The Bay Strikes Back was a concert tour featuring Bay Area thrash metal bands Testament, Exodus and Death Angel. The first leg of the tour took place in Europe from February 6, 2020, to March 11, 2020. Death Angel was promoting their ninth album Humanicide, while the tour predated the release of Testament's thirteenth studio album Titans of Creation by around two months. Other than two shows in Northern California in October and November 2021, the European leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour was the last tour that drummer Gene Hoglan did with Testament before he left the band in January 2022.
A North American leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour took place in April and May 2022. This was Testament's first major US tour since the release of Titans of Creation in April 2020, and it also saw Exodus touring to support their eleventh studio album Persona Non Grata, while Death Angel continued touring behind Humanicide. The North American leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour was also Testament's first major tour with onetime drummer Dave Lombardo, who replaced Hoglan in March 2022. Another European leg took place in the summer of 2022, followed by a second North American leg in the fall.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenue EuropeFebruary 6, 2020CopenhagenDenmarkAmager BioFebruary 7, 2020StockholmSwedenArenan FryshusetFebruary 8, 2020OsloNorwayRockefellerFebruary 10, 2020HelsinkiFinlandThe CircusFebruary 11, 2020TamperePakkahuoneFebruary 13, 2020HamburgGermanyDocksFebruary 14, 2020OberhausenTurbinenhalleFebruary 15, 2020WiesbadenSchlachthofFebruary 16, 2020UtrechtNetherlandsTivoliVredenburgFebruary 18, 2020BerlinGermanyHuxleysFebruary 19, 2020WrocławPolandOrbita HallFebruary 20, 2020ViennaAustriaArenaFebruary 21, 2020MunichGermanyBackstageFebruary 22, 2020FilderstadtFilharmonieFebruary 24, 2020ZurichSwitzerlandVolkshausFebruary 27, 2020BarcelonaSpainRazzmatazzFebruary 28, 2020MadridPalacio VistalegreFebruary 29, 2020ToulouseFranceBikiniMarch 1, 2020ParisÉlysée MontmartreMarch 3, 2020BristolUnited KingdomO2 AcademyMarch 4, 2020DublinIrelandNational StadiumMarch 6, 2020LondonUnited KingdomO2 ForumMarch 7, 2020ManchesterAcademy 1March 8, 2020GlasgowBarrowlandMarch 10, 2020BrusselsBelgiumAB North AmericaOctober 7, 2021SacramentoUnited StatesAftershock FestivalNovember 27, 2021OaklandFox Oakland TheatreApril 9, 2022San Luis ObispoFremont TheaterApril 10, 2022AnaheimHouse of BluesApril 12, 2022San DiegoApril 13, 2022Las VegasApril 15, 2022TucsonRialto TheatreApril 16, 2022AlbuquerqueSunshine TheaterApril 19, 2022Oklahoma CityDiamond BallroomApril 20, 2022HoustonWhite Oak Music HallApril 21, 2022AustinEmo'sApril 22, 2022DallasGas Monkey Bar N' GrillApril 23, 2022New OrleansHouse of BluesApril 25, 2022OrlandoHard Rock LiveApril 26, 2022AtlantaThe MasqueradeApril 27, 2022RaleighThe RitzApril 28, 2022ChattanoogaThe SignalApril 30, 2022SayrevilleStarland BallroomMay 1, 2022BaltimoreBaltimore SoundstageMay 2, 2022BostonHouse of BluesMay 3, 2022PhiladelphiaTheatre of Living ArtsMay 5, 2022HuntingtonThe ParamountMay 6, 2022BuffaloTown BallroomMay 7, 2022CincinnatiMadison TheaterMay 9, 2022PittsburghStage AEMay 10, 