Heads up, North American power metal nerds! This fall those Teutonic Tolkien-loving titans Blind Guardian are teaming up with their fellow countrymen in Grave Digger to deliver what promises to be the best power metal tour of 2015 and probably one of the best metal tours of the year at that. Back in January, Blind Guardian released their latest album, Beyond the Red Mirror, and they're getting ready to embark on a European tour in a few days. Not surprising considering power metal, and Blind Guardian especially, have a much larger following overseas. But earlier today, the band announced it was bringing the Beyond the Red Morror tour to the United States and Canada this fall!
Blind Guardian almost never tour North America so this ticket should be an instant purchase for fans. Grave Digger are no slouches when it comes to kicking ass either. Their 2014 album Return of the Reaper was one of the best traditional heavy metal albums of the year, and they have a huge back catalog of excellent material to draw from as well. Grave Digger have aonly played one show in the United States in the course of their 30 year career (and I can tell you from experience it was a great) so the chance of fans seeing them live again is very, very low. All things considered, this tour is road-trip worthy so you coddled Millennials better plan on making the trip if these guys come within six hours of you, and that's pretty likely given the number of dates in the United States. Tickets for all dates of the tour go on sale this Friday May 8th so get the word out to your Dungeons & Dragons buddies now! Below is the complete list of dates and venues:
10/27/2015 Baltimore Sound Stage – Baltimore, MD
10/29/2015 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON – CANADA
10/30/2015 Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre – Montreal, QC – CANADA
10/31/2015 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
11/01/2015 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
11/03/2015 Webster Hall – New York, NY
11/04/2015 Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall – Munhall, PA
11/06/2015 The Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
11/07/2015 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH
11/08/2015 Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
11/09/2015 Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
11/11/2015 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
11/13/2015 MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB – CANADA
11/14/2015 Union Hall – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
11/16/2015 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC – CANADA
11/17/2015 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
11/19/2015 The Filmore – San Francisco, CA
11/20/2015 Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA
11/21/2015 City National Grove Of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
11/22/2015 The Marquee – Tempe, AZ
11/24/2015 Gas Monkey Live – Dallas, TX
11/25/2015 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
11/27/2015 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11/28/2015 The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
