APOCALYPTICA: More North American Dates Announced

Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has scheduled the following North American dates:

Aug. 05 - The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, Colorado
Aug. 06 - Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, Oklahoma
Aug. 07 - Village Theatre Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug. 08 - Antone’s Beaumont, Texas
Aug. 09 - Ozzfest Dallas, Texas
Sep. 13 - X103 FEST (Verizon Wireless Centre) Indianapolis, Indiana
Sep. 15 - Barrymore Theatre Madison, Wisconsin
Sep. 16 - First Avenue Minneapolis, Montana
Sep. 18 - Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska
Sep. 19 - People’s Court Des Moines, Iowa
Sep. 21 - 20th Century Theatre Cincinnati, Ohio
Sep. 23 - Music Hall London, Ontario
Sep. 24 - Capital Music Hall Ottawa, Ontario
Sep. 25 - The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts
Sep. 26 - Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, New York
Sep. 27 - Webster Theatre Hartford, Connecticut
Sep. 28 - 9:30 Club Washington, Washington DC
Sep. 29 - Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct. 01 - Center Stage Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia
Oct. 02 - House Of Blues - Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Oct. 03 - State Theatre Saint Petersburg, Florida
Oct. 04 - Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Professionally filmed video footage of APOCALYPTICA's June 5, 2008 performance at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal can be viewed below.

APOCALYPTICA recently cancelled its appearance at the M'era Luna festival — set to take place August 8-9 in Hildesheim, Germany — in order to play this year's one-day Ozzfest in Dallas, Texas on August 9.

APOCALYPTICA recruited FUEL frontman Toryn Green to handle lead vocals on the quartet's recent North American tour, which began on April 11 and concluded on May 19. The group initially enlisted Johnny Andrews, who co-wrote the band's current single, "I'm Not Jesus", to sing on the trek, but Andrews was replaced after just a handful of shows. In addition to "I'm Not Jesus", Andrews also co-wrote another track called "S.O.S. (Anything But Love)". Both tunes are from APOCALYPTICA's new album, "Worlds Collide", which arrived in stores in the U.S. on April 15.

Other guests on "Worlds Collide" include SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia, drummer Dave Lombardo from SLAYER and vocalist Till Lindemann of RAMMSTEIN.

Cristina Scabbia performed with APOCALYPTICA at this year's Download festival which was held June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK.

"I'm Not Jesus":