Singer John Tardy from Florida death metallers OBITUARY has issued the following update:

"It was quite the trip to Portugal and back for one festival, but I am glad we did it! Believe it or not this was our first time to Portugal and we really had a good time! It was a great show and it such a beautiful place. We appreciate all the support from the fans and we will be back to see you again soon! SEPULTURA was playing the night after us, but they were there to watch us, hang out and have a few cool ones. They are good friends of ours and it was good to see them.

This show raps up our European Festivals for the 2009 and it is now time to focus on the start of our US. Tour that starts September 3rd in Tucson, AZ! I have been getting lots of fan emails from our U.S. fans and we are ready to hit the road and tear this place up! I hope to see you all out there!

We do have shows confirmed in both Mexico in October and Australia in November! I will have all those dates up here hopefully by the end of the day!"

Upcoming Obituary dates include:

September (with GOATWHORE, KRISIUN, THE BERZERKER, WARBRINGER)

3 - The Rock - Tucson, AZ
4 - U.B.’s Bar - Mesa, AZ
5 - Gator’s - Farmington, NM
6 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
8 - Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
9 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
10 - Slim’s - San Francisco, CA
11 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
12 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
14 - Sugar - Victoria, BC
15 - Plazza Club - Vancover, BC
17 - Warehouse - Calgary, AB
18 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
19 - The Riddell at University of Regina - Regina, SK
20 - Royal Albert Arms - Winnipeg, MB
22 - Rave - Milwaukee, WI
23 - The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
25 - Opera House - Toronto, ON
26 - Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City, QC
27 - FouFounes - Montreal, QC
28 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
29 - The Blender Theatre at Gramercy - New York, NY
30 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA

October (with Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker, Warbringer)

2 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
3 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
4 - Headliner’s Music Hall - Louisville, KY

November

18 - The HiFi - Brisbane (Queensland), Australia
19 - The Corner Hotel - Melbourne, Australia
20 - Manning Bar- Sydney, Australia
21 - The Gov - Adelaide, Australia
22 - Amplifier Bar - Perth, Australia