DEVIN TOWNSEND Announces UK Unplugged Dates
September 22, 2011, 13 years ago
Canadian vocalist/guitarist/producer DEVIN TOWNSEND has announced a string of UK unplugged dates in late November.
Unplugged - The Second Coming dates, with special guest DAVE MCPHERSON, include:
November
15 - University - Newcastle, England16 - Corporation - Sheffield, England
17 - O2 Academy 2 - Leicester, England
18 - The Sugarmill - Stoke-On-Trent, England
Townsend previously issued the following update:
"As some of you may know, I'm doing four shows in London in November, that will document all four records in the Devin Townsend Project for DVD! Over the next little while I'll announce the support bands, starting with Deconstruction here today... The support for that show will be SHINING from Norway, who are one of my favorite live acts. Check them out, they're stellar. Officially that night is going to be full of loud, very complicated music :)Stay tuned for further announcements!"
Townsend has posted footage from his rehearsals for the upcoming UK dates in November, to be shot for an upcoming DVD release. He has issued the following update:
"After a week of computer problems, here' s the footage of the Deconstruction jam, complete with synch issues and a weird aspect ration... *sigh*. Anyways, this was the second group of rehearsals for the four shows in London.Personnel: Dirk Verbueren on drums, Dave Young on guitar, Mike Young on bass. We had four days to practice this stuff and it wasn't nearly enough time, but we got through it without a hitch and came out the other side with less hair.
Addicted is next!"
The Devin Townsend Project recorded four albums from 2008 onwards, culminating with Deconstruction and Ghost, which were both released earlier this year. For the upcoming London dates, the band will be performing each album from the series in order of their release, starting with their debut album Ki on Thursday, November 10th.
Townsend previously commented on the shows: “Just finishing a really gratifying and incredibly humbling four months of touring. The shows have been really coming along, starting to incorporate visuals, learning what works and what doesn't and having the opportunity to play with amazing bands, who I have been fans of for years. The next step is to rehearse the four albums from The Project and we will play four special shows in London covering the gamut of musical moments that have been a part of this past four years with many cool surprises.”
Devin Townsend Project tour dates:
October
12 - Sound Stage - Baltimore, MD13 - The Note - Philadelphia, PA
14 - Rock And Shock - Worcester, MA
15 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
16 - The Altar - Pittsburgh, PA
17 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
18 - Harpo's - Detroit, MI
19 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL
21 - Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO
22 - Marquis - Denver, CO
24 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
25 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
27 - Hawthorne - Portland, OR
28 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
29 - Commodore Theater - Vancouver, BC
November
10 - Union Chapel - London, UK11 - University of London Union - London, UK
12 - University of London Union - London, UK
13 - Union Chapel - London, UK
InsideOut has issued a video trailer for the tour, check it out below: