Last week, we speculated about King Diamond playing the classic album Abigail in its entirety, after the band shared a picture of the album cover art captioned:  “ATTENTION EVERYONE!!! Keep an eye out for some major news on August 3rd.” Well, today is August 3rd and we were right!

The band will head on a new tour this fall with the support of Exodus, performing the 1987 album in its entirety. Considering the band just finished touring with the now-extinct Mayhem Festival, the only way to make the announcement attractive for the fans was to do a special set and what’s better than this? A Mercyful Fate reunion, I know, but this is still good enough.

Exodus’ frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza states:

EXODUS is truly honored, excited and flattered to share the stage with King Diamond, and his amazingly talented band! I remember in ’86, we performed some shows together and they were everything you’d expect a King Diamond and EXODUS show to be! Don’t miss this – it’s going to be epic!

The tour will hit the third edition of Philip Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Film Festival, taking place between November 13- 15 with King Diamond headlining on the first day of the festival. For the rest of the stops, check the dates below:

U.S Tour Dates – KING DIAMOND w/ support EXODUS:

10/29   Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
10/31   Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
11/02   San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
11/05   Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/08   Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre
11/09   Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
11/13   San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre
11/15   New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Auditorium
11/16   Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
11/21   New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre
11/24   Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater
11/25   Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
11/27   Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
11/28   Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
11/30   Minneapolis, MN @ Myth Live
12/02   Tulsa, OK @ Club Brady
12/04   Houston, TX @ House of Blues
12/05   Dallas, TX @ House of Blues