Ministry, which has just a couple albums left, plays St. Petersburg this weekend

Last year at the Tampa stop of Rob Zombie’s “Freaks On Parade” tour, Ministry—which opened Alice Cooper’s co-headlining set the same night—flashed Donald Trump’s brand-new mugshot across the screens at the ol’ Gary while playing “Thieves” and “Goddamn White Trash.”

Frontman Al Jourgensen recently stated in an interview that the band’s brand-new album Hopiumforthemasses (stylized in all-caps) will be its penultimate record, with one more down the line before Jourgensen shifts his focus towards doing film scores, and less on losing focus on a crowd during gigs, when in actuality, he’s trying to ensure that his monitors sound OK.

The gig on First Avenue also marks Gary Numan’s first show in Tampa Bay since 1998, when he played the old State Theatre (now The Floridian Social) a few blocks down the street.

Tickets to see Ministry and Gary Numan play Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Sunday, March 24 are sold-out.

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This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2024.