Awesome news for all the power/epic metal fans out in the audience, Blind Guardian will be doing a North America tour in November/December '06 in support of their new album, A Twist in the Myth, which is coming out in September. Leaves' Eyes (who I have never heard of before) is opening.
Tour dates as follows:
2006-11-08 USA Phoenix, AZ
2006-11-09 USA San Diego, CA
2006-11-10 USA Santa Ana, CA
2006-11-11 USA Los Angeles, CA
2006-11-12 USA San Francisco, CA
2006-11-14 Canada Vancouver
2006-11-15 USA Seattle, WA
2006-11-17 USA Salt Lake City, UT
2006-11-18 USA Denver, CO
2006-11-19 USA Lawrence, KS
2006-11-22 USA Minneapolis, MN
2006-11-23 USA Chicago, IL
2006-11-24 USA Cleveland, OH
2006-11-25 USA Detroit, MI
2006-11-26 Canada Toronto
2006-11-28 Canada Quebec City
2006-11-29 Canada Montreal
2006-11-30 USA New York City, NY
2006-12-01 USA Worcester, MA
2006-12-02 USA Philadelphia, PA
2006-12-04 USA Springfield, VA
2006-12-05 USA Charlotte, NC
2006-12-07 USA Orlando, FL
2006-12-08 USA Atlanta, GA
2006-12-09 USA New Orleans, LA
2006-12-10 USA Houston, TX
2006-12-11 USA Austin, TX
The venues didn't post over, but they're all up on
www.blind-guardian.com if you want to make sure you know where they're coming. I've been a fan for a good ten years now, and this is my first shot to see them live. I couldn't be more excited.
It also helps that the SF venue is the Fillmore, which is literally 100 feet from my apartment. \m/