Popular cult rock band announces date for final show: ‘It’ll be a fun last show’

EntertainmentAl Jourgensen, frontman of Ministry, at Blossom Music Center on August 28, 2024.Judie Vegh, Special to Cleveland.comBy Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.comMinistry frontman Al Jourgensen has put a date on the calendar that fans of the iconic band will want to circle.That date? Oct. 30, 2027.Jourgensen said that will be the date of the band’s final show after more than four decades of performing. It also marks one year since the release of the band’s final album, “Hate to Go (Take Out Or Delivery).” The good news for Ministry fans hoping to see the final show is that Jourgensen said it will go down at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. So, there should be plenty of room for those hoping to score a seat. Jourgensen was asked if he would be sad when it was all through.“No, I’m gonna be in my (expletive) house before they even let people backstage,” he said. “Bill Burr will helicopter me home. And that night, a lot of people that have said that I’ve influenced them and all that, the whole night is gonna be a procession of just people saying goodbye. But the last show’s gonna be a lot of people you know that are gonna be saying ‘hey’ and jamming with us, and it’ll be fun. It’ll be a fun last show.”Blabbermouth.net reported that Ministry has “been recognized as pioneers of industrial music.”Brian Linder is the trending editor at PennLive.com. He has more than 20 years of experience working for newspapers first in South Carolina, then Daytona Beach, Florida and now in Pennsylvania. Linder spent...