JON OLIVA'S PAIN's new album, Festival, will be featured on Metal Express Radio's 30 minute Daily Album Premiere show this Wednesday, February 10th, offering the fans a listen to the new material. The album will be released via AFM Records on February 19th. Tune in here at 6:00 and 18:00 CET (midnight and noon EST).

The band recently updated their tour schedule in support of Festival, with several more shows due to be announced in the weeks ahead. Performance dates for the festival shows listed below will be confirmed soon. Their schedule is currently as follows:

April

24 - Bourbon Street Nightclub - New Port Richey, Florida
30 - Triton Power Cruise

May

1 - Triton Power Cruise

15-16 - Wacken Rock Brazil - Sao Paulo, Brazil

June

26-27 - Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium

July

6-7 - Bang Your Head Festival - Balingen, Germany

October

15 - 013 - Tilburg, Holland (to be filmed for live DVD)
16 - Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium

As previously reported, the songs 'Lies', 'Festival' and 'Afterglow', taken from Festival, are now available for streaming at this location. More clips are due to be online soon. Festival will be released worldwide on February 19th via AFM Records.

The complete album tracklist is as follows:

'Lies'

'Death Rides A Black Horse'

'Festival'

'Afterglow'

Living On The Edge'

'Looking For Nothing'

'The Evil Within'

'Winter Haven'

'I Fear You'

'Now'

The band recently issued the following update:

"Hello one and all,

Thanks for following the JOP blog and updates. You can now find us on facebook as well so please drop by and be a part the JOP family there as well.

Festival will be released worldwide on February 19th. Interviews with JO and other band members is currently a full time job with 6 - 8 interviews every day for the past three weeks. Why does this matter? Because it shows how much interest the new CD is receiving. The reviews and comments from critics around the world has been nothing short of amazing. Festival will be rewarded with Albumn Of The Month in many of the European publications over the next few months. We hope you enjoy it as much as they have.

We decided to create a video log of the making of Festival and the creation of the songs. This is Part 1 (found below)

of our 3 part series. Hope you enjoy it!

The summer festival concert season and the fall tour plans are nearing completion. We hope to see all of you there especially the DVD concert filming at the 013 in Tilburg, Holland on October 15. This show will sell out so do not miss your chance. Go to the 013 website and order your tickets before it's to late.

Thanks for the support....and spread the word about JOP!"