# Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour

The Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Rob Zombie that began in October 2009 in support of his fourth studio album Hellbilly Deluxe 2. The tour consisted of 12 legs spanning across Japan, North America, Europe and Australia. The tour marked the first time Zombie has performed internationally since the beginning of his solo career.

## Overview

After the completion of the Hellbilly Deluxe 2 recording sessions, Zombie announced that his live band and himself were heading to Japan to co-headline the Loudpark Festival in Chiba on October 18, 2009, preceded by two headlining performance in Tokyo and Osaka. The performances debuted several songs from the upcoming record and marked Zombie's first ever solo appearances in the country.
After returning from Japan, Zombie embarked on a tour of North America, dubbed The Hellbilly Deluxe 2 Tour despite the album being several months from release. Nekromantix and Captain Clegg & the Night Creatures, the fictional band from Halloween II, served as the opening acts for all dates. Another fictional character from the film, Uncle Seymour Coffins, hosted the Los Angeles show on Halloween. The tour supported Zombie's unreleased album of the same name. The tour spanned from late October to early December. It was also the last leg of the tour to feature Tommy Clufetos on drums who left the band after the release of Hellbilly Deluxe 2 to join Ozzy Osbourne.
After months of silence from the band and Zombie himself, it was announced in early March that drummer Tommy Clufetos had left the group to join Ozzy Osbourne. Shortly after, it was announced that he had been replaced by Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison.
Zombie had expressed interest in touring with Alice Cooper for 15 years. The two united to create the Gruesome Twosome Tour, which spanned 17 co-headlining dates across North America. "The tour worked brilliantly and I'd love to do more of it," enthused Alice, "but it's a case of schedules. It took long enough to get those dates together."
In addition, Zombie performed three festival dates and performed at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards ceremony. The Gruesome Twosome tour was Zombie's first to feature Joey Jordison, who replaced Tommy Clufetos. The tour began to incorporate a new stage setting and use of theatrics, much similar to Zombie's earlier tours. The band also filmed the video for Mars Needs Women during this leg of the tour.
After the culmination of the Gruesome Twosome tour, the band took a short break as Jordison returned to his primary project, the Murderdolls. The band was announced to be co-headlining the 2010 iteration of Mayhem Festival with Korn. The festival marked the first time the two bands have toured with each other in 11 years. The tour spanned 26 dates across the United States and Canada. The tour began on July 10 and concluded on August 14. The band also scheduled signings at the Roadrunner tent on every stop of the tour. During the opening date in San Bernardino, the band were criticised for performing Werewolf Women of the SS, which featured swastikas on the stage video screens. They dropped the song for the remaining dates of the festival. While performing in North Carolina, John 5 jumped off a riser and broke his foot. Despite the injury, he continued to perform and finish the set. He stated that this incident will not prevent him from performing the rest of the tour.
While in Mountain View, California, a local San Francisco radio station conducted an interview with Joey Jordison. During this interview, Jordison announced that Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper and Jordison's current band the Murderdolls will be touring together in the same manner as Zombie and Cooper's previous tour, The Gruesome Twosome tour. The upcoming tour has been dubbed the Halloween Hootenanny tour. Jordison also stated that he will be performing double duties on the tour, drumming for Zombie and playing rhythm guitar for the Murderdolls. Zombie had also previously announced in an interview conducted while on the Mayhem Festival that he was going to be embarking on a Halloween tour, but no more details were revealed. John 5 and Zombie both later confirmed the tour on their Twitter pages. Tour dates were slowly revealed through Zombie's official website.
While on the road with the Mayhem Festival, both Rob Zombie and John 5 confirmed that the band will be embarking on a tour of Europe after the completion of the Halloween Hootenanny Tour with Alice Cooper. This was later simplified down into a tour of the United Kingdom rather than the whole of Europe. John 5 recently confirmed in an interview, for the purpose of promoting the band's appearance at the Soundwave Festival in Australia, that the band will begin their tour of the UK before embarking on their Australian leg of the tour. Several dates spanning across the UK were confirmed through Zombie's official website. The band will be supported by labelmates Skindred and Revoker.
The band again took a short break after the completion of the Mayhem Festival as Jordison once again returned to perform with the Murderdolls in Europe. Upon his return from Europe, he returned to perform with Zombie who had once again teamed up with Alice Cooper for the Halloween Hootenanny tour, a co-headlining tour which would also be supported by the Murderdolls. Jordison performed double duties on the tour, drumming for Zombie and playing guitar for the Murderdolls. Black Label Society, Children of Bodom and Clutch supported Zombie and Cooper on October 17 by merging the Black Label Berzerkus Tour with the Halloween Hootenanny Tour for one night only.
Zombie then took the rest of the year off to work on his upcoming film, the Lords of Salem. After the completion of the script, Zombie performed three small club shows in the United States in early February before heading to the United Kingdom and Australia. A show originally planned in Reno, Nevada was cancelled due to illness. Jordison was unable to perform these dates as he was touring in Europe with the Murderdolls at the time. Zombie recruited former Marilyn Manson drummer Ginger Fish to sit in for Jordison for the shows. Zombie then returned to the United Kingdom for the first time in 12 years for a tour that completely sold out in record time.
A day before the first announcement of bands scheduled to perform at the Soundwave Festival in Australia was due to be announced, the entire line-up was leaked onto the internet which featured Rob Zombie among with many other artists. Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age and One Day as a Lion are set to headline the event which Zombie will co-headline with Slash, Primus, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Slayer, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for my Valentine, Social Distortion and others. Joey Jordison's current band, the Murderdolls, are also scheduled to perform at the festival. He will be performing double duty with Zombie and the Murderdolls in the same manner as the Halloween Hootenanny Tour.
Zombie then travelled to Australia for his first ever solo tour in the country to co-headline the Soundwave Festival alongside bands such as the Murderdolls, Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, Slayer and others. Drummer Joey Jordison performed double-duty with Zombie and the Murderdolls, similar to the Halloween Hootenanny Tour. He had stated during an interview that he would return with his band within the next couple of years for a headlining tour of his own. Jordison left the band at the end of this leg to return his focus on the Murderdolls before returning to Slipknot later in the year. Ginger Fish, who had previously filled in for Jordison on drumming duties, was announced as his permanent replacement.
Zombie embarked on a second leg of Europe in June consisting of many festival appearances and headlining performances. The band received support from Wayne Static and Loaded (select dates) for this leg of the tour. Zombie used a scaled down production for all of the European tour dates except for his headlining performance at the Download Festival which featured use of his well renowned pyrotechnics, video displays and stage props. The last 5 dates of the tour were cancelled for personal reasons, the latter being that the band needed to return to the United States. Zombie will then return to North America for a co-headlining tour with Slayer and supported by Exodus.

