Dethklok, the real-life version of the cartoon band from Adult Swim series “Metalocalypse” and Japanese kawaii-metal band Babymetal will be co-headlining a North American tour. With support from guitarist Jason Richardson, who has played in bands like Chelsea Grin, Born of Osiris, and All Shall Perish. Affectionately called the “Babyklok tour,” it’s probably the most unique lineup we’ve seen in a while.
Babyklok will be Dethklok’s first tour in 11 years and Babymetal hasn’t toured North America since 2019. This will be Babymetal’s first U.S. performance with their newly-appointed third member, Momometal.
This tour was also announced the same day Adult Swim confirmed we’d finally be getting a “Metalocalypse” movie, soundtrack, and new Dethklok album, “Dethklok IV.” Which will be their first album since 2012’s “Dethklok III.”
The all-new animated film “Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar,” is written and directed by Brendon Small and will arrive sometime later this year. It picks up after the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth; DETHKLOK frontman Nathan Explosion finds himself traumatized in a BRUTAL professional and romantic flat-spin, all while he is tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting the ultimate songwriting challenge to save the planet. Can Nathan Explosion look beyond his brutally damaged ego to save his band, stop the Metalocalypse, and finally face the ultimate evil: Salacia?
“It’s very surreal having so much new ‘Metalocalypse’ & DETHKLOK this year with the trifecta of the tour, movie and album,” Small said in a press release. “I’m so excited to get on the road with the powerful BABYMETAL, and to celebrate all the hard work that team ‘Metalocalypse’ & DETHKLOK put in over the last two years and beyond!”
The Babyklok tour kicks off on August 30th in Houston and will travel throughout the U.S. with a few days up in Canada. It will end on October 11th with a show in Los Angeles. You can get more details and tickets to the Babyklok tour here. Check out the full list of tour dates below:
- Aug-30-23 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
- Aug-31-23 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
- Sep-02-23 – Orlando, FL – Orlando Amphitheater
- Sep-03-23 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
- Sep-05-23 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
- Sep-06-23 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
- Sep-08-23 – Pittsburgh, PA – UPMC Events Center
- Sep-09-23 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
- Sep-10-23 – Alton, VA – Blue Ridge Rock Festival
- Sep-12-23 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center
- Sep-14-23 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- Sep-15-23 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
- Sep-17-23 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
- Sep-18-23 – Toronto, ONT – RBC Echo Beach
- Sep-20-23 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
- Sep-21-23 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
- Sep-23-23 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival
- Sep-24-23 – Milwaukee, MN – The Rave/Eagles Club
- Sep-25-23 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
- Sep-27-23 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park
- Sep-28-23 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
- Sep-30-23 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
- Oct-01-23 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
- Oct-03-23 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum
- Oct-04-23 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theater
- Oct-07-23 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival
- Oct-08-23 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort
- Oct-10-23 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theater
- Oct-11-23 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater
