DRAGONFORCE Bassist Frédéric Leclercq To Play Guitar For SABATON On European Tour
January 10, 2011, 13 years ago
Swedish metallers SABATON have issued the following update:
"Our old friend and companion (Frédéric Leclercq) from the band Dragonforce (bass) will take over on guitars from Rikard (Sundén) during the upcoming World War Tour in Europe. This is since Rikard has decided to multiply himself and will have his first kid at this time.Of course its the highest wish of Sabaton to tour with all 6 members, but this time Rikard wanted to pass, and to ensure that the fans that come to these shows will get a good show we wanted to bring in a person with both great musical talent as well as a great stage act together with a chemistry that we know fits in Sabaton. We are sure that Frederic is that person.
This is of course a temporary situation, Frederic is still a full member of DragonForce and Rikard is still the guitar player of Sabaton.
For the American tour that starts in April, Rikard will be on stage again, ready to rock and a hopefully a bit richer in life."
Sabaton tour dates:
March (with NIGHTMARE)
3 - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhall4 - Eloyes, France - Centre Culturel
5 - Paris, France - Trabendo
6 - Bilbao, Spain - RockStarLive
8 - Porto, Portugal - Cine Teatro de Corroios
9 - Madrid, Spain - Ritmo y Compas
10 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra
11 - Lyon, Spain - Ninkasi Kao
12. - Bruneck, Italy - Ufo
14 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska15 - Treviso, Italy - New Age Club
16 - Lindau, Germany - Club Vaudeville
18 - Bremen, Germany - Aladdin
19 - Prestatyn, England - Hammerfest
April (with ACCEPT)
9 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone10 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
13 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
14 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
16 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre (+ OVERKILL)
17 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
18 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial De Quebec
20 - Toronto, ON - Mod Club
21 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
22 - Chicago, IL - Bottoms Lounge
24 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
26 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
27 - Portland, OR - Peter's Room
28 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom at the Regency
30 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues
May (with Accept)
1 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre2 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas
6 - Odessa, TX - Dos Amigos
7 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
