Millennials, rejoice.
Experimental progressive-rock and post-hardcore band The Mars Volta’s newly unveiled North American tour will include a San Antonio stop this fall. The Mars Volta will be joining My Chemical Romance on the bill — the only one on the tour where the two acts cross paths.
The show will take place Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Alamodome, and tickets are on sale now starting at $124.
The My Chemical Romance show has been on the books since the fall, and tickets have been selling well, according to Alamodome officials. The Mars Volta will take the opening slot for the evening.
The Mars Volta’s new tour will feature a “career-spanning setlist” drawing from the band’s nine studio albums. That’s a contrast to the band’s last San Antonio stop — an opening slot for the Deftones last March at Frost Bank Center — where it played its ninth studio album, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio, in its entirety.
In a statement announcing the new tour, The Mars Volta reflected back on that controversial choice, referring to it as a “director’s cut” setlist and a “spiritual experience.” The statement refers to the ninth album as “a bold evolution for the band, distancing them from their post-hardcore roots in favor of a ‘psychedelic fever dream’ reminiscent of Kid A.”
Yeah, whatever. Would it kill you to slot in “The Widow” at some point?
But, now, The Mars Volta is finally giving the people what they want. Hopefully.
My Chemical Romance’s pairing with the experimental post-hardcore band offers a veritable buffet of early-2000s nostalgia. And in a city with a higher emo-per-capita ratio than most, perhaps that was a smart move.
The Mars Volta tour kicks off Sept. 8 in California with stops in Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Kentucky. A Sept. 10 stop in El Paso, The Mars Volta’s hometown, is the only other Texas date.
According to Metal Injection, The Mars Volta was back in the studio in December to work on its 10th studio album with acclaimed producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, Johnny Cash, Monolord, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Given that The Mars Volta’s last album was sneakily debuted on tour without fanfare, the question is whether San Antonio can expect a sneak peak yet again. If so, let’s just hope that’s not all we get.
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