Rob Zombie Rises--Just in Time for Halloween!

Rob Zombie is getting back to business as usual. After putting the Halloween franchise to bed and killing off the remainder of his ‘Devil’s Rejects’, Zombie’s director seat can finally stay empty as Zombie sets off on a late-fall tour to promote his new album.



The album, entitled Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool will be released in November, while the tour will begin at the end of October.

The track list is as follows:

01. Jesus Frankenstein
02. Sick Bubble-Gun
03. What?
04. Mars Needs Women
05. Werewolf, Baby
06. Virgin, Witch
07. Dream Factory
08. Burn
09. Cease to Exist
10. Werewolf Women of the SS
11. The Man Who Laughs

Track ten is also the title of the fake trailer that was featured in between films in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse double feature.

Accompanying Zombie on the cross-country, hard rock-fest will be Necromantix and Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures (who were featured in Zombie’s adaptation of Halloween II).

In celebration of All Hallows Eve and the new album, a special event will take place in Hollywood, Calif., which will be hosted by another face seen in Halloween II, Uncle Seymour Coffins.

A full list of tour dates can be viewed below:

10/29/09 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
10/30/09 Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
10/31/09 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Palladium
11/3/09 San Jose, CA - San Jose Event Center
11/5/09 Salt Lake City, UT - Great Salt Air
11/6/09 Denver, CO - The Fillmore
11/8/09 Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
11/11/09 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
11/17/09 Akron, OH - Civic Theatre
11/20/09 Minneapolis, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
11/21/09 Des Moines, IL - Val Air Ballroom
11/22/09 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
11/24/09 Louisville, KY - Broadbent Arena
11/27/09 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
12/1/09 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
12/2/09 Boston, MA - House of Blues
12/3/09 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
12/4/09 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
12/5/09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

On a Director Zombie note, the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto will be released to Blu-ray and DVD on September 22.

As for Zombie’s future directorial projects, a remake of the classic horror film “The Blob” is slated to begin shooting in mid-2010.

- Jessica Cole

Currently Listening to: “Feel So Numb” by Rob Zombie

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