Way back in 2014, Gojira and Mastodon teamed up with Kvelertak (!!!) to take on North America, rolling loud across the country with a decibel-driven stop at The Palladium in Worcester. Nearly a decade later, the two heavy titans are once again hitting the road together, this time on a co-headlining tour appropriately dubbed The Mega-Monsters Tour. The 36-date tour stretches out over two legs across the spring and summer, with Gojira and Mastodon alternating closing sets each night.
The first leg kicks off in Portland, Oregon and wraps in Reading, Pennsylvania, while the second leg launches in Cincinnati and closes in Denver. Boston gets its show midway through that second run, as the bands play MGM Music Hall on August 20. New Jersey deathcore band Lorna Shore is tapped as opener for all shows.
Mastodon are on the road showing off the ambitious Hushed And Grim, which the Atlanta hard rock band unleashed as an 86-minute double album in October 2021 through Reprise. Gojira, meanwhile, bring stateside the French metal band’s April 2021 album Fortitude, released by Roadrunner. Get into both records below, and take note: After a string of various pre-sales, the general ticket on-sale starts Friday (January 20) at 10 a.m. local time
The Mega-Monsters Tour: Leg 1
April 18: Portland, OR — Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 20: Concord, CA — Concord Pavilion
April 21: Los Angeles, CA — The Forum
April 22: Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
April 23: Las Vegas, NV — Virgin
April 26: Dallas, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
April 28: Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
April 29: Austin, TX — Moody Center
April 30: Oklahoma City, OK — Zoo Amphitheatre
May 2: Nashville, TN — Municipal Auditorium
May 4 : Boca Raton, FL — Sunset Cove Amphitheater
May 5: St. Augustine, FL — St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 6: Atlanta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 7: Asheville, NC — Harrah’s Cherokee Center
May 9: Richmond, VA — Virginia Credit Union Live
May 10: Baltimore, MD — Pier Six Pavilion
May 11: Reading, PA — Santander Arena
The Mega-Monsters Tour: Leg 2
August 9: Cincinnati, OH @ MegaCorp Pavilion
August 10: Cleveland, OH @ Jacob’s Pavilion
August 11: Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors
August 12: New York, NY @ Coney Island Amphitheater
August 13: Syracuse, NY @ OneCenter
August 15: Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple
August 17: Toronto, ON @ RBC Echo Beach
August 18: Laval, QC @ Place Bell
August 19: Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena
August 20: Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall
August 23: Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Pavilion
August 25: Hammond, IN @ Horseshoe
August 26: Omaha, NE @ Westfair Amphitheater
August 27: Minneapolis, MN @ Waite Park Amphitheater
August 29: St. Louis, MO @ The Factory
August 30: Kansas City, MO @ Azura Amphitheater
September 1: Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheater
September 2: Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater
