JON OLIVA'S PAIN: European Tour Dates Announced

January 13, 2007

Riding the highly successful wave from the CD release "Maniacal Renderings" by JON OLIVA'S PAIN, SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva and company have announced the following tour dates:

Mar. 31 - Cheltenham, UK @ ProgPower UK
Apr. 01 - Weert, NETH @ De Bosuil
Apr. 03 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z7
Apr. 05 - Mulhouse, FRA @ Noumatrouff
Apr. 06 - Deventer, NETH @ Burgerweeshuis
Apr. 07 - Luxemburg, LUX @ Rockhal
Apr. 09 - Augsburg, GER @ Kantine
Apr. 10 - Hannover, GER @ Musikzentrum
Apr. 12 - Oslo, NOR @ John Dee
Apr. 13 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Sticky Fingers
Apr. 14 - Copenhagen, DEN @ The Rock
Apr. 16 - Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle
Apr. 17 - Nürnberg, GER @ Hirsch
Apr. 19 - Essen, GER @ Turock
Apr. 20 - Wieze, BEL @ Pestpop Festival (acoustic)
Apr. 21 - Wieze, BEL @ Pestpop Festival (electric)

Support at the shows will come from AFM Records labelmates HEAVENLY and NOSTRADAMEUS.

JON OLIVA'S PAIN recently announced its partnership's with Dragon Productions, the metal division of A.S.S. Concerts, Finance-Meets-Music (FIMM; a tour financial managment firm) and Indevent Promotions. JON OLIVA'S PAIN is headlining the ProgPower UK festival on March 31 and also confirmed to headline both the acoustic and metal shows at the Pestop Festival on April 20-21 in Belgium. The JON OLIVA'S PAIN summer festival run will also include their all-acoustic performances, which debuted in Europe this past summer. Fans can continue to expect a heavy dose of SAVATAGE classics, including many songs rarely performed live. The acoustic shows offer a unique opportunity for fans to hear alternate versions of SAVATAGE/JOP songs and the chance to learn insider history about SAVATAGE, JOP and the late, great Criss Oliva.

As previously reported, three-camera video footage of JON OLIVA'S PAIN performing on November 25 at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida has been posted online at YouTube.com:

"Warriors/Beyond the Doors of the Dark" (video)
"Maniacal Renderings" (video)
"Edge of Thorns" (video)

"Maniacal Renderings" entered the German national chart at position No. 86 upon its release in September. The follow-up to 2004's "'Tage Mahal" was once again recorded at Audio Lab Studios in Tampa, Florida and is described in a press release as "a more progressive, complex and dramatic edge without sacrificing any of the songwriting quality that fans have come to expect during Oliva's 25-year career."

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