EPICA Announces North American Headlining Tour
April 19, 2012Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will embark on an extensive North American tour this fall. Support on the trek will come from ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM, SYSTEM DIVIDE, DESTINY POTATO. EPICA will offer special VIP tickets to all shows, which include VIP meet-and-greet, one-hour-early entry and commemorative poster signed by the band. Tickets go on sale today (Thursday, April 19) exclusively via EnterTheVault.com until May 9, at which point they will be made available through all regular ticketing outlets.
The dates are as follows:
Oct. 23 - Howard Theater - Washington DC
Oct. 25 - Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 26 - Irving Plaza- New York, NY
Oct. 27 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
Oct. 29 - Imperial - Quebec City, QC
Oct. 30 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC
Oct. 31 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON
Nov. 02 - [to be announced] - Cleveland, OH
Nov. 03 - Altar Bar - Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 04 - Mojoes - Joliet, IL - TBD
Nov. 05 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
Nov. 07 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
Nov. 08 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 10 - Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC
Nov. 11 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Nov. 12 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
Nov. 14 - The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center - San Francisco, CA
Nov. 15 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
Nov. 16 - House of Blues Sunset Strip - West Hollywood, CA
Nov. 17 - The Marquee - Tempe, AZ
Nov. 19 - Trees - Dallas, TX
Nov. 20 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
Nov. 21 - Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
Nov. 23 - Headliner's Music Hall - Louisville, KY
Nov. 24 - Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
Bassist Rob van der Loo (MAYAN, DELAIN) recently joined EPICA as the replacement for Yves Huts.
EPICA's fifth full-length album, "Requiem For The Indifferent", sold 4,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 104 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Design Your Universe", opened with 2,100 units to land at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
"Requiem For The Indifferent" was released on March 9 in Europe and four days later in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany under the watchful eye of Sascha Paeth.
A video for "Storm The Sorrow" was filmed in February and it "will show the band in a way you have never seen before," according to a press release.
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