DRAGONFORCE Announce Far East Leg Of Ultra Beatdown World Tour
January 20, 2009, 15 years ago
After crashing into the Top 20 national album charts in Singapore and Taiwan with the new album Ultra Beatdown, DRAGONFORCE, the Grammy Nominated multi-national metal band based in London, has announced their second tour of the Far East for early April 2009.
Their spectacular rise in the Far East countries following their initial sold out tour in 2007 supporting Inhuman Rampage release took many music industry onlookers by surprise, except Hong Kong born guitar virtuoso Herman Li.
Li stated, "I honestly always knew we would have a good shot at success in the Far East, the people there like a good show and appreciate good music. Many bands don’t pay enough attention to the various countries in that area of the world and I should know because Hong Kong is my homeland! To be honest it was difficult for us to do our first tour because all of us in the band knew the demands and expectations being made of our time in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Japan and Australia, and the Far East tour came at the end of an 18 month long World Tour, but we all promised fans we would play there live and honoured that promise. This time around we are adding other countries as well. Obviously I’m looking forward to playing Hong Kong, but we’ll put on a great show for all the fans in China, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore also! It will be great to be back!"
DragonForce's complete live itinerary can be found here.
As previously reported, DragonForce have confirmed the reissue of the records that effectively launched their career: Valley Of The Damned (2003) and Sonic Firestorm (2004).
Both of these titles - re-released through Spinefarm Records UK on March 16th - will now come with bonus DVDs and expanded artwork, and are fully endorsed by the musicians themselves.
Amongst the hand-picked extra content is band and producer interviews, live and offstage footage from Japan, plus a behind-the-scenes insight into the recording process itself. Both Valley Of The Damned and Sonic Firestorm will also be available on strictly limited edition vinyl.
