ICED EARTH/SAXON CO-HEADLINING TOUR OF EUROPE, 2009

[PurpleCrayonWriter]

Iced Earth's MySpace page just posted the announcement of a co-headlining tour of Europe with Saxon.

Saxon? I didn't know they were still around. But, apparently, they are -- and Jon is hot to trot to tour with them.

From IE's MySpace announcement:

For Iced Earth, this will be the first full European tour since the return of frontman, Matt Barlow. I am pleased Matt is back, explains guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer. We are brothers with a long, meaningful relationship behind us. The band will present songs from their current album, The Crucible Of Man, and for spring Schaffer has also announced the release of a new DVD.

Who's writing that stuff?

Anyway, here are the tour dates, in case anyone plans a trip to Europe to see these aged headbangers do their thing:

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2009 TOURDATES

FEB.01.2009. F-Paris - Bataclan
FEB.02.2009. B-Brussels - AB
FEB.03.2009. NL-Tilburg - 013
FEB.04.2009. D-Cologne - Essigfabrik
FEB.06.2009. LUX-Luxembourg - Den Atelier
FEB.07.2009. D-Herford - X
FEB.08.2009. D-Hamburg - Docks
FEB.10.2009. NO-Oslo - Rockefeller
FEB.11.2009. SE-Stockholm - Annex
FEB.12.2009. DK-Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
FEB.13.2009. D-Berlin - Huxleys
FEB.15.2009. PL-Warsaw - Spodac
FEB.16.2009. CZ-Zlin - tba
FEB.17.2009. A-Vienna - Gasometer
FEB.19.2009. HU-Budapest - Petofi Hall
FEB.20.2009. SI-Ljubljana - Mediapark
FEB.21.2009. HR-Zagreb - Boogaloo
FEB.22.2009. I-Milan - Rolling Stone
FEB.24.2009. CH-Zurich - Volkshaus
FEB.25.2009. F-Strassbourg - La Laiterie
FEB.27.2009. E-Bilbao - Rockstar Live
FEB.28.2009. E-Madrid - La Riviera
MAR.01.2009. E-Barcelona - Razzmatazz

 

[caex]

It would be nice if Saxon would finally give the US another tour.

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

Fucking bring this tour to the States!

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Yeah .. Saxon is still pretty big in Europe. They've stayed active thru the years, and put a new disc out every couple of years. They were one of the most popular acts on the bill when I went over to Wacken in 07'. I think they closed out one of the nights. I was occupied during their set, but Zod & Wife said they put on a killer live show.

Britt

 

[Pellaz]

Wow, looks like Matt managed to get a whole month off from work!

 

[Hechingen]

I saw the Saxon/Masterplan stop in Stuttgart in March 07. Saxon filled the place (LKA Longhorn...about the size of the Roxy in Atl), played a long set old and new, and everyone I saw left happy. I wish there was a devout enough following for them to visit the southeast US. I don't see myself back in Germany for at least a couple of years.

 

[Azrael LenGraden]

Saxon gets better with age!!!
THE KILLING GROUND was awesome...LION HEART is good too...