Los Angeles heavy metal power trio NINTH CIRCLE have issued a summer tour update.

Ninth Circle’s Summer Vengeance tour 2010 (aka Escape The Studio tour) began on June 11th and will keep them on the road until the end of August. Then it is off to the studio to begin writing and recording the much anticipated follow up to The Power Of One release. Since the beginning of the tour the band has played with such notable acts as MICHAEL SCHENKER and STEEL PANTHER to rave reviews.

Now as August arrives the band will once again venture into venues and play for a mass audience at the annual Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California. This is an annual summer event which consists of a summer concert series with headliners such as, SCORPIONS, DOKKEN, RATT, Sammy Hagar and HEART and hosts over a million visitors a year for a 23 day event.

Ninth Circle’s Bass player Frank Forray comments: “This is a massive opportunity for Ninth Circle. We’ve played in front of some large audiences, but this is sure to be a grand experience. Living in Southern California, we were always excited to see who was on the bill each summer and checked out great shows under the summer sky… now we’ll be on stage and some So Cal kid will be thinking exactly the same thing!”

He goes on to say, “I remember seeing OZZY there and VAN HALEN. It’s a great venue and there are just so many people that it is a bit surreal to comprehend that we are now playing this place. The band can’t wait and neither can our fans!”

Ninth Circle concludes their Summer Vengeance tour 2010 on August 28th in Yucaipa, CA with friends RUTHLESS. Frank details: “We were on the bill for their first show in 22 years last year. That was an honour.

They are really great guys and a brilliant band. We saw Sami (De John) at our show when we played with HAMMERFALL back in March. It was good to catch up with him again. Even more interesting, is that Dennis [Brown] had met Jim Durkin years ago when he was with DARK ANGEL. Dennis had bought an amp from Jim that once belonged to Kerry King! It’s a small metal world…”

Vocalist Dennis Brown comments: "Yeah, that was very cool. It was before Craigs List and 'The Recycler' had just gone online. I didn't know until I showed up at his place and I still have that power amp to this day! It's been about a year since we played with them live so looking forward to the August gig in Yucaipa"

Summer Vengeance Tour dates are as follows:

August

7 - Costa Mesa, CA - The Hanger (OC County Fair)
28 - Yucaipa, CA - Angel’s Roadhouse (with Ruthless)