DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT Comment On Winning Metal / Hard Music Album Of The Year Juno Award - "A Very Cool Achievement In The Canadian Music Industry"
March 17, 2015, 9 years ago
The 2015 Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of America's Grammy Awards) took place on March 14th in Hamilton, Ontario at FirstOntario Centre. The Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year nominees were as follows:
Kataklysm - Waiting For The End To Come
Devin Townsend Project - Z²
Skull Fist - Chasing The Dream
Shooting Guns - Brotherhood Of The Ram
Single Mothers - Negative Qualities
The Devin Townsend Project took home the Juno this year. Currently on the road with DTP, he issued the following statement:
Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen also chimed in:
"So, the DTP won a Juno for album of the year with Z²! Third time lucky, as we were nominated twice before and didn't win. A very cool achievement in the Canadian Music Industry. Very proud of this award and grateful to be a part of earning it!"On March 5th the Devin Townsend Project kicked off their European headline tour at La Cigale in Paris, France. Fan-filmed video, complete with jazz hands during "Lucky Animals", can be viewed below:
The tour schedule is as follows:
March
18 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
19 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
21 - Seinäjoki, Finland - Rytmikorjaamo
22 - Helsinki, Finland - Circus
24 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
25 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
26 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
27 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
29 - Bristol, England - O2 Academy
30 - Glasgow, Scotland - O2 ABC
31 - Manchester, England - Academy
