OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has issued the following update:

"That was one hell of a European festival season!!!

Three trips back and forth and what a great time with a bunch of really good shows. We cannot thank you all enough for all the support and it is because of you that we are invited to all these festivals! Thank you!

We finished up with a show in Denmark with our good friends in AGNOSTIC FRONT. That was an awesome show and anytime we get together with those guys it is a party waiting to happen.

It had been a while since we were in Denmark and it turned out to be a great show at a great venue! We finished up our run in Germany at the Party.San festival and what a party it was. We had the bus parked there til' 5 AM and I don't remember the party ending.

This actually turned out to be one of the best shows we did this summer. What a way to finish things up! A sea of people going crazy and it was nice to headine that show!"

As previously reported, Candlelight Records have set September 16th as the American release date for Obituary's Left To Die EP.

The EP follows the worldwide success of 2007's Xecutioner's Return and as previously announced includes two brand new songs from the legendary death metal band plus a re-recording of the band's classic 'Slowly We Rot', and remake of the CELTIC FROST classic 'Dethroned Emperor'. The EP additionally contains the band's popular 'Evil Ways' video.

The band will now kick off their second American tour in Atlanta, Georgia and wrap nearly 30 days later in Charleston, South Carolina.

Confirmed tour dates are noted below...

September

16 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
17 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
18 - Ridglea Theater - Ft. Worth, TX
19 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
20 - Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX
22 - The Metro - Mexicali, Mexico
24 - House Of Blues - W. Hollywood, CA
25 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
26 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
27 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
28 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
30 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO

October

1 - Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
2 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
3 - The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
4 - Peabody's Down Under - Cleveland, OH
5 - BB King Blues Club - New York, NY
7 - Trocadero Theater - Philadephia, PA
8 - Rex Theater - Pittsburgh, PA
10 - Palladium - Worcester, MA
11 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD
12 - Uncle Pleasant's - Louisville, KY
13 - Amos Soutend - Charlotte, NC
14 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC