APOCALYPTICA: French, Swiss Dates Pushed Back To April

Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA, which was recently forced to postpone their North American tour due to issues with Perttu Kivilaakso's health, has issued the following update:

"To ensure that Perttu has enough time to recover, we decided to move the French dates and the Swiss date back to April. Fortunately, all the French dates and the Swiss show have now been rescheduled without any major problems and we were even able to add an extra show in Marmande at Garorock.

"All tickets already bought will remain valid for the rescheduled shows. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience and thank you so much for your support!

"Rest assured, APOCALYPTICA will definitely start touring on February 22, 2011 in Ljubljana."

The new dates are as follows:

Apr. 08 - Marmande, France - Garorock Festival
Apr. 09 - Le Mans, France - L’Oasis
Apr. 10 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
Apr. 11 - Clarement Ferrand, France - Le Coupe
Apr. 14 - Lille, France - Aeronef
Apr. 15 - Strasbourg, France - Le Laterie (Artefact Festival)
Apr. 16 - Rouen, France - Le 106

"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.