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Death Grips Cancel All Future Tour Dates

Death Grips have cancelled all scheduled shows, including stops in the U.S., Canada and Europe, the band announced on their Twitter and Facebook pages Friday.

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“We are dropping out to complete our next album NO LOVE. See you when it’s done. (There are no longer any scheduled shows),” the band wrote on both social networking platforms Friday, to an onslaught of comments and replies from upset fans.

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Following the announcement, the band did not appear at a one-off show scheduled in their hometown, at the Sacramento Electronic Music Festival on Saturday. Their 30-plus-date summer tour was scheduled to begin May 18 in Dublin, Ireland, wrapping in L.A. on July 1.

Not even the venues where Death Grips were scheduled to play have information on the cancellations, as the Music Hall of Williamsburg tweeted Sunday, “We’re still waiting on official word about possible Death Grips cancellation. If show is cancelled we’ll issue refunds. Please stay tuned.” Death Grips were set to perform there on June 13, following the June 12 kick-off of their North American leg.

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A representative for the band has confirmed to Billboard.com that all upcoming tour dates are cancelled, although no further details have been released by the band or the label beyond the Facebook and Twitter posts. The noise-rap trio’s sophomore album “No Love” is expected to drop this fall on Epic Records.

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Death Grips (formed in 2011) is an American experimental hip-hop group, also dubbed industrial and noise hip-hop. Know for their displays of spontaneous destruction and musical improvisation, the band hails from Sacramento, California, U.S.

Since the band’s formation in December 2010, Death Grips’ output has been prolific and quick to garner critical acclaim. Formed of rapper Stefan Burnett, also known by his stage name Ride, drummer Zach Hill, and producer Andy Morin, Death Grips recorded their debut song “Full Moon (Death Classic) on their first day together as a group. The song earned its release in March 2011 along with four other tracks that made up their debut EP “Full Moon”. A month later the mixtape “Exmilitary” appeared for free download and it slowly made its way across the blogosphere, generating an intense buzz for the band.

In February 2012 Death Grips singed with Epic Records at the request of marketing vice-president Angelica Cob-Baehler. The band’s label debut “The Money Store” was released in April 2012 to critical acclaim following reviews from Pitchfork Media, Drowned in Sound, and Allmusic. Aided by the singles “Blackjack”, “Get Got”, and “The Fever (Aye Aye)”, the album charted respectively on the Alternative, Heatseekers, Rap, and Rock album charts. Death Grips had intended to embark on a thirty-date international tour, however to the disappointment of their fans and label, the band headed back into the studio to work on their sophomore release.

The fruits of that recording period surfaced as “No Love Deep Web” in October 2012. Self-released on file-sharing services via links posted from their social media accounts, the band were subsequently dropped from Epic Records. Like its predecessor, the album earned strong reviews from critics and fans despite the graphic nature of the album cover, and even topped BitTorrent’s “List of Most Legally Downloaded Music” with 34,151,432 downloads. Following the release Death Grips embarked on their promised worldwide tour including shows in London, Paris, and Sydney. During this time the band also remixed two Björk tracks “Sacrifice” and “Thunderbolt” for her “Biophilia Remix Series”.

In July 2013 Death Grips launched their label Third Worlds in partnership with Harvest and Capitol Records, on which they released their fourth full-length album “Government Plates”. Led by the single “Birds”, the album was once again uploaded by the band to multiple fire-sharing sites, and earned a vinyl release for Record Store Day. The instrumental soundtrack album “Fashion Week” was released by the band in January 2015, and marked the first record since Death Grips’ disbandment in 2014. The double-disc full-length “The Powers That B” followed in March 2015, and saw the return of Ride’s vocals to the band’s mix. The record features vocal contributions from Björk and was led by the single “Inanimate Sensation”.

