Killswitch Engage are set to hit Australia in September as the main support for Iron Maiden's The Future Past tour.  The band has now announced a run of exciting Australian headline shows to accompany this run. The three headline shows will see them play venues in  Frankston (Victoria), Gold Coast (Queensland) and Newcastle (New South Wales), giving fans a unique opportunity to see the metalcore monsters in a more intimate and regional setting. 

Supports for each show include the recently reformed Feed Her To The Sharks for Frankston: Dark, oppressive death metallers, Descent for the Gold Coast and hardcore merchants Dropsaw will play in front of their hometown crowd in Newcastle.

Fans can register for ticketing information here. 

The three-time Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling heavyweights revitalised a stagnating metal scene in the middle of a stale decade for heavy music with the release of both 2002’s Alive Or Just Breathing and 2004’s, The End Of Heartache.  

Combining soaring, heartfelt vocals with guttural anguished growls set against a powerful mix of groove metal, hardcore and old-school traditional heavy-metal-harmony, Killswitch Engage set a new standard, were heralded as true innovators and spawned a million copycats.

None, however, could match Killswitch Engage for their sheer authenticity and pure musical skill. Over the next two decades, Killswitch Engage rose to the top and delivered eight studio albums, three live ones and played every festival that exists.

Their Australian fans have been there from the start. The band's first foray down under was way back in 2004 opening for Soilwork and Anthrax which marked the start of an enduring love affair with their army of fans. The Iron Maiden tour and accompanying headline run will see be their first visit since 2018's run alongside Parkway Drive and Thy Art Is Murder.

Killswitch Engage 
Australian Headline Tour 2024

Tuesday 3 September, The Pier, Frankston (Victoria)
Sunday 8 September, Miami Marketta, Gold Coast (Queensland)
Saturday 14 September, King St Band Room, Newcastle (New South Wales). 

Killswitch Engage will join Iron Maiden on their first tour since 2016 when The Future Past tour plays Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland next September. 

The Future Past tour concept sees Iron Maiden include songs from both the band’s most recent studio album Senjutsu as well as 1986’s seminal album Somewhere In Time, alongside other fan favourites. 

The tour played to over 750,000 fans at more than 30 sold-out shows across Europe in the summer of 2023. Featuring one of the most spectacular stage productions of the band’s career, it received rave reviews in every city and country that Iron Maiden visited.

Iron Maiden 

The Future Past Australian Tour 2024

Sunday 1 September: Perth, RAC Arena

Wednesday 4 September: Adelaide, Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Friday 6 September: Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena

Saturday 7 September: Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena

Tuesday 10 September: Brisbane, Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Thursday 12 September: Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena

Head to www.ironmaiden.com or www.tegdainty.com for all ticketing and tour information.
 

Iron Maiden released their 17th studio album Senjutsu in 2021.  On the day of Senjutsu's release, we were granted an audience with a man whose fingerprints were all over that signature Iron Maiden sound, the living legend guitarist Dave Murray about the band's enduring legacy. 

 Buy Iron Maiden - Senjutsu now!