Former Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate announced the final ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ US tour for 2025.
“We are announcing the following 2025 USA Tour dates to the Operation Mindcrime, The Final Chapter Tour! Select venues will do a presale this Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 at 10:00 AM local time. All tickets will go on sale this Friday, October 4th, 2024 at 10:00 AM Local Time,” he wrote on Facebook.
The vocalist will kick off the tour on March 18, 2025, in Tucson, and perform the full ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ album for the last time. The tour ends on April 25 in Boise, Idaho. It will continue on September 25 in Greenville, South Carolina, and finish on October 18 in North Tonawanda, New York.
‘Operation: Mindcrime’ was released in 1988. It became one of Queensrÿche’s most successful albums. It featured hit songs like ‘Eyes of a Stranger’ and ‘I Don’t Believe in Love.’ The album went platinum and helped the band release their next big album, ‘Empire,’ in 1990.
In 2012, Tate was fired from Queensrÿche. He sued his former bandmates for wrongful firing. Both sides toured using the Queensrÿche name for a short time. In 2014, they reached a deal. Michael Wilton, Scott Rockenfield, and Eddie Jackson got the rights to use the Queensrÿche name. Tate was allowed to perform ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ and its sequel, ‘Operation: Mindcrime II,’ live.
“The band will buy out their former lead singer’s share of the Queensrÿche corporation while allowing him the ability to be the only one to perform ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ and ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ II in their entirety,” the band said in a statement at the time. “He will no longer have use of the triryche logo or any other album images aside from the ‘Mindcrime’ releases.”
The statement continued, “He can only refer to himself as the ‘original lead singer of Queensrÿche’ or ‘formerly of Queensrÿche’ for a period of two years and that text must be at least 50 percent smaller than his name in all materials. After this two-year period passes, he can only refer to himself as Geoff Tate with no mention of Queensrÿche at all.”
After Queensrÿche broke up, a reunion doesn’t seem likely. Guitarist Michael Wilton said in 2022 that it probably won’t happen, even though Tate has shown interest.