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Holy shit. That was all we could say after the Death Grips concert. When I had gotten in line at Trees in Dallas, Texas and met up with some awesome 16-year olds from Oklahoma who had made the trek just to see hip hop's bleakest and most unique act, we thought we had an idea of what we'd be in for. But it still felt like a surprise when the curtains opened and MC Ride (born Stefan Burnett) came on stage with a purposeful visage. The kind of look that made you feel like he despised everyone in the room. But people started jumping, screaming and moshing, to the point where those who didn't want to fight and just wanted to enjoy the music had to collect a bit further away from the stage. I was one of those people, but I still had a great view of Ride, drummer Zach Hill and producer Flatlander. They played so many cuts from across their discography, underground hits like "get got" and "I've Seen Footage" to more obscure and obtuse tracks from Government Plates and The Powers That B, like "You Might Thinks He Loves You For Your Money" and one of my personal favorites, "Up My Sleeves". They played short versions of some tracks, and they didn't stop for a single second. There were no breaks. Every single track lead into another and MC Ride only stopped for water and to wipe the sweat off his face. Death Grips' performance of "Inanimate Sensation" was one of my favorite performances of the night. And Burnett's vocal delivery varied drastically from the record during some songs. At certain points he was straight-up cackle-talking like a demon. And in turn, I had voices coming out of me that I had never heard before, and they were all rapping along with him. The energy of the crowd was unyielding, but even it couldn't compare to the energy of Death Grips themselves. The fact that they could nearly an hour of songs without a break is a feat. Although it's to be expected from Zach Hill, who has broken his testicles twice during performances. After the concert was over, Death Grips left without a single word. And everyone immediately headed to the bar and the bathroom to get some goddamn water and wonder whether that had really just happened. Once I left Trees with my new friends, we went to the parking lot and gushed about the life-changing experience we had just had in there. There were people in the parking lot smoking cigarettes like they had just had sex. All in all, Death Grips at Trees was a sacrilegious experience. Some on Twitter called one of their shows "the Devil's rave", and that's even more true than I thought it was going to be. I urge you, if you're a fan of Death Grips, see one of their shows if they are coming to your area. It will be one of the most memorable experiences of your life.

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“I’ve got the powers that B, running through me!” A shirtless MC Ride was marking his territory on the large, spacious stage in front of a violently enthusiastic audience. Zach Hill, also shirtless, was doing his best Animal impression behind the drum kit. Andy Morin (aka Flatlander) was stoically standing behind his station, while his fingers were hard at work decimating thousands of eardrums with the deafening sounds of Fashion Week. “My favorite color is OH MY GOD BITCH!” Ride, seemingly not giving a shit that OH MY GOD BITCH isn’t a color, and that he was bellowing this nonsensical declaration over what was supposed to be an instrumental track, created microbursts within the crowd. Small pits would form and disperse as waves of bodies broke along the railing. The performance had just begun and Ride had already commanded control of the chaos.

Death Grips are a band (sorry, I mean a ‘conceptual art exhibition anchored by sound and vison’) that is notorious for showing a complete lack of professionalism when it comes to meeting obligations. The fact that they were on stage at the Ogden Theatre was a wonder in itself, but to see Ride, Hill and Flatlander performing in full 3D was the equivalent of witnessing villains climbing out of an old comic book and then proceeding to pillage your hometown. Death Grips are only three men, but they came equipped with the noise of legions. And although they don’t like to fuck with the physical world all that much, they were completely successful in dragging the depths of the Deep Web to the surface last night. I can’t claim to understand who or what Death Grips are. I just know I have a not-so-healthy relationship with their music. It just hurts so good. They were only a minute and a half into their hour and a half set and they were already dishing out enough pain and humiliation to make any masochist happy.

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Absolutely nuts. Death Grips were fantastic, playing for an hour straight, moving from one song to the next without any pause. The atmosphere was electric and infectious from the first song to last. They came out with laser lights attached to their fingers and heads that created a fantastic unique light show as they played, making the lights very literally match the beats and energy of each song and each members movements. The crowd was amazingly wild and the pit was brutal in all the best ways. Everyone was extremely respectful and followed moshing etiquette to the letter despite the pit being the most insane thing I've ever seen at a concert. The concert was a once in a lifetime experience and something I will never forget. There is nothing quite like seeing Death Grips live while going absolutely nuts in the pit with a hundred other people losing themselves in the music as well, sweating, bumping, pushing, moshing, and flailing against each other, feeding on the energy and atmosphere of the music and their peers. The entire venue wasn't one giant mosh pit as there were 3 distinct sections, one specifically being dedicated to the pit so if you aren't the type of person looking for such a violent or insane experience, there will always still be a place at the concert for you to just watch, dance, sway to the music, take in the visuals and experience, and do your own thing. You may still be brushing up against people but that's always to be expected with any general admission concert and honestly I think that aspect helps create community and adds a lot to the experience. Overall, this is the greatest cocnert experience I have had and I will 100% be seeing them again if they ever come anywhere near my town again. No exceptions. 10/10

