Down Announce Canadian Dates

06/22/09 2:47pm

by Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack)

Metal band Down have added a number of Canadian dates to their tour itinerary.

The New Orleans supergroup — which consists of lead vocalist Phil Anselmo (Pantera), guitarist Pepper Keenan (Corrosion Of Conformity), guitarist Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Kingdom Of Sorrow), bassist Rex Brown (Pantera) and drummer Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod, Crowbar, Superjoint Ritual) — are currently on tour in Europe.

The band will be taking the pride of proggy Quebec, Voivod, with them on tour.

Brown told Billboard.com in November that the band plan to begin recording their fourth album this fall.

The NOLA rockers are scheduled to play the following dates:

June 22 Krakow, Poland @ Studio
June 23 Budapest, Hungary @ Petofi Csarnock
June 24 Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer Clubersion
June 26 Dessel, Belgium @ Festivalpark Boeretang (Graspop Metal Meeting)
June 27 Serengeti, Germany @ Schloss Holte (Serengeti Festival)
June 28 Milan, Italy @ Stadio Brianteo (Gods Of Metal)
June 30 Athens, Greece @ Terra Vibe Park (Rockwave Festival)
July 3 Roskilde, Germany @ Roskilde Festival
July 4 Hockenheim, Germany @ Hockenheimring (Sonisphere)
July 5 Leipzig, Germany @ With Full Force Festival
July 6 Tolmin, Slovenia @ Metalcamp Festival
July 8 Turin, Italy @ Colonia Sonora
July 9 Lucerne, Switzerland @ Koncerthaus Schuur
July 11 Barcelona, Spain @ Parc Del Forum (Sonisphere)
July 12 Toulouse, France @ Le Bikini
Aug. 3 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
Aug. 6 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Aug. 7 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre
Aug. 8 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
Aug. 10 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Aug. 11 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Aug. 14 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
Aug. 18 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Aug. 19 Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Sept. 2 Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues
Sept. 13 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues