Last week I saw a snippet on Lambgoat reporting that Killswitch Engage had announced national tour dates with support from The Devil Wears Prada. The tour dates included a March 10 stop here in the Emerald City at Showbox-SoDo. My reaction? Meh. There was a time when the chance to see KsE would have elevated my pulse rate. Not so much any more. Not even sure they still qualify as NCS Metal at all.
But KsE has now added a new blog entry on their MySpace page about the same tour, and guess what? That update says Swedish melodic death titans Dark Tranquillity will be opening all shows on the tour. Now that caused my pulse rate to go up! In an ideal world, a legendary, groundbreaking band like Dark Tranquillity wouldn’t be an opening act for the likes of Killswitch Engage and (worse still) The Devil Wears Prada. They’d be headlining. But beggars like me can’t be choosers. At least DT will get back to the US and the fans will be assured of some decent venues.
Even more exciting is that DT has scheduled the US release of their ninth studio album, We Are the Void, for March 9 — the day before their Showbox performance in Seattle. Full tour dates available after the jump.
Full tour dates:
February 4 – House of Blues – Boston – MA
February 5 – House of Blues – Atlantic City – NJ
February 6 – NorVa Norfolk – VA *KsE and Dark Tranquility only
February 8 – House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista – FL
February 10 – Tabernacle – Atlanta – GA
February 11 – Amos’ Southend – Charlotte – NC
February 12 – Sonar – Baltimore – MD
February 13 – House Of Blues – Cleveland – OH
February 15 – House of Blues – Chicago – IL
February 18 – First Avenue Loop Station – MN
February 19 – Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee – WI
February 20 – Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak – MI
February 21 – The Egyptian Room at the Murat Center – Indianapolis – IN
February 23 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa – OK
February 24 – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater – Austin – TX
February 25 – Warehouse – Live Houston – TX
February 26 – Palladium Ballroom – Dallas – TX
February 27 – Concrete Street Amphitheatre Corpus Christi – TX
March 1 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque – NM
March 3 – House of Blues – Las Vegas – NV
March 5 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe – AZ
March 6 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles – CA
March 7 – The Warfield – San Francisco – CA
March 9 – Roseland Theater – Portland – OR
March 10 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle – WA
March 12 – The Great Salt Air – Magna – UT
March 13 – Fillmore Auditorium – Denver – CO
March 14 – The Midland by AMC – Kansas City – MO
March 15 – The Pageant – St. Louis – MO
March 16 – Rocket Town – Nashville – TN
March 18 – Irving Plaza – New York – NY
March 19 – Irving Plaza – New York – NY
March 21 – The Dome – Wallingford – CT