BLACK TUSK To Tour Europe With BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "It's Been An Incredibly Trying Time For Us Over The Past Month And We Want To Thank Everyone For Their Support"
December 10, 2014, 9 years ago
Last month, Savannah, Georgia's Black Tusk announced the passing of bassist Jonathan Athon who was involved in a serious motorcycle accident with his girlfriend Emily on Friday, November 7th.
After a trying year and the loss of their brother and band mate Athon, Black Tusk will be honoring Athon's wishes and going on tour in Europe with Black Label Society:
"It's been an incredibly trying time for us over the past month and we want to thank everyone for their support. We had confirmed the tour with Black Label Society and finished the new album before Athon's accident and Athon, specifically, had been very excited about the opportunity to tour with BLS and we feel there's no way he'd want things to end on this note. Corey Barhorst, formerly of Kylesa and currently of Niche, will be stepping in for Athon for the time being. All of us go back over 10 years and Corey seemed the natural choice to carry on for Athon."The band has set up a Memorial Fund for Athon, his girlfriend and his family. Donations can be made at AthonFund@gmail.com.
The band recently completed their fifth full-length record with producer Joel Grind of Toxic Holocaust at Audiosiege Studios in Portland, OR this past September.
Tour dates:
February
12 - Birmingham, England - The Institute
13 - London, England - Roundhouse
14 - Bristol, England - Bristol 02 Academy
15 - Leeds, England - Leeds 02 Academy
17 - Norwich, England - Norwich UEA
18 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
19 - Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
21 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
22 - Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
24 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
25 - Dortmund, Germany - FZW Freizeitzentrum West
26 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
27 - Strasbourg, France - La Laitere
March
3 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Music Hall
5 - Stockholm, Sweden - Close Up Baten (Crusie)
6 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturl
8 - Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Cafe
9 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Forum Palace
11 - Gdansk, Poland - B90
12 - Krakow, Poland - Studio
14 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
15 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
