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Hollywood, CA (February 11, 2026) \u2014\u00a0W.A.S.P. is excited to announce the \u201c1984 To Headless\u201d 2026 U.S. and Canada Tour with KK\u2019s Priest as very special guest. The tour kicks off on September 10 in CA and runs through October 31st. W.A.S.P. will be playing the hits from their first four albums.<\/p>\n
Tickets and VIP: www.WASPnation.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n General on-sale: Friday, FEB 13th at 10am local time<\/strong><\/p>\n “1984 To Headless”, the Fall 2026 North American Tour, W.A.S.P. returns Playing Live in the U.S. and Canada, paying tribute to their 1st Four Albums… Live!<\/p>\n Selected Hits from W.A.S.P.’s 1st Four Albums promise to create a True Rock ‘N Roll Spectacle complete with a Live Stage Show bringing those Albums Alive for the 1st… and Only Time.<\/p>\n The 1st Five Years of Artist’s Careers most always determine what their legacy will be if they go on to greatness, or be remembered as a footnote in music history.<\/p>\n W.A.S.P. cemented their place in the Rock History in those 1st Five Years with their iconic first album in 1984, followed the next year with “The Last Command”, “Inside the Electric Circus” in 1987 and capped with the their Greatest yet, “The Headless Children” in 1989.<\/p>\n In their Fabled 44 year history W.A.S.P. have been pioneers of Shock Rock, Psycho Drama and Live Spectacles that are now Legendary in the World of Rock.<\/p>\n The Band will take the “1984 To Headless” Tour to Europe and the World in 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s hard to express the genuine excitement I’m feeling in describing the “1984 To Headless” U.S. Tour. Playing those songs from those 1st Four Albums in a combined package like this is something we’ve never attempted before. In addition to the songs, the entire Stage Show will look like the Album Covers from those Records will Come Alive… right right before your eyes!<\/p>\n Complete with all the History and Bombastic Live Presentations that’s made this Band one of the great Live Bands in the Theatrical Rock World. When elements of those Album Covers start to come alive, right on the stage before the people it’s gonna be something they’ll not soon forget!<\/p>\n I’m also equally thrilled to bring K. K.’s Priest and those iconic Hit’s onboard for all the Fall 2026 U. S. Shows. Both Bands… together… on the same stage… on the same night… where do I get my ticket?<\/p>\n It’s gonna make the “1984 To Headless” Tour one for The Rock Ages”!\u201d \u2014 Blackie Lawless<\/p>\n \u201cGreat news! KK\u2019S PRIEST is going to be returning to the US and Canada this September and October 2026! We will be teaming up together with metal legends W.A.S.P. and with over 40 shows, this is going to be an epic metal and steel tour featuring lots of Priest classics! We look forward to seeing you all again very soon so please get on board early, we do not want you to miss this one.\u201d \u2014 K.K. Downing<\/p>\n W.A.S.P. will be again offering fans VIP tickets that give fans a chance to meet Blackie Lawless, get a personal photo with Blackie, autographs, a W.A.S.P. traveling museum with new items added since the last U.S. tour, and take part in a very personal Q&A with Blackie. VIP tickets can be purchased at\u00a0https:\/\/waspnation.myshopify.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cW.A.S.P. -1984 TO HEADLESS\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 09-10 – El Cajon, CA \u00a0 \u00a0The Magnolia Tickets and VIP: www.WASPnation.com<\/a> About W.A.S.P.<\/strong> The band\u2019s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold out shows across the globe for 4 decades.<\/p>\n About KK\u2019s Priest<\/strong> K.K. Downing has had metal coursing through his veins from the beginning, starting in the Midlands region of England where Judas Priest was born. He compellingly chronicled his life odyssey in his 2018 autobiography, and his recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame further secures his legacy as a pioneering musician, songwriter and guitarist. Fans already excited by KK’s return, will also be elated that KK\u2019s Priest are gearing up for another round of touring in the US and Canada in the fall of 2026 with fellow metal legends W.A.S.P.