From October 10th - 13th, ESP shredder Alexi Laiho of Children Of Bodom made special appearances and held signing sessions at four ESP dealers in Lille, Paris, Toulouse, and Nantes, France. Interview and performance footage from the four day stretch can be viewed below. 

Children Of Bodom have checked in with the following announcement:

"Bonjour France!  Mark your calendars now and do not miss this!"

Children Of Bodom have returned to North America this fall for a celebration of 20 years since the debut of Something Wild and the beginning of the Hate Crew.

The 24-date tour kicked off on October 31st in Dallas, Texas with appearances at this year's Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, seven Canadian dates before concluding in Montreal on December 1st. Joining the band on the momentous occasion are Dutch masters of horror Carach Angren, Finnish thrashers Lost Society and New Jersey progressive, technical death metallers Uncured. Watch a tour trailer below.

Alexi Laiho comments: “So my friends, after rolling thru Europe doing the 20th year anniversary tour, we were honestly pretty bummed out to find out that we wouldn't have enough time to bring the tour to America since it was absolutely a blast for both the crowd and the band. But now I’m stoked to announce that as it turns out, we indeed will be able to do this on the other side of the pond so I’m over the top happy about that!! Remember guys, this will be a once in a lifetime experience seeing us playing all kinds of obscure tracks off the first album, stuff from the second and third albums that we ain't played in over 15 years and the general rule really is that there will not be a single song newer than the Hate Crew Deathroll tracks so it's all about old school COB! So even if Something Wild isn't your favorite album, I can guarantee that it will be entertaining, nostalgic and flat out funny as hell to be a part of this madness so that's one party you just cannot miss! I hope to see you there ladies and gents!”

Tickets are on sale now.

Tour dates:

November
5 - UC Theatre - San Francisco, CA
7 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
8 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
10 - Macewan Ballroom - Calgary, AB
11 - The Ranch Roadhouse - Edmonton, AB
13 - The Grand @ The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
14 - Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
15 - The Truman - Kansas City, MO
17 - The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
18 - The Forge - Chicago, IL
19 - The Majestic - Detroit, MI
21 - Mr. Smalls Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
22 - The Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
24 - PlayStation Theater - New York, NY
25 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
26 - Anthology - Rochester, NY
28 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
29 - Bronson Centre - Ottawa, ON
30 - Imperial - Quebec City, QC

December
1 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, QC