Slipknot has now canceled all of its previously announced summer 2020 tour dates, including the Knotfest Roadshow North American trek, Knotfest UK and Knotfest At Sea, due to the coronavirus pandemic still sweeping the globe.
A statement posted by Slipknot read, “The band looks forward to performing for its fans again, and will do so when everyone's safety can be assured.” All ticket holders will be emailed directly with refund options, while Knotfest At Sea purchasers will be contacted with postponement information.
This past March, Slipknot was forced to postpone its Asian tour, including the band's appearance at Knotfest Japan.
The pandemic may have put Slipknot's live plans on hold, although percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan told us a while back that the band has never let illness stop them in the past: “Broken bones, broken fingers, broken arms, clavicles, ACLs, pelvic bones, tailbones, ribs, vertebraes…injuries go on, but every band's got that. I don't like to really glorify it, as much as I like to just say, 'This is real.'”
The Knotfest brand has expanded around the globe, with events held in the U.S., Japan, Mexico and Colombia, as well as 2019's debut collaboration with French destination festival Hellfest for Knotfest Meets Hellfest.
Slipknot spent the last year touring in support of its latest album, We Are Not Your Kind, which came out in August.