Bay Area metal titans Machine Head will headline an exclusive tour starting this February, billed as An Evening With Machine Head spanning across mainland Europe and the UK. No support bands, no locals, just two hours of bone-crunching metal anthems, deep album cuts, sing-a-longs, haunting atmospheric pieces, and pure fucking Machine Head!

"We’re doing An Evening With Machine Head. Meaning: it’ll just be us, folks,” commented guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn. “We are really excited about playing longer sets, throwing in some deep cuts, and just having it be our own world. We did this in the US and eastern Europe recently and it’s done amazingly well. Fans seem to really love the Evening With… format for a band like us who has a long-standing and diverse catalog. While the sets vary from night to night, there were a couple nights on the last run where we reached the 2 hour and 40 minute mark. It was crazy! We could have played all night, the crowd was so insane!!”

In regards to the band’s decision to only headline their own shows throughout the Bloodstone & Diamonds touring cycle, as well as no longer play festival slots, Flynn elaborates: "We’re not trying to have a good time with a bunch of people who don’t know who we are. If Machine Head throws a party, big or small, we don’t want a bunch of ‘strangers’ there. This is about us and you guys, the die-hards, the Head Cases, The Fucking Undesirables! We don’t care about the others out there. We’re here and we’re not going anywhere. If those people want to be a part of this, they know where to find us. So for the time being, and maybe ‘forever’, we’re done reaching out for them."

Tickets and VIP packages go on sale at 11 AM, CEST this Friday, October 16th.

Pick up standard tickets, VIP Meet & Greet upgrades (for folks who already bought tickets or want to add on later), and the Ultimate VIP Package (where 1 person-per-show can own a ‘stage played’ Bloodstone & Diamonds guitar played by either Phil or Robb), all at this location.

Dates include:

February
2 - Geneva, Switzerland - L'usine
4 - Nimes, France - Paloma
6 - Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Sala Capitol
7 - Porto, Portugal - Coliseu do Porto
8 - Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseu dos Recrois
10 - Granada, Spain - Industrial Copera
11 - Madrid, Spain - Riviera
12 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
14 - Bordeaux, France - Rocher de Palmer
15 - Clermont Ferrand, France - Coop de Mai
16 - Paris, France - Bataclan
19 - Reims, France - Cartonnerie
20 - Lille, France - Aeronef
21 - Dortmund, Germany - FZW
22 - Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn LKA
24 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
25 - Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
26 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
27 - Berlin, Germany - Huxleys Neue Welt
29 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013

March
2 - Norwich, England - Open
3 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
5 - Belfast, Ireland - Limelight
6 - Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
8 - Manchester, England - Academy
10 - Cardiff, Wales - Great Hall
11 - London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
12 - Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy

Machine Head previously announced a second North American leg of their An Evening With tour. Confirmed dates are as listed:

November
2 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
4 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
7 - Colorado Springs, CO - Rawkus
9 - Lincoln, NE - The Bourbon Theatre
10 - Sioux Falls, SD - The District
12 - Ringle, WI - Q and Z Expo Center
13 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
14 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe at Old National Centre
15 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theatre
17 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom
19 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
20 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
21 - Guelph, ON - Guelph Concert Theatre
22 - Ottawa, ON - Ritual
23 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
24 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount
25 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
27 - Portland, ME - The Asylum
28 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
29 - Richmond, VA - The National
30 - Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend

December
1 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
3 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
4 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
5 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
8 - Shreveport, LA - Riverside warehouse
9 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theater
10 - Lubbock, TX - Jake's
11 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
12 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
14 - Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater
15 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
17 - Riverside, CA - Riverside Municipal Auditorium
18 - Ramona, CA - Ramona Mainstage
19 - San Jose, CA - Rockbar Theater