W.A.S.P. started their North American tour with a rarity on their setlist

On Thursday, September 10 at The Magnolia in El Cajon, California, W.A.S.P. and KK’S Priest began the “1984 To Headless” 2026 U.S. and Canada tour, as per Blabbermouth. The Blackie Lawless-led group’s 17-song set list was primarily composed of songs from W.A.S.P.‘s first four albums: “W.A.S.P.” (1984), “The Last Command” (1985), “Inside The Electric Circus” (1986), and “The Headless Children” (1989). It began with Uriah Heep’s “Easy Livin’,” a song that W.A.S.P. had never played live. Additionally, Blackie and his bandmates performed “Mr. Cool,” a tune that first surfaced on a demo from Lawless’s pre-W.A.S.P. subsequently developed into the song “Cries In The Night” from “The Last Command” by the band Sister.

Lawless introduced the demo in this way:

I was about 18 years old when I wrote this song. And a bunch of interesting things happened along the way. We did a demo of it. It got released as a single by a band that Chris [Holmes, ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist] and I had a long time ago called Sister. It got sold for $5,000. And I have never, ever played this song live. So I’m doing this for me, and I hope you like it. This is ‘Mr. Cool’.

Upcoming shows:

• 09-11 – Los Angeles, CA    The Wiltern
• 09-12 – Riverside, CA    Fox Performing Arts Center
• 09-13 – Phoenix, AZ    Celebrity Theater
• 09-14 – Santa Fe, NM    Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino 
• 09-16 – Austin, TX    Emos
• 09-17 – Tulsa, OK    Tulsa Theater
• 09-18 – Dallas, TX    House Of Blues
• 09-19 – San Antonio, TX    Aztec Theater
• 09-20 – Houston, TX    House Of Blues
• 09-22 – Clearwater, FL    Ruth Eckard Hall
• 09-23 – Daytona, FL    Peabody Auditorium
• 09-24 – Jacksonville, FL    Florida Theater
• 09-25 – Raleigh, NC    The Ritz
• 09-26 – Jim Thorpe, PA    Penn’s Peak    
• 09-27 – Portland, ME    Aura 
• 09-29 – Boston, MA    House Of Blues
• 09-30 – Hampton, NH    Hampton Beach Casino
• 10-01 – Wallington, CT    Toyota Oakdale Theatre
• 10-02 – New York, NY    The Palladium
• 10-03 – Carteret, NJ    Carteret Performing Arts Center
• 10-05 – Montreal, QC    Mtelus
• 10-06 – Ottawa, ON    Hard Rock Casino
• 10-07 – Pickering, ON    Pickering Casino Resort
• 10-09 – Des Plaines, IL    Des Plaines Theater
• 10-10 – St Charles, IL    Arcada Theater    
• 10-11 – St Charles, IL    Arcada Theater
• 10-13 – Glenside, PA    Keswick Theatre
• 10-14 – Harrisburg, PA    Capitol City Music Hall
• 10-15 – Cleveland, OH    Agoura Theater    
• 10-16 – Milwaukee, WI    Pabst Theater
• 10-17 – Green Bay, WI    EPIC Event Center
• 10-19 – Winnipeg, MB    Burton Cummings Theatre
• 10-21 – Edmonton, AB    Midway Music Hall    
• 10-22 – Calgary, AB    The Palace Theater
• 10-23 – Coquitlam, BC    Great Canadian Casino Vancouver
• 10-25 – Seattle, WA    Moore Theater
• 10-27 – San Jose, CA    San Jose Civic
• 10-29  – Rancho Mirage, CA    The Show @ Agua Caliente
• 10-30 – Las Vegas, NV    House Of Blues
• 10-31 – Anaheim, CA    The Grove