2022ClevelandAgora Theatre and BallroomMay 11, 2022ColumbusNewport Music HallMay 12, 2022DetroitMajestic TheaterMay 14, 2022JolietThe ForgeMay 15, 2022May 17, 2022MinneapolisSkyway TheatreMay 19, 2022DenverSummit Music HallMay 20, 2022Salt Lake CityThe DepotMay 22, 2022SeattleThe ShowboxMay 23, 2022PortlandRoseland TheaterMay 25, 2022SacramentoAce of Spades EuropeJuly 9, 2022BallenstedtGermanyRock Harz FestivalJuly 10, 2022VizoviceCzech RepublicMasters of RockJuly 11, 2022KrakówPolandStudioJuly 12, 2022BratislavaSlovakiaRefinery GalleryJuly 14, 2022Neukirchen-VluynGermanyDong Open AirJuly 16, 2022LeobenAustriaArea 53 FestivalJuly 17, 2022CremonaItalyLuppolo in RockJuly 19, 2022RomeRock in RomaJuly 21, 2022FritzlarGermanyRock am StückJuly 23, 2022PlovdivBulgariaHills of RockJuly 24, 2022SibiuRomaniaArtmania FestivalJuly 26, 2022TolminSloveniaMetaldaysJuly 29, 2022VagosPortugalVagos MetalfestJuly 30, 2022BurgosSpainAnden 56July 31, 2022PamplonaTotemAugust 3, 2022MálagaParis 15August 4, 2022VillenaLeyendas del RockAugust 5, 2022MadridLa RivieraAugust 6, 2022BarcelonaRazzmatazzAugust 7, 2022Saint-Maurice-de-GourdansFranceSylak Open AirAugust 9, 2022CenonRocher de PalmerAugust 12, 2022Walton-on-TrentUnited KingdomBloodstock FestivalAugust 13, 2022KortrijkBelgiumAlcatraz FestivalAugust 14, 2022SaarbrückenGermanyGarageAugust 16, 2022InnsbruckAustriaMusic HallAugust 17, 2022DinkelsbühlGermanySummer BreezeAugust 19, 2022SulingenReload FestivalAugust 20, 2022EindhovenNetherlandsDynamo MetalfestAugust 21, 2022Saint-NolffFranceMotocultor Festival North America September 9, 2022PhoenixUnited StatesVan BurenSeptember 10, 2022AlbuquerqueSunshine TheaterSeptember 12, 2022WichitaCotillion BallroomSeptember 13, 2022Kansas CityTrumanSeptember 15, 2022St. LouisThe PageantSeptember 16, 2022NashvilleBrooklyn BowlSeptember 18, 2022St. PetersburgJannus LiveSeptember 19, 2022Fort LauderdaleRevolutionSeptember 21, 2022AshevilleThe Orange PeelSeptember 22, 2022Silver SpringThe FillmoreSeptember 23, 2022StroudsburgSherman TheaterSeptember 24, 2022New York CityPalladium Times SquareSeptember 26, 2022HartfordWebster TheaterSeptember 27, 2022AlbanyEmpire LiveSeptember 28, 2022PortlandState TheaterSeptember 30, 2022MontrealCanadaMTelusOctober 1, 2022LondonLondon Music HallOctober 3, 2022Fort WayneUnited StatesPiere'sOctober 4, 2022MilwaukeeThe RaveOctober 6, 2022WinnipegCanadaBurton Cummings TheatreOctober 8, 2022CalgaryPalace TheatreOctober 10, 2022VancouverCommodore BallroomOctober 12, 2022VenturaUnited StatesMajestic Ventura TheaterOctober 13, 2022Los AngelesThe WilternOctober 14, 2022RenoCargoOctober 15, 2022San JoseSan Jose Civic AsiaSeptember 21, 2023Quezon CityPhilippinesSM North EDSA SkydomeSeptember 23, 2023TokyoJapanZepp DiverCitySeptember 24, 2023September 26, 2023BangkokThailandThe Street Hall - RatchadaSeptember 28, 2023SingaporeSingaporeEsplanade – Theatres on the BaySeptember 30, 2023Kuala LumpurMalaysiaZepp Kuala LumpurOctober 1, 2023JakartaIndonesiaHammersonic Festival
Cancelled shows + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue Reason February 25, 2020 Milan Italy Live club Concerns over COVID-19 pandemic March 11, 2020 Hanover Germany Capitol
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