NEWS: Sweden's SABATON & REVAMP from The Netherlands to play Detroit on April 12th!
Praised by the L.A. Weekly for the “over-the-top symphonic sounds and boundless energy” they brought to the stage when they opened for IRON MAIDEN in Southern California last September, Swedish heavy metal superstars SABATONare returning to the U.S. and Canada as direct support to American heavy metal band ICED EARTH. Playing first at each show of this six-week trek and on their maiden North American tour are Dutch metallers REVAMP, led by the inimitable Floor Jansen (who also fronts the symphonic Finnish band NIGHTWISH).
“We are really looking forward to return for the first SABATON full North American run since 2011,” states SABATON bass player Pär Sundström. “Three great bands on tour together, this will for sure be fantastic!”
“We thank EVERYONE who made this possible and can’t wait to rock with all of our loyal American and Canadian fans!” shares REVAMP vocalist Floor Jansen about the band’s first-ever tour on North American soil.
SABATON will be spreading the word about their upcoming seventh studio album Heroes – due out in North America this spring. REVAMP will be touring behind their second studio album, Wild Card, which was released last September.
SABATON and REVAMP tour dates for the “Worldwide Plagues” North American tour with ICED EARTH are:
04/04/14 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
04/05/14 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
04/06/14 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL
04/07/14 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
04/09/14 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
04/10/14 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
04/11/14 Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
04/12/14 St. Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
04/14/14 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON – CANADA
04/15/14 Imperial Theater – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
04/16/14 Corona Theatre – Montreal, QC – CANADA
04/17/14 Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/18/14 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
04/19/14 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
04/21/14 Empire – West Springfield, VA
04/23/14 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
04/24/14 House Of Blues – Orlando, FL
04/25/14 Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/26/14 State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL
04/28/14 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
04/29/14 Trees – Dallas, TX
05/01/14 Club Red – Tempe, AZ
05/02/14 House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
05/03/14 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
05/05/14 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
05/06/14 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
05/07/14 The Venue – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
05/09/14 The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
05/10/14 Republik – Calgary, AB – CANADA
05/11/14 Riddell Centre – Regina, SK – CANADA
05/12/14 Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
05/14/14 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
05/15/14 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
05/16/14 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
View the live clip for the SABATON track “Uprising” & the lyric video for REVAMP’s “Nothing” on the Nuclear Blast YouTube Channel.
ABOUT SABATON: Formed in Falun, Sweden in 1999, the band is best known for singing almost exclusively about historical wars & battles, a direction SABATON members decided to take on after watching the 1999 Academy Award-winning film Saving Private Ryan. “For us it means a lot more to write about historical events than to make up stories,” says bassist Pär Sundström, one of the main songwriters. The band thoroughly researches their topics to ensure the songs paint accurate & objective portraits of the historical event they’re singing about, which are narrated from an omniscient point-of-view or in first-person as a soldier caught in the line of fire. Like their home country, SABATON aims to remain politically neutral in their role as musical war historians.
ABOUT REVAMP: Vocalist/lyricist Floor Jansen decided to continue her career and return to the metal music scene when her first band AFTER FOREVER - founded in 1999 and named after the Black Sabbath song of the same name - officially disbanded in 2009 after releasing five studio albums. Jansen joined forces with two additional songwriters to first compose then record the tracks which became REVAMP’s 2010 self-titled debut album. A live band formed soon after the CD's completion and performed in Europe, which restored Floor Jansen back to her rightful position on-stage. Jansen also fronts the Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH.
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