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Opeth Announces More Headlining North American Tour Dates

posted Aug 11, 2008 at 12:33 AM by deathbringer.  (10 Comments)

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Opeth will make their way back to American shores this fall for their first headline trek in support of the recently released "Watershed." The tour will commence on September 16 in Buffalo and run for six weeks, with High on Fire serving as main support. Nachtmystium will open the first half of the tour, with Baroness taking over that slot on October 6.

Opeth enjoyed the main support slot on the first ever Progressive Nation Tour last spring, opening for labelmates Dream Theater. The band spent the summer on the European tour circuit but is thrilled to be bring its always unique blend of death/folk/prog metal back to American audiences this fall.

The tour dates are as follows:

Sept. 16 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
Sept. 17 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 18 - Nokia Theatre - New York, NY
Sept. 19 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
Sept. 20 - Imperial - Quebec City, QUE Canada
Sept. 21 - Centennial Hall - London, ONT Canada
Sept. 23 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
Sept. 24 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
Sept. 25 - The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI
Sept. 26 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
Sept. 27 - Myth - Maplewood, MN
Sept. 29 - Garrick Center - Winnipeg, MB Canada
Sept. 30 - The Odeon - Saskatoon, SAS Canada
Oct. 1 - Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton, ALB Canada
Oct. 3 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC Canada
Oct. 4 - Showbox - Seattle, WA
Oct. 6 - Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
Oct. 7 - Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 8 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 9 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
Oct. 10 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
Oct. 11 - Odgen Theatre - Denver, CO
Oct. 13 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
Oct. 14 - The Beaumont - Kansas City, MO
Oct. 15 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
Oct. 16 - The Monarch - Austin, TX
Oct. 17 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
Oct. 18 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
Oct. 20 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Oct. 21 - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
Oct. 22 - Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
Oct. 23 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH
Oct. 24 - Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC
Oct. 25 - NorVa - Norfolk, VA
Oct. 26 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD

As previously reported, Opeth and Cynic will tour Europe for a month from mid November to mid December.

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10 Comments on "Opeth Announces More Headlining US Tour Dates"

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1. BodomFan writes:

Definitely gonna have to check out the Austin, TX concert. Opeth usually puts on a badass live show

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2. tirentu writes:

God, still no Toronto date... >;.>;

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3. Bastard_Of_Bodom writes:

Ya Yo I want a Toronto date WTF

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4. MuDvAyNe fan writes:

guys just go to the London date! i am driving 1 and half to get there and Centennial Hall is a GREAT venu!

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5. FocusShift writes:

Toronto = Canada. London = England. Between Canada and England = The Atlantic Ocean.

Might be a little hard for them to get there.
No Pittsburgh OR Cleveland date? I'm a little surprised.

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6. This is ZT writes:

Sept. 19 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA

Oh hellz yeah!

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7. ugly-bob writes:

woot opeth in september for me!!!

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8. Batman writes:

p***s

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9. Public_Execution writes:

Nice, happy to see a KC date on their. Never seen these guys live, and their openers are really good too.

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10. Splodes writes:

There is a London in Ontario, FocusShift.
But I want a freakin' TORONTO DATE!

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