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MOONSPELL HEADLINE 'NOCTURNAL MOURNING' TOUR
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MOONSPELL, Portugal's #1 heavy metal export are preparing to embark on their first headlining tour in five years. Vocalist Fernando Ribeiro fondly recalls, " Last time we headlined was late 2001, after the release of 'Darkness and Hope'. The support band was Lacuna Coil on their very first American experience. We can't wait to get back to play our own show and to underline the great ties we built in all of our tours there with our small but very dedicated fan basis. Memorial is intense live and we want our American shows to follow up what we have been doing in Europe so far."
This is the first American tour for MOONSPELL in support of "Memorial", the band's latest release which was hailed by Decibel magazine as "by far the strongest and heaviest album Moonspell have made since Sin/Pecado". Metal Maniacs deemed 'Memorial' "full of powerful songs" and Outburn simply calls it "stunning". This time around fans can expect "better and bigger production. We are finally bringing our light team with us. We will have the full strength of 'Memorial', the theatrics... the passion... it will all be there" enthuses Ribeiro.
Supporting MOONSPELL on the appropriately labeled 'NOCTURNAL MOURNING' tour are KATATONIA and DAYLIGHT DIES. Ribeiro raves, "I love Katatonia and I think they are the most brilliant band around. Dance of December Souls is still my album for the rainy days. Daylight Dies caught my attention with an advance single and since then I purchased No Reply and Dismantling Devotion to get really deeply into this band that, with a life of their own, brings me back to the glorious days of Death Doom, a style so close to my heart and soul. I believe it is a great, great package with original, individual bands that do it for the passion and for the music. The moonfest for all undergrounders!!! The Euro fans are very jealous!"
The 'NOCTURNAL MOURNING" tour is scheduled to kick off October 20th at The Loft in Poughkeepsie, New York. Dates and venues are subject to change.
NOCTURNAL MOURNING TOUR
W/ MOONSPELL, Katatonia, Daylight Dies
10/20/06 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
10/21/06 Bedford, NH Mark's Showplace
10/22/06 New York, NY B.B. King's Blues Club
10/23/06 Montreal, QC Le Medley
10/24/06 Quebec City, QC Imperial
10/25/06 Toronto, ON Opera House
10/26/06 Cleveland, OH Peabody's Down Under
10/27/06 Detroit, MI I-Rock Nightclub
10/28/06 Mokena, IL Pearl Room
10/29/06 Columbia Heights, MN Star Central
10/31/06 Aurora, CO Illiff Park Saloon
11/02/06 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
11/03/06 Portland, OR Rock N Roll Pizza
11/04/06 San Francisco, CA The Pound SF
11/06/06 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
11/11/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
11/17/06 Springfield, VA Jaxx
11/18/06 Latham, NY Saratoga Winners
11/19/06 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre / Underground
Date: Jun 19, 2006
As Reported by: jason
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