FOZZY manager Mark Willis has checked in with the following update:

"The cost of touring is brutal, especially when the band is sensitive to the ticket prices their fans have to absorb, so some creative financing is always involved. Two years ago the concept of a VIP event was mapped out to me by John Howarth, and after a lot of conversation with Chris Jericho and Rich Ward, we created a VIP experience centered around the band and fans sitting down for dinner together, the guys would cut and serve them rotisserie chicken (writer's embellishment, lol). Okay, so they don't cut and serve, but Fozzy does put on a VIP like no other and that's a personal choice they make each and every time they greet you when you arrive, and I am proud of them for it. This one's close to selling out, a testimony to how much the fans enjoy it too!"

All VIP package information can be found at this location.

As a kick-off for the live cycle of their upcoming album, Fozzy will play the legendary Download Festival, two exclusive club shows with UGLY KID JOE and SOiL, and the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in the UK - which lead singer Chris Jericho will be hosting.

Fozzy's UK tour schedule is as follows:

June

6 - London, UK - Underworld (with Ugly Kid Joe)
7 - Wolverhampton, UK - Slade Rooms (with Soil)
9 - Donington Park, UK - Download Festival
11 - London, UK - Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards (riverboat performance) Indigo (O2 Arena)

Fozzy (lead singer Chris Jericho, guitarist Rich Ward, drummer Frank Fontsere, bassist Paul DiLeo and guitarist Billy Grey) will release their Century Media debut worldwide in the late summer of 2012. This, their sixth album, will be the follow-up to their 2010 release Chasing The Grail, which saw them tour 15 countries around the world and perform in cities from Los Angeles to Lichtenvoorde, including an appearance alongside metal’s Big 4 – METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX – on the Knebworth Sonisphere UK, and a string of dates on the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival headlined by AVENGED SEVENFOLD. The above mentioned shows are just a hint of things to come – Fozzy have already confirmed extensive worldwide touring in support of their upcoming album.

Rich Ward (guitars): "Although every band says “this is the best thing we've ever done", I can honestly say that this new album is going to blow everyone away. It's the epitome of who Fozzy is as a band and will expand upon the ultra-heavy yet super melodic and hooky territory that we've refined for the last 12 years. I have a strong feeling that this will be known as our definitive masterpiece for years to come."

Stay tuned for more news.