Today, W.A.S.P. announces The 40th Never Stops World Tour 2023. Produced by Live Nation, the 33-city run kicks off on Friday, August 4th in San Luis Abispo, CA, making stops across North America in Vancouver, BC, Omaha, NE, New York, NY, Memphis, TN and more before wrapping up on Saturday, September 16 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA. Special guest Armored Saint will join the band across all dates of the tour.

The 2023 North American tour comes following the band's first US tour in 10 years wrapping up in 2022, ending with 18 sold-out shows. The tour was selected by Metal Edge as one of the 10 Best Hard Rock and Metal Tours of 2022 and one of the 22 Memorable Rock Tours of 2022 by Ultimate Classic Rock. BraveWords writers listed the tour as the Top Concert of 2022 and selected by the Detroit radio station WRIF as one of the Top Concerts of 2022.

W.A.S.P. is currently playing off their massive European leg of the 2022 40th Anniversary World Tour, with upcoming shows taking place in Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and more before wrapping on May 18 in Sofia, Bulgaria at Universidada Sports Hall.

Tickets will be available starting with the Artist presale beginning today at 12 PM, ET. Additional presales will run throughout the week with all pre-sales ending Thursday, April 13 at 10 PM, local time.

Use the exclusive BraveWords presale code "BlindInTexas" for early access to tickets.

The general on sale will begin Friday, April 14 at 10 AM, local time at WASPnation.com.

VIP: Blackie Lawless VIP meet and greet tickets will also be available at WASPnation.com.

Tour dates:

August
4 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theatre *
5 - Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Live Sacramento
7 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
8 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre *
10 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
11 - Spokane, WA - The Podium
12 - Garden City, ID - Revolution Concert House and Event Center
13 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
15 - Omaha, NE - Steelhouse Omaha
16 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus
17 - Moline, IL - The Rust Belt *
18 - Eau Claire, WI - RCU Theater *
19 - Clive, IA - Horizon Events Center *
 20 - Gary, IN - Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana
22 - Grand Rapids, MI - GLC Live @ 20 Monroe
 23 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre
24 - Wheeling, WV - Capitol Theatre *
25 - Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater *
26 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
27 - Hampton, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
29 - Wallingford, CT - The Dome At Oakdale Theatre
30 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
31 - Warren, OH - Packard Music Hall *

September
1 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
3 - Montreal, QC - Mtelus
5 - Cincinnati, OH - The Andrew J Brady Music Center
7 - Memphis, TN - The Soundstage at Graceland
8 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall
9 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
10 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion
13 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre *
14 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
16 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium

* not a Live Nation Date

Few bands in the history of rock n' roll have ever incited the love, the hate, the raw emotional effect this band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the band’s unique style of shock and rock caused religious organizations, Local City Councils, Parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played.

The band’s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold out shows across the globe for 4 decades.

Joined by bassist Mike Duda and guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band span 26 and 18 years respectively, along with drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester, will take the Band and the Fans back to where it all started. Complete with the stage show extravaganza that many fans never saw live.

Witness live the Winged Assassins spectacle of "Shock And Roll" as they take you back… back to the beginning!