PROTEST THE HERO – Announce North American Tour Dates; Album Release Date Revealed
January 18, 2011, 13 years ago
Whitby, Ontario-based progressive metallers PROTEST THE HERO will begin their world tour with dates in Europe and the UK from January 26th through February 12th supporting DARKEST HOUR. Following an appearance at Australia’s 2011 Soundwave Festival, the band will begin an extensive Canadian and US tour March 23rd with support acts MAYLENE and THE SONS OF DISASTER AND TESSARACT. The Canadian leg of the tour will be sponsored by D-Tox Clothing. Dates for the tour are as follows:
March
23 – Kingston, ON - Stages24 – Ottawa, ON - Capital Music Hall
25 – Montreal, PQ - Le National
26 – Oshawa, ON - The Green Bottle
27 – Barrie, ON - The Mansion
29 – Thunder Bay, ON - Crocks
30 – Winnipeg, MB - WECC
31 – Yorkton, SK - Agri Pavillion
April
1 – Edmonton, AB - Avenue2 – Calgary, AB - The Gate / SAIT
4 – Abbotsford, BC - Abby Arts Centre
5 – Seattle, WA - Corazon
6 – Portland, OR - Branx
8 – San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
9 – San Diego, CA - Soma Side Stage
10 – Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
11 – Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
12 – Phoenix, AZ - Nile Theatre
14 – Las Vegas, NV - Area 702
15 – Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon
16 – Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
18 – Austin, TX - Emo’s Outside
19 – Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
20 – Dallas, TX - The Door
22 – Orlando, FL - The Social
23 – Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Downstairs
24 – Greensboro, NC - Greene Street Club
26 – Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
27 – Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
29 – Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
20 – Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
May
1 – Worcester, MA - Palladium Upstairs3 – New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
4 – Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
6 – Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
7 – London, ON - London Music Hall
8 – Chatham, ON - Encore Bar
9 – Kitchener. ON - Wax Nightclub
11 – Hamilton, ON - Studio Theatre
12 – St. Catharines, ON - L3 Nightclub
Presale tickets for the headline tour will be available Wednesday, January 19th.
For Canadian shows, tickets can be pre-ordered at this location. For US shows, tickets can be preordered here.
Canadian metallers PROTEST THE HERO will release their third studio album, Scurrilous, on March 22nd via Vagrant Records in the US. Scurrilous is the follow up to the band’s 2008 sophomore release, Fortress, and reunites the band with producer Julius “Juice” Butty.
Pre-orders for Scurrilous will be available the first week of February at ProtestTheHero.com. Multiple premium packages will be available with more details to be announced in the coming weeks.
The band previously posted video footage from the studio. Both videos can be seen below:
