ICED EARTH and SYMPHONY X recently announced a co-headline tour for North America that kicks off January 31st in Hartford, Connecticut, and concludes March 11th in Clifton Park, New York. At that point, Iced Earth will continue another week – without Symphony X – for five more dates. Pre-sale and VIP tickets went on sale exclusively on October 31st via Artist Arena, and Iced Earth has checked in with the following update:

"VIP tickets will be available for all Iced Earth shows. If they're not all listed yet via the Artist Arena link, they will be in the next few days. VIP tickets sell extremely quickly in the States, so I wouldn't wait forever. But, you should be fine buying them in the next week or so after all the shows have been posted on the Artist Arena site.

Also, just to clarify, Symphony X will tour with Iced Earth through March 11th, the Clifton Park show. The press release gave the date as March 10th. The itinerary dates are correct, though. It was just the press release that was wrong.

By the way, the response has been amazing. Sales are already brisk. It looks like you guys really, really want to see Iced Earth, eh?"

For all dates click here.

"I'm excited to tour with Symphony X," founder Jon Schaffer said. "They're phenomenal musicians and very cool guys. This co-headliner tour will be a great experience for the fans. It is also way overdue for us to play a proper tour of North America. Get ready!"

As previously reported, Iced Earth kicked off their European tour in support of their new album, Dystopia, on October 30th in Bochum, Germany. Fan-filmed footage of the band performing 'When The Night Falls' from the 1991 self-titled debut with new vocalist Stu Block is available below:

The tour schedule is as follows:

November

1 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
2 - Uden, Netherlands - De Pul
3 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
4 - London, UK - Islington Academy
5 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy
6 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy
8 - Paris, France - Alhambra
9 - Lyon, France - Transbordeur
10 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1
11 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Heineken
12 - Bilbao, Spain - Rock Star Live
14 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
15 - Rome, Italy - Alpheus
18 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
19 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
20 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Principal Club
21 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Yubileina Hall
22 - Bucharest, Romania - The Silver Church
23 - Belgrade, Serbia - SKC
24 - Budapest, Hungary - Club 202
25 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
26 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
27 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Forum Palace
29 - Moscow, Russia - Milk

December

1 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
3 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Rock
4 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
6 - Herford, Germany - X
7 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
8 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk
9 - Geiselwind, Germany - Christmas Metal Festival
10 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
11 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
13 - Istanbul, Turkey - Refresh The Venue
15 - Nicosia, Cypress - Pavilion

FURY UK and WHITE WIZZARD join Iced Earth on all European tour dates, except for Russia, Turkey, and Cyprus.

To celebrate Dystopia’s runaway success, the band has released the first music video from the album. 'Dystopia', the title track, can be viewed here.