Photo by Greg Cristman
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Ministry played Best Buy Theater in NYC (pics & setlist)

photos by Greg Cristman

Ministry

Chicago industrial-metal favorites Ministry are on tour and played Best Buy Theater in NYC on Saturday (6/23), with support from the awesomely dressed Blackburner and Iraqi metal band Acrassicauda. The shows are part of the band’s (read: Al Jourgenson’s) anti-retirement dates which conclude in the US with a pair of shows in their native Chicago later this week (Jun 28th and 29th at Vic Theater). The band will then play lots of dates in Europe over the rest of the summer.

Here are some pictures from the NYC show. More of them and the setlist, and all those dates too, below…

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MINISTRY – SETLIST AT BEST BUY THEATER 6/23/12
Ghouldiggers
No W
Rio Grande Blood
Señor Peligro
LiesLiesLies
99 Percenters
Watch Yourself
Life Is Good
Waiting
Worthless
Relapse
The Last Sucker
Khyber Pass
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Psalm 69
N.W.O.
Just One Fix
Thieves
So What
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United Forces (Stormtroopers of Death cover)


Ministry — 2012 Tour Dates
6/28/2012 Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
6/29/2012 Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
7/1/2012 Helsinki, Finland @ Tuska Open Air Fest
7/4/2012 Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller
7/6/2012 Gavle, Sweden @ Getaway Rock Festival
7/8/2012 Hamburg, Germany @ Docks
7/10/2012 Leipzig, Germany @ Werk 2
7/12/2012 Tilburg, Netherlands @ O13
7/13/2012 Belgium @ Dour Festival
7/16/2012 Bristol, UK @ Academy
7/17/2012 Belfast, Ireland @ Mandella Hall
7/18/2012 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
7/20/2012 London, UK @ The Forum
7/21/2012 Manchester, UK @ Academy
7/24/2012 Madrid, Spain @ Riviera
7/25/2012 Bilbao, Spain @ Rockstar
7/27/2012 Selstat, France @ L’Art Scenique Festival
7/28/2012 Paris, France @ La Cigale
7/29/2012 Etaple, France @ Rock en Stock Festival
7/31/2012 Luzern, Switzerland @ Konzerthaus Schurr
8/2/2012 Pniewy, Poland @ Woodstock Open Air
8/4/2012 Wacken, Germany @ Wacken Open Air
8/6/2012 Munich, Germany @ Backstagewerk
8/8/2012 Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
8/9/2012 Czech Republic @ Brutal Assault Festival
8/11/2012 Moscow, Russia @ Moscow Arena
8/12/2012 St. Petersburg, Russia @ Glav Club