Scott Ian will undertake his first spoken word tour later this year.
And he's announced this by posting a picture of him torching a snowman with a flamethrower:
Ian has issued the following statement about the tour, which will take place in May and June in the U.K.
"My first 'Speaking Words' tour and I get to do it in the UK and Ireland? Really? Wow, how fucking cool is that!," says Scott. "My one-off show in London went so well and now I get to speak words at you all over the place. Thank you for having a superior sense of humour.
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I'm calling it 'Speaking Words' because the pretension of saying I am doing a 'Spoken Word' tour is too much to bear. This ain't no poetry reading. This isn't an evening of sensitive discourse.
"It's an evening of ridiculous truth. It's me talking (swearing) about this insane life I've led over the last 31 years, the people I've met and the shit that's happened. And when I'm done swearing, you can ask me anything you want, the floor is yours. Cheers my friends, see you in May and June."
Full dates are as follows:
05/24 - Oxford O2 Academy
05/25 - Cardiff The Gate
05/26 - Gloucester Guildhall
05/27 - Plymouth White Rabbit
05/29 - Rugby The Vault
05/30 - York The Duchess
05/31 - Liverpool O2 Academy
06/01 - Manchester Sound Control
06/02 - Stoke Underground
06/04 - Newcastle The Cluny
06/05 - Glasgow The Arches
06/06 - Belfast Limelight 2
06/07 - Cork Cyprus Avenue
06/08 - Dublin Button Factory
06/10 - Bournemouth O2 Academy
06/11 - London The Garage
Meanwhile, it has been announced that Ian's day job band, Anthrax, will be featured on a tribute album to Metallica's Kill 'Em All alongside the likes of Motorhead and Cannibal Corpse. The album will be included with the German edition of Metal Hammer:
01. Hit The Lights – Black Tide
02. The Four Horsemen – Burden Of Grief
03. Motorbreath (live) – Rage
04. Jump In The Fire – Dust Bolt
05. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth – Eisregen And The Vision Bleak
06. Whiplash – Motorhead
07. Phantom Lord – Anthrax
08. No Remorse – Cannibal Corpse
09. Seek & Destroy – Primal Fear
10. Metal Militia – Dew-Scented
