APOCALYPTICA Forced To Postpone North American Tour Dates

November 16, 2010

Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has issued the following statement:

"We wanted to let you know that sadly we are having to reschedule the current run of [North American] dates [which were scheduled to begin on November 25 in Orlando] to the beginning of March 2011. This is due to issues with Perttu's [Kivilaakso] health; we have taken the advice of several doctors before making this decision.

"We are working on all details and more information for you right now, and of course we will keep you fully informed! We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our fans and look forward to returning to health and touring in 2011."

"Broken Pieces", the new video from APOCALYPTICA, can be viewed below. The clip features a guest appearance by FLYLEAF singer Lacey Sturm (previously known by her maiden name of Lacey Nicole Mosley).

"Broken Pieces" comes off APOCALYPTICA's latest album, "7th Symphony", which sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 31 on The Billboard 200 chart. The majority of the album was produced by Joe Barresi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, BAD RELIGION),with two other songs produced by Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, MOTÖRHEAD, PAPA ROACH).

Just like on their previous album, "Worlds Collide", APOCALYPTICA has employed guest vocalists for several tracks on the record. APOCALYPTICA member Eicca Toppinen told The Pulse of Radio that it's always a challenge to fit the band's music around each individual singer's style. "You know, there's certain challenges, but we also, we always want to see how the vocals fit in that, "he said. "(But) after that, we work on the arrangements and see what else with the cellos we can create around the vocals. But I think with everybody — we've been so lucky to work with some great people, so it's always pretty easy."

APOCALYPTICA traveled to Los Angeles in early June to shoot a music video for "End Of Me", the first single from "7th Symphony". The song features BUSH singer Gavin Rossdale on vocals, with Rossdale also making an appearance in the video.

Other guest artists on "7th Symphony" include SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith, vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French metal act GOJIRA and drummer Dave Lombardo from SLAYER.

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