This week, Machine Head announced the return of their “An evening with…” tour. The band will be taking their three-hour set overseas next spring to Europe and the UK. Machine Head bandleader Robb Flynn issued the following statement:
“I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a Machine Head show… a Machine Fuckin’ Head show.
People talk about the riffs, the circle pits, the sweat, the beers, the chaos—and yeah, all of that is part of who we are. It always has been.
But there’s something else.
Something I didn’t fully understand until years into doing this.
It’s the singing.
The way you take our songs… songs we wrote in a cold Oakland rehearsal room, in dark places, in moments of pain, struggle, or heartbreak—and you turn them into something bigger. Something yours.
I’ve stood on stages all over the world, guitar hanging off my shoulder, lights blinding my eyes, sweat dripping down my face… and then I hear it:
You. All of you. Singing louder than the PA. Singing like the song belongs to you—and it does.
That feeling… I can’t compare it to anything else in my life.
There was a show a while back—honestly, I can’t even remember what city it was—but during ‘Darkness Within’, the crowd came in so strong on that first line I actually stepped back from the mic. Just… let it happen. And as I listened, I felt something shift inside me. Like, this is why we’re here.
This connection.
This shared voice.
It’s not a performance anymore.
It becomes a conversation.
A communion.
And that’s why we’re doing this tour.
No openers.
No limits.
Just 3 hours of anthems, deep cuts, ragers & epics, the songs you’ve screamed so loud we could feel it in our bones.
I want these nights to feel like those rare shows where everything clicks and the world falls away. Where we can dig into the catalog, take our time, talk, play, improvise, go places we haven’t gone in years… or ever.
I want to see you jump until the floor shakes.
I want to hear those first words of ‘Halo‘ explode like a war cry.
I want to hear that massive ‘Let freedom ring’ during ‘Davidian‘ that rattles the walls.
I want to feel the whole room move as one.
These are the nights where the band and the fans become the same damn thing.
Pre-sale tickets start today.
I hope you’ll be there with us.
I hope you’ll bring your voice.
Because we’re going to need it.
With love, rage, and gratitude
Robb“
Tickets are on sale now.
In other Machine Head news, the band recently shared that they will be performing as a trio on the first three dates of their impending Australian tour. Those three dates lead up to the Good Things Festival in Australia.
All dates can be found below.
11/29 Perth, AU – Astor Theatre
12/01 Sunshine Coast, AU – The Station
12/03 Canberra, AU – UC Refectory
12/05 Melbourne, AU – Good Things Festival
12/06 Sydney, AU – Good Things Festival
12/07 Brisbane, AU – Good Things Festival
4/11 Copenhagen, DK – Vega
4/13 Hamburg, DE – Inselparkhalle
4/15 Warsaw, PL – Progresja
4/17 Zwickau, DE – Stadthalle
4/18 Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
4/19 Vienna, AT – Gasometer
4/20 Munich, DE – Tonhalle
4/22 Milan, IT – Alcatraz
4/23 Marseille, FR – Espace Julien
4/24 Balma, FR – Interference
4/25 Villava, ES – Sala Totem Aretoa
4/27 Madrid, ES – Sala Riviera
4/28 Lisbon, PT – Lav Lisboa Ao Vivo
4/29 Malaga, ES – Sala Paris 15
4/30 Barcelona, ES – Razzmatazz
5/02 Paris, FR – L’Olympia
5/03 Strasbourg, FR – La Laiterie
5/04 Saarbrucken, DE – Saarlandhalle
5/06 Ludwigsburg, DE – MHP Arena
5/07 Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof Wiesbaden
5/08 Cologne, DE – Palladiu
5/09 Fribourg, CH – Fri-Son
5/11 Tilburg, NL – Escape Room 013
5/12 Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
5/14 Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
5/15 Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
5/16 Wolverhampton, UK – Civic Hall
5/17 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
