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COB, DevinTownsend, Septicflesh, Obscura North American Tour

Posted: 14 Apr 2011, 20:51
by Mesarthim
CHILDREN OF BODOM, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: Complete Tour Details Revealed - Apr. 12, 2011



Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will embark on a North American headlining tour in late June. Main support on the month-long trek will come from THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, with openers OBSCURA and SEPTICFLESH rotating positions each night.



"We are psyched to see all of our friends in North America and to play our new songs live for all of the BODOM maniacs," commented CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. "Get ready to throw it down!"



The dates are as follows:



June 24 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues

June 25 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's

June 26 - Portland, OR - Roseland

June 27 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market

June 28 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

June 30 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom

July 02 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Center

July 03 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon

July 04 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick Center

July 05 - St. Paul, MN - Station Four

July 06 - the official city of the chicago cubs, IL - House of Blues

July 08 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade

July 09 - lummo's cowtown, FL - BeachamTheater

July 10 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution

July 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls -

July 13 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva

July 14 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx

July 15 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx

July 16 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre

July 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre

July 19 - Worcester, PA - Palladium

July 21 - Halifax, NS - Multipurpose Centre (no DEVIN TOWNSEND)

July 23 - Toronto, ONT - Downsview Park (Heavy T.O.)

July 24 - Montreal, QC - Parc Jean-Drapeau Heavy MTL)



"Relentless Reckless Forever", the latest album from CHILDREN OF BODOM, sold nearly 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, 2008's "Blooddrunk", opened with 19,000 units to land at No. 22. This number was roughly four times the opening tally of "Blooddrunk"'s predecessor, "Are You Dead Yet?", which premiered with 5,000 units b



Devin Townsend will release "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" — the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available under THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker — in Europe on June 20 via InsideOut Music.



"Deconstruction" and "Ghost" will complete his tetralogy album concept — a great journey through Devin's different states of musical moods — which he started in 2009 with the albums "Addicted" (2009) and "Ki" (2009).