Faith No More
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Faith No More announce first shows in 5 years, including first Sunstroke Festival in 25 years

Faith No More have been inactive since 2015 (the year they released Sol Invictus), but over the weekend, they began teasing something to be revealed this Tuesday. Well, Tuesday is here and now we know they’ve announced what will be their first shows in about five years.

So far, they’re playing three European festivals: France’s Hellfest, Norway’s Tons Of Rock, and Ireland alt-rock festival Sunstroke, which is back for the first time since the ’90s.

Sunstroke goes down June 13 & 14 and the lineup also includes Deftones, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Gojira, Killing Joke, The Hu, Refused, At The Gates, Helmet, PUP, and more. Tickets on sale Tuesday, December 3. More info here. Poster below.

Tons Of Rock also includes Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Gojira, Dimmu Borgir, Baroness, Paradise Lost (performing Draconian Times exclusively), Enslaved, 1349, and more. More info and tickets here.

Check out the full Hellfest lineup (including System of a Down, Deftones, Judas Priest, Deep Purple, Down, and tons more) HERE.

UPDATE: They’re also playing Spain’s Mad Cool Festival alongside Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Deftones, Four Tet, Pixies, Refused, The Rapture, and more.

UPDATE 2: They’ve added another festival date, at Helsinki’s Tuska Metal Festival on June 28, where they’ll join Korn, Gojira, Deftones, Baroness, High on Fire, Perturbator, Oranssi Pazuzu, and more.

UPDATEE 3: They also added headlining UK shows. All dates are listed below.

Faith No More’s Mike Patton will also be busy in 2020 with the Mr. Bungle reunion.

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Faith No More — 2020 Tour Dates
June 10 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester
June 11 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow
June 13 Punchestown, Ireland Sunstroke Festival
June 15 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy
June 16 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
June 20 Clisson, France Hellfest
June 26 Oslo, Norway Tons of Rock
June 28 Helsinki, Finland Tuska Metal Festival
July 11 Madrid, Spain Mad Cool Festival