Ministry announce 'The Squirrely Years Revisited' and 2025 North American tour
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Ministry have officially revealed their collection of reworked songs from the early days.
Announced yesterday, The Squirrely Years Revisited finds the band giving their synthpop/EBM-era material a heavier tone. Pre-orders for the album, which arrives on March 28 on Cleopatra Records, can be made here. This release comes before Ministry’s final studio album, which will be announced soon.
Ministry will embark on a headlining tour this spring with support from longtime friends Nitzer Ebb, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, and Die Krupps on select dates. The tour will feature Ministry performing songs from their Twitch and With Sympathy records. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday (february 14) at 10 a.m. local time here.
Ministry tour dates
April 2025
29 Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren*
30 Albuquerque, NM @ Revel*
May 2025
2 Austin, TX @ Emo’s*
3 Houston, TX @ House of Blues*
4 Dallas, TX @ Factory*
6 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern*
8 Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
9 Chicago, IL @ Riviera*
10 Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral*
12 Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage*
13 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall+
14 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner+
16 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount+
17 Montreal, QC @ MTelus+
18 Toronto, ON @ History+
20 Minneapolis, MN @ Palace+
21 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre+
23 Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall+
24 Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre+
26 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore+
28 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo+
29 Spokane, WA @ Spokane Live Casino+
31 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom+
June 2025
1 Salt Lake City, UT @ Union+
3 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield+
4 Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium+
5 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues+
*Nitzer Ebb appearing
+My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult appearing
(Die Krupps appearing on all dates except May 8)
The Squirrely Years Revisited tracklisting
1. Work For Love
2. Here We Go
3. All Day
4. Everyday Is Halloween
5. Revenge
6. I'm Not An Effigy
7. I'm Falling
8. Same Old Madness
9. I'll Do Anything For You
10. Just Like You [CD ONLY]
11. We Believe [CD ONLY]
12. Over The Shoulder [CD ONLY]
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