It’s all very well going along to see a band and not knowing what to expect, but one should at least feel pretty strong in your conviction that the band are going to show up. It hasn’t always been the case with Sacramento’s formidable experimental rap outfit Death Grips, but the times they have graced the stage (which is, to be fair to them, far more often than not), have been such visceral experiences that folks seems willing to turn a blind eye the odd no-show. Poor date keeping seems pretty fitting with their unashamedly confrontational manner of going about being in a “band” (in the loosest sense of the term) anyway, what with their live shows being some of the most unhinged displays of maniacal rapping from MC Ride and drumming from Hella’s inimitable Zach Hill one could ever sensibly wish for. Battered snare drums often end up splattered with Hill’s blood when not thrown across the stage in a destructive huff, and avoiding eye contact with MC Ride is advice you should take great care in noting down, but for unadulterated and not a little dangerous levels of perverse musical enjoyment, there’s really not much beating Death Grips.

Sacramento hip hop trio Death Grips have created a live show that is considered something of a ritual as opposed to a simple gig. They are known for their incredibly experimental attitude towards live conventions and every tours sees them attempt to reinvent themselves or work in something new when performing. Therefore the audience gathered tonight really does not have any idea as to what they are about to witness. For some this is incredibly exciting yet others feel slightly uneasy as the dim lights illuminate the stage and the three figures stand ominously casting large shadows.

The awkward silence is broken by huge, piercing drums as the half naked musicians appear to spring into life and throw themselves to opener 'Lost Boys'. They run through a setlist comprising exclusively of the first three albums at blistering speeds. Each member is completely transfixed in a frantic musical zone as they screech, rap and chant over the chaotic instrumentals. By the finale of 'Lock Your Doors' every musician is drenched in sweat and the applause received seems very much earned.

The show started off very intense as we all stood there for just under 2 hours with this rising synthetic tone similar to 'Inanimate Sensation'. Then Death Grips show up on stage Andy Morin waved to us, then the show started as soon as Zach, Andy and Stefan took ahold of their instruments and it was literally 2 hours non stop 25 tracks no breaks no talking to the crowd no intro just 25 cutthroat bangers from Death Grips I also felt the fans were very respectable and were good hearted people especially since I was nervous at first as I was at the show alone. But I soon got comfortable as everyone was there for the same reason and we were all there enjoying the music. They performed few tracks from all of their projects including the Death Grips EP. The show was insane and there was no outro some flashy lights that went to black and Stefan and Zach was gone when the lights came back up and Andy gave us a little wave and that was it no encore no interaction (Apart from the little waves and nods) just non stop bangers and abrasive music. Was lit.

The worst, and really annoying thing about this gig was the incompetence of the venue staff. Having just *one* person searching every gig-goer at a time meant that almost all of us were queueing for hours. When I got into the venue, for example, having stood in line for two hours, Death Grips had already started their set! That was extremely annoying, and the venue need to sort out a better arrangement. All of us had paid (quite a lot) to attend the *whole* gig, not just the bits that were left of it after we'd finished queuing.

When I did get in, though, the gig was pretty good. Death Grips ran through material from all their albums (or at least the four I know), and did so without a break! Highlights (for me, anyway) were 'I've seen Footage', 'Up my Sleeves', and 'Giving Bad People Good Ideas', the opener from the new album 'Bottomless Pit'. MC Ride was fantastically animated throughout, and I'd definitely go and see them again (but not at this venue!).

Noided, in terms of whether I'll ever have sensitive hearing ever again or if what I'm perceiving to hear is what I'm actually hearing.

They had no support act, which I'm not sure is a usual trope of their live shows. Prior to Stefan, Zach and Andy's arrival onstage, there was a bass-heavy drone that is very difficult to describe without actually experiencing it. That really built up the suspense and anticipation for their set, which was just non-stop one song after another performed with a very infectious energy that was spread into the crowd. The weird thing about them having no breaks or hesitations between tracks was that their set felt both very long and very short simultaneously; once it had finished I felt that I needed closure, without realising they had performed for an hour and thirty minutes haha. A great time nontheless, but wear earplugs (y)

There was a point at which I genuinely thought, "Oh shit, I've gone deaf." Parts of "Steroids" and "Giving Bad People Good Ideas" were so insanely loud it felt like I was underwater; the sound had taken on a physical quality I had never experienced (and I've seen these guys before). It was an hour of relentless brutality. There's nothing quite like a Death Grips show. My ears are still shot, but the first thing I did when I woke up this morning and started my commute was pop on "Steroids." Love this band so much, and their live shows reinforce that love. Stay noided!

