Mammoth Add Four UK Headline Shows After Deep Purple Tour Postponement, London Gig to Be Filmed

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth have turned a lost Deep Purple support run into four extra UK headline shows, and their sold-out London night is being filmed.

Mammoth have added headline dates in Bristol, Southampton, Manchester and Birmingham later this month. The shows replace the support slots the band were due to play on Deep Purple’s UK tour, which has now been postponed.

The new dates sit alongside the band’s existing shows in London, Dublin and Belfast.

Welsh rockers Florence Black will still support Mammoth at the London show, while blues rocker Dan Byrne joins them for the four new dates.

Wolfgang Van Halen on the Last-Minute Shows

Wolf said the band were “really looking forward to touring with Deep Purple” before the tour was postponed, which left them with time on their hands.

“We are a rock band in the UK with a week off, we are going to play!” he said. The dates were booked at short notice, with Wolf adding: “let’s rock!”

He also sent his best to the Purple camp: “We wish Ian and the Deep Purple family a speedy recovery and we hope to see them soon!”

Mammoth UK and Ireland Tour Dates

• Wed 18 Nov – Bristol, The Fleece (new date)
• Thu 19 Nov – Southampton, The Engine Rooms (new date)
• Fri 20 Nov – Manchester, Rebellion (new date)
• Sun 22 Nov – Birmingham, Asylum (new date)
• Tue 24 Nov – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
• Tue 15 Dec – Dublin, Academy
• Wed 16 Dec – Belfast, Telegraph (rescheduled from June)

London Show to Be Filmed for Special Release

The sold-out O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire show on Tuesday 24 November will be filmed for a special release. A small number of final production hold tickets have been released for that night.

The capture comes as Mammoth continue to build on the success of their new album, The End, out now via BMG.

The 10-track, 39-minute record was produced by long-time collaborator Michael “Elvis” Baskette. As on previous records, Wolfgang wrote every song and played every instrument and sang all the vocals himself.

From Mammoth WVH to The End

The band’s 2021 debut, Mammoth WVH, entered the Billboard 200 at number 12, and its single ‘Distance’ earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock Song.

Follow-up Mammoth II returned Wolfgang to number one on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart, and the band have since toured with Metallica and Pantera and supported Foo Fighters in North America.

The End tracklist: ‘One Of A Kind’, ‘The End’, ‘Same Old Song’, ‘The Spell’, ‘I Really Wanna’, ‘Happy’, ‘Better Off’, ‘Something New’, ‘Selfish’, ‘All In Good Time’.

A week off in the UK and they book four gigs. Will you be at one of the new Mammoth dates, or are you holding out for the London filming?