Children of Bodom on tour for 15th anniversary
World famous Finnish metal superstars Children of Bodom have announced a North American headlining tour in celebration of the band’s 15th Anniversary. Presented by ESP in association with Full Metal Jackie, the quintecennial trek will kick off on January 30, 2012 in Rochester, NY and run through March 4, hitting 26 cities over the course of the five week jaunt. Support on the Children of Bodom anniversary tour will come from Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, Boston extreme metal band Revocation and Canada’s Threat Signal.
Children of Bodom (or COB) continues to tour the globe in support of its critically acclaimed new album Relentless Reckless Forever which landed at #41 on the Billboard Top 200 in its first week of release. Fronted by vocalist and international guitar hero Alexi “Wildchild” Laiho, the band high-energy hooks and electric energy forge stadium-sized heavy metal anthems that seethe with marvelous musicianship. 15 years into its career, COB continues to grow its ever-expanding fan base via supercharged live shows that have also made fans of some of hard rock’s biggest names. Longtime metal vocalist and reality TV star Sebastian Bach jumped on stage and expressed his love for the band at a Children of Bodom show in Los Angeles this past summer while Laiho was invited to join Deftones on stage in COB’s hometown of Helsinki for a joint performance of the band’s hit “Root”.
ESP Guitars presents Children of Bodom
With Eluveitie, Revocation and Threat Signal
In association with Full Metal Jackie
Brought to you by Spinefarm Records, Good Fight Entertainment, Nuclear Blast Records, Relapse Records & ACTION! PR
January 30 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
January 31 Detroit, MI Harpos
February 1 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
February 3 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
February 4 St. Louis, MO Pops
February 6 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
February 7 Denver, CO Gothic Theater
February 9 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
February 10 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
February 11 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
February 13 Santa Ana, CA Yost Theatre
February 14 San Diego, CA House of Blues
February 15 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
February 17 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
February 18 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
February 19 Lubbock, TX Pavilion
February 21 Austin, TX Emos East
February 22 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
February 24 Louisville, KY Expo 5
February 25 Cleveland, OH Peabodys
February 26 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
February 27 Montreal, QC Metropolis
February 29 Quebec City, QC Imperial
March 1 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
March 2 Huntington, NY The Paramount Theater
March 3 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
March 4 Baltimore, MD Ram’
