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Queensryche Tour Dates Announced
Posten on: 2008-08-16 04:39:31
The progressive metal band Queensryche is announcing it has signed with Rhino Records. Rhino is scheduled to release 'Operation:mindcrime II' in January 2006. This is the eagerly awaited sequel to Queensryche's groundbreaking 1988 concept album 'Operation:mindcrime.' "We found Rhino and they found us. Several labels were interested in signing Queensryche, but we went with Rhino because our good friend Kenny Nemes is an executive there. He worked with us on our 'Greatest Hits' album for EMI. Kenny is a very creative guy," says vocalist Geoff Tate. "We are utterly confident that Rhino will do what it takes to make as many people aware of 'Operation:mindcrime II' as possible. Rhino has an exciting team of people who are really into it. They already have a ton of different, innovative promotional ideas in mind and so do we, so it's a great fit." The public's appetite for 'Operation:mindcrime II' was whetted with Queensryche's recent sold-out tour during which 'Operation:mindcrime' was performed live in its entirety for the first time in 15 years. Tate, guitarist Michael Wilton, guitarist Mike Stone, bass guitarist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield are picking up the provocative tale of 'Operation:mindcrime.' It's best known songs include "Revolution Calling," "I Don't Believe In Love" and "Eyes Of A Stranger." The album's intriguing plot involves Nikki, a young man from the streets who is brainwashed and turned into a drug-addicted assassin by a shadowy, evil, anarchy movement led by Dr. X. Nikki's lover, Mary, a teen-age runaway who became a prostitute and then a nun, is murdered. 'Operation:mindcrime' was left open-ended with a central, heart-pounding cliffhanger: Who killed Sister Mary? 'Operation:mindcrime II' will address that question, as well as Nikki's fate. "'Operation:mindcrime II' is about revenge and what it does to people -- their emotions and the situations they find themselves in," says Tate, who conceived the sequel's direction last year while working on a screenplay based on the original album. "The character of Nikki has now been in prison for 18 years. I thought, 'What would I do?' I'd be analyzing every move I ever made, especially the wrong ones. I'd want to get the guy who put me there. Nikki's revenge is about getting out, getting him and getting even." Current Fall Tour Dates Include: Tuesday, September 13th Victoria, BC Royal Theater Wednesday, September 14th Vancouver, BC Vancouver PAC Friday, September 16th Boise, ID Big Easy Saturday, September 17th Spokane, WA Big Easy Tuesday, September 20th Edmonton, AL Red's Ent. Center Wednesday, September 21st Calgary, AL MacEwan Hall Thursday, September 22nd Saskatoon, SAS Credit Union Center Friday, September 23rd Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Saturday, September 24th St. Paul, MN Myth Sunday, September 25th Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom Wednesday, September 28th Columbus, OH Promo-West Thursday, September 29th Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium Friday, September 30th Louisville, KY Palace Theater Saturday, October 1st Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Sunday, October 2nd Toledo, OH Stranahan Theater Tuesday, October 4th Greensburg, PA Palace Theater Wednesday, October 5th Reading, PA Sovereign PAC Thursday, October 6th New Brunswick, NJ State Theater Friday, October 7th Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center Saturday, October 8th Portland, ME State Theater Tuesday, October 11th Cleveland, OH House of Blues Wednesday, October 12th Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theater Thursday, October 13th N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Friday, October 14th Orlando, FL House of Blues Saturday, October 15th Ft. Meyers, FL Barbara B. Mann
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Queensryche Tour and Album Details
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Queensryche will hit the road in August in support of their upcoming album 'Operation Mindcrime II', which will arrive in stores on April 4th. The disc will be the third release since the departure of founding guitarist Chris Degarmo in '97 and will be the first album of new material since 2003's 'Tribe'. Current dates include stops in the following cities: August 25th, 26th in Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues August 27th in Fort Meyers, FL @ Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall August 29 in Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle August 31 in Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall September 1st in Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheatre September 2nd in Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre September 3rd in Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues September 6th in Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater September 7th in St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant September 8th in Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater September 9th in St. Paul, MN @ Myth September 11th, 12th in Milwaukee, WI @ Potawatomi Bingo Casino September 14th - 16th in Chicago, IL @ House of Blues September 17th in Mount Clemons, MI @ Emerald Theater September 19th in Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Casino Resort September 21st, 22nd in New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre September 23rd in Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues September 25th in San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre September 26th in Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater September 27th in Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre September 29th in Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium September 30th in Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot October 1st in Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium October 3rd in Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theater October 4th in San Diego, CA @ Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay October 5th in Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre October 6th in Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues October 7th in Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Resort & Casino October 10th in Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues October 11th in San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre October 12th in Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater October 13th, 14th in Seattle, WA - Moore Theater October 17th in Reno, NV @ Reno Hilton Theatre October 18th in Boise, ID @ Big Easy October 19th in Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
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Queensryche Arrested At Amsterdam Airport
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Queensryche was arrested today at the Amsterdam airport today for smuggling illegal firearms! Details are a bit sketchy at the moment, but word just came in moments ago from Geoff Tate. More info as it becomes available... stay tuned!
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Queensryche fan club sponsors food drive
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The Queensryche Fan Club will be hosting a food drive that will take place at the Detroit, Phoenix and Tucson shows. The fan club asks that each concertgoer bring at least 1 canned food item to the show for donation. The food collected will be distributed to individuals in need. For more information, head over to www.queensryche.com
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QUEENSRŸCHE: Japanese Dates Announced
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QUEENSRŸCHE will embark on a four-date Japanese tour in late May/early June. The details are as follows: May 31 - Kosei-Nenkin Hall - Tokyo, Japan Jun. 01 - Kosei-Nenkin Hall - Tokyo, Japan Jun. 03 - Zepp - Nagoya, Japan Jun. 05 - NHK Hall - Osaka, Japan
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