Haken Announces 10th Anniversary Tour Dates, Album Re-Issues

London-based progressive metal band Haken celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2017. Coinciding with this milestone, the band will go out on a headline tour of Europe in March & April, with tickets on sale this Wednesday at 10am UK time.

Following the release of latest album "Affinity" (reviewed here) InsideOutMusic will also be reissuing the band's first two albums, "Aquarius" & "Visions," on February 3rd, 2017 in new remastered 2CD editions, as well as vinyl for the very first time.

The band had the following to say: "We are delighted to announce our 'Haken X' European tour in celebration of our 10th anniversary. We'll be returning to some of our favourite cities and also paying a visit to several new countries including Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic.

"In honour of the ten years Haken has existed, we'll be revisiting material from our entire back catalogue with a special focus on our first two albums 'Aquarius' and 'Visions', which are to be re-released in advance of the tour. We sincerely hope you join us for this special run of shows and we'd be overjoyed to see each of y'all there!"

On the reissues Haken adds: "We can't wait for people to hear these albums in their brilliant new and remastered form. Both 'Aquarius' and 'Visions' hold a special place in our hearts as well as the fans' and we wanted to make sure we brought them back in a fresh and exciting way. Listeners will be able to enjoy the nuances in our instrumental arrangements and also embrace the complete audio experience of vinyl. We're looking forward to revisiting much of this music on stage for our fans around Europe in our upcoming 10th anniversary tour."

22nd March - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
23rd March - O2 ABC2, Glasgow, UK
24th March - Academy 3, Manchester, UK
25th March - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham, UK
26th March - Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK
28th March - Le Splendid, Lille, France
29th March - La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
30th March - La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
31st March - KIFF, Aarau, Switzerland
1st April - Keller Klub, Stuttgart, Germany
3rd April - Zona Roveri, Bologna, Italy
4th April - Szene, Vienna, Austria
5th April - Dürer-Kert, Budapest, Hungary
6th April - Futurum, Prague, Czech Republic
7th April - Beatpol, Dresden, Germany
9th April - Chez Heinz, Hannover, Germany
10th April - Kesselhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany
11th April - Turock, Essen, Germany
12th April - Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
13th April - Melkweg OZ, Amsterdam, Holland
15th April - Bascula Club, Tel Aviv, Israel