This was the best show I have ever attended. The Fillmore was a cool venue. I was at the very front of the crowd and I wilded out for the entirety of the show. At one point, I lost my balance and threw my arm around a guy to catch myself, and before I could do anything he put his arm around me and we stayed like that for the rest of the song. I highly recommend everyone see Death Grips in order to have a life changing experience. I also recommend wearing high fidelity earplugs when you go! They reduce the sound to safe levels without changing the quality of the music.

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Death Grips Announce 2023 North American Tour

Death Grips have waken from their post-COVID slumber, announcing their first tour after nearly four years off the road.

The hyper aggressive and experimental rap-rock hybrid act were added to a number of festival bills for 2023, including Sick New World , Primavera Sound and Outbreak Festival, but it turns out those performances won’t be one-offs.

Death Grips will begin their 2023 North American tour on May 4 in Portland, Ore. and stick around the west until May 21. After a break, they’ll reemerge in the summer, hitting the rest of the U.S. and Canada until Oct. 7.

Check out the full list of dates below.

Death Grips 2023 North American Tour Dates

May 04 - Portland, Ore. @ Revolution Hall May 05 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Harbour Event & Convention Center May 06 - Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox Sodo May 08 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ The Union Event Center May 09 - Denver, Colo. @ Ogden Theatre May 11 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren May 12 - San Diego, Calif. @ The Observatory North Park May 13 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Sick New World Fest May 16 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Warfield May 17 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium May 18 - Santa Ana, Calif. @ The Observatory May 20 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Warfield May 21 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium Jul. 21 - Tucson, Ariz. @ Rialto Theatre Jul. 22 - Albuquerque, N.M. @ Revel Entertainment Center Jul. 25 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Arvest Bank Theatre At the Midland Jul. 26 - Chesterfield, Mo. @ The Factory Jul. 28 - Louisville, Ky. @ Old Forester's Paristown Hall Jul. 29 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Jul. 30 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe Aug. 1 - Newport, Ky. @ MegaCorp Pavilion Aug. 2 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Agora Theater & Ballroom Aug. 4 - Sayreville, N.J. @ Starland Ballroom Aug. 5 - New Haven, Conn. @ College Street Music Hall Aug. 7 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE Aug. 8 - Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem Aug. 9 - New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5 Aug. 11 - Raleigh, N.C. @ The Ritz Aug. 12 - Charlotte, N.C. @ The Fillmore Charlotte Aug. 13 - Asheville, N.C. @ Rabbit Rabbit Sept. 13 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ The Filmore Sept. 16 - Chicago, Ill. @ Riot Fest Sept. 17 - Detroit, Mich. @ The Filmore Detroit Sept. 18 - Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall Sept. 20 - Boston, Mass. @ House Of Blues Sept. 21 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Steel Sept. 23 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer Sept. 25 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Sept. 26 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Buckhead Theatre Sept. 28 - Orlando, Fla. @ The Vanguard Sept. 29 - Fort Lauderdale, Fla. @ Revolution Live At The Backyard Sept. 30 - St. Petersburg, Fla. @ Janus Live Oct. 02 - New Orleans, La. @ The Filmore New Orleans Oct. 03 - Houston, Texas @ The Bayou Music Center Oct. 05 - Austin, Texas @ Emos Oct. 06 - Dallas, Texas @ South Side Ballroom Oct. 07 - Austin, Texas @ Emos

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Death Grips Announce North American Tour for 2023

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Following another cryptic spree of teasers and fan concern regarding the group’s future in recent years, eccentric experimental hip-hop group Death Grips has now announced a North American tour for 2023.

The first since 2019, the tour will provide the opportunity for the band to play new music while also celebrating classic projects such as  The Money Store . It all begins on May 4 at Revolution Hall in Portland, OR. After a two week run on the West Coast, the group heads east in mid-September, performing at events such as Riot Fest .

