LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe: "The first thing I noticed was four or five really large men with guns and great pig pointy knives, pistols and face-masks."

As previously reported, LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe spent five weeks incarcerated in a Prague, Czech Republic prison. Blythe was released on a $400,000 bail and was able to return to the United States on Friday, August 3rd. Although LAMB OF GOD was forced to cancel their summer co-headline tour with Dethklok and special guests Gojira, the band performed at SLIPKNOT's "KnotFest". The series of events took place on Friday, August 17th in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Saturday, August 18th in Somerset, Wisconsin. The band has already announced a full blown U.S. tour (due to Blythe's legal situation, the band won't be going to Canada). Full details below.

Metal Hammer, recently conducted an in-depth interview with Blythe (Order the issue HERE!). A few excerpts of the interview follow:

 “It still didn’t sink in that something weird was happening with my band, but as soon as I got to the top of the ramp, the first thing I noticed was four or five really large men with guns and great pig pointy knives, pistols and facemasks. All you could see was their eyes and their mouths and they looked like they were there to apprehend a terrorist.

“After a minute this woman goes, ‘Mr Blythe’, and I said, ‘Yes?’ and she’s looking at my passport, then she hands me a piece of paper that said I was to be charged with…well..we’re using the term ‘manslaughter’ because it’s the nearest translation in English. It said I was to be charged with, what I think in English would be, GBH, grievous bodily harm with malicious intent resulting in someone’s death.
“I was in the car with three plain-clothes homicide detectives, and one of them sort of spoke English, but not very well, and he started asking me, ‘So, what do you remember of this incident?’ Very conversationally. I was like, ‘You know, I really don’t know what’s happening right now so I want a lawyer’. When they hand you a piece of paper that says you’re being charged with manslaughter you know you aren’t just going to answer a few questions then walk out the door.”

Metal fans in prison:

“One of the guards who drove me was a metalhead. He knew who I was. He was like, ‘I’m sorry you have to be here. I like Finntroll and Rammstein.’ It’s a remand prison, so a little less than half the prisoners there are awaiting sentence and the rest are serving time, but I believe they’re mixed together. It’s a prison, not a jail, but from what I understood, the super-violent offenders were kept in their own ward.”

Ticket links for all shows are below:

This weekend (September 21, 22) tickets for 36 of the 38 shows on the fall LAMB OF GOD tour will go on sale. The Atlanta show and the Kansas City show will go on sale the following weekend (September 28, 29). As previously announced, the tour starts October 30th in Phoenix, Arizona and runs to December 16th in Seattle, Washington. In Flames and Sylosis are on all of the dates with Hatebreed and HELLYEAH splitting the tour.
  

30-Oct / Phoenix, AZ / Comerica Theater / Friday September 21 / Buy Phoenix Tickets Here

31-Oct / Los Angeles, CA / Palladium / Friday September 21 / Buy Los Angeles Tickets Here

1-Nov / Las Vegas, NV / House of Blues / Friday September 21 / Buy Las Vegas Tickets Here

3-Nov / Lubbock, TX / Lonestar Pavilion / Friday September 21 / Buy Lubbock Tickets Here

4-Nov / San Antonio, TX / Sunken Garden / Friday September 21 / Buy San Antonio Tickets Here

5-Nov / Oklahoma City, OK   / Diamond Ballroom / Friday September 21 / Buy Oklahoma City Tickets Here

7-Nov / St. Louis, MO / Pageant / Friday September 21 / Buy St. Louis Tickets Here

8-Nov / Indianapolis, IN / Egyptian Room / Friday September 21 / Buy Indianapolis Tickets Here

9-Nov / Milwaukee, WI / Eagles Ballroom / Friday September 21 / Buy Milwaukee Tickets Here

10-Nov / St. Paul, MN / Myth / Friday September 21 / Buy St. Paul Tickets Here

12-Nov / Louisville, KY / Expo Five / Saturday September 22 / Buy Louisville Tickets Here

14-Nov / Stroudsburg, PA / Sherman Theater / Friday September 21 / Buy Stroudsburg Tickets Here

15-Nov / Glens Falls, NY / Glens Falls Civic Center / Friday September 21 / Buy Glens Falls Tickets Here

16-Nov / New York, NY / Roseland Ballroom / Friday September 21 / Buy NYC Tickets Here

17-Nov / Silver Spring, MD / Fillmore / Friday September 21 / Buy Silver Spring Tickets Here

19-Nov / Orlando, FL / House of Blues/ Saturday September 22 / Buy Orlando Tickets Here

20-Nov /Atlanta, GA / Tabernacle / Friday September 28 / Buy Atlanta Tickets Here

21-Nov / Charlotte, NC / Fillmore / Friday September 21 / Buy Charlotte Tickets Here

23-Nov / Wallingford, CT / Oakdale Theater / Friday September 21 / Buy Wallingford Tickets Here

24-Nov / Philadelphia, PA / Electric Factory / Saturday September 22 / Buy Philadelphia Tickets Here

25-Nov / Boston, MA / House of Blues / Friday September 21 / Buy Boston Tickets Here

26-Nov / Niagara Falls, NY / Rapids Theater / Saturday September 22 / Buy Niagara Falls Tickets Here

27-Nov / Pittsburgh, PA / Stage AE / Saturday September 22 / Buy Pittsburgh Tickets Here

28-Nov / Richmond, VA / The National / Friday September 21 / Buy Richmond Tickets Here

30-Nov / Chicago, IL / Congress Ballroom / Friday September 21 / Buy Chicago Tickets Here

1-Dec / Detroit, MI  / Fillmore / Friday September 21 / Buy Detroit Tickets Here

2-Dec / Columbus, OH / LC Pavilion / Saturday September 22 / Buy Columbus Tickets Here

3-Dec / Grand Rapids, MI / Orbit Room / Friday September 21 / Buy Grand Rapids Tickets Here

4-Dec / Des Moines, IA / Val Air Ballroom / Friday September 21 / Buy Des Moines Tickets Here

6-Dec / Houston, TX / Bayou Music Center / Friday September 21 / Buy Houston Tickets Here

7-Dec / Dallas, TX / Palladium Ballroom / Friday September 21 / Buy Dallas Tickets Here

8-Dec / Kansas City, MO / Uptown Theater / Saturday September 29 / Buy Kansas City Tickets Here

9-Dec / Denver, CO / Fillmore / Saturday September 22 / Buy Denver Tickets Here

11-Dec / Farmington, NM / McGhee Park / Friday September 21 / Buy Farmington Tickets Here

13-Dec / San Francisco, CA / Warfield / Friday September 21 / Buy San Francisco Tickets Here

14-Dec / Medford, OR / Medford Armory / Friday September 21 / Buy Medford Tickets Here

15-Dec / Spokane, WA / Knitting Factory / Friday September 21 / Buy Spokane Tickets Here

16-Dec / Seattle, WA / Showbox SoDo / Friday September 21 / Buy Seattle Tickets Here

Click here for the link to the LAMB OF GOD Memorabilia site and here for the link to the Justice Now site.


Related links:
Lamb Of God's Official Site