RELAPSE RECORDS Announces 'Contamination Tour 2004'

January 27, 2004

Relapse Records has announced plans for the "Contamination Tour 2004", a 14-city tour comprised completely of acts on the label's burgeoning roster. The two-week jaunt is the first of several planned 2004 Relapse label tours and begins March 12 in Salt Lake City, UT, running through March 28 in San Francisco, CA.

The tour will be headlined by Bay Area trio HIGH ON FIRE — who will be debuting new material from the forthcoming follow-up to their Relapse debut "Surrounded By Thieves" — and recent Relapse signees ZEKE. HIGH ON FIRE and ZEKE will be joined on the tour by instrumental trio DYSRHYTHMIA. The tour will be joined at select points by new Relapse signing THE END and Boston-based trio 27 and will also include a stop at the 2004 Relapse Records SXSW showcase (March 18 in Austin, TX),where legendary noise rockers UNSANE will join the bill.

"Contamination Tour 2004" feat. HIGH ON FIRE and ZEKE:

Mar. 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Liquid Joe's
Mar. 13 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Mar. 15 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Green Door (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 16 - Austin, TX @ Emo's (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 17 - Fort Worth, TX @ Wreck Room (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA, THE END, 27)
Mar. 18 - Austin, TX @ Emo's Annex (w/ HIGH ON FIRE, UNSANE, DYSRHYTHMIA, THE END, 27 as part of the Relapse SXSW showcase)
Mar. 19 - Houston, TX @ Rudyard's (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 20 - San Antonio, TX @ Sam's Burger Joint (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 21 - El Paso, TX @ E9 Club (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 22 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad (DYSRHYTHMIA only)
Mar. 23 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 24 - TBA (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 25 - Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 26 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 27 - Long Beach, CA @ Alex's (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)
Mar. 28 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill (w/ DYSRHYTHMIA)

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