Death Grips North American Tour 2023 May 4 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall May 5- Vancouver, BC – Harbour Event & Convention Centre May 6 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo May 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center May 9 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre May 11 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren May 12 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park May 13 – Las Vegas, NV – New Metal Festival May 16 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield May 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium May 18 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory Santa Ana Sept 13 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Sept 16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest Sept 17 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit Sept 18 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall Sept 20 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Sept 21 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel Sept 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer Sept 25 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Sept 26 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre Sept 28 – Orlando, FL – The Vanguard Sept 29 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live at the Backyard Sept 30 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live Oct 2 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore New Orleans Oct 3 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center Oct 5 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Oct 6 – Dallas, TX – Southside Ballroom

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Death Grips reportedly quits show after being hit by glowsticks: 'Bands are not robots'

Experimental hip-hop group Death Grips cut their show short on Friday after audience members reportedly threw glow sticks and other objects at them.

Videos on X , formerly Twitter, and Reddit show the moment the band, comprised of Zach Hill, Andy Morin and MC Ride, had objects thrown at them from the audience.

"What is with ppl acting like this? bands are not robots and getting pelted with (stuff) hurts. if you were moshing like youre supposed to this wouldnt happen," a fan captioned the video on X.

USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Death Grips and JJ's Live for comment.

In a Reddit thread , fans recounted the incident, which took place in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at JJ's Live.

Someone "kept throwing glowsticks and one hit ride and he threw the mic down in anger and then it happened again and they all three quit in the middle of black paint," one person wrote, referring to the band's lead vocalist Stefan Burnett, also known as MC Ride.

Another fan added: "Someone threw a phone at them and Ride threw the mic on the ground and walked off and back. Someone threw a glowstick that hit him in the chest and he walked off, back and waiting for more. Another glowstick was thrown and they left. Fair is fair."

One concert-goer said MC Ride was "clearly angry every time that happened so idk why folks kept doing it."

Machine Gun Kelly reacts to fan jumping on stage during Forbes event: See the video

Death Grips' recent show follows a string of other incidents involving audience members who have been tossing things at performers on stage in recent months.  Bebe Rexha ,  Harry Styles ,  Lil Nas X ,  Pink and other singers have been hit with – and sometimes injured by – a bizarre collection of items including food, jewelry and electronic devices, thrown by people in the audience during performances.

Over a dozen incidents have been reported in the last year.

Related: People (and performers) are throwing things at concerts. A list of recent incidents.

Contributing: George Petras and Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY; The Associated Press

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Death Grips Announce First Tour Since 2019

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Death Grips are going on tour for the first time since 2019 . The band will play North American concerts in May, September, and October 2023. Find Death Grips’ schedule below.

Death Grips most recently released the Gmail and the Restraining Orders EP in 2019. The group’s latest full-length, Year of the Snitch , arrived in June 2018.

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05-04 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall 05-05 Vancouver, British Columbia - Harbour Event & Convention Centre 05-06 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo 05-08 Salt Lake City, UT - The Union Event Center 05-09 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 05-11 Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren 05-12 San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park 05-13 Las Vegas, NV - New Metal Festival 05-16 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield 05-17 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium 05-18 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory Santa Ana 09-13 Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore 09-16 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest 09-17 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit 09-18 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall 09-20 Boston, MA - House of Blues 09-21 New York, NY - Brooklyn Steel 09-23 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 09-25 Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl Nashville 09-26 Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre 09-28 Orlando, FL - The Vanguard 09-29 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live at the Backyard 09-30 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live 10-02 New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore New Orleans 10-03 Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center 10-05 Austin, TX - Emo’s 10-06 Dallas, TX - Southside Ballroom

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05/04 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall 05/05 Vancouver, BC @ Harbour Event & Convention Center 05/06 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo 05/08 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center 05/09 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre 05/11 Phoeniz, AZ @ The Van Buren 05/12 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park 05/13 Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World Fest 05/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield 05/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 05/18 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory 09/13 Minneapolis, MN @ The Filmore 09/16 Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest 09/17 Detroit, MI @ The Filmore Detroit 09/18 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall 09/20 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues 09/21 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 09/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 09/25 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville 09/26 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre 09/28 Orlando, FL @ The Vanguard 09/29 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live At The Backyard 09/30 St. Petersburg, FL @ Janus Live 10/02 New Orleans, LA @ The Filmore New Orleans 10/03 Houston, TX @ The Bayou Music Center 10/05 Austin, TX @ Emos 10/06 Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom

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Death Grips Announce 2023 North American Tour [Updated]

The band's first outing in four years

Death Grips have announced their first North American tour in more than four years.

