According to the official QUEENSRŸCHE website, guitarist Michael Wilton will be holding a guitar clinic at Good N Loud Music (5225 University Ave., 53705) in Madison, WI on September 8th. It will begin at noon. The band will be playing the Orpheum Theater in Madison that night. For more information about the clinic go to this location.

As previously reported, DIO vocalist Ronnie James Dio will reprise his role as Dr. X from QUEENSRŸCHE's Operation: Mindcrime II album on the live stage on October 5th when the band's tour hits the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, CA. The band's 2006 tour schedule is as follows:

August

25 - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
26 - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
27 - Barbara B Mann - Fort Myers, FL
29 - Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
30 - Saenger Theater - Mobile, AL
31 - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater, FL

September

1 - Pompano Amphitheatre - Pompano Beach, FL
2 - Florida Theater - Jacksonville, FL
3 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
6 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO
7 - Pageant - St. Louis, MO
8 - Orpheum Theatre - Madison, WI
9 - Myth - Minneapolis, MN
11 - Potawatomi Casino - Milwaukee, WI
12 - Potawatomi Casino - Milwaukee, WI
14 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
15 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
16 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
17 - Emerald Theater - Mt. Clemens, MI
19 - Turning Stone Casino - Verona, NY
21 - Nokia Live - New York, NY
22 - Nokia Live - New York, NY
23 - House of Blues - Atlantic City, NJ
25 - Majestic Theater - San Antonio, TX
26 - Verizon Theater - Houston, TX
27 - Nokia Live - Dallas, TX
29 - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
30 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT

October

1 - Kiva Auditorium - Albuquerque, NM
3 - Dodge Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
4 - Humphrey’s - San Diego, CA
5 - Gibson Amphitheatre - Los Angeles, CA
6 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
7 - Pechanga Resort - Temecula, CA
8 - Konocti - Kelseyville, CA
10 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
11 - Warfield - San Francisco, CA
12 - Roseland - Portland, OR
13 - Moore Theater - Seattle, WA
14 - Moore Theater - Seattle, WA
15 - Moore Theater - Seattle, WA
17 - Reno Hilton Theater - Reno, NV
18 - The Big Easy - Boise, ID
19 - Big Easy Concert House - Spokane, WA
20 - Wilma Theater - Missoula, MT
21 - Shrine Auditorium - Billings, MT

November

1 - Kool Haus - Toronto, CAN
2 - Palace Theatre - Albany, NY
3 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
4 - 930 Club - Washington, DC
5 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD
7 - Palace Theatre - Greensburg, PA
8 - State Theater - New Brunswick, NJ
9 - The Avalon - Boston, MA
10 - Chevrolet Theater - Wallingford, CT
11 - Hampton Beach Casino - Hampton Beach, NH
12 - Metropolis - Montreal, CAN
14 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
15 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
17 - Dow Center - Saginaw, MI
18 - Madison Theater - Covington, KY
19 - Tennessee Theatre - Knoxville, TN
21 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
22 - Selena Auditorium - Corpus Christi, TX
24 - Hogg Auditorium - Austin, TX
25 - Abrahm Chevez PAC - El Paso, TX
26 - Tucson Music Hall - Tucson, AZ
28 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
30 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV