PAIN Announces New Touring Guitarist

March 15, 2008

PAIN, the Swedish metal band fronted by HYPOCRISY's Peter Tgtgren, has recruited Ren Sebastian (photo) from ICONDEMN to play guitar on the second leg of PAIN's European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH.

Commented PAIN: "We're looking forward to meet [Ren] for the first time on the plane to Hamburg on Sunday. You will meet him on stage on Monday. Ren has promised us total f*kin mayhem on stage and I'm sure that's what you'll get. We'll try to soften him up with a couple of beers for you.

"The last eight days have been really relaxing and recharging for us. Now we are eager to go out on this second leg of the tour and kick your asses again (and maybe someone will kick ours again). Twenty-five shows remain and we're really looking forward to play in France (again),Spain, Portugal and Great Britain etc. Last mentioned is untouched ground for us which makes it even more exciting. Kick ass!!!"

PAIN supporting NIGHTWISH:

March 17 - Color Line Arena - Hamburg, Germany
March 18 - AWD Hall - Hannover, Germany
March 19 - Westfalenhalle 2 - Dortmund, Germany
March 21 - HMH Music Hall - Amsterdam, Netherlands
March 22 - Rockhal - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
March 23 - Lotto Arena - Antwerp, Belgium
March 25 - Astoria - London, UK
March 26 - Astoria - London, UK
March 27 - Astoria - London, UK
March 29 - Carling Academy - Birmingham, UK
March 30 - Carling Academy - Newcastle, UK
March 31 - ABC1 - Glasgow, Scotland
April 02 - Mandela Hall - Belfast, UK
April 03 - Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
April 04 - Apollo - Manchester, UK
April 06 - Zenith - Paris, France
April 07 - Zenith - Strasbourg, France
April 10 - Halle Tony Garnier - Lyon, France
April 11 - Dome - Marseille, France
April 12 - Zenith - Toulouse, France
April 14 - Razzmatazz 1 - Barcelona, Spain
April 15 - Santana 27 - Bilbao, Spain
April 16 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain
April 18 - Coliseum - Porto, Portugal
April 19 - Coliseum - Lisbon, Portugal

IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers makes a guest appearance on two songs on PAIN's latest album, "Psalms of Extinction".

PAIN's video for the track "Zombie Slam" is available for viewing at this location. The clip was shot in February 2007 in Los Angeles by Ralf Strathmann. Ralf previously worked as a director for artists like CHILDREN OF BODOM, APOCALYPTICA and SOILWORK. He is also a photographer for such bands as H.I.M., AEROSMITH and BLINK 182, to name but a few.

PAIN performing "Just Hate Me" on March 4, 2008 at Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia:

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