We Have A Full Album’s Worth Of Material That We’re Gonna Release Over A Two-Year Period

In a chat with Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern, former Queensrÿche vocalist Geoff Tate talked about his upcoming “Operation: Mindcrime – The Ultimate Chapter” tour. The trek is about to kick off on March 18, 2025, in Tucson, and can give the followers a final probability to expertise the band’s iconic Operation: Mindcrime album carried out reside in its entirety. This farewell to a cherished traditional marks a poignant milestone within the 65-year-old singer’s profession.

When requested why this tour will mark the final time he performs Operation: Mindcrime in full, Tate did not shrink back from humor, explaining: “Properly, as a result of it is gonna take me a few years [to hit all the cities and countries around the world], once I’m virtually 70. [Laughs] That is a superb cause, I feel.”

Regardless of getting ready for such a monumental tour, Tate hasn’t slowed down creatively. Reflecting on his current work, he shared, “Yeah, truly, over the past couple of years of getting ready for this upcoming tour, we now have fairly just a few songs written for the album. I assume you do not name ‘em albums anymore. I do not know. We’re gonna launch a tune separately, however we now have a full album’s price of fabric that we’re gonna launch over a two-year interval. So, that is all able to go”

Tate’s relentless schedule is clear as he wraps up The Huge Rock Present tour in Scandinavia this January, giving himself solely a quick reprieve earlier than embarking on The Ultimate Chapter. He added, “It is humorous — folks ask me, ‘Are you continue to on tour?’ Yeah, I am nonetheless on tour from the final tour that I began years in the past. It takes me about two, two and a half years to get in every single place. It is type of a sluggish course of. So I am simply ending up ‘The Huge Rock Present’ tour, which ends in Scandinavia in January. After which I’ve a bit time without work earlier than we begin up ‘The Ultimate Chapter’ exhibits.”

As for his future musical releases, Tate stays undecided about whether or not they’ll be beneath his personal title or that of Operation: Mindcrime. Nevertheless, he teased followers with the promise of a major announcement, saying, “I have never determined but what it should be, however we’re positively gonna make an enormous announcement and have a full picture unfold and all that good things.”

In a earlier interview on Rock of Nations with Dave Kinchen and Shane McEachern, Tate revealed he’s working on the third and final chapter of the story of Operation: Mindcrime, and described the fabric as having “extra of an early Queensrÿche really feel, tremendous heavy” and, in some instances, “extremely technical.”