Firewind have rescheduled their upcoming UK and European tour dates.
The Greek melodic metallers, led by Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Gus G, have put back the shows to early 2017 to make way for the recording of their eighth album. Speaking about the rescheduling, Gus G said:
"Hi everyone!
We feel it's time to give you an update on what's happening in our world. For the past few months we've been busy composing our eighth album and this week we finally entered the studio to start recording! We're super excited about it, as this is our first recording in four years, plus this will be our first album with our new singer Henning Basse (who should not be a stranger to our fans by now). We've entered Noise Factory Studios in Belgium this week with producer/engineer Dennis Ward (Unisonic, Pink Cream 69, Krokus, etc.) to track drums and it's sounding huge already!
As the schedule is pretty hectic for the next few months with recordings, finalizing everything, etc. we feel we need time to have a proper setup for the album release and give it the attention it deserves. Therefore, we have decided to postpone our UK/European club dates to early 2017. All dates are there and we've even added an extra UK show in Southampton and one more in Strasbourg, France. Moreover, we will have Sweden's Manimal as special guests, as well as Greece's Scar Of The Sun opening the shows. Tickets already purchased are still valid for the re-scheduled dates. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but we promise it'll be worth the wait!
Our summer festival appearances are still on and we'll be revealing more info on the new album as we go along!"
The band will now kick off the European trek in mid February with UK concerts at Audio in Glasgow, Manchester Academy, the Corporation in Sheffield, the Slade Rooms in Wolverhampton and the Underworld in London, winding up with a new show at the Engine Rooms in Southampton on February 21. Tickets remain valid for the rescheduled dates.
Firewind Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed February 15 2017 - GLASGOW Audio
Thu February 16 2017 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy 3
Fri February 17 2017 - SHEFFIELD Corporation
Sat February 18 2017 - WOLVERHAMPTON Slade Rooms
Sun February 19 2017 - LONDON Underworld
Tue February 21 2017 - SOUTHAMPTON Engine Rooms
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