Dutch symphonic rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION have issued the following update:

"We are very excited to make this announcement. As you know, we have been very busy working on our new album in the past year. It isn’t finished yet, but we’re getting there! We currently have the album scheduled for the beginning of 2011 and of course we will be touring soon after the album release! We’re returning to the European stages in February and March for the first part of the tour and head straight into the festival season after that.

We will be sending special links out to our fan club members starting Wednesday, July 28th, so they will be able to take part in an exclusive pre-sale for fan club members only. Check TheSilentfForce.com to see the details on Wednesday. General presale will start on Friday, July 30th unless otherwise mentioned on our tour page. Check back for all the exact pre-sale links. There will be Twitter-tags for all the shows. If you mention them in your Twitter-messages, you will be able to see who else is going to the same show as you and communicate with them!

Here are the dates of the first part of the tour, we hope to see you there:

February

25 - Heerhugowaard, Netherlands - De Waerdse Tempel
27 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
28 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

March

6 - Groningen, Netherlands - Oosterpoort
9 - Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet
10 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
11 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
13 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
14 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
15 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
17 - Dresden, Germany - Schlachthof
18 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
20 - Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
21 - Zürich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
22 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
24 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
25 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
27 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
28 - Cologne, Germany - E-Werk
30 - London, England - Shepherd’s Bush Empire
31 - Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique

April

1 - Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
2 - Kerkrade, Netherlands - Rodahal

More news about the album and more touring plans will follow ASAP."