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| Asia ||||
| October 15, 2009 | Tokyo | Japan | Studio Coast |
| October 16, 2009 | Osaka | Japan | Namba Hatch |
| With: Slayer, Children of Bodom, Papa Roach and others ||||
| October 18, 2009 | Chiba | Japan | Loud Park Festival |
| North America, Leg No. 1 Supported by: Nekromantix and Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures ||||
| October 29, 2009 | Phoenix | United States | Dodge Theatre |
| October 30, 2009 | Paradise | United States | Pearl Concert Theater |
| October 31, 2009 | Los Angeles | United States | Hollywood Palladium |
| November 1, 2009 | Anaheim | United States | The Grove of Anaheim |
| November 3, 2009 | San Jose | United States | San Jose Events Centre |
| November 5, 2009 | Magna | United States | The Great Salt Air Theatre |
| November 6, 2009 | Denver | United States | The Fillmore |
| November 8, 2009 | Tulsa | United States | The Brady Theater |
| November 10, 2009 | Austin | United States | Austin Music Hall |
| November 11, 2009 | Houston | United States | Verizon Wireless Theater |
| November 13, 2009 | Dallas | United States | Palladium Ballroom |
| November 14, 2009 | Kansas City | United States | Uptown Theater |
| November 15, 2009 | St. Louis | United States | The Pageant |
| November 16, 2009 | Indianapolis | United States | Murat Theater |
| November 17, 2009 | Akron | United States | Akron Civic Centre |
| November 19, 2009 | Milwaukee | United States | Eagles Ballroom |
| November 20, 2009 | Saint Paul | United States | Roy Wilkins Auditorium |
| November 21, 2009 | Des Moines | United States | Val Air Ballroom |
| November 22, 2009 | Chicago | United States | Aragon Ballroom |
| November 24, 2009 | Louisville | United States | Broadbent Arena |
| November 25, 2009 | Columbus | United States | The LC Pavilion |
| November 27, 2009 | Detroit | United States | The Fillmore Detroit |
| November 28, 2009 | Toronto | Canada | The Sound Academy |
| November 29, 2009 | Montreal | Canada | Métropolis |
| December 1, 2009 | New York City | United States | Hammerstein Ballroom |
| December 2, 2009 | Boston | United States | House of Blues |
| December 3, 2009 | Uncasville | United States | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| December 4, 2009 | Philadelphia | United States | Electric Factory |
| December 5, 2009 | Washington, D.C. | United States | 9:30 Club |
| North America, Leg No. 2 ||||
| Co-Headlining with: Alice Cooper ||||
| April 8, 2010 | Los Angeles | United States | Nokia Theatre |
| April 26, 2010 | Winnipeg | Canada | MTS Centre |
| April 27, 2010 | Saskatoon | Canada | Credit Union Centre |
| April 28, 2010 | Edmonton | Canada | Rexall Place |
| April 29, 2010 | Calgary | Canada | Stampede Corral |
| May 1, 2010 | Vancouver | Canada | Pacific Coliseum |
| May 2, 2010 | Kennewick | United States | Toyota Center |
| May 4, 2010 | Billings | United States | MetraPark Arena |
| May 5, 2010 | Casper | United States | Casper Events Center |
| May 7, 2010 | Springfield | United States | Shrine Mosque Auditorium |
| With: Godsmack, Seether, Papa Roach and others ||||
| May 8, 2010 | Little Rock | United States | North Shore Riverwalk |
| Co-Headlining with: Alice Cooper ||||
| May 9, 2010 | Park City | United States | Hartman Arena |
| May 11, 2010 | Rochester | United States | Mayo Civic Center |
| May 12, 2010 | Duluth | United States | Duluth Entertainment Convention Center |
| With: Three Days Grace, Godsmack, Alice Cooper and others ||||
| May 14, 2010 | Council Bluffs | United States | Indianola Balloon Grounds |
| Co-Headlining with: Alice Cooper"| ||| |
| May 15, 2010 | Kearney | United States | Viaero Event Center |
| May 18, 2010 | Knoxville | United States | James White Civic Coliseum |
| May 19, 2010 | Charlotte | United States | Uptown Amphitheatre |
| May 21, 2010 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheatre |
| May 22, 2010 | Lewiston | United States | Artpark |
