BW&BK; has received the following press release:

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, featuring SAVATAGE vocalist / founder Jon Oliva, has announced their fall tour kick-off concert on Saturday, September 18th at Bourbon Street Nightclub in New Port Richey, Florida. Special guests for this show will be SEVEN KINGDOMS, HOLES AND HEARTS, and THE ETERNAL EFFECT. Tickets will go on sale soon at this location.

Jon Oliva's Pain will launch it's Euro-headlining tour in late September in support of their new album, Festival. Special guests for the tour will be NEED from Greece and NEVERLAND from Turkey. The tour will center around a live DVD concert to be filmed at The 013 in Tilburg, Holland on October 15th. A release date is tentatively set for early 2011. Confirmed dates so far are listed below.

Oliva: " It's finally time to bring our Festival to the stage. We are blessed to have had such an amazing reaction to the new record. We will play 5-7 songs from the new CD and some real Savatage treats. It's gonna be awesome and filming an official live concert of JOP music and the Criss Oliva era of Savatage will be something special for the band and all who attend....don't miss it!"

Also, JOP can now confirm the headlining position for the Pathfinder Metal Festival at The Local Venue in Marietta, Georgia on Saturday October 30th. More bands and info to be announced soon.

The band's summer festival appearances are as follows:

June

27 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting

July

16 - Balingen, Germany - Bang Your Head Festival
17 - Lichtenvoorde, Holland - Zwarte Cross Festival

The band's tour schedule, now including a new date in Germany and two shows in Spain (**) is as follows:

September

18 - New Port Richey, Florida - Bourbon Street Nightclub
28 - Berlin, Germany - Halford **
29 - Prague, Czech Republic - Exit Club

October

1 - Gunzendorf, Germany - Prog Metal Night
2 - Essen, Germany - Turock
5 - Hamburg, Germany -New Ballroom
6 - Aschaffenburg, Germany -Colos-Saal
8 - Köln, Germany - Werkstatt
9 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk
10 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
12 - Colmar, France - Grillen
13 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
15 - Tilburg, Holland - 013 (DVD concert - no support act)
16 - Vosselar, Belgium - Biebob
18 - Madrid, Spain - Heineken **
19 - Barcelona, Spain - Rassmatazz 2 **