W.A.S.P front man/leader Blackie Lawless announced that the band will be hitting the road this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of W.A.S.P’s iconic and now legendary self-titled debut album. For the first time in 40 years, play the entire album from top to bottom, start to finish, on a fall 2024 North American tour, dubbed “Album ONE Alive.” As a long-time W.A.S.P fan since the release of the debut album, this is monumental moment. It will be such an amazing thing to see and Blackie himself has had this to say about the tour:
“When we did the meet-and-greets [with fans on the last W.A.S.P. tour], it was the first time I’d ever done that,” he explained. “And I realized, not long into it, that I was getting as much, if not more, from those people that were coming to the meet-and-greets. I was able to talk to those guys, just go back and forth, and have dialogue with them, and I listened to them closely. And like all other artists that are out there — and I don’t care who you are — we all suffer from… We live in a bubble, to a large degree, and you think you’re hearing what the fanbase is saying, but you really aren’t. Not until you have an opportunity to sit down with them on a daily basis and listen to them talk.
“We went into rehearsals last January, and we wanted to make sure that we knew what we were talking about before we said anything, because we didn’t even know it would be possible. I talked to a number of promoters around the country who had done things like this with other bands that had played one-off records. Because I didn’t think it was important to do it in the same running order that it was on the record. And they all corrected me. And they said, ‘No, you don’t understand. To do what you’re trying to do, where you wanna transport people back into that time and space, you have to do it in the running order that is on the record.’ And that was a daunting task to me, because we’ve always closed with ‘I Wanna Be Somebody’. Imagine KISS opening a show with ‘Rock And Roll All Nite’. How do we do this? So we went into rehearsal and we tried it, and, surprisingly, it was better than I thought.”
When asked whether or not former members from that lineup guitarist Chris Holmes, guitarist Randy Piper and drummer Tony Richards would join in for a moment, ” “I’ve spoken to Randy over the years, but not the other two. And I’m sure I don’t really need to go into the state of what might exist with the others. I think the fanbase out there is pretty aware. “I don’t wanna dangle a carrot in front of anybody and say there’s a possibility because as we sit here and we talk right now, I think there’s very little chance of that happening,” he added. “So I really don’t wanna say, ‘Yeah. Well, you know…’ give you a stock answer and say, ‘Well, you never know.’ I really don’t think there’s much chance of that.”
The 39-city run kicks off on Saturday, October 26 in San Luis Obispo, California, making stops across North America in Vancouver, British Columbia; Toronto, Ontario; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; New York City; Orlando, Florida; and more before wrapping up on Saturday, December 14 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
W.A.S.P. will again offer fans VIP tickets that give fans a chance to meet Blackie Lawless, get a personal photo with Blackie, autographs and take part in a very personal question-and-answer session with Blackie. VIP tickets can be purchased at waspnation.myshopify.com.
“Album ONE Alive” 2024 tour dates:
Oct. 26 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater* (buy tickets)
Oct. 28 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater (buy tickets)
Oct. 29 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre (buy tickets)
Oct. 30 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre (buy tickets)
Nov. 01 – Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre (buy tickets)
Nov. 02 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory (buy tickets)
Nov. 03 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory (buy tickets)
Nov. 04 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot (buy tickets)
Nov. 05 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre (buy tickets)
Nov. 07 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore (buy tickets)
Nov. 08 – St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre (buy tickets)
Nov. 10 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre (buy tickets)
Nov. 11 – Toronto, ON @ History (buy tickets)
Nov. 13 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS (buy tickets)
Nov. 14 – Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Capitole (buy tickets)
Nov. 15 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre (buy tickets)
Nov. 16 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom At Manhattan Center (buy tickets)
Nov. 17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall (buy tickets)
Nov. 19 – Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Theater (buy tickets)
Nov. 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE (buy tickets)
Nov. 21 – Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater (buy tickets)
Nov. 22 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore (buy tickets)
Nov. 23 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore (buy tickets)
Nov. 24 – Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live (buy tickets)
Nov. 26 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium (buy tickets)
Nov. 27 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern (buy tickets)
Nov. 29 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues (buy tickets)
Nov. 30 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre (buy tickets)
Dec. 01 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum (buy tickets)
Dec. 03 – Little Rock, AR @ The Hall (buy tickets)
Dec. 04 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion (buy tickets)
Dec. 06 – Albuquerque, NM @ REVEL (buy tickets)
Dec. 07 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre (buy tickets)
Dec. 09 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre (buy tickets)
Dec. 10 – San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues (buy tickets)
Dec. 11 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort and Casino (buy tickets)
Dec. 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl (buy tickets)
Dec. 13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield** (buy tickets)
Dec. 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium** (buy tickets)
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