MUDVAYNE will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album, “L.D. 50”, on a U.S. tour in late summer and early fall. Support on the trek will come from STATIC-X and VENDED.
Released in 2000 via Epic, “L.D. 50” produced three singles — Dig”, “Death Blooms” and “Nothing To Gein”. “L.D. 50” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 85 on the Billboard 200. It was certified gold by the RIAA for shipment in excess of half a million copies in the U.S. alone.
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MUDVAYNE‘s “L.D. 50 25th Anniversary” tour dates:
Sep. 11 – Dubuque, IA – Q Casino @ Back Waters Stage
Sep. 13 – Waukee, IA @ Vibrant Music Hall
Sep. 14 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Sep. 17 – Youngstown, OH @ The Covelli Centre
Sep. 20 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
Sep. 21 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
Sep. 23 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Sep. 24 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment Center
Sep. 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
Sep. 27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
Sep. 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Sep. 30 – Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds
Oct. 1 – Airway Heights, WA @ Northern Quest Amphitheater
Oct. 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
Oct. 11 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
Oct. 12 – San Antonio, TX @ Boeing Center at Tech Port
Oct. 13 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
Oct. 18 – Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Oct. 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct. 21 – Raleigh, NC @ The Red Hat Amphitheater
Oct. 22 – Virginia Beach, VA @ The Dome
Oct. 24 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
Oct. 25 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Oct. 26 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
MUDVAYNE formed in 1996 and has sold over six million records worldwide, earning gold certification for three albums (“L.D. 50”, “The End Of All Things To Come”, “Lost And Found”). The band is known for its sonic experimentation, innovative album art, face and body paint, masks and uniforms.
MUDVAYNE frontman Chad Gray spent 15 years fronting HELLYEAH, which released its sixth studio album, “Welcome Home”, in September 2019 via Eleven Seven Music. The disc marked the group’s final effort with drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, who passed away seven years ago.
MUDVAYNE did not tour behind its fifth album, which was barely promoted and sold weakly upon release.
The reunited metallers haven’t put out any new material since 2009, which means more than a decade and a half has gone by without a single fresh MUDVAYNE song.
MUDVAYNE completed its first headlining tour in over 14 years, “The Psychotherapy Sessions”, in the summer of 2023. Support on the 26-city trek, which was produced by Live Nation, came from COAL CHAMBER, along with GWAR, NONPOINT and BUTCHER BABIES.
Previously, MUDVAYNE made waves in 2022 when they embarked on the “Freaks On Parade” tour co-headlined with ROB ZOMBIE. The 2023 tour, however, marked MUDVAYNE‘s first headlining endeavor since 2009.
Gray told The Oakland Press that his “main motivation for putting [MUDVAYNE] back together and coming back was our fans”, including those who discovered the band during its absence. “There’s so many younger kids that are coming up and coming into our world, the metal world, and they’re learning about MUDVAYNE,” he said. “So you have this, like, the ground’s kind of rumbling and it goes out and touches more and more people, but we weren’t out there to scratch that itch. You still have your actual fan base but you’re accumulating new people. So when we came back it was very exciting for us. It was about our fans and giving those new fans the experience.”
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