SABATON Announces North American Headlining Tour

December 14, 2011

Swedish metallers SABATON will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring.

"Swedish Empire Tour 2012" dates are as follows:

Apr. 10 - Tampa, FL - Brass Mug
Apr. 12 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
Apr. 13 - Dallas, TX - Trees
Apr. 15 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live
Apr. 17 - Lubbock, TX - Wreckers
Apr. 18 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Apr. 19 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
Apr. 20 - Waterloo, IA - Spicoli´s Grill and the Reverb Rock
Apr. 22 - St Louis , MO - The Firebird
Apr. 23 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave
Apr. 25 - Charlotte, NC - The Casbah
Apr. 27 - Albany, NY - Bogie´s
Apr. 28 - Buffalo, NY - Broadway Joe´s
Apr. 29 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody´s
Apr. 30 - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
May 02 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft
May 03 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
May 04 - New York City, NY - The Gramercy Theatre
May 05 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
May 07 - Montreal, QUE - Petit Campus
May 08 - Quebec City, QUE - Imperial de Quebec
May 10 - Toronto, ONT - Wreck Room
May 11 - London, ONT - Music Hall
May 12 - Columbus, OH - Al Rosa Villa
May 13 - Detroit, MI - Blondie´s
May 15 - St Paul, MN - Station 4
May 16 - Chicago, IL - Reggie Rock Club
May 18 - Louisville, KY - Vernon Club
May 19 - Richmond, VA - Kingdom
May 20 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage
May 21 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
May 25 - Mexico City, MX - Circo Volador

SABATON bassist Pär Sundström was forced to sit out several shows on the Canadian leg of the band's most recent North American tour due to a knee injury.

"World War Live: Battle Of The Baltic Sea", the first-ever live album from SABATON, was released on August 5 via Nuclear Blast Records.

SABATON has set "Kings Of War" as the working title of its next album, tentatively due before the end of 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band will play the final show of its current tour on December 18 at Trix/Hof Ter Lo in Antwerp, Belgium. The group stated, "This will be a one-off and we will not bring a setlist or respect any venue curfew."

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