Motorhead Announces North American Tour

Motorhead, which released its debut self-titled album in 1977, announced Monday a slew of North American dates that includes a Tuesday, March 8, stop at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q in Austin. Celebrating their 35th anniversary and touring in support of The World is Yours, which is slated for a Feb. 8 release, singer/bassist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee last played in the area on Sept. 20, 2009, also at Stubb’s.

Their previous San Antonio visit came Aug. 24, 2008, joining Heaven & Hell and Testament as opening acts for Judas Priest on the Metal Masters tour at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Don’t rule out another San Antonio show on this tour. The date listed before the Austin show is Saturday, March 5, and is labeled as TBA. Although it’s unlikely San Antonio and Austin shows would occur four days apart — especially with a March 4 concert scheduled for New Jersey — you never know until it becomes official.

In addition to the forthcoming album, a documentary about Kilmister, entitled “Lemmy,” is scheduled to premier nationally next month. Kilmister also sings a song called “Dr. Alibi” on Slash’s latest solo album. Slash, the Velvet Revolver and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist, opens for Ozzy Osbourne at the AT&T Center on Jan. 24. Motorhead’s tour kicks off Jan. 25 in Anaheim, Calif.

Motorhead, architects of classic songs such as “Ace of Spades,” “Iron Fist,” “Built For Speed” and “Eat the Rich,” has already posted lyrics for each song from The World is Yours, which can be viewed here. The new video for “Get Back in Line” can be seen below.

The Wörld Is Yours Tour:
Tue 25 Jan     Anaheim CA          House of Blues
Fri 28 Jan     Reno NV             Knitting Factory
Sat 29 Jan     Las Vegas NV        HOB
Mon 31 Jan     San Diego CA        HOB
Wed 02 Feb     San Francisco CA    Warfield
Fri 04 Feb     Seattle WA          Sodo
Sat 05 Feb     Portland OR         Roseland
Mon 07 Feb     Vancouver BC        Vogue
Wed 09 Feb     Edmonton AL         EEC
Thu 10 Feb     Calgary AL          Flames Central
Sat 12 Feb     Winnipeg MT         Burton
Sun 13 Feb     TBA                 TBA
Tue 15 Feb     Minneapolis MN      1st Ave
Wed 16 Feb     Milwaukee WI        Rave Ballroom
Thu 17 Feb     Kansas City MO      Midland Theatre
Sat 19 Feb     Chicago IL          Congress
Sun 20 Feb     St Louis MO         Pops
Tue 22 Feb     Grand Rapids MI     Orbit
Wed 23 Feb     Detroit MI          Royal Oak
Fri 25 Feb     Kitchener ONT       Elements
Sat 26 Feb     Toronto ONT         Koolhouse
Mon 28 Feb     New York NY         Best Buy
Tue 01 Mar     Boston MA           House of Blues (AVALON)
Thu 03 Mar     Sayerville NJ       Starland Ballroom
Fri 04 Mar     Atlantic City NJ    House of Blues
Sat 05 Mar     TBA                 TBA
Tue 08 Mar     Austin TX           Stubb’s
Thu 10 Mar     Tempe AZ            Marquee Theatre
Fri 11 Mar     Los Angeles CA      Nokia Live