Danish rockers D-A-D have issued the following update:

"D-A-D will go on tour in Germany with DER W (Stephan Weidner) in April. The concerts are already sold out. All of you who did not get a ticket in time will get another chance as D-A-D will be back in Germany in May, to play Wacken Rocks South in Rieden-Kreuth and Wacken Rocks Seaside in Aurich (with Der W, IN EXTREMO, STRATOVARIUS and more), and finally Wacken Rocks Berlin (with Der W, VOLBEAT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN). The festival details are not set yet, stay tuned!"

The band recently announced, "We are proud to reveal the name of the supporting act in Finland: THE MILESTONES. The Helsinki based five-man band will accompany D-A-D to all four shows in Finland in February 2009."

The Finnish dates include:

February

25 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia Club
26 - Turku, Finland - Klubi
27 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
28 - Oulu, Finland - Club Teatria

D-A-D's tenth album, Monster Philosophy, was released on November 10th in Europe via EMI, and through 3R in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on November 21st.

The band recently checked in with the following update regarding their upcoming Monster Philosophy Live '09 tour:

"SKAMBANKT from Norway and THE BLUE VAN from Denmark are now confirmed as support on the Monster Philosophy Tour '09. Both bands will play at the closing concert in Copenhagen, March 7th, 2009."

Upcoming dates include:

January

30 - Horsens, Denmark - Forum Horsens (with Skambankt)
31 - Randers, Elro Arena (with Skambankt)

February:

6 - Skive, Denmark - Kulturcenter Limfjorden (with The Blue Van)
7 - Middelfart, Denmark - Lillebæltshallerne (with The Blue Van)
12 - Esbjerg, Denmark - Tobakken (with The Blue Van)
13 - Esbjerg, Denmark - Tobakken (with The Blue Van)
14 - Aalborg, Denmark - Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center (with The Blue Van)
20 - Frederikshavn, Denmark - Arena Nord (with The Blue Van)
21 - Herning, Denmark - Messecenter Herning (with The Blue Van)

March:

5 - Århus, Denmark - NRGi Arena (with Skambankt)
6 - Odense, Denmark - Arena Fyn (with Skambankt)
7 - Copenhagen, Denmark (with The Blue Van, Skambankt)