<\/p>\n For Downing, KK\u2019s Priest is not just a statement of intent. It is a statement of being. His lifelong heavy metal saga continues.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.waspnation.com<\/a> About Michael Brandvold Marketing:<\/strong> Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n Michael has also managed the online efforts for W.A.S.P., Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hollywood, CA (February 11, 2026) \u2014\u00a0W.A.S.P. is excited to announce the \u201c1984 To Headless\u201d 2026 U.S. and Canada Tour with KK\u2019s Priest as very special guest. 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\n09-11 – Los Angeles, CA \u00a0 \u00a0The Wiltern
\n09-12 – Riverside, CA \u00a0 \u00a0Fox Performing Arts Center
\n09-13 – Phoenix, AZ \u00a0 \u00a0Celebrity Theater
\n09-14 – Santa Fe, NM \u00a0 \u00a0Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
\n09-16 – Austin, TX \u00a0 \u00a0Emos
\n09-17 – Tulsa, OK \u00a0 \u00a0Tulsa Theater
\n09-18 – Dallas, TX \u00a0 \u00a0House Of Blues
\n09-19 – San Antonio, TX \u00a0 \u00a0Aztec Theater
\n09-20 – Houston, TX \u00a0 \u00a0House Of Blues
\n09-22 – Clearwater, FL \u00a0 \u00a0Ruth Eckard Hall
\n09-23 – Daytona, FL \u00a0 \u00a0Peabody Auditorium
\n09-24 – Jacksonville, FL \u00a0 \u00a0Florida Theater
\n09-25 – Raleigh, NC \u00a0 \u00a0The Ritz
\n09-26 – Jim Thorpe, PA \u00a0 \u00a0Penn’s Peak
\n09-27 – Portland, ME \u00a0 \u00a0Aura
\n09-29 – Boston, MA \u00a0 \u00a0House Of Blues
\n09-30 – Hampton, NH \u00a0 \u00a0Hampton Beach Casino
\n10-01 – Wallingford, CT \u00a0 \u00a0Toyota Oakdale Theatre
\n10-02 – New York, NY \u00a0 \u00a0The Palladium
\n10-03 – Carteret, NJ \u00a0 \u00a0Carteret Performing Arts Center
\n10-05 – Montreal, QC \u00a0 \u00a0Mtelus
\n10-06 – Ottawa, ON \u00a0 \u00a0Hard Rock Casino
\n10-07 – Pickering, ON \u00a0 \u00a0Pickering Casino Resort
\n10-09 – Des Plaines, IL \u00a0 \u00a0Des Plaines Theater
\n10-10 – St Charles, IL \u00a0 \u00a0Arcada Theater
\n10-11 – St Charles, IL \u00a0 \u00a0Arcada Theater
\n10-13 – Glenside, PA \u00a0 \u00a0Keswick Theatre
\n10-14 – Harrisburg, PA \u00a0 \u00a0Capitol City Music Hall
\n10-15 – Cleveland, OH \u00a0 \u00a0Agoura Theater
\n10-16 – Milwaukee, WI \u00a0 \u00a0Pabst Theater
\n10-17 – Green Bay, WI \u00a0 \u00a0EPIC Event Center
\n10-19 – Winnipeg, MB \u00a0 \u00a0Burton Cummings Theatre
\n10-21 – Edmonton, AB \u00a0 \u00a0Midway Music Hall
\n10-22 – Calgary, AB \u00a0 \u00a0The Palace Theater
\n10-23 – Coquitlam, BC \u00a0 \u00a0Great Canadian Casino Vancouver
\n10-25 – Seattle, WA \u00a0 \u00a0Moore Theater
\n10-27 – San Jose, CA \u00a0 \u00a0San Jose Civic
\n10-29 \u00a0– Rancho Mirage, CA\u00a0 The Show @ Agua Caliente
\n10-30 – Las Vegas, NV \u00a0 \u00a0House Of Blues
\n10-31 – Anaheim, CA \u00a0 \u00a0The Grove<\/p>\n
\nGeneral on-sale: Friday, FEB 13th at 10am local time<\/p>\n
\nFew Bands in the history of Rock N\u2019 Roll have ever incited the love, the hate, the raw emotional effect this Band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the Band\u2019s unique style of Shock and Rock caused Religious organizations, Local City Councils, Parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played.<\/p>\n
\nYou can\u2019t keep a heavy metal legend down…\u00a0Although it\u2019s been over a dozen years since guitarist and songwriter K.K. Downing departed Judas Priest, the iconic band he co-founded and played with for 40 years, he was never really going to retire. It was only a matter of time before he reclaimed the spotlight. As his new album title proclaims, The Sinner Rides Again.<\/p>\n
\nAs a founding member of the classic Judas Priest line-up, Downing helped lay the foundation for the heavy metal genre as a whole. His distinct style of playing is easily identifiable, he was part of a six-string duo that complemented and contrasted each other, and they would progress to new levels of excitement. He has taken that ethos and applied it to KK\u2019s Priest with impassioned results.<\/p>\n
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\nMichael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online & social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n