Megaforce and Al Jourgensen launch 13th Planet; releases from Revolting Cocks, Ministry to follow

Megaforce Records and industrial/rock pioneer Al Jourgensen have formed The Thirteenth Planet Records.

The label will begin by releasing a new full length from Revolting Cocks. The group will feature guest contributions from Jello Biafra, Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), Phildo Owen (Skatenigs.) The album is titled Cocked and Loaded and is due out February 14th, 2006.

The album is not the first collaboration between Jourgenson and Biafra, having previously worked together on Lard and releasing a number of albums including 1990's The Last Temptation of Reid and 1991's Pure Chewing Satisfaction.

Following that, the label will issue a new album from Ministry, titled Rio Grande Blood in April 2006. The album will include Planet/Megaforce. Also produced by Ministry founder Jourgensen, the new album features Tommy Victor (Prong) and Paul Raven (Killing Joke).

Following that the bands will hit the road for the MasterBa Tour 2006, with sixty dates scheduled in the US and Canada.
Ministry and Revolting Cocks hit the road for the MasterBa Tour 2006. With 60 dates scheduled throughout the U.S. and Canada. European dates are currently being booked for August and September 2006.

Ministry most recently released Houses of the Mole and a track from that album appeared on the Rock Against Bush, Vol.1 compilation.
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Date City Venue
May 5, 2006 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
May 6, 2006 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station Lonestar
May 7, 2006 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theater
May 8, 2006 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
May 10, 2006 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom
May 11, 2006 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
May 12, 2006 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
May 13, 2006 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
May 14, 2006 Salt Lake City, UT Velvet Room
May 16, 2006 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
May 17, 2006 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
May 19, 2006 L.A., CA House of Blues
May 20, 2006 L.A., CA House of Blues
May 21, 2006 San Diego, CA House of Blues
May 23, 2006 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
May 24, 2006 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
May 26, 2006 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
May 27, 2006 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
May 28, 2006 Seattle, WA Showbox
May 28, 2006 Seattle, WA The Showbox
May 30, 2006 Vancouver, B.C. Commodore
May 31, 2006 Vancouver, B.C. Commodore
June 2, 2006 Edmonton, AB Red's Entertainment
June 3, 2006 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
June 5, 2006 Winnipeg, AB Burton Cummings Theatre
June 7, 2006 Kitchener, ON Elements Night Club
June 8, 2006 Toronto, ON Koolhaus
June 9, 2006 Ottawa, ON Capital Music Hall
June 10, 2006 Montreal, - Le Medley
June 11, 2006 Quebec City, - Capitole du Quebed
June 13, 2006 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
June 14, 2006 New York, NY B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill
June 16, 2006 Worcester, MA The Palladium
June 17, 2006 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
June 18, 2006 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
June 20, 2006 Baltimore, MD Sonar
June 21, 2006 Washington DC, - 9:30 Club
June 23, 2006 Pittsburgh, PA Rostraver Ice Garden
June 24, 2006 Detroit, MI Harpo's Concert Theatre
June 25, 2006 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
June 27, 2006 Niagara Falls, NY Dome Theatre
June 28, 2006 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
June 30, 2006 Minneapolis, MN Quest Club
July 1, 2006 Chicago, IL House of Blues
July 2, 2006 Chicago, IL House of Blues
July 3, 2006 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
July 5, 2006 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
July 6, 2006 Sauget, IL Pops
July 7, 2006 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
July 8, 2006 Orlando, FL House of Blues
July 9, 2006 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
July 11, 2006 Tampa, FL The Masquerade
July 12, 2006 North Charleston, NC The Plex
July 14, 2006 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues