THE POODLES Confirmed For HAMMERFALL's European Tour
November 22, 2006Swedish hard rock band THE POODLES — consisting of vocalist Jakob Samuel (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN, JEKYLL & HYDE),guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN),bassist Pontus Egberg (ex-LION'S SHARE) and drummer Christian Lundqvist — has been confirmed as one of the support bands for HAMMERFALL on their European tour, which is scheduled to kick off January 18, 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Also appearing on the bill will be veteran Swiss rockers KROKUS. Opening HAMMERFALL's two Finnish shows in early January (Jan. 11 in Helsinki and Jan. 12 n Tampere) will be ALTARIA.
THE POODLES' debut album, "Metal Will Stand Tall", was released in Sweden in May. The album's first single, "One Night of Passion" — which the band performed during their unsuccessful bid to become Sweden's official representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in Greece — has been certified platinum. A follow-up single, "Metal Will Stand Tall" (a duet with Tess from the Swedish dance band ALCAZAR),was certified gold.
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