On the brink of its summer festival itinerary, DragonForce has announced nearly 60 world tour dates that will keep the English metal band on the international road through the end of the year. The next leg of the Ultra Beatdown tour will hit the U.S. and Canada on September 18 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA.
The outing will hit 19 cities from coast to coast through October 11 at Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Other highlights on the itinerary include a September 21 concert at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC, a September 30 performance at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL, an October 2 event at Sound Academy in Toronto, ON, and an October 6 gig at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York, NY.
Finnish power metal group Sonata Arctica and Las Vegas quartet Taking Dawn, formerly known as 7th Son, will open throughout the final North American tour leg of 2009.
Ticket presales for the U.S. and Canada are currently available to registered members of DragonForce’s online community. The presale also offers reduced service fees, and more information is available on the band’s official Web site. The first round of public onsales started over the weekend.
After completing its national dates in fall, DragonForce will hit mainland Europe for a round of dates, mostly in Germany, followed by a seven-date tour of South America and Mexico. The group will then head back to its United Kingdom, where it will close out the year with an extensive 19-city tour leg.
DragonForce is touring behind its fourth studio album, “Ultra Beatdown,” released in August 2008. The effort earned the power metal sextet its highest-ever position on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 18 on the charts. The group’s previous “Inhuman Rampage” peaked on the charts at No. 103.
DragonForce itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
| September 18 | West Hollywood, CA | House Of Blues |
| September 19 | San Francisco, CA | The Regency Ballroom |
| September 20 | Portland, OR | Roseland Theater |
| September 21 | Vancouver, BC | Commodore Ballroom |
| September 23 | Edmonton, AB | Edmonton Event Centre |
| September 24 | Calgary, AB | MacEwan Hall Ballroom |
| September 25 | Saskatoon, SK | The Odeon |
| September 26 | Winnipeg, MB | Burton Cummings Theatre |
| September 28 | Kansas City, MO | Beaumont Club |
| September 29 | Minneapolis, MN | The Cabooze |
| September 30 | Chicago, IL | House Of Blues |
| October 2 | Toronto, ON | Sound Academy |
| October 3 | Montreal, QC | Medley |
| October 4 | Quebec City, QC | Imperial Du Quebec |
| October 6 | New York, NY | Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza |
| October 7 | Baltimore, MD | Rams Head Live! |
| October 9 | Worcester, MA | The Palladium |
| October 10 | Poughkeepsie, NY | The Chance Theatre |
| October 11 | Philadelphia, PA | Theatre Of The Living Arts |
| October 16 | Lingen, GER | Alter Schlachthof |
| October 17 | Herford, GER | X |
| October 18 | Bochum, GER | Matrix |
| October 19 | Berlin, GER | Columbiaclub |
| October 21 | Nuremberg, GER | Hirsch |
| October 22 | Aschaffenburg, GER | Colos-Saal |
| October 23 | Karlsruhe, GER | Substage |
| October 24 | Saarbrucken, GER | Garage |
| October 25 | Konstanz, GER | Kulturladen |
| October 27 | Cologne, GER | Essigfabrik |
| October 28 | Hannover, GER | Faust |
| October 30 | Leipzig, GER | Hellraiser |
| October 31 | Esch-Alzette, LUX | Kulturfabrik Esch-Alzette |
| November 6 | Porto Alegre, BRA | Casa Do Gaucho |
| November 7 | Curitiba, BRA | Opera1 |
| November 8 | Sao Paulo, BRA | Carioca Clube |
| November 10 | Santiago, CHI | Teatro Caupolican |
| November 11 | Buenos Aires, ARG | Teatro Flores |
| November 13 | Bogota, COL | Downtown Majestic |
| November 14 | Mexico City, MEX | El Circo Volador |
| November 19 | Folkestone, UK | Leas Cliff Hall |
| November 20 | Reading, UK | The Hexagon |
| November 21 | Southend On Sea, UK | Cliffs Pavilion |
| November 23 | Southampton, UK | Southampton Guildhall |
| November 24 | Truro, UK | Hall For Cornwall |
| November 25 | Bristol, UK | Bristol University |
| November 26 | Wolverhampton, UK | Wulfrun Hall |
| November 28 | Preston, UK | 53 Degrees |
| November 29 | Bradford, UK | St. George’s Concert Hall |
| November 30 | Sheffield, UK | O2 Academy Sheffield |
| December 1 | Hanley, UK | Victoria Hall |
| December 3 | Glasgow, UK | Barrowland |
| December 4 | Inverness, UK | Ironworks |
| December 5 | Dundee, UK | Fat Sam’s |
| December 7 | Middlesbrough, UK | Middlesbrough Empire |
| December 8 | Cambridge, UK | Cambridge Corn Exchange |
| December 10 | Lincoln, UK | Engine Shed |
| December 11 | Manchester, UK | Manchester Academy |
| December 12 | Liverpool, UK | O2 Academy Liverpool |
