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The Bay Strikes Back

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The Bay Strikes Back
World tour by Testament, Exodus and Death Angel
Start dateFebruary 6, 2020
End dateOctober 1, 2023
Legs5
No. of shows123

The Bay Strikes Back was a concert tour featuring Bay Area thrash metal bands Testament, Exodus and Death Angel. The first leg of the tour took place in Europe from February 6, 2020, to March 11, 2020. Death Angel was promoting their ninth album Humanicide, while the tour predated the release of Testament's thirteenth studio album Titans of Creation by around two months.[1][2][3] Other than two shows in Northern California in October and November 2021, the European leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour was the last tour that drummer Gene Hoglan did with Testament before he left the band in January 2022.[4]

A North American leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour took place in April and May 2022. This was Testament's first major US tour since the release of Titans of Creation in April 2020, and it also saw Exodus touring to support their eleventh studio album Persona Non Grata, while Death Angel continued touring behind Humanicide.[5] The North American leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour was also Testament's first major tour with onetime drummer Dave Lombardo, who replaced Hoglan in March 2022.[6] Another European leg took place in the summer of 2022,[7] followed by a second North American leg in the fall.[8]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
Europe
February 6, 2020 Copenhagen Denmark Amager Bio
February 7, 2020 Stockholm Sweden Arenan Fryshuset
February 8, 2020 Oslo Norway Rockefeller
February 10, 2020 Helsinki Finland The Circus
February 11, 2020 Tampere Pakkahuone
February 13, 2020 Hamburg Germany Docks
February 14, 2020 Oberhausen Turbinenhalle
February 15, 2020 Wiesbaden Schlachthof
February 16, 2020 Utrecht Netherlands TivoliVredenburg
February 18, 2020 Berlin Germany Huxleys
February 19, 2020 Wrocław Poland Orbita Hall
February 20, 2020 Vienna Austria Arena
February 21, 2020 Munich Germany Backstage
February 22, 2020 Filderstadt Filharmonie
February 24, 2020 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus
February 27, 2020 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz
February 28, 2020 Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
February 29, 2020 Toulouse France Bikini
March 1, 2020 Paris Élysée Montmartre
March 3, 2020 Bristol United Kingdom O2 Academy
March 4, 2020 Dublin Ireland National Stadium
March 6, 2020 London United Kingdom O2 Forum
March 7, 2020 Manchester Academy 1
March 8, 2020 Glasgow Barrowland
March 10, 2020 Brussels Belgium AB
March 11, 2020 Hannover Germany Capitol
North America
October 7, 2021 Sacramento United States Aftershock Festival
November 27, 2021 Oakland Fox Oakland Theatre
April 9, 2022 San Luis Obispo Fremont Theater
April 10, 2022 Anaheim House of Blues
April 12, 2022 San Diego
April 13, 2022 Las Vegas
April 15, 2022 Tucson Rialto Theatre
April 16, 2022 Albuquerque Sunshine Theater
April 19, 2022 Oklahoma City Diamond Ballroom
April 20, 2022 Houston White Oak Music Hall
April 21, 2022 Austin Emo's
April 22, 2022 Dallas Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill
April 23, 2022 New Orleans House of Blues
April 25, 2022 Orlando Hard Rock Live
April 26, 2022 Atlanta The Masquerade
April 27, 2022 Raleigh The Ritz
April 28, 2022 Chattanooga The Signal
April 30, 2022 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
May 1, 2022 Baltimore Baltimore Soundstage
May 2, 2022 Boston House of Blues
May 3, 2022 Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts
May 5, 2022 Huntington The Paramount
May 6, 2022 Buffalo Town Ballroom
May 7, 2022 Cincinnati Madison Theater
May 9, 2022 Pittsburgh Stage AE
May 10, 2022 Cleveland Agora Theatre and Ballroom
May 11, 2022 Columbus Newport Music Hall
May 12, 2022 Detroit Majestic Theater
May 14, 2022 Joliet The Forge
May 15, 2022
May 17, 2022 Minneapolis Skyway Theatre
May 19, 2022 Denver Summit Music Hall
May 20, 2022 Salt Lake City The Depot
May 22, 2022 Seattle The Showbox
May 23, 2022 Portland Roseland Theater
May 25, 2022 Sacramento Ace of Spades
Europe
July 9, 2022 Ballenstedt Germany Rock Harz Festival
July 10, 2022 Vizovice Czech Republic Masters of Rock
July 11, 2022 Kraków Poland Studio
