Japanese metal band, BABYMETAL, head out for their full US headline tour next month and to celebrate they’ve released an English version of their single “Elevator Girl”. The new single is the group’s first full English song to go to Active Rock radio and is accompanied by a new music video featuring live footage from the bands recent headline arena show in Japan.
Kicking off September 4th in Orlando, FL and wrapping up October 16th in Seattle, WA, the 20-date tour will make stops in Los Angeles at The Forum, for their first-ever North American arena show, DC, Boston, New York, Chicago and more (full dates below). The US tour kicks off their METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR including headline dates in Europe and Japan.
Along with the new version of “Elevator Girl” comes the reveal of the full track listing for the upcoming album as well as the launch of digital pre-orders.
‘METAL GALAXY’, coming October 11th, features Joakim Brodén of Sabaton, Alissa White-Gluz from Arch Enemy, guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage from Polyphia, Thai-rapper F.HERO and B’z guitarist Tak Matsumoto (full tracklisting below).
‘METAL GALAXY’ TRACKLISTING
01. FUTURE METAL
02. DA DA DANCE (feat. Tak Matsumoto)
03. Elevator Girl – English ver.
04. Shanti Shanti Shanti
05. Oh! MAJINAI (feat. Joakim Brodén)
06. Brand New Day (feat. Tim Henson and Scott LePage)
07. Night Night Burn!
08. IN THE NAME OF
09. Distortion (feat. Alissa White-Gluz)
10. PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO)
11. Kagerou
12. Starlight
13. Shine
14. Arkadia
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE: https://babymetal.lnk.to/MetalGalaxy
METAL GALAXY WORD TOUR – US DATES:
w/ support from Avatar
09/04/19 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
09/06/19 – Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy
09/08/19 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
09/11/19 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
09/13/19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
09/15/19 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
09/18/19 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
09/20/19 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
09/21/19 – Saint Paul, MN – Myth Live Event Center
09/23/19 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
09/24/19 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
09/27/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
09/28/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
09/30/19 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
10/01/19 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
10/04/19 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
10/11/19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum *
10/13/19 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock **
10/15/19 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater ***
10/16/19 – Seattle, WA – The Paramount Theatre ***
*No Support
**Festival
***No Avatar, Support from The HU
METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR 2020 DATES:
11/16/20 – Saitama Super Arena (Japan)
11/17/20 – Saitama Super Arena (Japan)
11/19/20 – Osaka Jo Hall (Japan)
02/03/20 – Fryshyset, Stockholm (Sweden)
02/04/20 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo (Norway)
02/05/20 – VEGA Main Hall, Copenhagen (Denmark)
02/08/20 – Große Freiheit, Hamburg (Germany)
02/09/20 – Elysee Monmatre, Paris (France)
02/11/20 – Gasometer, Vienna (Austria)
02/13/20 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne (Germany)
02/14/20 – Huxleys, Berlin (Germany)
02/16/20 – AB, Brussels (Belgium)
02/17/20 – O13, Tilburg (Netherlands)
02/19/20 – Barrowland, Glasgow (UK)
02/20/20 – Great Hall, Cardiff (UK)
02/22/20 – Apollo, Manchester (UK)
02/23/20 – Hammersmith Apollo, London (UK)
02/26/20 – House of Culture, Helsinki (Finland)
02/28/20 – M1, St. Petersburg (Russia)
03/01/20 – Adrenaline Stadium, Moscow (Russia)