Beginning in May, Stefan Burnett, Zach Hill, and Andy Morin will return to the road for a 54-date outing that includes headlining shows in Denver, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Austin, as well as festival appearances at Riot Fest in Chicago and Sick New World in Las Vegas. Tickets are available via Stubhub .

Update: Death Grips have announced more shows taking place in July and August, including stops in Kansas City, Louisville, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, New York, and more. Tickets for these newly announced dates go on sale Friday, February 10th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster .

Death Grips released their last album, Year of the Snitch , in 2018. In the time since then, they’ve shared a 2019 mix called Gmail and the Restraining Orders in celebration of Warp Records’ 30th anniversary. Last year, drummer Zach Hill remixed Danny Elfman’s “Kick Me” and also started a new band called Undo K from Hot, which released their debut album, G​.​A​.​S. Get a Star . In May of this year, Death Grips hinted at their impending return by sharing a brief video clip on social media. They followed up in July by bringing their 2011 EP  Live from Death Valley to streaming services.

Death Grips 2022 Tour Dates: 05/04 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall 05/05 – Vancouver, BC @ Harbour Event & Convention Centre 05/06 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo 05/08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center 05/09 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre 05/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 05/12 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park 05/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World 05/16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield 05/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 05/18 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory Santa Ana 05/20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield 05/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 06/06 – Warsaw, PL @ Club Stodola 06/12 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso 06/14 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys 06/18 – Dublin, IE @ The Academy 06/22 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom 06/25 – Manchester, UK @ Depot Mayfield 07/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment Center 07/24 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom 07/25 – Kansas City, MO @ The Midland 07/26 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory 07/28 – Louisville, KY @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall 07/29 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room 07/30 – Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe 08/01 – Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion 08/02 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater 08/04 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom 08/05 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall 08/07 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE 08/08 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem 08/09 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 08/11 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz 08/12 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore 08/13 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit 09/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore 09/16 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest 09/17 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit 09/18 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall 09/20 – Boston @ House of Blues 09/21 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 09/22 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 09/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 09/25 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville 09/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre 09/28 – Orlando, FL @ The Vanguard 09/29 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live at the Backyard 09/30 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live 10/02 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore New Orleans 10/03 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center 10/05 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s 10/06 – Dallas, TX @ Southside Ballroom 10/07 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s

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Death Grips Returns To Portland To Kick Off Expansive 2023 Tour (RECAP)

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For their first show since 2019, Death Grips pulled out all the stops they have in their arsenal of high-grade industrial hip-hop. The mysterious trio has been releasing some of the most innovative rap in years and has gained a cult following through their creative album releases and, more so than anything else, their unique brand of abrasive instrumentals that cradle the screeching vocals. Death Grips is bringing said fanbase a taste of their world on this current tour which kicked off last night (May 4) at Revolution Hall in Portland. The four-year gap between their live performances seems to have had no effect on Death Grips as they pieced together a career-spanning tracklist for their North American tour. 

Death Grips performed a total of 29 songs last night in Portland as fans seemed delighted that the trio didn’t leave any stone in their discography unturned. Considering the gap in their touring, the setlist was filled with songs that the trio hadn’t performed in a while. Tracks like “Lock Your Doors”, “Have A Sad Cum BB”, and “BB Poison” hadn’t been performed since 2017 while a song like “Blackjack” hadn’t seen the light of day since 2013. Death Grips primarily focused on their 2012 classic The Money Store , pulling songs like the aforementioned “Blackjack” along with “Get Got”, “Hacker”, and “The Fever (Aye Aye)”. The rest of the night was split up between their expansive discography including songs like “Guillotine” and “Spread Eagle Cross The Block” from their elusive 2011 mixtape Exmilitary . You can check out the full setlist below. 

Death Grips is looking at a busy tour schedule for the rest of 2023. The trio is now heading over to Vancouver for a show before traversing back to the States for a performance in Seattle. The trio will be hitting cities across the country like Phoenix, Kansas City, and Chicago. Check out the full list of dates below and see footage from last night’s performance in Portland.