| With: Limp Bizkit, Seether, Slash and others ||||
| May 23, 2010 | Columbus | United States | Columbus Crew Stadium |
| North America, Leg No. 3 (Mayhem Festival) With: Korn, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch and others ||||
| July 10, 2010 | San Bernardino | United States | San Manuel Amphitheater |
| July 11, 2010 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| July 13, 2010 | Auburn | United States | White River Amphitheatre |
| July 14, 2010 | Nampa | United States | Idaho Center Amphitheatre |
| July 16, 2010 | Phoenix | United States | Cricket Wireless Pavilion |
| July 17, 2010 | Albuquerque | United States | Journal Pavilion |
| July 18, 2010 | Greenwood Village | United States | Comfort Dental Amphitheatre |
| July 20, 2010 | Maryland Heights | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
| July 21, 2010 | Cincinnati | United States | Riverbend Music Center |
| July 23, 2010 | Camden | United States | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| July 24, 2010 | Hartford | United States | Meadows Music Theater |
| July 25, 2010 | Montreal | Canada | Parc Jean-Drapeau |
| July 27, 2010 | Mansfield | United States | Comcast Center |
| July 28, 2010 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| July 30, 2010 | Tinley Park | United States | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre |
| July 31, 2010 | Noblesville | United States | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| August 1, 2010 | Atlanta | United States | Lakewood Amphitheatre |
| August 3, 2010 | Raleigh | United States | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion |
| August 4, 2010 | Virginia Beach | United States | Virginia Beach Amphitheater |
| August 6, 2010 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| August 7, 2010 | Burgettstown | United States | First Niagara Pavilion |
| August 8, 2010 | Bristow | United States | Jiffy Lube Live |
| August 10, 2010 | Tampa | United States | Ford Amphitheatre |
| August 11, 2010 | West Palm Beach | United States | Cruzan Amphitheatre |
| August 13, 2010 | Dallas | United States | SuperPages.com Center |
| August 14, 2010 | Oklahoma City | United States | Zoo Amphitheatre |
| North America, Leg No. 4 Co-Headlining with: Alice Cooper & Supported by: Murderdolls ||||
| September 30, 2010 | Los Angeles | United States | Gibson Amphitheatre |
| October 1, 2010 | Valley Center | United States | Harrah's Rincon |
| October 2, 2010 | Tucson | United States | Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater |
| October 4, 2010 | West Valley City | United States | USANA Amphitheatre |
| October 6, 2010 | Independence | United States | Independence Events Center |
| October 7, 2010 | St. Charles | United States | Family Arena |
| October 8, 2010 | Bloomington | United States | U.S. Cellular Coliseum |
| October 9, 2010 | Youngstown | United States | Covelli Centre |
| October 10, 2010 | Johnstown | United States | Cambria County War Memorial Arena |
| October 12, 2010 | Binghamton | United States | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena |
| October 14, 2010 | Portland | United States | Cumberland County Civic Center |
| October 15, 2010 | Uncasville | United States | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| October 16, 2010 | Worcester | United States | DCU Center |
| October 17, 2010 | Columbia | United States | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| October 19, 2010 | Roanoke | United States | Roanoke Performing Arts Theater |
| October 20, 2010 | Nashville | United States | Nashville Municipal Auditorium |
| October 21, 2010 | North Little Rock | United States | Verizon Arena |
| October 23, 2010 | Grand Prairie | United States | Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie |
| October 24, 2010 | Corpus Christi | United States | Concrete Street Amphitheater |
| North America, Leg No. 5 Supporting Alice Cooper ||||
| December 18, 2010 | Phoenix | United States | Comerica Theatre |
| North America, Leg No. 6 ||||
