To celebrate the band's 30 Years Of Thunder anniversary tour, W.A.S.P. leader Blackie Lawless has penned a monthly diary (fifteen in total) to chronicle the real events of the band and give fans all a little better insight to the last thirty years in their history. Check out the latest diary called "Can Ya See The Real Me....Can Ya?" below:

"A few months before the (The Headless Children) was finished, the movie director Penelope Spheris called me and asked me if I’d be interested in doing a new movie she was working on called Decline Of The Western Civilization – Part 2.

It was to be a face to face debate between Tipper Gore and myself. I could not wait, I was chomping at the bit!!! This was my chance to take the bull’s-eye she and her husband Al had put on me and put it on her forehead!!

The day before the filming was to take place Tipper cancelled!

Penelope asked me if I’d like to do something else and honestly nothing really seemed like it would even come close to the debate we were going to do so she asked me if she could interview Chris. I said OK.

Rod heard about it and he said to me, “I don’t know if this is such a good idea, what do you think”? My now famous reply (that we still laugh about) was, “I think it’s OK…besides, how bad can it be”?

So much for my genius!! For anyone who’s seen it, it speaks for itself. When I got the advance copy I was horrified!!

I called Penelope and insisted to her, 'You’ve got to edit him out of the movie,' she said: 'I can’t,' and I said why not, she said, 'all of the copies have already gone out to the movie theatres.' I freaked!! Here we’ve just done this extremely socially conscious record and now this disaster of a PR statement is about to come out on film for the whole world to see!!

Had the record not been as strong as it was, that film may have killed it, and the upcoming world tour as well.

Believe me, I am not over exaggerating how damaging that thing was!!!"

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On September 21st, W.A.S.P. will begin the 30 Years of Thunder anniversary Tour starting in the United Kingdom and continue worldwide.

This World Tour will be the biggest spectacle W.A.S.P. have ever created. The two-hour show will consist of three parts. A one hour set contain songs from the first four albums. The second set will be a 25 minute shortened version of The Crimson Idol complete with the movie accompaniment. A third set will consist of material from the new studio album, older material and everything in between. This show will see multiple video screens, pyrotechnics, and elements from the early W.A.S.P. shows (maybe even an exploding cod piece) and Blackie’s moving microphone stand Elvis!

Check out the new dates below:

September

21 – London, UK - The Forum
22 – Edinburgh, UK - HMV Picture House
23 – Newcastle, UK - Academy
24 – Belfast, Ireland - Ulster Hall
25 – Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
27 – Manchester, UK - Hmv Ritz
28 – Leeds, UK - Academy
29 – Nottingham, UK - Rock City
30 – Norwich, UK - Waterfront

October

1 – Wolverhampton, UK - Wolfrun Hall
3 – Cardif, Wales - The Great Hall
4 – Bristol, UK – Academy
6 - Varverg, Sweden - Arenan
7 - LinkÖPing, Sweden - Cupolen
9 - Uppsala, Sweden - Katalin
10 – Hässleholm, Sweden - Qpoolen
11 – Trollhätan, Sweden - Älvhögsborg
12 – Sundsvall, Sweden - Spegelsalen, Stadshuset
13 – Örebrö, Sweden - Kongress
14 – Eskilstuna, Sweden - Lokomotivet
16 - Tallin, Estonia - Rock Cafe
17 - Helsinki, Finland - The Circus
18 - Tampere, Finland - Tampere Hall
19 - Turku, Finland - Logomo
20 - SeinaJoki, Finland - Rytmikorjaamo
21 - Lulea, Sweden - Kulturenshus
25 - Huskvarna, Sweden - Teaterladan
26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Rockklassiker Krysningen
27 - Karlstad, Sweden - Nojesfabriken

November

2 – Tilburg, The Netherlands - 0 13
3 – Antwerp, Belgium -Trix
4 – Lille, France - Le Splendid
5 – Paris, France - Le Bataclan
6 – Toulouse, France - Bikini

7- Barakaldo, Spain - Rockstar Live

8 - Santiago, Spain - Sala Capitol
9 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
10 – Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno
12 - Cartagena, Spain - La Matriz Creativa
13 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
14 - St. Etienne, France - Le Fil
15 – Strasbourg, France - La Laite