State Theater Concerts and KMI Entertainment announce KAMELOT's North American Tour Kick-Off show, in Tampa Bay, Florida this September. The band will play a special show at the renown State Theater in Downtown St. Petersburg on Monday, September 10th.

For tickets head to this location.

NIGHTWISH will be hitting the road on September 12th on the Imaginaerum North American Tour 2012 with openers Kamelot.

Dates for the tour are as follows:

September

9 - Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
13 - Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
16 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
17 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
19 - CEPSUM University of Montreal - Montreal QC
20 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
21 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
23 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
24 - Congress Theater - Chicago, IL
25 - Pop's - Sauget, IL
27 - Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
28 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
29 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT

October

1 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
2 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
3 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
5 - The Grove - Anaheim, CA
6 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
7 - The Marquee - Tempe, AZ
9 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
10 - Emo's - Austin, TX
11 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
13 - Revolution - Ft Lauderdale, FL
14 - House of Blues Lake Buena Vista - Lake Buena Vista, FL

For more details and tickets visit Enterthevault.com.

Kamelot has announced their highly anticipated return to Europe on the heels of their new album. The tour takes off in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on November 2nd, taking their spectacular show to over 20 top venues and cities in Europe.

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood has checked in with following update on the first show, taking place at De Effenaar: "Just heard from the promoter for the event, tickets are going faster than ever! Dutch Kamelot Nation rules! First headliner show of the tour and we will burn the roof off!"

Fans are advised to purchase tickets in advance, as the show is expected to be sold out. Go to this location for ticket information.

Tour dates:

November

2 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
3 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
4 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
5 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA/Longhorn
6 - Antwerpt, Belgium - Trix
7 - London, England - HMV Forum
9 - Barakaldo, Spain - Rock Star Live
10 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Arena
11 - Barcelona, Spain - Razmatazz 2
13 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon
14 - Wien, Austria - Scene
16 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club
17 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall
18 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik
20 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
21 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
22 - Stockholm, Sweden - Göta Källare
23 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgårn
24 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene

Kamelot recently issued a new video for their song 'Necropolis' which can be seen below. Thomas Youngblood commented, “With this video, we gave Owe (director) free reign to create something unique and visually stunning. Him and his team did a fantastic job!”