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FINNTROLL: HEADLINE UK TOUR CONFIRMED FOR SEPTEMBER 09 IN SUPPORT OF LIVE DVD RELEASE
FINNTROLL: HEADLINE UK TOUR CONFIRMED FOR SEPTEMBER 09 IN SUPPORT OF LIVE DVD RELEASE
FINNISH RABBLE-ROUSERS Finntroll have announced a series of UK dates for September of thisyear.
The band – whose early recordings (such as the 1999 album, ‘Midnattens Widunder’)
arguably laid the blueprint for the folk metal movement of today –
filmed and recorded a recent show at the world-famous Melkweg in
Amsterdam, and it this footage that provides the basis for the
as-yet-untitled DVD; this is due to this be released in September of 09
via Spinefarm Records UK.
The full list of dates is as follows:-
SEPTEMBER
25th – Nottingham, Rock City
26th – London, Underworld
27th – Wrexham, Central Station
28th – Manchester, Music Box
29th – Glasgow, Cathouse
30th – Leeds, Rio’s
The show in London on the 26th will be both a Finntroll headliner and a
Spinefarm Records UK showcase event, with several other Spinefarm acts lined up to feature on the bill.
The bulk of the Finntroll
catalogue was Re-issued in the UK in November of last year via
Spinefarm UK – the first time these titles had been made officially
available over here.
http://www.finntroll.net <http://www.finntroll.net/> | http://www.myspace.com/officialfinntroll
http://www.spinefarmrecordsuk.com <http://www.spinefarmrecordsuk.com/> | http://www.myspace.com/spinefarmrecordsuk <http://www.myspace.com/spinefarmrecordsuk>
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