To celebrate this milestone, W. In addition, W. This is the tour that showcases the album that started the long, long, undying bond between the band and all the fans in all the countries where our international success first began 40 years ago.
This tour showcases for the first time, that landmark first album, played in its entirety, from top to bottom, most likely never to be repeated ever again. So be there and see these Winged Assassins, and witness this once-in-a-lifetime event. Tickets for the newly added shows go on sale on Friday, January 31 at 10 a.
VIP tickets can be purchased at waspnation. Along with bassist Mike Duda and lead guitarist Doug Blair , whose tenures in the band are 29 and 26 years respectively, W. Because of the extensive back injuries Lawless suffered during the European leg of W.
This marked the 18th sold-out shows for the U. It was a new version of the band's classic album "The Crimson Idol" , which was re-recorded to accompany the movie of the same name to mark the 25th anniversary of the original LP's release. The re-recorded version also features four songs missing from the original album. And what I mean by that is you make the best records you can make, but also when it comes time to do the tour, you've gotta spend the money.
This is not a cheap show that we do out here. It's expensive. It's expensive to get built, it's expensive to start up. The weekly running costs, you don't wanna know about it. I mean, it's not cheap. I understand that in a lot of situations, a lot of artists aren't able to do that, and I understand that, but this is not a situation where we do fly dates. We just can't. It's too expensive of a production. And we hope that the fans recognize that when they see what we do, because we literally take a Broadway stage with us when we go.
