
Reconstituted postpunk act
Killing Joke this week announced it will push back the release of its forthcoming reunion album
XIII: Feast of Fools from April until early September, and also will delay its lengthy 30th anniversary tour of Europe and North America until later this year.
Due out Sept. 6, the new album will be the band’s first with its original lineup — singer Jaz Coleman, guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker, bassist Martin “Youth” Glover and drummer Paul Ferguson — since 1982’s Revelations.
It had been scheduled for release in April, with the tour slated to open April 15 in the U.K.
On Killing Joke’s MySpace blog, Ferguson writes that the delay was undertaken with “great reluctance,” explaining that “unforeseen circumstances have made meeting deadlines impossible and have led to this extremely hard decision.”
Youth, on the band’s website, adds:
“It is with great pain that we had to make the decision to postpone the European and American tour until later in the year, but the wait will be worth it. I guarantee double orgasms all round when you hear the sound of Big Paul’s drum kit reducing your senses to a pulp!”
The delay calls off 24 shows in April, May and June, and, so far, the band only has rescheduled what were to be the first two dates: Edinburgh and London. Ferguson notes that, “Of course, all tickets will be honored to the rescheduled shows.”
See Killing Joke tour dates after the jump…