Devin Townsend Project drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has checked in with the following update:

"DTP European Tour rehearsals have begun for our upcoming headlining tour in March. Our great friends and killer band Periphery will be direct support with more of our good friends and another killer band, Shining (Norway), opening each show. An awesome new set is being worked on. New songs and old songs never played before. It's gonna be cool! Stoked and grateful!"

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

Dates include:

March

5 - Paris, France - La Cigale
6 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
7 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
8 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
10 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
11 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
12 - Budapest, Hungary - A38
13 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic
14 - Prague, Czech Republic - Roxy
16 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
17 - Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
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

The second track on the Devin Townsend Project's new album Z², entitled "Fallout" (from Disc 1, Sky Blue) features lead vocals by Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering), who has previously appeared on DTP's Epicloud and Addicted records. The original mix of "Fallout" featuring Townsend singing lead - never officially released - can be heard below along with the final album version:

Devin Townsend

Anneke van Gierbergen