ANATHEMA To Headline France's METALLIANCE FESTIVAL

February 20, 2006

British metallers ANATHEMA have been confirmed as the headliners of the Metalliance Festival on Saturday, May 6 in Beauvais, Northern France. The three-day event takes place May 5-7 and will be held in the Elispace concert hall in Beauvais. Other confirmed bands include KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST and OCEANSIZE.

As previously reported, ANATHEMA mastermind Daniel Cavanagh will undertake a solo, acoustic Norwegian tour in March. His set will feature mainly ANATHEMA classics past and present, plus various cover versions. The shows will be stripped down, featuring Danny with just a guitar a keyboard/piano in the most imtimate possible setting. The dates are as follows:

Mar. 16 - Bergen, NOR @ Garage
Mar. 17 - Trondheim, NOR @ Kafe Larssen
Mar. 18 - Oslo, NOR @ Tut og Kjør

ANATHEMA's previously announced U.K./Irish tour as the support act for H.I.M. — originally scheduled for January — has been postponed until April.

ANATHEMA are currently writing and recording new material at Sewerside Studios in Yorkshire, U.K. for a late 2006 release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Voodoo", "Everything", "A Simple Mistake", "No One is Free" and "Angels Really Do Walk Among Us...". The band recently issued a DVD, "Were You There?", containing a full live show recorded on ANATHEMA's "A Natural Disaster" tour, an acoustic concert performed with a string quartet from the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, plus videos, live clips and other extra features. The artwork and menu designs have been conceived by Travis Smith.

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