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May 05 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Harbour Event & Convention Center

May 06 – Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox Sodo

May 08 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ The Union Event Center

May 09 – Denver, Colo. @ Ogden Theatre

May 11 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren

May 12 – San Diego, Calif. @ The Observatory North Park

May 13 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Sick New World Fest

May 16 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Warfield

May 17 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium

May 18 – Santa Ana, Calif. @ The Observatory

May 20 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Warfield

May 21 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium

Jul. 21 – Tucson, Ariz. @ Rialto Theatre

Jul. 22 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Revel Entertainment Center

Jul. 25 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Arvest Bank Theatre At the Midland

Jul. 26 – Chesterfield, Mo. @ The Factory

Jul. 28 – Louisville, Ky. @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall

Jul. 29 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre

Jul. 30 – Grand Rapids, Mich. @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe

Aug. 1 – Newport, Ky. @ MegaCorp Pavilion

Aug. 2 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Agora Theater & Ballroom

Aug. 4 – Sayreville, N.J. @ Starland Ballroom

Aug. 5 – New Haven, Conn. @ College Street Music Hall

Aug. 7 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE

Aug. 8 – Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem

Aug. 9 – New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5

Aug. 11 – Raleigh, N.C. @ The Ritz

Aug. 12 – Charlotte, N.C. @ The Fillmore Charlotte

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Sept. 17 – Detroit, Mich. @ The Filmore Detroit

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Sept. 21 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Steel

Sept. 23 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer

Sept. 25 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville

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Death Grips cut short US concert after getting hit by glowsticks

It is the latest in a series of incidents which have seen artists hit by objects thrown onstage

Death Grips cut short their concert in Arkansas on Friday (October 13) after a number of fans threw glowsticks at the band.

The incident happened at JJ’s Live in Fayetteville and saw the band eventually abandon the show with four songs to spare.

They had earlier managed to play 25 songs despite frontman MC Ride walking off the stage twice after getting hit by objects thrown by fans before the whole band eventually exited the stage.

According to a user on Reddit : “Someone threw a phone at them and Ride threw the mic on the ground and walked off and back. Someone threw a glowstick that hit him in the chest and he walked off, back and waiting for more. Another glowstick was thrown and they left. Fair is fair.” You can view footage of the incident below.

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so apparently at the death grips show in AR tonight they just left midset because kids kept throwing shit at them. what is with ppl acting like this? bands are not robots and getting pelted with shit hurts. if you were moshing like youre supposed to this wouldnt happen pic.twitter.com/jNS01z7Ssg — Rodney (@SkinnyTuna) October 14, 2023

It comes after several incidents which have seen artists hit by objects thrown onstage in recent months.

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Other artists to have been affected by the dangerous trend include Harry Styles , Lil Nas X , Drake , Cardi B and Pink .

The most concerning case was when Bebe Rehxa was left needing stitches after an audience member threw a phone at her face during a gig in New York because he thought it would be “funny” .

Many fans and live performers have condemned those who have caused such disruptions. Adele called on concertgoers to “stop throwing things” at gigs during one of her Las Vegas shows in July, warning: “I’ll fucking dare you to throw something at me and I’ll fucking kill you.”

The likes of Billie Eilish , Corey Taylor and Kelly Clarkson have also spoken out against the trend of throwing things onstage. “It’s absolutely infuriating when you’re up there,” Eilish said. “You’re in a vulnerable position.”

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Goodbye to My Wallet and Car Keys | Death Grips Concert Review

I had been waiting for this moment for more than four years. Enter my favorite band of all time, Death Grips. Enter a raw patchwork of excited screams from the crowd. Enter crimson stage lights drowning every head in the venue. 

Welcome to red-alert intensity. Welcome to “ System Blower ,” with its unmistakable, urgent opening. Goodbye to my wallet and car keys. 

How about that? On the very first song of the set, I had lost almost all my valuables. Perhaps it was foolish to have these items on me, but these particular shorts I was wearing had served me well many times before. But why should I have assumed this would be like any time before? Regardless of whether I was an idiot or not, my wallet and car keys were gone. I couldn’t give less of a shit.

That’s not to say these items are dispensable — they’re the exact opposite, obviously. But Death Grips forced me to secede all care; the crowd — a great web of pissed off, fast-firing pistons — forced me to fight for survival. I had no choice but to have one of the greatest times of my life. 

So, on that night, you could find me whirling between bodies, stripping myself of worldly thought, sweating off all consideration of a tomorrow or a next week or a next month. There was no past, no future. There was no defining feature to me except how hard I could possibly go in this moment, how far I could possibly distance myself from the features and concepts of a tangible life. 

