W.A.S.P.’s “Golgotha” European tour kicked off last friday (Sept. 11) in London, Fan filmed footage of W.A.S.P. performing 3 new songs from the upcoming studio album “Golgotha” can be seen below. The complete list of tour dates can be seen below.
“Golgotha” which will be released on October 2 via Austria’s Napalm Records.
Commented W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless: ‘Scream’ was the track we felt really opened the album with the kick we were looking for. The animation on the video is outstanding and truly takes you on a trip. ‘You’re gonna cry if you want me, You’re gonna lie if you love me!’ It’s enough to make you wanna scream!”
Lawless previously stated about the making of the “Golgotha” CD: “The rehearsals for this album started in the spring of 2011. A lot of time was spent just talking about the direction of the songs and really trying to turn the songs inside out to see exactly where they wanted to go.
“One thing you learn over the years in the songwriting process is that after the songs begin to take shape, they will eventually start to talk back to you and they will tell you where they wanna go. The trick is learning to listen when they speak.
“This process of writing and arranging and the demos went on for several months before we even began to record the album for real.
“One of the first tracks we recorded was ‘Miss You’. It’s interesting because, ironically, it was the first song ever written for [1992’s] “The Crimson Idol” [album].
“There were three songs that were originally supposed to be on the “Idol” [CD] but never made it and ‘Miss You’ was one of them. When you see the lyrics, you’ll understand that Jonathan is clearly talking to his brother Michael, as he kneels at his graveside.”
Regarding the previously released song ‘Last Runaway’, Lawless said: “Forty years ago I came to Hollywood as a teenager. Terrified and scared out of my mind, I had no idea what waited there for me. The song ‘Last Runaway’ is an intensely personal account of what happened to me, not only then but over the years and the success that followed after. Be it a kid looking for success in the music business or any life-challenging endeavor that someone would ‘run away’ from in life, I’m certain that everyone can relate to this story one way or another. It’s another kid ‘chasing the dream’ and trying to survive it in the process. We’ve all been there.”
At the 2014 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden, Lawless stated about the lyrical inspiration for the new W.A.S.P. CD: “‘Golgotha’ is Hebrew for place of the skull, and it’s the hill where Christ was crucified. And it’s interesting, when you see a lot of bands going around using Satanic images or images of death and things like that, and I’m thinking, all they need to do is look at the source, ’cause it’s right there. I mean, if you want death, there’s enough to go around there.”
Tracklist:
01. Scream
02. Last Runaway
03. Shotgun
04. Miss You
05. Fallen Under
06. Slaves Of The New World Order
07. Eyes Of My Maker
08. Hero Of The World
09. Golgotha
Upcoming Shows:
SEPTEMBER 13th 2015 UK NEWCASTLE O2 ACADEMY
SEPTEMBER 14th 2015 UK MANCHESTER RITZ
SEPTEMBER 16th 2015 UK DUBLIN ACADEMY
SEPTEMBER 17th 2015 UK BELFAST LIMELIGHT 1
SEPTEMBER 18th 2015 UK GLASGOW O2 ACADEMY
SEPTEMBER 19th 2015 UK NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
SEPTEMBER 21st 2015 UK WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRUN HALL
SEPTEMBER 22nd 2015 UK BRISTOL MOTION
SEPTEMBER 24th 2015 NETHERLANDS EINDHOVEN EFFENAAR
SEPTEMBER 25th 2015 GERMANY OBERHAUSEN TURBINEHALLE
SEPTEMBER 26th 2015 GERMANY HAMBURG MARKTHALLE
OCTOBER 1st 2015 SWEDEN KARLSTAD NÖJESFABRIKEN
OCTOBER 2nd 2015 SWEDEN ESKILSTUNA LOKOMOTIVET
OCTOBER 3th 2015 SWEDEN KARLSHAMN VÄGGAHALLEN
OCTOBER 5th 2015 SWEDEN LULEA KULTURHUSET
OCTOBER 7th 2015 FINLAND SEINAJOKI RYTMIKORJAAMO
OCTOBER 9th 2015 FINLAND HELSINKI KULTTUURITALO
OCTOBER 10th 2015 FINLAND OULU AREENA
OCTOBER 11th 2015 FINLAND TAMPERE PAKKAHUONE
OCTOBER 13th 2015 NORWAY TRONDHEIM BYSCENE
OCTOBER 14th 2015 NORWAY DRAMMEN UNION SCENE
OCTOBER 15th 2015 NORWAY BERGEN RICK’S TEATER
OCTOBER 16th 2015 NORWAY HAUGESUND BYSCENEN
OCTOBER 18th 2015 GERMANY HERFORD X
OCTOBER 21st 2015 SPAIN ZARAGOZA TEATRO LAS ESQUINAS
OCTOBER 22nd 2015 SPAIN GRANADA EL TREN
OCTOBER 23rd 2015 SPAIN MADRID LA RIVIERA
OCTOBER 24th 2015 SPAIN BILBAO SANTANA 27
OCTOBER 28th 2015 GERMANY FRANKFURT BATSCHKAPP
OCTOBER 29th 2015 GERMANY MUNICH THEATERFABRIK
OCTOBER 30th 2015 AUSTRIA TELFS RATHAUSSAAL
OCTOBER 31st 2015 GERMANY GEISELWIND MUSIC HALL
NOVEMBER 1st 2015 SWITZERLAND PRATTELN Z-7
NOVEMBER 3rd 2015 ITALY BOLOGNA ESTRAGON
NOVEMBER 4th 2015 ITALY ROME ORION
NOVEMBER 5th 2015 ITALY PERDONE DEPOSITO
NOVEMBER 6th 2015 ITALY MILAN LIVE CLUB
NOVEMBER 10th 2015 RUSSIA ST. PETERSBURG A2 CLUB NEW
NOVEMBER 11th 2015 RUSSIA MOSCOW RAY JUST ARENA NEW
Setlist:
01. On Your Knees
02. Inside the Electric Circus
03. The Real Me
(The Who cover)
04. L.O.V.E. Machine
05. Last Runaway
06. Crazy
07. Hellion
08. I Don’t Need No Doctor
(Ray Charles cover)
09. The Idol
10. Arena of Pleasure
11. Miss You
12. Golgotha
13. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue)
Encore:
14. Wild Child
Encore 2:
15. I Wanna Be Somebody
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Video below: ‘Last Runaway’
Video below: ‘Golgotha’
Video below: ‘Miss You’