Iced Earth extend North American Tour

[General Zod]

ICED EARTH have added more dates in June as part of their extremely successful North American headlining tour in support of their latest CD, "The Glorious Burden". It is not presently clear if CHILDREN OF BODOM and EVERGREY the two support acts on the current leg of ICED EARTH's tour will be part of the newly announced shows.

Upcoming ICED EARTH tour dates:

Apr. 29 - New York, NY @ BB Kings
Apr. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
May. 01 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
May. 02 - Alexandria, VA @ JAXX
May. 04 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
May. 05 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
May. 07 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
May. 08 - Houston, TX @ Engine Room
May. 09 - Austin, TX @ Backroom
May. 10 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Elm Live
May. 12 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
May. 14 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
May. 15 - Seattle, WA @ Graceland
May. 17 - San Francisco, CA @ Avalon
May. 18 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
May. 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cajun House
May. 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues

Jun. 01 - Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Jun. 02 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Lo-Fi Cafe
Jun. 04 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktownlive
Jun. 05 - Lawrence KS @ Granada Theatre
Jun. 07 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
Jun. 08 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
Jun. 09 - Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
Jun. 10 - Winston Salem, NC @ Ziggy's
Jun. 11 - Norfolk, VA @ Norva
Jun. 12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The World
Jun. 14 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Jun. 15 - Latham, NY @ Saratoga Winners
Jun. 16 - Providence, RI @ Lupo's
Jun. 17 - Rochester, NY @ Penny Arcade
Jun. 18 - Flint, MI @ Machine Shop

 

[Demonspell]

Last night's show was really good, although as you probably know I was there for Evergrey and don't really care for Iced Earth. That said, they are still a commanding live act, though I got annoyed with Ripper inserting his Halford imitations into the older songs, most evident on Melancholy and parts of Something Wicked.

 

[Black Winter Day]

i would almost be tempted to see the winston-salem gig if i gave half a shit...

 

[Carbonized]

ditto, although i may be in TX by that time

 

[Dark One]

Yo GZ, you're still coming down tonight right? I'm heading down alone tonight (some friends couldn't get tickets because they're slackers that always wait 'til the last minute).

 

[General Zod]

Yep, I'll be there. Look for me, we'll hang.

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Last night's show was really good, although as you probably know I was there for Evergrey and don't really care for Iced Earth. That said, they are still a commanding live act, though I got annoyed with Ripper inserting his Halford imitations into the older songs, most evident on Melancholy and parts of Something Wicked.

I'm sure it's going to take some time for Ripper to drop the Halford impressions...let's face it, that's what got him to where he is today.
So what's the overall verdict from the IE fans with Ripper fronting them on stage now? How does the new material work?

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Superbly, especially Gettysburg. I also had no problems with his handling of the Barlow material, save for perhaps Melancholy, which just wasn't as good IMO. I really liked him as a frontman, though it should be noted that he's in real life, quite the geek.

 

[commandante]

Looks like Beyond the embrace is going to support Iced Earth on the second leg of their tour...

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Source? That's superb news IMO, as I'm very good friends with those guys and I would love for them to succeed.

 

[commandante]

I think I read it on smnnews.com.

 

[JayKeeley]

Beyond the Embrace seem to have this knack for getting on to some 'big' tours: Iced Earth, Opeth...

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

They're touring with Prong right now, which is actually a decent-sized tour. Remember, they also opened for Helloween back in October too, so you're right.

 

[General Zod]

I thought Ripper delivered vocally. You can't really argue with the guy's chops. That being said, he has very little stage presence.

Do I prefer him to Barlow? No way.

Zod