July 12, 2022 Bratislava Slovakia Refinery Gallery
July 14, 2022 Neukirchen-Vluyn Germany Dong Open Air
July 16, 2022 Leoben Austria Area 53 Festival
July 17, 2022 Cremona Italy Luppolo in Rock
July 19, 2022 Rome Rock in Roma
July 21, 2022 Fritzlar Germany Rock am Stück
July 23, 2022 Plovdiv Bulgaria Hills of Rock
July 24, 2022 Sibiu Romania Artmania Festival
July 26, 2022 Tolmin Slovenia Metaldays
July 29, 2022 Vagos Portugal Vagos Metalfest
July 30, 2022 Burgos Spain Anden 56
July 31, 2022 Pamplona Totem
August 3, 2022 Malaga Paris 15
August 4, 2022 Villena Leyendas del Rock
August 5, 2022 Madrid La Riviera
August 6, 2022 Barcelona Razzmatazz
August 7, 2022 Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans France Sylak Open Air
August 9, 2022 Cenon Rocher de Palmer
August 12, 2022 Walton-on-Trent United Kingdom Bloodstock Festival
August 13, 2022 Kortrijk Belgium Alcatraz Festival
August 14, 2022 Saarbrücken Germany Garage
August 16, 2022 Innsbruck Austria Music Hall
August 17, 2022 Dinkelsbühl Germany Summer Breeze
August 19, 2022 Sulingen Reload Festival
August 20, 2022 Eindhoven Netherlands Dynamo Metalfest
August 21, 2022 Saint-Nolff France Motocultor Festival
North America
September 9, 2022 Phoenix United States Van Buren
September 10, 2022 Albuquerque Sunshine Theater
September 12, 2022 Wichita Cotillion Ballroom
September 13, 2022 Kansas City Truman
September 15, 2022 St. Louis The Pageant
September 16, 2022 Nashville Brooklyn Bowl
September 18, 2022 St. Petersburg Jannus Live
September 19, 2022 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
September 21, 2022 Asheville The Orange Peel
September 22, 2022 Silver Spring The Fillmore
September 23, 2022 Stroudsburg Sherman Theater
September 24, 2022 New York City Palladium Times Square
September 26, 2022 Hartford Webster Theater
September 27, 2022 Albany Empire Live
September 28, 2022 Portland State Theater
September 30, 2022 Montreal Canada MTelus
October 1, 2022 London London Music Hall
October 3, 2022 Fort Wayne United States Piere's
October 4, 2022 Milwaukee The Rave
October 6, 2022 Winnipeg Canada Burton Cummings Theatre
October 8, 2022 Calgary Palace Theatre
October 10, 2022 Vancouver Commodore Ballroom
October 12, 2022 Ventura United States Majestic Ventura Theater
October 13, 2022 Los Angeles The Wiltern
October 14, 2022 Reno Cargo
October 15, 2022 San Jose San Jose Civic
Asia
September 21, 2023 Quezon City Philippines SM North EDSA Skydome
September 23, 2023 Tokyo Japan Zepp DiverCity
September 24, 2023
September 26, 2023 Bangkok Thailand The Street Hall - Ratchada
September 28, 2023 Singapore Singapore Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
September 30, 2023 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Zepp Kuala Lumpur
October 1, 2023 Jakarta Indonesia Hammersonic Festival

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
February 25, 2020 Milan Italy Live club Concerns over COVID-19 pandemic[9]

References

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  1. ^ "TESTAMENT, EXODUS And DEATH ANGEL To Join Forces For 'The Bay Strikes Back 2020' European Tour". Blabbermouth.net. July 29, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "TESTAMENT, EXODUS And DEATH ANGEL: How 'The Bay Strikes Back 2020' Tour Came About (Video)". Blabbermouth.net. July 29, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "The "Bay Area Strikes Back" Tour with Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel Could Hit the U.S. Next Year". metalsucks.net. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "TESTAMENT Parts Ways With Longtime Drummer GENE HOGLAN". Blabbermouth.net. January 21, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "TESTAMENT, EXODUS And DEATH ANGEL Announce 'The Bay Strikes Back' Fall 2021 U.S. Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale". Blabbermouth.net. June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "TESTAMENT Rejoined By Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO". Blabbermouth.net. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "TESTAMENT Announces Summer 2022 European Tour". Blabbermouth.net. February 23, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "Testament Announce Fall 2022 Leg of 'The Bay Strikes Back' Tour With Exodus + Death Angel". Loudwire. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  9. ^ "Testament on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022.[user-generated source]