Ministry

Ministry, who will tour the world one final time, announce that four more dates have been added to the North American leg of their "C U LaTouR." C U LaTouR will now kick off on March 26 in Calgary, Alberta, and then play Vancouver - which is just about sold out - on March 28 as previously announced. Also added to the C U LaTouR itinerary are concerts in Albuquerque, Ft. Lauderdale, and, with tickets for the May 8 concert in Chicago already sold out, a second Chicago show has been confirmed for May 9.

The limited engagement 34-date "C U LaTouR" comes on the heels of Ministry's final studio release, "The Last Sucker," which was released on September 18. The North American leg will run through mid-May and will feature Special Guests Meshuggah and open act Hemlock. Ministry then heads off to play the principal European festivals as well as choice club dates beginning late May stretching through to July - those dates will be announced shortly.

Exclusive pre-sale tickets for the second Chicago date (May 9) will be on sale beginning today through December 19 through Music Today - http://www.ministry.tickets.musictoday.com/Ministry/calendar.aspx Exclusive Special Limited Access VIP tickets will also be available for purchase via the pre-sale, offering advance doors, seating, meet & greets and souvenir 13th Planet gift bags. Special ticketing for "C U LaTouR" shows are available at Enter The Vault - www.enterthevault.com

The "C U LaTouR" touring line-up features Ministry's founder Al Jourgensen being joined onstage by guitarists Tommy Victor (Prong) and Sin Quirin (Revolting Cocks), keyboardist John Bechdel (Prong, AoTW, False Icons), and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ex-Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Alice Cooper). Static X's Tony Campos has recently stepped in to fulfill bass on behalf of the recently departed Ministry/Killing Joke bassist Paul Raven. Joining the Ministry clan as Special Featured Artist will be Fear Factory/Ascension of The Watchers vocalist Burton C. Bell. Main support is Swedish experimental metal Meshuggah and opening act is the U.S.-based Hemlock.

To coincide with "C U LaTouR," Jourgensen's indie imprint is scheduled to release Ministry & Co-Conspirators "Cover Up," a 12-track covers release featuring artists from the 13th Planet Records family, as well as other special guests. "Cover Up" is scheduled for a late March/early April 2008 release.

For its spectacular two-and-a-half-hour "C U LaTouR" set, Ministry will perform tracks from "The Last Sucker" as well as songs that revisit the band's rich and provocative 30-year musical history. Archival Ministry videos plus other visual elements of alchemy, Christianity, politics and other topics aligned with Ministry will be incorporated into a special video presentation, produced by "Wicked Lake" director Zach Passero (with whom Jourgensen is collaborating on the soundtrack for the feature film) that will change night to night. And, as is expected from a Ministry show, you just never know what surprise guests will jump on stage for a song or two.

"A Ministry tour is a traveling circus," states Jourgensen. "When we roll into town, everyone hides their daughters, but the freaks roll out the red carpet and a friend or two pops up on stage to add some spice and mayhem to the show. We never know who's gonna walk through the dressing room door at sound check. We rehearse a bunch of 'extra' songs just in case so-and-so shows up..."

Confirmed dates for Ministry's 2008 "C U LaTouR" are as follows:

MARCH

26 The Whiskey, Calgary, AB Canada

28 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC CANADA

29 Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA

30 Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR

APRIL

1 Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

2 Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

5 House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA

6 House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA

7 House of Blues, San Diego, CA

8 Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ

9 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV

11 The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT

12 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO

13 Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM

15 La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX

17 Palladium, Dallas, TX

18 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX

19 House of Blues, New Orleans, LA

21 Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

22 Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL

23 House of Blues, Orlando, FL

24 Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC

25 Masquerade, Atlanta, GA

26 Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD

27 Palladium, Worcester, MA

29 Fillmore at the TLA, Philadelphia, PA

MAY

1 Irving Plaza, New York, NY

2 Irving Plaza, New York, NY

3 Metropolis, Montreal, QC CANADA

4 Koolhaus, Toronto, ON CANADA

6 Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH

7 Emerald Theatre, Detroit, MI

8 House of Blues, Chicago, IL

9 House of Blues, Chicago, IL