Toronto rockers DANKO JONES have updated their 2011 tour schedule with a string of European dates for December. Their schedule is now as follows:

July

23 - Nordfjordeid, Norway - Malakoff Rockfestival
29 - Grossefehn / Ostfriesland, Germany - Omas Teich Festival
30 - Kuopio, Finland - Kuopio Rockcock

August

5 - Kokkola, Finland - Kokkola Rockfestival
6 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air
13 - Birch Run, MI - Dirt Fest
19 - Ludinghausen, Germany - Area 4

September

2 - Stockholm, Sweden - Gröna Lund
12 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
14 - West Hollywood - The Roxy

November

28 - Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli
29 - Groningen, Holland - Oosterport

December

2 - Rostock, Germany - Mau
3 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
4 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
7 - Graz, Austria - PPC
8 - Milano, Italy - Bloom
10 - Eindhoven, Holland - Speedfest
11 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Gaswerk
13 - Toulon, France - Omega Live
17 - Angers, France - Le Chabada
18 - Ris Orangis, France - Le Plan

The band recently announced that drummer Atom Willard will be joining them on the road this summer, replacing Dan Cornelius who is no longer with the band. With a history in bands like ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT, THE OFFSPRING, and SOCIAL DISTORTION, and being a current member of ANGELS & AIRWAVES, the experience and talent Atom is bringing to the band will be the beginning of a very exciting new chapter.

"Both JC and I have been fans of Atom Willard for years," Danko said. "We own the records he's on and hell, we even wrote a song about his old band ['RIP RFTC' about Rocket From The Crypt]. Yes, we're ecstatic he's coming out with us."

Atom's first show with the band will be in Gothenburg on June 15th, followed by about a dozen European festivals lined up throughout the summer. More North American dates will be announced shortly.

"I have been a fan of this band and these songs for a long ass time, so when they asked if I could do it, and I could, I was stoked!" Atom said. "I love rock and roll!"
"When I saw Atom Willard in the crowd 6 years ago at The Troubadour in Los Angeles watching us, I was dumbstruck," Danko said. "I almost stopped the show just so I could get my copy of 'The State of Art Is on Fire' 10-inch signed. Now that he'll be playing with us, that'll be the first order of business."