| February 6, 2011 | Santa Cruz | United States | The Catalyst Nightclub |
| February 9, 2011 | Chico | United States | The Senator Theatre |
| February 10, 2011 | Sacrmento | United States | Ace of Spades |
| Europe, Leg No. 1 Supported by: Skindred and Revoker ||||
| February 16, 2011 | London | England | Brixton Academy |
| February 17, 2011 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
| February 18, 2011 | Newcastle | England | O2 Academy Newcastle |
| February 20, 2011 | Glasgow | Scotland | O2 Academy Glasgow |
| February 21, 2011 | Leeds | England | O2 Academy Leeds |
| February 22, 2011 | Birmingham | England | O2 Academy Birmingham |
| Australia (Soundwave Festival) With: Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, One Day as a Lion, Slayer and others ||||
| February 26, 2011 | Brisbane | Australia | RNA Showgrounds |
| February 27, 2011 | Sydney | Australia | Eastern Creek Raceway |
| March 3, 2011 | Melbourne | Australia | Festival Hall |
| March 4, 2011 | Melbourne | Australia | Melbourne Showgrounds |
| March 5, 2011 | Adelaide | Australia | Bonython Park |
| March 7, 2011 | Perth | Australia | Claremont Oval |
| Europe, Leg No. 2 ||||
| June 3, 2011 | Nürburgring | Germany | Rock am Ring |
| June 5, 2011 | Nürnberg | Germany | Rock im Park |
| June 6, 2011 | Oberhausen | Germany | Turbinenhalle |
| June 7, 2011 | Berlin | Germany | Astroballe |
| June 10, 2011 | Sölvesborg | Sweden | Sweden Rock Festival |
| June 12, 2011 | Donington | England | Download Festival |
| June 14, 2011 | Hamburg | Germany | Große Freiheit |
| June 15, 2011 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso |
| June 17, 2011 | Clisson | France | Hellfest Summer Open Air |
| June 19, 2011 | Lausanne | Switzerland | Docks |
| June 20, 2011 | Vienna | Austria | Gasometer |
| June 21, 2011 | Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg | Rockhal |
| June 23, 2011 | Vitoria | Spain | Azkena Rock Festival |
| June 25, 2011 | Imola | Italy | Sonisphere Festival |
| June 26, 2011 | Dessel | Belgium | Graspop Metal Meeting |
| North America, Leg No. 7 ||||
| July 14, 2011 | Cardott | United States | Rock Fest |
| July 15, 2011 | Sioux Falls | United States | KRRO Fest |
| July 17, 2011 | Tulsa | United States | Brady Theater |
| July 20, 2011 | Reading | United States | Sovereign Center |
| July 22, 2011 | Detroit | United States | DTE Amphitheatre |
| July 23, 2011 | Pittsburgh | United States | Stage AE |
| July 24, 2011 | Toronto | Canada | Heavy T.O. Festival |
| July 27, 2011 | Winnipeg | Canada | MTS Centre |
| July 29, 2011 | Saskatoon | Canada | Credit Union Centre |
| July 30, 2011 | Calgary | Canada | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| July 31, 2011 | Edmonton | Canada | Rexall Place |
| August 2, 2011 | Victoria | Canada | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre |
| August 3, 2011 | Vancouver | Canada | Rogers Arena |
| August 5, 2011 | Portland | United States | Rose Quarter Memorial Coliseum |
| August 6, 2011 | Seattle | United States | WaMu Theater |
| North America, Leg No. 8 ||||
| May 11, 2012 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| May 12, 2012 | Scranton | United States | Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain |
| May 16, 2012 | Pittsburgh | United States | Stage AE |
| May 18, 2012 | Grand Rapids | United States | The Deltaplex |
| May 20, 2012 | Columbus | United States | Rock on the Range Festival |
| May 22, 2012 | La Crosse | United States | La Crosse Center |
| May 24, 2012 | Sioux City | United States | Tyson Events Center |
| May 25, 2012 | Park City | United States | Hartman Arena |
| May 26, 2012 | Pryor | United States | Rocklahoma Festival |
* 1^ = Performance at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards ceremony
* 2^ = Co-headlining performance at Lazerfest
* 3^ = Headlining performance, not a part of the Soundwave Festival
* 4^ = Rescheduled from February 8, 2011
* 5^ = Headlining performance with Slayer

