Machine Head Announce ‘An Evening With…’ European Tour
Sometimes, you just want to go to a show where you just see the headliner and that’s that. No frills. No extra bullshit. Just you, scores of fellow fans, and the band you came to see for a few hours. Unfiltered. Unbridled.
For Machine Head fans out in Europe, they’ll be getting that when Robb Flynn and company cross the Atlantic for ‘An Evening With’-styled tour this coming spring. For the uninitiated, that means you’ll get three hours of uninterrupted Machine Head and zero openers.
This isn’t the first time Machine Head’s offered this kind of experience, so you probably already know if three hours of Machine Head is exactly what you want. Flynn explained his thought process in bringing that style of concert back:
“Head Cases, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a Machine Head show… a Machine f**kin’ Head show. People talk about the riffs, the circle pits, the sweat, the beers, the chaos — and yeah, all of that is part of who we are,” wrote Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn.
“It always has been. But there’s something else. Something I didn’t fully understand until years into doing this. It’s the singing. The way you take our songs… songs we wrote in a cold Oakland rehearsal room, in dark places, in moments of pain, struggle, or heartbreak — and you turn them into something bigger. Something yours.
“I’ve stood on stages all over the world, guitar hanging off my shoulder, lights blinding my eyes, sweat dripping down my face… and then I hear it: You. All of you. Singing louder than the PA. Singing like the song belongs to you — and it does. That feeling… I can’t compare it to anything else in my life.
“There was a show a while back — honestly, I can’t even remember what city it was — but during ‘Darkness Within’, the crowd came in so strong on that first line I actually stepped back from the mic. Just… let it happen. And as I listened, I felt something shift inside me. Like, this is why we’re here. This connection. This shared voice. It’s not a performance anymore. It becomes a conversation. A communion. And that’s why we’re doing this tour.
“No openers. No limits. Just 3 hours of anthems, deep cuts, ragers & epics, the songs you’ve screamed so loud we could feel it in our bones.
“I want these nights to feel like those rare shows where everything clicks and the world falls away. Where we can dig into the catalog, take our time, talk, play, improvise, go places we haven’t gone in years… or ever. I want to see you jump until the floor shakes. I want to hear those first words of ‘Halo’ explode like a war cry. I want to hear that massive ‘Let freedom ring’ during ‘Davidian’ that rattles the walls. I want to feel the whole room move as one.
“These are the nights where the band and the fans become the same damn thing. Pre-sale tickets start today. I hope you’ll be there with us. I hope you’ll bring your voice. Because we’re going to need it.”
Like I said, you likely already know if this is something you’re into. If it is, you can check out the list of dates below and begin making plans.
Machine Head ‘An Evening With…’ European Tour
4/11 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
4/13 Hamburg, Germany Inselparkhalle
4/15 Warsaw, Poland Progresja
4/17 Zwickau, Germany Stadthalle
4/18 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
4/19 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
4/20 Munich, Germany Tonhalle
4/22 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
4/23 Marseille, France Espace Julien
4/24 Balma, France Interference
4/25 Villava, Spain Sala Totem Aretoa
4/27 Madrid, Spain Sala Riviera
4/28 Lisbon, Portugal Lav Lisboa Ao Vivo
4/29 Malaga, Spain Sala Paris 15
4/30 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz
5/2 Paris, France L’Olympia
5/3 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie
5/4 Saarbrucken, Germany Saarlandhalle
5/6 Ludwigsburg, Germany MHP Arena
5/7 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof Wiesbaden
5/8 Cologne, Germany Palladium
5/9 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
5/11 Tilburg, Netherlands Escape Room 013
5/12 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
5/14 Glasgow, United Kingdom O2 Academy Glasgow
5/15 Manchester, United Kingdom O2 Victoria Warehouse
5/16 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Civic At The Halls
5/17 London, United Kingdom O2 Academy Brixton
