Mr. Bungle have announced a string of UK live dates, dubbing it the Raging Wrath of the UK tour. Named in homage to their post hiatus album, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny demo (October 2020), the run includes their first ever performance at Download Festival. Keep reading below for the full live listings and more.
Mr. Bungle was formed in an impoverished lumber and fishing town by a trio of curious, volatile teenagers. Trey Spruance, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn beget the amorphous “band” in 1985 up in Humboldt County, Calif., sifting through a variety of members until 1988 when drummer Danny Heifetz and saxophonist Bär McKinnon joined the group.
In 1989, Mr. Bungle signed to Warner Bros. Records. No one really knows how this happened and it remains a complete mystery that even the algorithms of the internet can’t decode. Up until 2000 they released three albums (Mr. Bungle in 1991, Disco Volante in 1995 and California in 1999), toured a good portion of the Western hemisphere and avoided any sort of critical acclaim. Some argue that the band subsequently broke up but there is also no proof of this. What is true is that they took 20 years off from performing under said moniker while they pursued various other musics that, in contrast, paid the rent.
In 2020, a different iteration of Mr. Bungle emerged, pairing the original trio of Dunn, Patton and Spruance with Anthrax’s Scott Ian and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo for a proper release of the Eureka-bred band’s unreleased demo, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny.
Tickets for London & Manchester are on sale Friday 2nd Feb at 10am GMT. Download Festival tickets are on sale now. Support will come from Ipecac label-mates Spotlights – their first time visiting the UK in support of their recent album, Alchemy For The Dead.
New UK dates include:
June 12 London, UK O2 Forum Kentish Town
June 13 Manchester, UK O2 Ritz
June 14 Derby, UK Download Festival
Ticketing links are available at Ipecac.com/tours.
Full list of tour dates:
February 28 Tokyo, JP Toyosu Pit
February 29 Osaka, JP Namba Hatch
March 03 Auckland, NZ Auckland Town Hall +
March 06 Melbourne, AUS Festival Hall +
07 Adelaide, AUS Hindley Street Music Hall +
March 09 Sydney, AUS Hordern Pavilion +
March 10 Brisbane, AUS Fortitude Music Hall +
March 12 Perth, AUS Metro City +
May 06 Dallas, TX House of Blues #
May 07 Austin, TX Emo’s #
May 08 Houston, TX House of Blues #
May 10 Daytona Beach, FL Welcome to Rockville
May 11 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle #
May 12 Raleigh, NC The Ritz #
May 14 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl #
May 15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room #
May 17 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple
May 18 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Metal Fest
May 19 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue #
June 12 London, UK O2 Forum Kentish Town ^
June 13 Manchester, UK O2 Ritz ^
June 14 Derby, UK Download Festival
June 16 Zurich, CH X-Tra %
June 17 Milan, IT Magnolia %
June 19 Berlin, DE Huxley’s %
June 20 Copenhagen, DK Copenhell
June 22 Dessel, BE. Graspop Metal Meeting
June 23 Luxembourg Atelier %
June 24 Tilburg, NL 013 Poppodium %
June 27 Oslo, NO Tons Of Rock
June 29 Clisson, FR Hellfest
+ with Melvins
% with Oxbow & Spotlights
^ with Spotlights
# with Otto Von Schirach
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