Shit, I must be psychic or something. Yesterday I was suddenly and inexplicably overcome with the urge to listen to Machine Head’s last album, 2014’s Bloodstone & Diamonds, and today, the band has broken some major news. Specifically, that their new album will be called Catharsis, and that the group will embark on a tour in support of that album starting in late January… which implies that Catharsis will be out sometime around them. It’s mid-September now, so it’s basically October, so it might as well be January, which means we’ll all get to some new Machine Head music yesterday (not counting the brief studio bit we already heard)!

Just as exciting: support on Machine Head’s tour will come from no one, as the band will be returning to be the “An Evening With…” format which has proven to be so popular in the past.

Says Machine Head head Robb Flynn via press released:

“It’s been far too long since we’ve demolished venues in America, we have had an awesome and productive break writing our new album Catharsis, but now it’s time for Machine Head to go melt some faces! The reaction to our last ‘Evening With’ tours in America were nothing short of incredible, so once again these dates will be “Evening With” and will see us performing 2 1/2 to 3 hours every night with no opening bands. “We LOVED performing as an Evening With for you Head Cases, and you guys loved it as well, the freedom to do whatever the fuck we wanted for as long as we wanted every night was liberating. It’s not what everyone else is doing, and frankly, there are not a lot of bands who could even pull it off, but Machine Head CAN pull it off, and we are excited as fuck to do it again. We are carving our own path here, playing by our own rules, and as an artist, it’s the best feeling in the world! “No festivals period, no 45 minute slots, no supporting some stupid DJ, no parking lots in a rain storm, The Head will only be ‘Headlining,’ so come on down and rage!!”

The ‘Evening With’ show I got to experience in 2015 was un-fuckin’-believable (read my review), so miss this tour and live forever in regret.

Dates are below. We will, naturally, share more details on Catharsis as they’re made available.

Thu 25-Jan Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater

Sat 27-Jan Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

Mon 29-Jan San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater

Tue 30-Jan Dallas, TX – Gas Moneky Live!

Wed 31-Jan Houston,TX – HOB

Fri 02-Feb Birmingham, AL – Saturn

Sat 03-Feb Pensacola, FL – Vinyl MH

Mon 05-Feb Orlando, FL – Plaza Live

Tue 06-Feb Atlanta, GA – Centerstage

Thu 08-Feb Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts

Fri 09-Feb New York, NY – Playstation

Sat 10-Feb Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

Sun 11-Feb Montreal, QC – Club Soda

Tue 13-Feb Toronto, ON – Danforth MH

Wed 14-Feb Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom

Thu 15-Feb Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

Fri 16-Feb Cleveland, OH – Agora

Sat 17-Feb Detroit, MI – Majestic

Tue 20-Feb Des Moines, IA – Woolys

Wed 21-Feb Madison, WI – Majestic

Thu 22-Feb Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

Fri 23-Feb Chicago, IL – Concord MH

Sat 24-Feb Saint Louis, MO – Pops

Tue 27-Feb Denver, CO – Summit MH

Thu 01-Mar Las Vegas, NV – HOB

Fri 02-Mar Los Angeles, CA – Fonda

Sat 03-Mar Oakland, CA – The Fox Theater

Mon 05-Mar Portland, OR – Roseland

Tue 06-Mar Vancouver, BC – Commodore

Wed 07-Mar Seattle, WA – Showbox Market