CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist On Tapping Brother ANTTI WIRMAN As Second Guitarist For Upcoming Tour - "We Wanted To Go With Someone Close To The Band"
June 3, 2015, 8 years ago
Finland’s Children Of Bodom recently announced they have parted ways with long-time guitarist Roope Latvala. It was an amicable spilt with no bad blood between them. The band has issued the following statement:
“Dear COB Hatecrew,We need to share something with you at this point. Our friend, brother, and a guitar player for 12 years, Roope, is no longer with the band. As we parted ways with no bad blood, we wish him nothing but the best and thank him for allowing us to share the last 12 years of our lives with him.
Hope you know that this will not affect the upcoming shows or the new album as we recorded it as a four piece and it is already mixed, mastered, heavy as shit and ready to go! Enough said, See you soon!”
With a summer tour due to kick off on June 4th, Children Of Bodom have tapped Warmen guitarist Antti Wirman - the brother of COB keyboardist Janne - to replace Latvala for the road trip. He made his live debut with the band on May 30th at a private performance at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland.
Janne Wirman has since commented on conscripting his younger brother:
"We wanted to go with someone close to the band we can count on and who can nail these songs. Antti was the obvious choice."Children Of Bodom’s summer tour schedule is as follows:
June
6 - Laulurinne - Joensuu, Finland (with Nightwish)
11 - Club A2 - St. Petersburg, Russia
12 - Ray Just Arena - Moscow, Russia
13 - Premio - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
15 - Tele Club - Ekaterinburg, Russia
19 - Hellfest - Clisson, France
20 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg
21 - Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium
26 - Rock am Härtsfeldsee - Dischingen, Germany
July
31 - Ratinan Stadion - Tampere, Finland (with Nightwish)
