KING DIAMOND Debuts Two New Songs At 2024 North American Tour Launch (Video)

King Diamond Live San Antonio 2024

KING DIAMOND launched its highly anticipated North American headlining tour last night (Tuesday, October 15) at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. The “Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920” tour will continue through December 6, wrapping up in Dallas, Texas. The tour features support from OVERKILL and NIGHT DEMON, with special guest Myrkur contributing additional backing vocals during KING DIAMOND‘s set.

KING DIAMOND‘s setlist for the San Antonio show featured two new tracks, “Spider Lilly” and “Electro Therapy.”

Full setlist was as follows:

  1. Arrival
  2. A Mansion In Darkness
  3. Halloween
  4. Voodoo
  5. Spider Lilly (live debut)
  6. Sleepless Nights
  7. Welcome Home
  8. The Invisible Guests
  9. The Candle
  10. Masquerade Of Madness
  11. Eye Of The Witch
  12. Burn
  13. Electro Therapy (live debut)

KING DIAMOND‘s first studio album in 18 years, titled The Institute, is tentatively set for release in 2025 through Metal Blade. The album will be presented as a two-part horror concept, with the second installment arriving at a later date.

In October 2023, KING DIAMOND unveiled a music video for the 2019 single “Masquerade Of Madness,” directed by David Brodsky and Allison Woest of MyGoodEye Visuals.