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Friday, May 16

Brooklyn Paramount
Saint Vitus Presents Ministry

Brooklyn Paramount: Brooklyn

Friday, May 16 at 6:30 pm

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Saturday, May 17

MTELUS
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

MTELUS: Quartier des Spectacles

Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 pm

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Sunday, May 18

History
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

History

Sunday, May 18 at 6:30 pm

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Tuesday, May 20

Palace Theatre
Ministry

Palace Theatre: St Paul

Tuesday, May 20 at 7:30 pm

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Wednesday, May 21

Burton Cummings Theatre (Winnipeg)
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

Burton Cummings Theatre (Winnipeg)

Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30 pm

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Friday, May 23

Midway
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

Midway

Friday, May 23 at 6:30 pm

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Saturday, May 24

The Palace Theatre
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

The Palace Theatre

Saturday, May 24 at 6:30 pm

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Monday, May 26

Commodore Ballroom
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

Commodore Ballroom: Downtown

Monday, May 26 at 6:30 pm

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Tuesday, May 27

Commodore Ballroom
Ministry with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

Commodore Ballroom: Downtown

Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 pm

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Wednesday, May 28

The Showbox SoDo
Ministry

The Showbox SoDo: SoDo

Wednesday, May 28 at 7:30 pm

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Saturday, May 31

Mission Ballroom
Ministry

Mission Ballroom: RiNo Art District

Saturday, May 31 at 7:30 pm

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Sunday, June 1

The Union
Ministry with Special Guests My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

The Union

Sunday, June 1 at 7 pm

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Tuesday, June 3

The Warfield
Ministry performing "With Sympathy" and "Twitch"

The Warfield: Tenderloin

Tuesday, June 3 at 7:30 pm

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Wednesday, June 4

Palladium
Ministry

Palladium: Hollywood

Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30 pm

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Thursday, June 5

House Of Blues
Ministry with Guests My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

House of Blues: South Strip

Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 pm

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Monday, August 11

Electric Brixton
Ministry

Electric Brixton

Monday, August 11 at 7 pm

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Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1981 by producer, singer and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen. Originally a synth-pop outfit, Ministry evolved into one of the pioneers of industrial metal in the late 1980s. The band's lineup has changed frequently, leaving Jourgensen as the sole original member left in Ministry. Musicians who have contributed to the band's studio or live activities include vocalists Nivek Ogre, Chris Connelly, Gibby Haynes, Burton C. Bell and Jello Biafra, guitarists Mike Scaccia and Tommy Victor, bassists Paul Barker, Paul Raven, Jason Christopher, Tony Campos and Paul D'Amour, drummers Bill Rieflin, Martin Atkins, Rey Washam, Max Brody, Joey Jordison and Roy Mayorga, keyboardist John Bechdel, and rappers and producers DJ Swamp and Arabian Prince. Ministry attained commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with three of their studio albums: The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) and Psalm 69 (1992). The first two were certified gold while Psalm 69 was certified platinum by the RIAA. Psalm 69 was followed by Filth Pig (1996), which was a stylistic departure for the band, and earned Ministry its highest chart position on the Billboard 200 at number nineteen, although it was met with mixed reception by critics and marked the beginning of the band's commercial decline. The lackluster response to their next album, Dark Side of the Spoon (1999), resulted in Warner Bros. dropping Ministry from the label and the group entered an extended hiatus in early 2000s, when Jourgensen entered rehab after years of substance abuse. Following Jourgensen's recovery, Ministry resurfaced in 2003 with Animositisomina, which turned out to be their last album with Paul Barker, who had left the band early the next year after nearly two decades as an official member. Ministry returned to their thrash/industrial style of Psalm 69 and released three albums critical of then-President of the United States, George W. Bush, dubbed the "Bush Trilogy": Houses of the Molé (2004), Rio Grande Blood (2006) and The Last Sucker (2007); these albums effectively revitalized the band's commercial viability, selling over five-thousand copies and enjoying chart success in certain countries. Although The Last Sucker was initially intended to be the band's final album, Ministry reformed in 2011 and released Relapse in the following year. On December 23, 2012, longtime guitar contributor Mike Scaccia died of a heart attack, and he was posthumously featured in the next Ministry album, From Beer to Eternity, which was again supposed to be their last album, as Jourgensen thought his death was the end of the band. Despite this, Ministry released another album, AmeriKKKant, in 2018, followed three years later by their upcoming fifteenth studio album Moral Hygiene (2021). The band has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has performed at several music festivals, including the second annual Lollapalooza tour in 1992, co-headlining Big Day Out in 1995 and performing at Wacken Open Air thrice (in 2006, 2012 and 2016).
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