Anthrax's Scott Ian Announces 'Speaking Words' UK Tour & Tickets
Thursday, 06 December 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Scott Ian, co-founding member for legendary New York thrash outfit Anthrax, will be heading out for a full UK ‘Speaking Words’ tour next May and June 2013. The tour comes in light of his highly successful spoken word evening at The Garage, London last month.
Speaking about the new tour, Scott says: “My first 'Speaking Words' tour and I get to do it in the UK and Ireland? Really? Wow, how fucking cool is that!!! My one-off show in London went so well and now I get to speak words at you all over the place. Thank you for having a superior sense of humour.
I'm calling it 'Speaking Words' because the pretension of saying I am doing a 'Spoken Word' tour is too much to bear. This ain't no poetry reading. This isn't an evening of sensitive discourse.
It's an evening of ridiculous truth. It's me talking (swearing) about this insane life I've led over the last 31 years, the people I've met and the shit that's happened. And when I'm done swearing, you can ask me anything you want, the floor is yours. Cheers my friends, see you in May and June.”
In a career spanning three decades, Scott Ian helped to create the “New Wave of American Heavy Metal” or as it’s more commonly known, “Thrash Metal” in the mid-80’s. Scott is widely known as the face of Anthrax, and for being a constant and extremely recognizable figure in the worlds of music, poker, comics, movies and television.
With stories from his 30+ years of travelling around the world, the new shows will conclude with a Q&A session where the audience gets to ask Scott what they want to know.
May 24th - Oxford O2 Academy
May 25th - Cardiff The Gate
May 27th - Plymouth White Rabbit
May 31st - Liverpool O2 Academy
June 1st - Manchester Sound Control
June 2nd - Stoke Underground
June 4th - Newcastle Upon Tyne Cluny2
June 5th - Glasgow Arches
June 10th - Bournemouth O2 Academy
June 11th - London Garage
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