## Cancelled dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue | R |
| June 28, 2011 | Dublin | Ireland | The Olympia Theatre | 1 |
| June 29, 2011 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Ulster Hall | 1 |
| June 30, 2011 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Corn Exchange | 1 |
| July 1, 2011 | Roskilde | Denmark | Roskilde Festival | 1 |
| July 2, 2011 | Helsinki | Finland | Sonisphere Festival – Kalasatama | 1 |
* 1 Dates cancelled due to the band needing to return to the United States

## Personnel

* Rob Zombie – vocals
* John 5 – guitar
* Piggy D. – bass guitar, vocals
* Ginger Fish – drums, percussion (February 6, 2011 – February 10, 2011; May 25, 2011 – August 6, 2011)
* Joey Jordison – drums, percussion (April 8, 2010 – December 18, 2010; February 16, 2011 – March 7, 2011)
* Tommy Clufetos – drums, percussion (October 15, 2009 – December 5, 2009)

## Support acts

* Alice Cooper (Co-Headliner) (April 26 – May 22, 2010; September 30 – October 24, 2010)
* Black Label Society (October 17, 2010)
* Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures (October 29 – December 5, 2009)
* Children of Bodom (October 17, 2010)
* Clutch (October 17, 2010)
* Dommin (March 3, 2011)
* Duff McKagan's Loaded (June 6, 2011)
* Eyes Set To Kill (February 6–10, 2011)
* Exodus (July 20 – August 6, 2011)
* Lacuna Coil (May 11–25, 2012)
* Megadeth (Co-Headliner) (May 11–26, 2012)
* Monster Magnet (March 3, 2011)
* Murderdolls (September 30 – October 24, 2010; March 3, 2011)
* Nekromantix (October 29 – December 5, 2009)
* Revoker (February 16–22, 2011)
* Slayer (Co-Headliner) (July 20 – August 6, 2011)
* Skindred (February 16–22, 2011)
* Wayne Static (June 6–30, 2011)