JOB FOR A COWBOY Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

February 15, 2008

Glendale, Arizona extreme metal powerhouse JOB FOR A COWBOY has been confirmed for the eleventh annual edition of the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 27-29 at the Kaisaniemi park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days. In addition, a couple of dozen bands will be appearing at various evening clubs in the city.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

SLAYER
DIMMU BORGIR
CARCASS
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
SONATA ARCTICA
AMON AMARTH
MOKOMA
KREATOR
ENTOMBED
STAM1NA
JOB FOR A COWBOY
BEHEMOTH
NILE
KALMAH
TYR
PRIMORDIAL
THE SORROW
KIUAS
KORPIKLAANI
DYING FETUS

NIGHTWISH will perform on June 26 at the Kaisaniemi venue. Support at the gig will come from AMORPHIS and EPICA.

Tickets for Tuska 2008 will go on sale on Monday, March 3 through www.tiketti.fi and www.lippupalvelu.fi. Tuska 2008 is an all-ages event. One-day tickets cost 42 euros and three-day tickets 85 euros.

JOB FOR A COWBOY will have its latest album, "Genesis", released on picture disc on April 18 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy) and April 21 (rest of Europe) via Metal Blade Records. The LP is part of the "Metal Blade Vinyl Fan Edition," which means the pressing is strictly limited to 500 copies.

JOB FOR A COWBOY will take part in the North American and United Kingdom editions of Gigantour alongside thrash metal legends MEGADETH.

JOB FOR A COWBOY will provide direct support to MEGADETH on the UK Gigantour run, set to launch February 17 in Norwich, UK. The week-long trek will conclude with a February 24 performance at London's Brixton Academy. JOB FOR A COWBOY will then join MEGADETH, Swedish metal titans IN FLAMES, Finnish thrashers CHILDREN OF BODOM and Oakland, CA power trio HIGH ON FIRE as part of the North American Gigantour, set to launch April 12 in Denver, CO.

Commented JOB FOR A COWBOY guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju: "It is an honor to be selected as part of such a great tour. Bands like HIGH ON FIRE, CHILDREN OF BODOM, IN FLAMES and MEGADETH are all respected in their own genres and every band has something great to offer. Every band is going to put on a show. Every band will eat you alive. Get your popcorn ready!"

JOB FOR A COWBOY's video for their song "Altered from Catechization" can be viewed below

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