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Important News

The whole site is being moved onto a new server and domain. We are moving to www.live4metal.org on March 1st, but the Tour News will be online on February 18th and it will be updated with all the latest gigs added with a weekly update planned for every Sunday morning, hangovers permitting.

This page will no longer be updated, the tour news can now be found at: www.live4metal.org/tournews.htm

If you have any comments about the tour guide or would like to add a gig, please contact me via this new email address: Live4MetalHQ@yahoo.com

 

February

 
  Gigantic
Bigelf:
Oxford Academy 20th - Glasgow Cathouse 22nd New
 
Blaze Bayley:
Dudley JB’s 6th - Leeds Rio’s 9th - High Wycombe The Nags Head 10th - Swindon The 12 Bar 11th - Swansea Sin City 12th - Nottingham Rock City 13th - Grimsby The Yardbirds 14th - Weymouth Finn’s 16th - Winchester The Tower Arts Centre 17th - Southend Riga Bar 18th - Peterborough The Park 19th - Camden The Underworld 20th - Bury Hark To Towler 24th - Dumfries The Venue 25th - Edinburgh Bannerman’s 26th - Aberdeen The Moorings Bar 27th - Glasgow Ivory Blacks 28th
Buy
Chris Slade Steel Circle:
London Underworld 16th
 
Decapitated + Kataklysm * + Man Must Die:
Birmingham Academy 1st - Glasgow Ivory Blacks 2nd - Manchester Moho Live 3rd - Bristol Bierkeller 4th - Reading Sub89 5th - Leeds Rio's/Sweeney Todds 6th - - Wrexham Central Station 7th - London Islington Academy 8th (*Kataklysm not playing London)
Buy
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter:
London Underworld 18th - Edinburgh Studio 24 20th - Nottingham Rock City 21st New
Buy
Europe + Diamond Head:
Leeds Academy 18th - Birmingham Academy 19th - London Shepherds Bush Empire 20th - Oxford Academy 22nd - Bournemouth Academy 23rd - Bristol Academy 24th - Manchester Academy 2 26th - Newcastle Academy 27th - Glasgow ABC 28th  
Buy
Fear Factory:
Manchester Academy 2 16th - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 17th - Glasgow Garage 18th - London Camden Electric Ballroom 19th
Buy
Hecate Enthroned:
London Underworld 13th
 
Lacuna Coil:
Birmingham Academy 1st - Glasgow ABC 2nd - Bristol Academy 4th - London Shepherds Bush Empire 5th
Buy
Lamb Of God + Job For A Cowboy:
Birmingham Academy 9th - Newcastle Academy 10th - Glasgow Barrowlands 11th - Manchester Academy 12th - London Brixton Academy 13th
Buy
Machine Head + Hatebreed + Bleeding Through + All Shall Perish:
Plymouth Pavilion 16th - Newport Centre 17th - London Brixton Academy 18th - Birmingham Academy 21st - Leeds Academy 22nd - Glasgow Academy 23rd - Manchester Apollo 26th - Dublin Olympia 28th
Buy
Marduk + Anaal Nathrakh + Artisian + Zebadiah Crowe:
Dublin Whelan's 2nd - Belfast Limelight 3rd - Glasgow Classic Grand 4th - Leeds Rio's 5th - Leicester Retribution 6th - Manchester Metro Live 7th
 
Mastodon:
Wolverhapmton Wulfrun Hall 16th - Bristol Academy 17th - Glasgow Barrowland 19th - Manchester Academy 20th - Newcastle Academy 21st - Nottingham Rock City 23rd - London Roundhouse 24th
Buy
Municipal Waste:
Glasgow King Tuts 1st - Leeds Cockpit 2nd - London Scala 4th
 
Overkill:
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 24th - London Islington Academy 25th
Buy
Rammstein:
Manchester MEN Arena 2nd - Birmingham Arena 3rd - London Wembley Arena 4th
Buy
Saint Vitus + Orange Goblin + Centurion's Ghost:
London Islington Academy 3rd
Buy
The Devil's Blood:
London Underworld 19th
 
Ulver:
London Scala 10th
Buy
 

March

 
  Gigantic
   
Blaze Bayley:
Newcastle Trillians 1st - Belfast TBC 5th - Dublin Fibber Magees 6th
 
Dan Reed:
London Union Chapel 5th
Buy
Dark Funeral + Akercocke:
Leeds Rios 12th - Nottingham Rock City 14th - London Underworld 15th
Buy
Delain:
London Garage 21st - Nottingham Rock City 22nd - Glasgow Cathouse 23rd - Dudley JB's 24th - Leeds Rio's 25th New
 
Edguy:
Dudley JB's 13th - Glasgow Cathouse 15th - Leeds Rios 16th - Nottingham Rescue Rooms 19th New
 
Hammerfest: Iced Earth + Devil Driver + Katatonia + Napalm Death + Orange Goblin + Epica + Dark Funeral + Akercocke:
Prestatyn Pontins 11th + 12 + 13th
 
