PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren has issued the following update:

"We wanna thank everybody that voted for Pain on the Swedish Metal Awards, and made our album the best metal album of the year 07.

I'm working on the new one and it will see the light in September 08, with a lot of bonus from the shows we did in 07. Michael Bohlin will sit out the NIGHTWISH tour because of work, but he will be back for the festivals. Niclas (Engelin/guitars) from ENGEL will help us out on this one..

Thanx again and see you soon."

Peter

As previously reported, Pain will support Nightwish on their European Tour from February until April 2008. Dates are as follows:

February

17 - Siemens Arena - Vilnius, Lithuania
19 - Visla Hall - Krakow, Poland
20 - T-Mobile Arena - Prague, Czech Republic
21 - Arena - Berlin, Germany
23 - Arena - Leipzig, Germany
24 - Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart, Germany
25 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt, Germany
27 - Jako Arena - Bamberg, Germany
28 - Gasometer - Wien, Austria
29 - Hallenstadion - Zürich, Switzerland

March

3 - Palalido - Milano, Italy
4 - Tivoli Hall - Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 - JRC Ice Hall - Budapest, Hungary (upgraded)
8 - Olympic Fencing Arena - Athens, Greece
17 - Color Line Arena - Hamburg, Germany
18 - AWD Hall - Hannover, Germany
19 - Westfalenhalle 2 - Dortmund, Germany
21 - HMH Music Hall - Amsterdam, Netherlands (SOLD OUT)
22 - Rockhal - Luxembourg, Luxembourg (upgraded)
23 - Lotto Arena - Antwerp, Belgium (upgraded)
25 - Astoria - London, UK (SOLD OUT)
26 - Astoria - London, UK
27 - Astoria - London, UK (SOLD OUT)
29 - Carling Academy - Birmingham, UK
30 - Carling Academy - Newcastle, UK
31 - ABC1 - Glasgow, Scotland

April

2 - Mandela Hall - Belfast, UK
3 - Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
4 - Apollo - Manchester, UK (upgraded)
6 - Zenith - Paris, France (SOLD OUT)
7 - Zenith - Strasbourg, France
10 - Halle Tony Garnier - Lyon, France
11 - Dome - Marseille, France
12 - Zenith - Toulouse, France
14 - Razzmatazz 1 - Barcelona, Spain
15 - Santana 27 - Bilbao, Spain
16 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain
18 - Coliseum - Porto, Portugal
19 - Coliseum - Lisbon, Portugal