Former Mastodon guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds is heading abroad this fall for an intensive European trek that showcases each of his present initiatives. Along with becoming a member of CKY as direct assist on their Fiend With out A Face UK tour, Hinds will headline a separate run throughout Europe beneath the banner An Night With Brent Hinds.
The headlining tour will see Fiend With out A Face taking high billing, with Hinds pulling double responsibility by opening every present together with his different band, Soiled B & The Boys. The tour marks the first-ever European headlining run for Fiend With out A Face, providing followers a uncommon probability to catch Hinds in full artistic flight throughout two of his most unconventional and genre-bending musical shops. Get these dates beneath.
Fiend With out A Face & CKY
10/31 Oxford, UK O2 Academy 2
11/1 Birmingham, UK O2 Institute 2
11/2 Torquay, UK Foundry
11/3 Southampton, UK 1865
11/4 Bristol, UK Fleece
11/6 Swansea, UK Patti Pavilion
11/9 Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
11/10 Newcastle, UK Digital
11/11 Birkenhead, UK Future Yard
11/12 Manchester, UK Membership Academy
11/14 Belfast, IE Limelight 2
11/15 Dublin, IE Opium Rooms
11/17 Glasgow, UK Storage
11/18 Leeds, UK Key Membership
11/19 Sheffield, UK Company
11/20 Norwich, UK Waterfront
11/21 London, UK O2 Academy Islington
Fiend With out A Face + Soiled B & The Boys
11/23 Ittre, BE Zik-Zak
11/25 Paris, FR Les Etolies
11/27 Solothurn, CH Kofmehl
11/28 Milan, IT Legend Membership
11/29 Munich, DE Strom
12/1 Vienna, AT Viper Room
12/3 Prague, CZ Subzero
12/4 Wroclaw, PL Zaklete Rewiry
12/6 Tilburg, NL Little Satan
12/7 Cologne, DE MTC
12/9 Stockholm, SE Bar Brooklyn
12/10 Oslo, NO John Dee
12/11 Gothenburg, SE Monument
12/12 Copenhagen, DK Lodge Cecil
12/13 Hamburg, DE Molotow Music Membership
12/15 Berlin, DE Badehaus
12/16 Antwerp, BE Kavka
12/17 Utrecht, NL DB’s
In a shocking shakeup for the progressive steel world, Mastodon formally parted methods with founding guitarist Brent Hinds on March 5, 2025, marking the top of a 25-year period for the Grammy-winning band. Simply days after the announcement, Mastodon carried out their first present with out Hinds on March 9 at Instrument‘s Stay within the Sand occasion. YouTuber Ben Eller crammed in for the efficiency, whereas guitar virtuoso Nick Johnston has since been tapped for reside duties. Nonetheless, the band has but to verify a everlasting full-time alternative for Hinds.
Talking with Guitar World, guitarist Invoice Kelliher mirrored on the cut up: “What are you able to say concerning the legacy of Mastodon‘s first 25 years with Brent? It has been a enjoyable, wild experience. We achieved issues I by no means imagined — Grammys, touring with Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motörhead, Instrument. Like a wedding, individuals develop aside and get thinking about different issues. We want Brent nothing however one of the best in chasing his goals.”
Kelliher added: “It is superb we made it 25 years collectively. That alone is a feat. You may’t actually change any of us — we are the sum of 4 components. However that does not imply another person cannot supply one thing new. It was a tough resolution. It was simply time.”
As for Hinds, whereas he hasn’t issued an official assertion, a blunt touch upon a Mastodon Instagram put up urged tensions might have been excessive behind the scenes. When a fan stated they’d miss Hinds and praised the monitor “Halloween,” the guitarist responded: “I will not miss being in a shit band with horrible people.”
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