- The Unholy Alliance (tour)
infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = The Unholy Alliance Tour
artist =Slayer Lamb of God MastodonChildren of Bodom In Flames Thine Eyes Bleed
dates =June 15 ,2006 -November 20 ,2006
number_of_legs = 2
number_of_shows =[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unholy_alliance The Unholy Alliance] is a biennial
heavy metal tour ofEurope andNorth America , with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by thethrash metal bandSlayer , and featured Lamb of God,Children of Bodom , Mastodon,In Flames andThine Eyes Bleed in its last edition.Europe 2004
The 2004 European edition of the tour featured the following bands:
Slayer , Slipknot, Mastodon andHatebreed .North America 2006
The 2006 North American edition of the tour, called "Chapter I", featured the following bands:
Slayer as headliners, Lamb of God as "direct support" band,Children of Bodom and Mastodon in rotating slots,Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. On July 13th in Vancouver the entire show was filmed for a forthcoming DVD, with camera angles from above the bands and in among the audience. [http://metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=611 Metal-rules.com review of the concert] The DVD was released on October 30th 2007. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=79810 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON: More 'Unholy Alliance Tour' DVD Details Revealed ] ]Europe 2006
2006 European edition, called "Chapter II", featured the following bands:
Slayer as headliners,In Flames as "direct support" band,Children of Bodom and Lamb of God in rotating slots,Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. The lineup was identical to the American leg except for Mastodon, who were replaced byIn Flames . The French group Gojira was the second band to perform in Paris on November 7th 2006.Tour Dates
Europe 2008
On May 27th, 2008,
Slayer announced a series of dates scheduled for their upcoming "Chapter III" of The Unholy Alliance Tour. Trivium, Mastodon andAmon Amarth will serve as direct support for these dates. More dates are to be announced soon. The dates are as follows:*
October 27th atMEN Arena inManchester ,England
*October 28th at Wolverhampton CivicWolverhampton , England
*October 30th atHammersmith Apollo inLondon , England
*October 31st atHammersmith Apollo inLondon , England
*November 2nd atCardiff International Arena inCardiff ,Wales
*November 3rd at SECC inGlasgow ,Scotland
*November 5th atStadthalle inOffenbach ,Germany
*November 6th atPalladium inKoln , Germany
*November 7th atHeineken Music Hall inAmsterdam , The Netherlands
*November 9th atSchleyerhalle inStuttgart , Germany
*November 10th atEishalle Deutweg inWinterthur ,Switzerland
*November 12th atLotto Arena inAntwerp ,Belgium
*November 14th atPalasharp inMilan ,Italy
*November 16th atGasometer inVienna ,Austria
*November 17th atMalá sportovní hala inPrague ,Czech Republic
*November 18th atZenith inMunich , Germany
*November 19th atColumbiahalle inBerlin , Germany
*November 21st atValbyhallen inCopenhagen , Denmark
*November 22nd atLisebergshallen inGothenburg ,Sweden
*November 23rd atHovet inStockholm ,Sweden
*November 24th atOslo Spektrum inOslo ,Norway
*November 26th atTampere ,Finland
*November 27th atOld ice hall inHelsinki ,Finland the NEC date has been moved to the the civic hall in wolverhampton, NEc tickets are still valid for this date.
Notes
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/unholyalliancetour The Unholy Alliance] at
MySpace
* [http://www.punknews.org/article/17568 Article] atPunknews.org
* [http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=475&Itemid=49 Article] atThe End Records ' website
* [http://www.hardcoresounds.net/modules.php?name=Interviews&func=view&id=100 Kerry King Interview] atHardcoreSounds.Net
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