Shining Gearing Up For U.K. Tour Dates With Marty Friedman

The black/jazz group Shining will join Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth), trash legends Kreator, and melodic death metallers Arch Enemy on an upcoming U.K. tour in December.

Friedman will also use Shining as his backing band during the tour and perform a few surprise collaborations. Shining states that the idea of collaboration came along when Jørgen Munkeby played sax on Marty's latest album. Dates are as follows:

2014-12-16 - Institute - Birmingham, UK
2014-12-17 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK
2014-12-18 - The Forum - London, UK
2014-12-19 - Academy - Manchester, UK
2014-12-20 - Academy - Dublin, Ireland
2014-12-21 - QMU - Glasgow, UK
2014-12-22 - O2 Academy - Newcastle, UK

Friedman comments: “Arch Enemy and Kreator are two of my all-time favorite bands in metal, and after collaborating with Shining on my latest album, I cannot wait to break all sorts of musical rules and boundaries with them live on the same stage. This will be a once in a lifetime collection of unique metal presences.”

Munkeby adds: “We’re super happy to play these shows with old and new metal gods alike! To add to that, we’re even doing a very special and unique set together with Marty Friedman on stage, which will include both Shining and Marty material. Can’t wait to be part of such a cool setup! 2014 has been one of Shining’s best and most active years so far, and what a grand way to top it off!”