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Serj Tankian Announces More Tour Dates

SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist Serj Tankian has scheduled the following tour dates:

Mar. 08 - San Francisco, CA -Warfield Theatre
Mar. 10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
Mar. 11 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
Mar. 15 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
Mar. 16 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Event Center
Mar. 19 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
Mar. 21 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
Apr. 01 - Glasgow, UK - ABC
Apr. 02 - Liverpool, UK - Carling Academy
Apr. 03 - London, UK - Forum
Apr. 06 - Birmingham, UK - Carling Academy
Apr. 08 - Hamburg, GER - Docks
Apr. 09 - Copenhagen, DEN - Amager Bio
Apr. 10 - Berlin, GER - Columbiahalle
Apr. 13 - Vienna, AUT - Gasometer
Apr. 14 - Filderstadt, GER - Filharmonie
Apr. 15 - Zurich, GER - Volkshaus
Apr. 18 - Strasbourg, FRA - Artefacts
Apr. 19 - Bourges, FRA - Palais d'Oron
Apr. 20 - Lille, FRA - Artificiels
Apr. 22 - Milano, ITA - Alcatraz

Serj Tankian has issued "Sky is Over" as the second single from his debut solo album, "Elect the Dead". Although Tankian doesn't say straight out what the song is about, he did tell The Pulse of Radio that it comes from both his childhood memories and his concerns about the planet. "I've always thought of the sky as, like, an open canvas," he said. "When I was a kid and I looked at the sky, I always remember being able to daydream, just looking at the sky, being creative, being able to design things. What would happen if we had no sky? Where would we be? Well, obviously, scientifically, without an atmosphere, we'd all be dead."

Tankian recently shot and premiered a video for "Sky is Over".

"Elect the Dead" made the "long list" of finalists for this year's Shortlist Prize, which is awarded to an album that has sold less than 500,000 copies. The winner will be announced in the spring.

"Elect the Dead" came out in late October and landed at Number Four on the Billboard album chart.

Tankian will join FOO FIGHTERS on a portion of their upcoming North American tour, beginning on February 18 in Worcester, Massachusetts and ending on March 6 in Los Angeles.

Source: Blabbermouth