JON OLIVA'S PAIN - European Tour Dates Confirmed, Dubai Show Announced
February 9, 2012, 12 years ago
SAVATAGE's metal masterpiece Hall Of The Mountain King was released in 1987. Then came the brutal debut release from DOCTOR BUTCHER in 1995. Now after 25 years, JON OLIVA'S PAIN will bring both these albums to the Europe Festival/venue stages in 2012 as they perform an anniversary assault of music from both iconic records. Along with Hall Of The Mountain King and Doctor Butcher, the band will perform additional Savatage and JOP songs and continue to celebrate the life and work of JOP's recently departed guitarist and brother, Matthew LaPorte.
The band has issued the tour schedule, with more dates due to be added soon. It is currently as follows:
June
16- Ritz Theatre - Tampa/Ybor City, Florida
23 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland24 - Graspop Festival - Dessel, Belgium
27 - venue tba - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
29 - Turock - Essen, Germany
30 - Dokkem Festival - Raard, Netherlands
July
3 - Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg, Germany4 - venue/city tba
5 - Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium
7 - Byscenen - Haugesund, Norway
10 - Live Club - Milan, Italy
12 - Bang Your Head Festival - Balingen, Germany
13 - venue/city tba
15 - Garage - London, UK
Drummer/producer Chris Kinder has checked in with the following update:
"The tour is going to be epic and unforgettable. We look forward to seeing you all there. Tampa show is the only US show, on June 16th, at the Ritz in Ybor City. Get your tickets while you can."Details of the upcoming Ritz gig are as follows:
7:30pm: doors
7:30om - 8:45pm: pre party in the front bar with RETRIBUTION (featuring Damond Janiya, formerly of Savatage)
9:00pm - 9:30pm: THE ETERNAL AFFECT
9:45pm - 10:45pm: JET CITY (The Ultimate Tribute to QUEENSRŸCHE)
11:00pm - 12:30am: JON OLIVA'S PAIN
12:30am – 300am: JOP meet & greet and after show party with RETRIBUTION
Ticket are $25.00 in advance and day of show. They can be purchased now through the Ritz Theatre Box office at 813-248-9210 between Wednesday and Saturday (tickets to be picked up at Will Call). You can also buy them in person. Ticketmaster purchases will be available online within the next week (additional fees will apply).
