LAIKA - Laikaruptour Launches Tonight; Tour Schedule Adjusted
July 20, 2012, 12 years ago
Manitoba melodic metallers LAIKA will perform in front of their hometown crowd at Ozzy's in Winnipeg, MB tonight as the band kicks off the Laikaruptour with tech deathers ABHORUPT. The band will then head to the Western part of Canada for a string dates before wrapping things up on July 31st.
The band has issued the following statement about the upcoming tour: "With this new tour we are showing the newer sound of Laika and exposing fans to true Winnipeg Melodic Death metal. We have enlisted Ronnie Ladobruk on guitar to join us on the journey out west. If this name sounds familiar, you may know him from this year's Canada's Got Talent! He was part of the Winnipeg Auditions. Ronnie has been putting a crazy amount of effort to make this tour a successful one. He's an awesome guitarist and we can't wait to show him the tour life."
Dates:
July
20 - Winnipeg, MB - Ozzy's23 - Regina, SK - Exchange/the club
25 - Prince George, BC - Pizzaricos
26 - Vancouver, BC - Red Room Lounge
27 - Edmonton, AB - Avenue Theater
29 - Calgary, AB - Lord Nelsons
30 - Saskatoon, SK - The Fez
31 - Brandon, MB - North Hill Inn
After the tour Laika will be heading into the studio with Ryan Forsyth again to record the long overdue follow-up to 2010's Crafting The Cataclysm which was self released and made available for free download on LaikaMetal.com.