Kamelot + Leaves' Eyes + Adagio:
London Koko 28th
Buy
Katatonia:
Manchester Academy 3 9th - Nottingham Rock City Basement 10th - London The Garage 11th - Cardiff Barfly 13th - Birmingham Academy 3 14th
Buy
Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Birmingham Arena 4th - Cardiff International Arena 5th - London Hammersmith Apollo 6th - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium 9th
 
Machine Head + Hatebreed + Bleeding Through + All Shall Perish:
Belfast George's Market 1st
 
Obituary:
Birmingham Academy 7th - Newcastle Academy 8th - Glasgow ABC2 9th - London Islington Academy 11th - Sheffield Academy 12th New
 
Slayer:
Manchester Academy 7th - London Forum 8th + 9th
Buy
Steel Panther:
Newcastle Academy 18th - London Brixton Academy 19th - Sheffield Arena 20th
Buy
Suffocation + Annotations Of An Autopsy + Nervecell + Fleshgod Apocalypse + Burning The Masses:
London Underworld 30th - Dublin Whelans 31st
 
The 69 Eyes + Christian Death + Mandragora Scream:
London Islington Academy 9th - Manchester Academy III 10th - Glasgow King Tut's 11th - Nottingham Rock City 12th
Buy
Theatre of Tragedy:
London Underworld 14th
 
Winger:
Bristol Academy 22nd - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 23rd - Manchester Academy 3 24th - Dudley JB's 26th - Belfast Spring & Brake 27th - Glasgow Cathouse 28th - Newcastle Academy 2 30th - Leeds Rio's 31st
Buy
 

April

 
  Gigantic
Airbourne:
London Hammersmith Apollo 1st - Liverpool Academy 2nd - Manchester Apollo 3rd - Edinburgh Picture House 5th - Glasgow Academy 6th - Leeds Academy 7th - Newcastle Academy 8th - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 10th - Nottingham Rock City 11th - Belfast Mandela Hall 13th - Dublin Academy 14th
Buy
Bad Company + Joe Perry Project:
Birmingham Arena 1st - Manchester Evening News Arena 2nd - Sheffield City Hall 4th - Cardiff CIA 5th - Newcastle Arena 7th - Glasgow Clyde Arena 8th - Brighton Centre 10th - Wembley Arena 11th
Buy
Dying Fetus + Beneath The Massacre + Origin + Revocation + Man Must Die:
London Underworld 27th New
 
EyeHateGod:
Nottingham Rock City 8th New
Buy
Killing Joke:
Edinburgh Picture House 15th - London Hammersmith Apollo 16th
Buy
Opeth:
London Royal Albert Hall 5th
Buy
Slayer:
Nottingham Rock City 2nd - Glasgow Barrowlands 3rd - Leeds Academy 4th - Birmingham Academy 5th
Buy
Suffocation + Annotations Of An Autopsy + Nervecell + Fleshgod Apocalypse + Burning The Masses:
Leeds Rios 1st - Birmingham Academy 2 2nd
Buy
Winger:
Sheffield Corporation 2nd - Nottingham Rock City 3rd - London Islington Academy 4th
Buy
 

May

 
  Gigantic
Abgott + Empyreal Destroyer + Fen + Primitive Graven Image + Carpathia + Phyrexia + Reaping Havoc:
London Underworld 15th New
 
Bolt Thrower:
London ULU 1st - Dublin The Button Factory 2nd - Belfast The Limelight 3rd - Leeds Rios 4th - Wrexham Central Station 5th - Birmingham The Asylum 6th
 
Hammerfall:
Manchester Academy 2 1st - Glasgow Cathouse 2nd - Sheffield Corporation 3rd - Nottingham Rescue Rooms 4th - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 5th -  - London Electric Ballroom 6th
Buy
Kiss:
Dublin Arena 7th - Glasgow SECC 9th - Manchester Arena 10th - Birmingham Arena 11th - London Wembley Arena 13th
Buy
Metallica:
Belfast Odyssey Arena 11th + 12th
 
 

June

 
  Gigantic
Pearl Jam:
Dublin O2 22nd - Belfast Odyssey Arena 23rd - London Hyde Park 25th New
Buy
Ratt:
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 17th New
Buy
 

July

 
 
  Gigantic
High Voltage Festival: ZZ Top + ELP + Heaven & Hell + Foreigner + Uriah Heep + Asia + Marillion + Black Label Society + Clutch Updated
London Victoria Park 24th + 25th
 
Ratt:
London Islington Academy 10th New
Buy
Sonisphere: Iron Maiden + Rammstein + Alice Cooper + Slayer + Anthrax + The Cult + Iggy & The Stooges + Motley Crue:
Knebworth July 30th + 31st + August 1st New
 
 

August

 
  Gigantic
Bloodstock: Doro + Leaves' Eyes + Devin Townsend + Cannibal Corpse + Suffocation + Amorphis + Children of Bodom + Fear Factory + Obituary + Behemoth + Korpiklaani + Gwar + Rage + Dream Evil:
Catton Hall, Derbyshire 13th + 14th + 15th Updated
 
 

September

 
  Gigantic
Blind Guardian + Steelwing:
London Shepherds Bush Empire 26th New
 
 

All dates are as accurate as possible. But always check with the venue 1st