CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman is featured in a new interview with, conducted back on April 2nd 2011 in Manchester, UK at the Manchester Academy. Check out the footage below:

As previously reported, Children Of Bodom will play the Global East Rock Festival 2011 in Kiev, Ukraine on September 10th. Go to this location for event information.

The band have been confirmed to play at Download 2011; they will appear on the 2nd Stage on Friday, June 10th.

The five – led into action by guitar star Alexi Laiho – will be supporting this one-off UK festival showing with a brand new single, the third to be drawn from their new Relentless, Reckless Forever album (their seventh to date), which has already sold well in excess of 100,000 copies worldwide and has been certified gold in their home country of Finland.

The North American leg of the band's Ugly World Tour will kick off in Los Angeles on June 24th and run through July 24th in Montreal, where COB will perform alongside KISS, MOTÖRHEAD and more as part of the Heavy MTL hard rock festival.

"We are psyched to see all of our friends in North America and to play our new songs live for all of the Bodom maniacs," commented COB guitarist / vocalist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho. "Get ready to throw it down!"

Support on the Children Of Bodom tour will come from DEVIN TOWNSEND, with openers OBSCURA and SEPTICFLESH rotating positions each night.

Ugly North American Tour dates, with Devin Townsend, Obscura and Septic Flesh, include:

June

24 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
25 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
26 - Portland, OR - Roseland
27 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
28 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
30 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom

July

2 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Center
3 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon
4 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick Center
5 - St. Paul, MN - Station Four
6 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
8 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
9 - Orlando, FL - BeachamTheater
10 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
13 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
14 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
15 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
16 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre
17 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre
19 - Worcester, PA - Palladium
21 - Halifax, NS - Multipurpose Centre (* no Devin Townsend)
23 - Toronto, ON - Downsview Park (* as part of Heavy TO with Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Slayer, etc.)
24 - Montreal, QC - Parc Jean-Drapeau (* as part of Heavy MTL with KISS, Motörhead, etc.)

Canadian fans have the opportunity to purchase special COB ticket + album + merch bundles. For further details, please visit this location.

Click here for the band's complete tour itinerary.