature Zombie and guitarist John 5 alongside bassist Piggy D. and drummer Ginger Fish .

Last fall, John 5 exited Rob 's band to join MÖTLEY CRÜE as the replacement for that group's founding guitarist Mick Mars . John 5 has since been replaced in Zombie 's band by returning guitarist Mike Riggs .

Riggs had previously spent six years as a member of ROB ZOMBIE . Riggs joined forces with Rob in the '90s and stayed with him into the early 2000s, eventually leaving in 2004 (when Rob Zombie was largely focusing on films rather than music) to start a project of his own. Riggs songwriting and crunching guitars can be heard on Rob Zombie 's "Hellbilly Deluxe" , "American Made Music To Strip By" , "The Sinister Urge" and "The Past, Present & Future" records.

More recently, Riggs had kept busy with his band SCUM OF THE EARTH , named after a song from "Sinister Urge" . SCUM OF THE EARTH favors the sort of rhythmic, industrial-influenced, mildly funky, hip-hop-minded alternative metal that Riggs honed during his initial Rob Zombie days.

John 5 had worked with Zombie for 16 years, co-writing on all studio albums since "Educated Horses" , and composing the score for Zombie 's 2013 movie "The Lords Of Salem" .

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Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie Bring the Heat at Tour Kickoff: Review and Photos

Alice Cooper 's vindication was short-lived.

The singer born Vincent Damon Furnier survived all sorts of peril on Thursday at Dallas' Dos Equis Pavilion during the opening night of his Freaks on Parade co-headlining tour with Rob Zombie . Cooper handled a formidable boa constrictor with ease, outsmarted a towering Frankenstein and gritted his teeth as a guard electrocuted him. He no sooner broke free of his straitjacket than he was stuffed into a guillotine and decapitated with relish by Marie Antoideath, played by his wife, Sheryl Cooper.

Luckily, Cooper has gotten the act of nightly death and resurrection down to a science after more than half a century at the cutting edge of rock 'n' roll theater — though if he keeps shooting his mouth off about trans kids , maybe a few real-life whacks would serve him well.

Cooper's dynamite 70-minute performance — a truncated version of his Too Close for Comfort  headlining set — neatly blended old favorites ("I'm Eighteen," "No More Mr. Nice Guy") and midcareer deep cuts. The show opened with "Lock Me Up" off 1986's  Raise Your Fist and Yell , and Cooper hit a great mid-set run of early-'90s gems: "Hey Stoopid," "Lost in America" and "Snakebite."

As always, his band rocked to near perfection without ever sounding contrived. Guitarists Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen and Nita Strauss ' triple-lead attack washed over the audience like a tidal wave, and they partnered with bassist Chuck Garric to deliver expert four-part backing vocals.

Thursday's show also confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that Strauss is one of her generation's premier guitar heroes. Fresh off a 2022 stint touring with Demi Lovato , Strauss wooed the audience with a solo spot full of tapping, sweep-picking and whammy bar squeals, and she dashed across the stage with boundless energy and enthusiasm. Her chops and stage presence make her a crucial part of Cooper's live band, and the audience exploded with applause when the shock-rocker introduced her during the show-closing "School's Out."

While Cooper's set was satirical and vaudevillian, Zombie's went for sheer maximalism, a smorgasbord of scorching flames, life-size demon babies and swiveling devil statues. The bell-bottom-clad singer shook his ass and banged his dreadlocks across the stage as the band churned an industrial metal storm fit for a BDSM club in the center of hell.

At times, the combination of droning dirges and horror movie imagery was almost oppressively heavy. But when Zombie struck the perfect blend of raunchiness and grotesquerie, as on "Superbeast" and "Living Dead Girl," it felt dangerous and devilishly fun.

When guitarist Mike Riggs encountered technical difficulties ahead of "Thunder Kiss '65," Zombie stalled by having the audience wave their lit cellphones back and forth. "It almost feels like there's a breeze,” he sneered, "but there's not. There's just hot sweat everywhere."

Zombie's sweltering pyrotechnics were a mere facsimile of the 106-degree heat that plagued opening acts Filter and Ministry . Both rose to the unenviable occasion and warmed up the crowd, figuratively and literally. Richard Patrick's tuneful roar led Filter through muscular renditions of requisite hits "Take a Picture" and "Hey Man Nice Shot," while Ministry's dreadlocked provocateur Al Jourgensen whipped the crowd into a frenzy and coaxed the sun below the horizon with the blistering "Stigmata" and set-closing "Revenge," performed for the first time since 1984.

The Freaks on Parade Tour barrels through the United States for the next month, wrapping on Sept. 24 in Phoenix. You can see set lists and exclusive photos from opening night below.

Alice Cooper, 8/24/23, Dos Equis Pavillion, Dallas 1. "Lock Me Up" 2. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" 3. "I'm Eighteen" 4. "Under My Wheels" 5. "Billion Dollar Babies" 6. "Snakebite" 7. "Lost in America" 8. "Hey Stoopid" 9. "Poison" 10. "Feed My Frankenstein" 11. "Devil's Food" / Nita Strauss guitar solo 12. "Black Widow" jam 13. "Ballad of Dwight Fry" 14. "Killer" (band only) 15. "I Love the Dead" 16. "Elected" 17. "School's Out" (with "Another Brick in the Wall")

Rob Zombie, 8/24/23, Dos Equis Pavillion, Dallas 1. "The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)" 2. "Feel So Numb" 3. "Well, Everybody's Fucking in a U.F.O." 4. "What Lurks on Channel X?" 5. "Superbeast" 6. "Demonoid Phenomenon" 7. Drum solo 8. "The Lords of Salem" 9. "House of 1000 Corpses" 10. "More Human Than Human" 11. "Living Dead Girl" 12. "Thunder Kiss '65" 13. "Dragula"

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Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie Return with Freaks On Parade 2024 Tour

Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie return with the Freaks on Parade 2024 Tour with special guests Ministry and Filter. The horrifying tour returns for another round making 21 stops across the country this Summer.

Pre-sale tickets and VIP Packages are available starting Tuesday, January 30 at 12p with password FREAKS24.

Tickets go on sale Friday, February 2 at 10a.

2024 FREAKS ON PARADE TOUR DATES Aug 20 – Albuquerque, NM (Isleta Amphitheater) –  TICKETS Aug 22 – Salt Lake City, UT (Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre) –  TICKETS Aug 24 – Lincoln, NE (Pinnacle Bank Arena) – TICKETS Aug 25 – Saint Paul, MN (Xcel Energy Center) –  TICKETS Aug 27 – Milwaukee, WI (American Family Insurance Amphitheater) – TICKETS Aug 28 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Blossom Music Center) –  TICKETS Aug 30 – Clarkston, MI (Pine Knob Music Theatre) – TICKETS Aug 31 – Noblesville, IN (Ruoff Music Center) –  TICKETS Sept 1 – Maryland Heights, MO (Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre) – TICKETS Sept 3 – Burgettstown, PA (The Pavilion at Star Lake) –  TICKETS Sept 4 – Syracuse, NY (Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview) –  TICKETS Sept 6 – Mansfield, MA (Xfinity Center) –  TICKETS Sept 7 – Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center) – TICKETS Sept 8 – Camden, NJ (Freedom Mortgage Pavilion) –  TICKETS Sept 10 – Bristow, VA (Jiffy Lube Live) –  TICKETS Sept 11 – Charlotte, NC (PNC Music Pavilion) –  TICKETS Sept 12 – Alpharetta, GA (Ameris Bank Amphitheatre) –  TICKETS Sept 14 – Austin, TX (Germania Insurance Amphitheater) –  TICKETS Sept 15 – The Woodlands, TX (The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion) –  TICKETS Sept 17 – Rogers, AR (Walmart Amp) –  TICKETS Sept 18 – Fort Worth, TX (Dickies Arena) –  TICKETS

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Rob Zombie + Alice Cooper Announce 2024 Tour With Ministry + Filter

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper are teaming up for a 2024 tour that promises to be one of the more stacked lineups of the year, with Ministry and Filter set to open shows.

It's a powerhouse lineup indeed for two of shock rock's biggest icons. Cooper's music and antics have earned him a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while Zombie has picked up the mantle providing one of the more eye-catching live performances in heavy music.

Fittingly dubbed the "Freaks on Parade" tour, this is a continuation of their previous touring collaboration. In total, the trek will hit 21 cities across the U.S., kicking off on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at Albquerque's Isleta Amphitheater. The tour runs for nearly a month, wrapping up at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. All dates, cities and venues can be viewed below.

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Tickets for the run will start with a Citi and artist pre-sale beginning this Tuesday (Jan. 30). Additional pre-sales will run through the week ahead of the general public on-sale that starts this Friday (Feb. 2) at 10AM local time via Live Nation .

Rob Zombie / Alice Cooper 2024 "Freaks on Parade" Tour

Freaks on parade 2024 tour dates: rob zombie, alice cooper, ministry + filter.

Aug. 20 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheater Aug. 22 – West Valley City, Utah @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre Aug. 24 – Lincoln, Neb. @ Pinnacle Bank Arena ^^ Aug. 25 – St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center Aug. 27 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater - Summerfest Grounds Aug. 28 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center Aug. 30 – Clarkston, Mich. @ Pine Knob Music Theatre Aug. 31 – Noblesville, Ind. @ Ruoff Music Center Sept. 01 – Maryland Heights, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Sept. 03 – Burgettstown, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Star Lake Sept. 04 – Syracuse, N.Y. @ Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview Sept. 06 – Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center Sept. 07 – Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center Sept. 08 – Camden, N.J. @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion Sept. 10 – Bristow, Va. @ Jiffy Lube Live Sept. 11 – Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion Sept. 12 – Alpharetta, Ga. @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Sept. 14 – Austin, Texas @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater Sept. 15 – The Woodlands, Texas @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sept. 17 – Rogers, Ark. @ Walmart AMP Sept. 18 – Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena

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