This was a show that would not, and could not, stop. Even transition songs boasted mosh pits. There were people fainting into each other’s arms all over; there were people rushing to the floor’s calmer edges with a sort of horror on their face; there were legions of us tumbling, crashing and quickly picking each other up at every MC Ride scream, at every explosion of a synth or collapse of a guitar strum. 

Trying to take a good picture of the band was an impossibility for me. I managed to take one semi-decent video during “ Black Paint ,” but in terms of photographs, here is the best I could do:

These aren’t even photographs of the band, so the best I could do wasn’t very good at all. Depicted here seem to be the souls of the damned, and then their transition into crescents of fire. But hey, I’m sure there are quite a few people in this world who would look at this concert, and the people at it, and call us damned souls. Megaphone in hand, they could say that we are hellbound. If that’s where we’re all going in the end, at least there was this night. A night where I felt like I had shed every layer of my skin, where we were all just clear, non-distinct bodies trying to ram into each other, trying to sink as deeply as we could into the music.

As my friend and I drove home that night and recounted the bruises, the sprains, the people we scooped from the sweat-ridden, beer can-infested ground, we couldn’t help but realize how our thoughts and emotions had been perfectly stifled in the chaos. I suppose one could call that “losing yourself in the music,” but for both of us, that had happened many times before.

When we saw Taylor Swift together at Ford Field, we were completely lost in each and every one of her deeply relatable eras, but at Death Grips, we felt that we had entered somewhere beyond human experience. We were not lost in gorgeous woods or snake-filled bars or midnights where we felt a truly human yearning; we were lost in a place where there are no names, no faces, no hands to clasp so as to say, “We are flesh and bone; we are filled with complex thoughts and feelings; we are creatures of beauty.” 

How the hell was I supposed to be grounded as a human when “ Steroids ” kicked in and I was screaming “My whole life, my whole fucking life” over and over again, essentially littering the ground with my vocal chords? How the hell was I supposed to know the limits of my body as I leapt as high as possible to the screaming of “Destroyer!” in “ Lock Your Doors ?” How the hell could I be anything but a loose gas particle bouncing in ever-increasing fury?

It’s so odd for us to have felt so inhuman in the midst of such a deeply human band. Yes, even with MC Ride’s declaration that “I am the beast I worship” in “ Beware ,” Death Grips hits at the human experience like few have done before. At times, their discography seems to represent a disgust with the self, the struggle to love it, the burden of finding some kind of wonder in its relation to the absurd. For as beastly as their live show may have made me feel, I know that humans are all-powerful in the context of Death Grips’ art. It is those of our flesh that hold the rope, in the end. And it is those same people who choose not to use it. 

Within all the horrors and crags of the human experience, what excitement lies within! I look back on 3 a.m. nights in a shutdown 2020 world, those nights where I’d be flailing all over my room to “ Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood ,” “ Inanimate Sensation ,” “ Punk Weight ,” “ Turned Off .” I look back on empty, cavernous days where, through waves of angered, hopeless thought, there were beasts on the horizon blasting “ BB Poison ” in a Mad Max wasteland.

I daydreamt all the time. I still daydream all the time. And I think of those beasts on the horizon sending red dust to the sky with sneers on their faces, their hearts 101% full. And now I realize that those beasts have always been human. They have been those who give their all under flashing red lights. They have been those who throw themselves into sweat-stained, stinking whirlwinds. They have been those who scream every word to the agonizing, shimmering labyrinth of a song that is “ Up My Sleeves .” 

I have few excuses to ignore the beauty simmering just over the horizon, now. I’ve waited four years to see the sun shine so bright. Maybe it’s silly for something to mean so much to me; maybe not. But while slouched in sterile office chairs; while driving through cities where every street looks the same; where every block has the same restaurants; where each car window sheds the same loneliness; while boiling in a general, shared malaise; I need something to mean so much to me. That thing may not even be Death Grips: It may be some intangible thing they unlock. Some strange hope. 

As for my lost wallet and car keys, I found them after the show. The wallet was rather beaten up and two non-essential keys were missing, but the essentials were there. Miraculous, really. And very fortunate — those items tend to mean quite a bit in the physical world. Thank you to those who held them up. I appreciate you endlessly. 

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