Evil Scarecrow announce pre-Download dates

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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They’ll take to the road ahead of June festival appearance

Evil Scarecrow have announced seven live dates ahead of their appearance at Download.

They played at last weekend’s Hammerfest in North Wales and say they’ve set up the latest run of shows to prepare for the festival at Donington Park on the weekend on June 12-14 (opens in new tab).

They say in a statement: “It’s time we started thinking about our festival set, so to make sure we’re ready for it we’ve got ourselves some Road To Download shows in the next couple of months. Hope lots of you will be able to make it along.”

Frontman Dr Hell says of their upcoming appearance at Donington: “The first festival I attended was Metallica at Donington Park in 1995. Since that life-altering occasion it’s been my lifelong ambition to play this hallowed ground.

“We are totally stoked beyond all belief. We are working on a very special show for this, one that will defy the world of physics.”

They released their third album Galactic Hunt last year thanks to a successful PledgeMusic campaign.

Road To Download tour dates

Apr 09: Manchester Satan’s Hollow

Apr 11: Dublin Voodoo Lounge

Apr 12: Belfast Voodoo

May 27: Bristol Bierkeller

May 28: Exeter Phoenix

May 29: Bournemouth Sound Circus

May 30: Wolverhampton Slade Rooms

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.