Dutch media site 3voor12 has posted pro-shot footage from EPICA's May 28th show at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Holland. In addition, they have posted footage of the band performing live in an intimate studio setting. Check out the material using the dropdown menu here or go to this page.

Audrey Dujardin, founder of Munich-based ShutterBLAST.net, recently posted a picture gallery from Epica's May 15th performance at MetalFest in Minin am Inn, Austria. Check it out at this location.

Epica recently updated their European summer festival schedule with a handful of dates (**) through June, July and August. It is now as follows:

May

29 - Fuzz - Athens, Greece
30 - Principal - Thessaloniki, Greece

June

4 - Toulouse Metal Fest - Toulouse, France **
12 - Sweden Rock - Sölvesborg, Sweden **

July

8 - Metalcamp - Tolmin, Estonia
10 - Norway Rock - Kvinesdal, Norway
16 - Masters of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic
17 - Hegyalja Festival - Tokaj, Hungary **
23 - Kavarna Rock Fest - Kavarna, Bulgaria **

August

7 - Alcatraz Metal Festival - Deinze, Belgium **
14 - Open Mind Festival - Szczytno, Poland **

October

16 - De Schakel - Reuver, Holland

As previously reported, due to the overwhelming success of their last trek through North America earlier this year, Epica will be returning to the US and Canada for 24 headlining shows with label mates SCAR SYMMETRY, MUTINY WITHIN and BLACKGUARD. The tour is set to launch on November 16th in West Springfield, Virginia and wrap-up in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 18th.

This will be Epica's second trek to North America in support of their Billboard-charting release (Heatseekers chart - #12; Top Hard Music Albums chart - #47) Design Your Universe featuring new guitarist Isaac Delahaye (ex-GOD DETHRONED).

Confirmed tour dates are:

November

16 - Jaxx - W. Springfield, VA
17 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
19 - The Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
20 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
21 - Club Soda - Montreal, QC
23 - Music Hall - London, ON
24 - Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
26 - Blondie’s - Detroit, MI
27 - Headliner’s Music Hall - Louisville, KY
28 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
30 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO

December

2 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
3 - Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
4 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
5 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
7 - The Key Club - Hollywood, CA
8 - Ramona Mainstage - Ramona, CA
9 - Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
11 - Trees - Dallas, TX
12 - Emo’s - Austin, TX
14 - The Club at Firestone - Orlando, FL
15 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
17 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
18 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC

Exclusive pre-sale tickets for the tour are on sale now at EnterTheVault.com through June 3rd. Tickets go on sale through all normal ticketing outlets on June 4th.