IN THIS MOMENT guitarist Chris Howorth has checked in from the OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE tour with the following update:

Ozzy Arena Tour – Day 1:

"Jesse, Blake and I flew to Seattle the night before the first show and went right to a Days Inn Motel and crashed, we all woke up excited and ready to get to the venue (the Key Arena), we were blow away as we entered the back area of the arena and saw Ozzy and Zombie's massive stage set up spread out in this huge arena, it was so surreal, the backstage area was massive, we had two dressing rooms with showers! Our tour bus was due to arrive after soundcheck and the whole band is so excited to see this thing (it was getting wrapped with a big advertisement or somthing). Our soundcheck was awesome, everything is done 100% pro on this tour, the Ozzy and Zombie crew are true professionals, so everything runs according to plan. The bus arrived and blew us all away, it had this huge mural of us on the sides, we couldn't believe it. We've been in a crappy van and a cramped RV all year and none of us have homes, this bus is so awesome to us! The whole day is like a dream, here we are in an arena starting our tour with OZZY, and we get to do this for 3 months!

The show went off great we played to about 9,000 people and even though they were spread out everyone in the crowd seemed to really enjoy the show. After getting cleaned up and chilling out for a minute we watched Zombie destroy the place, what a show! And then Ozzy played to a packed house for 2 hours! It was so amazing! We get to do this for 3 months! Its unbelievable!"
-Chris-

The tour schedule is currently as follows:

October (with Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie)

22 - Rexall Place - Edmonton, AB
23 - MacEwan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
24 - Credit Union Centre - Saskatoon, SK
26 - Agribition Building - Regina, SK (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
27 - MTS Centre - Winnipeg, MB
29 - Fargodome - Fargo, ND
30 - Pioneer Hall - Duluth, MN (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
31 - Target Center - Minneapolis, MN

November (with Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie)

2 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium - Des Moines, IA
3 - The Blue Note - Columbus, OH (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
4 - Gateway Arena - Sioux City, IA
5 - Swiftel Center - Brookings, SD (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
6 - Rushmore Plaza Civic Centre - Rapid City, SD
8 - Expo Park - Great Falls, MT (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
9 - MetraPark Arena - Billings, MT
11 - The E-Center - Salt Lake City, UT
12 - The Big Easy - Boise, ID (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
14 - Rose Garden - Portland, OR
16 - Stockton Arena - Stockton, CA
17 - Senator Theater - Chico, CA (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
18 - ORACLE Arena - Bakersfield, CA
20 - San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, CA
24 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
26 - Rabobank Arena - Bakersfield, CA
28 - Jobing.com Arena - Glendale, AZ
30 - STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA

December (with Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie)

4 - Pepsi Center - Denver, CO
6 - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK
8 - Kansas Coliseum - Wichita, KS
11 - Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO
13 - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
16 - Allstate Arena - Chicago, IL
18 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI
20 - Mellon Arena - Pittsburgh, PA
22 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

January (with Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie)

3 - Cumberland County Civic Center - Portland, ME
5 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC
8 - DCU Center - Worcester, MA
10 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
14 - Colisee Pepsi Arena - Quebec City, QC
16 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
19 - John Labatt Centre - London, ON
21 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
24 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, OH