HELMET Announces 2009 European Tour; Taps Oakland's TOTIMOSHI For Main Support
December 9, 2008, 15 years ago
HELMET has announced January and February 2009 European tour dates with Oakland’s TOTIMOSHI, the Bay Area co-ed trio whose newest album Milagrosa, produced by Helmet's Page Hamilton and recorded by Toshi Kasai (BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), will be released physically throughout Europe on February 2nd and digitally on January 20th via Volcom Entertainment.
Founded in 1989 by Page Hamilton, Helmet continues to tour the world and influence and inspire generations. Recording 4 albums over a 9 year period including 1992’s groundbreaking gold album Meantime and 1994’s Betty. Helmet are currently writing an album for release in 2009.
Supporting act Totimoshi, the gritty and raw Bay Area band, have pointed to their Latin heritage as playing a key role in the shaping of their sound; turning the two disparate parts of the band’s personality into music that is undeniably their own and a flavor that’s unique in the world of modern heavy music.
Tour dates:
January
15 - Oberhausen, Germany - Zentrum Altenberg17 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Patronaat
18 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
20 - Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
21 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega Jr.
22 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
23 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
24 - Wroclaw, Poland - Firlej
26 - Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk
27 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
28 - Vienna, Austria - Szene
29 - Milan, Italy - Magnolia Club
30 - Ravenna, Italy - Bronson Club
31 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Club Schuur
February
1 - Solothurn, Switzerland - Kofmehl3 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo 2
5 - Vigo, Spain - Sala A
6 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Caracol
7 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
9 - Strasbourg, France - La Laterie
11 - Weinheim, Germany - Café Central
12 - Stuttgart, Germany - Die Rohre
13 - Bielefeld, Germany - Forum
14 - Gent, Belgium - Minnemeers
15 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
