HEEEEEEE’S BAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 10:26am by

The Super Amazing Orgasm Tour has kicked off, which means that Mr. Devin Fucking Townsend is now tearing up stages for the first time in more than three years. The show doesn’t pass through NYC ’til the end of the month, but Blabbermouth posted some bootleg footage of Heavy Devy and his band performing, so I get to live vicariously through someone’s cellphone.

I was wondering how Mr. Townsend was going to handle the live absence of Anneke van Giersbergen, whose vocals are such a vital part of why Addicted kicks so much ass, and apparently the answer is play some of them via tape, sing some of them himself, and spend part of the time being the goofy front-dude we all know and love. Works for me.

Here’s “Supercrush,” which is my favorite song on Addicted. It sounds so good it makes me wanna engage in heavy kissing. But not just, like, regular kissing – sex kissing.

Get a list of remaining dates to see Devin with Between the Buried and Me, Cynic, and Scale the Summit after the jump. And Blabbermouth has some more live footage for ya, too.

Jan. 11 – Houston, TX – Meridian
Jan. 12 – Dallas, TX – The Prophet Bar (Big room)
Jan. 13 – San Antonio, TX – The White Rabbit
Jan. 15 – Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
Jan. 16 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
Jan. 17 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
Jan. 18 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
Jan. 20 – Denver, CO – Cervantes
Jan. 22 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
Jan. 23 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
Jan. 24 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Jan. 25 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder
Jan. 26 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Jan. 27 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
Jan. 28 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Jan. 29 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
Jan. 30 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
Jan. 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
Feb. 01 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
Feb. 03 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
Feb. 06 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore

-AR

  • Chimp-O-Neg

    Hey Devin, Come to Europe!

    thats all I ask of you…..!

    • Shep

      He’s at bloodstock (UK) this summer, so it’s not too much of a strech to imagine he’ll be playing other festivals and/or gigs in europe around then.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Hulsey/653830783 David Hulsey

    Fuck I may have to go to Cleveland for this one. I had no idea he was playing in Ohio this month. And Cynic…I must see them before I die.

  • WowWee!

    What do you think is the biggest piece of shit Crabcore or Juggalos?

    • WowWee!

      Oops off topic comment because I had the other shit in a different tab.
      I just lost some of my street cred damn.

      Anyhoot Devin was awesome.

  • g

    I was disappointed that I missed most of Dev’s set in Atlanta the other day, but when I did get there, the metronome was coming through in the main mix. They seemed to handle it well enough, but its a shame they’ve been having technical problems – mainly with the backing tracks I guess – even considering it was their second show in so many years.

    • g

      Cynic was cool, but goddamn the crowd at that show was annoying. It almost ruined the whole thing for me. I’m pretty sure it was BTBAM fans for the most part.

      • battleid

        Defintely mostly BTBAM fans st the ATL show…many of which i talked to had never even been to the Masquerade for some ATL Metal! (lame)

        Devin had some issues in which the click track wasnt separate from the PA backing track for some reason, but played the songs anyway which was damn funny. (see youtube link)

        he played as i recall : Disruptr, Supercrush, Kingdom, Truth, By Your Command, Ziltoidia Attaxxx as i recall….wished for more but i think we lost a song while they were trying to work out the click track issue. Was really hoping for Pixelate.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8rctMtU0EY

        Cynic ruled and by doing so confused all the BTBAM fans. (and apparently all while tripping so they said on stage)

        BTBAM put on a good show with good energy…enough so that i stayed (i was there for DT and Cynic)

        • loganarchy

          the metronome was fucking annoying. and so was the crowd. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought so.

          • Geetarz

            It wasn’t that bad. The BTBAM kids are lame as shit. I won’t see BTBAM again.

  • myke

    cant wait for this

  • http://www.myspace.com/whitearmsofathena Josh

    DALLAS TOMORROW! FUCK YES!

  • Geetarz

    I was at this show on saturday and it was one of the better shows I’ve been too. I’ve loved Cynic for a very long time and it was my first time watching them play. Took my breath away! Devin is an excellent musician and I’ve loved is work on basically every album he’s been a part of. Meeting Devin also was what made the night!

  • brian roach

    How was BTBAM? I’m contemplating seeing them in NYC, love the last record, and it’s a strong bill, just curious if they pull off live what they do on record?

    • SonOF

      BTBAM are very good live the times I have seen them. I haven’t didn’t see them on the Colors tour (saw them before that), but I assume they have just gotten better.

      • Geetarz

        it really depends on how long your attention span is. Mines not very long. BTBAM kinda bored me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Sterling-Rice/1030080162 James Sterling Rice

    I was there and shit.

  • dustin

    btbam ripped it up in nashville,heavy devy was a yawn,no cynic sucked balls,we got god awful plea 4 a purging instead.syl would have been better,just not. digging dtp

    • Sean Williams

      are you having an internal argument with yourself or do you actually have an opinion?

  • Dwarfskeet

    He is just too awesome… Man. Love that Devin Townsend.

  • Sean Williams

    Man, would love to see him on this tour, but gotta drive 7 hours to make it happen, so odds are not gonna work… but definitely gonna catch him on his next pull all the plugs, circus soleil shit tour. can’t wait for that.

  • SonOF

    I’ll be hitting up the Irving Plaza show if all goes according to plan. This is one of the more solid lineups I have seen in quite a while; good bands throughout, so I won’t mind getting there at the beginning.

    I’m really looking forward to this show and the: Devildriver/Behemoth/Suffocation/GoatWhore/Thy Will Be Done tour, which sports another sweet lineup.

    • SonOF

      edit: I’ve never seen Cynic or Scale the Summit; actually more hyped for them than Devin. I’m assuming STS will only get like 20-30 minutes (which is like 2 songs for them), but I guess I can deal with it.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Sterling-Rice/1030080162 James Sterling Rice

        STS has a 30 minute set, about 5 or 6 songs long if I recall.

  • basslogic

    went to the ATL show

    “I just took a shit back stage that was 4 miles long and smooth as fucking glass” – Devin Townsend

    from the man himself

    • http://thenumberoftheblog.wordpress.com/ groverXIII

      That takes skill… I was pretty proud of myself the one time I took a shit that was a perfect cylinder, but I have yet to duplicate that feat.

      • gibberish

        I’m still trying to get mine blue, like my mom did that one time. She called me in to see it and everything.

        • http://thenumberoftheblog.wordpress.com/ groverXIII

          Blue would be impressive… I get green poop once in a while, usually after eating Applebee’s Fiesta Lime Chicken. I think it’s the dye in the tortilla strips.

          • basslogic

            ive gotten purple before

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brandon-Forde/666126214 Brandon Forde

    Going to that show on Friday!

  • twistedfreak

    Seeing him March 20th in NZ – can’t wait!

  • basslogic

    I also left the atl show halfway through Cynic’s set. Me and my friend saw Devin and his band packing up and we yelled at him. He came over and talked with us for a good 15 minutes signed our tickets and everything, i came multiple times, and im never washing my right hand again..it has touched a god

  • http://www.myspace.com/cityunderthesea Chrisbass

    IF anyone needs tickets to cleveland show contact me! chrismckenna49@yahoo.com or http://www.myspace.com/cityunderthesea

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emmanuel-Quinones/100000463639580 Emmanuel Quinones

    why dony u guys like btbams fans ? r they annoying? lol were they HxC dancing

    • Geetarz

      I go to metal shows to see metal bands, BTBAM kids only came for BTBAM. Its the same genre, yet not respect for the other 3 bands.

      • Geetarz

        *no

  • shreddies

    Thanks fucking awesome.

  • shreddies

    That’s***