Dates Begin October 11th; Special Guests KNOCKED LOOSE & ALIEN WEAPONRY

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2x Grammy® nominated band GOJIRA have announced details of a fall U.S. headline tour. The new dates, which will feature special guests KNOCKED LOOSE and ALIEN WEAPONRY, are set to kick of October 11th in Salt Lake City, Utah at The Union and continue through a performance at Cleveland, Ohio’s The Agora on October 29th [full itinerary below]. Pre-sale tickets for the tour will be available starting tomorrow, May 4th at 10:00AM local time with general on sale starting Friday, May 7th at 10:00AM local time. The new headline dates will follow GOJIRA’s summer run supporting DEFTONES which gets underway August 12th at The Armory in Minneapolis, MN and includes two GOJIRA only headline dates on September 3rd in Chattanooga, TN and September 20th in Boise, ID. For tickets and for more information on GOJIRA’s live schedule visit www.gojira-music.com.

News of the U.S. headline tour follows the recent release of GOJIRA’s new album FORTITUDE, which is available now on all streaming platforms. The powerful collection is highlighted by the singles “Another World”, “Born For One Thing”, “Into The Storm”, “Amazonia” and most recently “The Chant”, a slow-burning track featuring some of GOJIRA’s most melodic material to date. Just last week the band shared an official music video for “The Chant”, which was written/conceived by the band’s own Joe Duplantier and directed by Russell Brownley. Filmed on location in India’s West Bengal region in December of 2019, the cinematic video examines the plight of refugee children from Tibet who fled their homeland in an attempt to preserve their culture following China’s invasion of the country in 1949.

Furthermore, GOJIRA recently concluded a month long fundraising initiative in support of the indigenous owned NGO The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) who advocate for environmental and cultural rights of indigenous tribes in the Amazon. Working with the social good-focused digital platform Propeller, the month long charitable campaign raised over 300K through an auction and raffle of one-of-a-kind items from the band and their friends in METALLICA, TOOL, SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, SLASH and more. All proceeds will be donated to APIB to support their work aiding the indigenous tribes of the Amazon who have suffered immensely - victims of deforestation, land loss, forced labor, violence, and harassment.

Recorded and Produced by Joe Duplantier at Silver Cord Studio - GOJIRA’s Ridgewood, Queens, headquarters – and mixed by Andy Wallace (NIRVANA, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), FORTITUDE is GOJIRA’s first album in five years and the follow-up to 2016’s Grammy® nominated LP MAGMA. A collection of songs urging humanity to imagine a new world—and then make it happen, FORTITUDE has been earning widespread critical praise with NPR hailing “Another World” as “an apocalyptic banger,” and PASTE calling “Into The Storm” a “much-needed revolutionary anthem.” Named one of PITCHFORK’s “Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2021,” STEREOGUM declared, “hearing this band operating at their peak is a life-affirming thing,” while REVOLVER attested “FORTITUDE, could spark a revolution.”

On 2016’s MAGMA, GOJIRA found strength—and crossover success—through a singular commitment to self-reflection. The intensely personal record, penned in memory of the Duplantier brothers' late mother, was a painful significant turning point for the French group. The album earned the band two GRAMMY nominations - ‘Best Metal Performance’ and ‘Best Rock Album,’ and upon release, MAGMA took the #1 spot on BILLBOARD’s ‘Hard Rock Albums’ chart, a first for a French band. MAGMA also asserted itself as one of the most acclaimed albums of 2016, earning METAL HAMMER’s coveted “Album of the Year” title while also landing on ROLLING STONE’s “Top 20 Metal Albums of 2016,” and CONSEQUENCE OF SOUNDS’s “Top 50 Albums of 2016”/“Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016” lists.

2021 TOUR DATES:

• 8.12 ­– Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
• 8.14 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
• 8.15 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
• 8.17 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion
• 8.19 – Toronto, ON, Canada @ RBC Echo Beach
• 8.20 – Laval, QC, Canada @ Place Bell
• 8.21 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
• 8.23 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
• 8.24 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
• 8.27 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
• 8.28 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summerstage
• 8.29 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
• 8.31 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center, University of Pittsburgh
• 9.2 – Indianapolis, IN @ Amphitheater at White River State Park
• 9.3 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal^
• 9.4 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
• 9.6 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
• 9.7 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
• 9.8 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
• 9.10 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
• 9.11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheatre
• 9.14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Federal Theatre
• 9.17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
• 9.18 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
• 9.20 – Boise, ID @ Revolution Center^
• 9.21 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
• 9.22 – Portland, OR @ Theatre of the Clouds at Moda Center
• 10.9 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock*
• 10.11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
• 10.13 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
• 10.14 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
• 10.15 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
• 10.17 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
• 10.19 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live
• 10.20 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
• 10.22 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
• 10.23 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
• 10.25 – Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
• 10.27 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
• 10.28 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory
• 10.29 ­– Cleveland, OH @ The Agora