Guitar World recently sat down with Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton to talk about the band’s upcoming U.S. tour with In Flames, Hatebreed and Sylosis. A couple of excerpts from the chat can be found below.
Morton said that the band was pumped for their first extensive U.S. tour in two years: “It’s been honestly far too long since we have toured the U.S.” he began. “I think the last time we did it was the summer of 2010 on Mayhem. We did a quick one-week run in January of this year, but yeah, it’s been a while. And you know, U.S. is our favorite place to tour in the whole world, so we’re definitely looking forward to get back out.”
Lamb Of God’s setlist for the tour will be comprised of songs from almost all of the band’s seven albums. Morton explained: “I’m not sure yet because we’re still kind of deciding, but we’ll probably play three to five new songs. There’s a lot of bands on the bill, so we’re only playing for 70 to 75 minutes. We’re on our seventh album now, so even in that short set we’ve really got to include a lot of the older stuff too that people expect to hear.”
He continued: “It’s not like we can play a show and not play ‘Walk With Me In Hell,’ ‘Now You’ve Got Something To Die For,’ ‘Ruin,’ ‘Black Label,’ ‘Redneck,’ ‘Set To Fail’ and all those songs. So the further we get along in terms of the albums in our career, it becomes tougher to choose the songs because as I said, there’s songs people absolutely expect to hear but there’s also new songs we need to work in as well. So I would say it’s a good balance.”
In addition to hearing all of the Lamb Of God classics, concert goers will witness a LOG stage show like never before: “…we’re bringing out our production package that’s bigger than anything we’ve ever done before,” Morton said. “So it should be a pretty exciting show for the fans that get to see it.”
Morton also discussed Lamb Of God’s upcoming fan-to-band DVD: “It will be very different from the previous DVDs, because they have all focused on the band and the personalities within the band. But the band is kind of sidelined in the new film. It’s not so much about us. It’s really more about our fans, and specific fans in unique parts of the world. So that’s really what it’s about. The band is a sideline character in this film.”
The film is set to hit theaters next year: “I think sometime in 2013 it will be in theaters. We’re not releasing it the same way we did the previous stuff either, and it’s not going straight to DVD and it won’t be something we’re going to market immediately as a DVD. It’s more intended to be in theaters and viewed as a documentary film.”
Click here for the full interview.
Lamb Of God U.S. tour dates are as follows:
Oct. 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater
Oct. 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ [to be announced]
Nov. 01 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Nov. 03 – Lubbock, TX @ Lonestar Pavilion
Nov. 04 – San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Garden
Nov. 05 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Nov. 07 – St. Louis, MO @ Pageant
Nov. 08 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
Nov. 09 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
Nov. 10 – St. Paul, MN @ Myth
Nov. 12 – Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
Nov. 14 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater
Nov. 15 – [to be announced]
Nov. 16 – New York, NY @ Roseland
Nov. 17 – Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore
Nov. 19 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Nov. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Nov. 21 – Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore
Nov. 23 – Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theater
Nov. 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Nov. 25 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Nov. 26 – Niagara Falls, NY @ Rapids Theater
Nov. 27 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Nov. 28 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Nov. 30 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Ballroom
Dec. 01 – Detroit, MI @ State Theater
Dec. 02 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion (no HELLYEAH)
Dec. 03 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
Dec. 04 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
Dec. 06 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
Dec. 07 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
Dec. 08 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
Dec. 10 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore
Dec. 11 – Farmington, NM @ McGhee Park
Dec. 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
Dec. 14 – Medford, OR @ Medford Armory
Dec. 15 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Dec. 16 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
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