Dragonforce
After bringing their fiery fretwork to Donington Park last weekend for a capacity Download Festival performance, the band are set to play almost a month of shows in November & December, dubbed the Hearts & Minds Tour 2009, with the run being co-promoted by Metal Hammer magazine.
Their current album, ‘Ultra Beatdown’ gatecrashed the Top 20 in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Far East and hit the Top 10 in Japan on its release, marking them out as a truly successful British band on the international stage. This Monday just gone also saw Dragonforce’s twin guitar wizards, Herman Li and Sam Totman pick up The Dimebag Darryl Shredder gong at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods annual awards ceremony.
In more immediate news, the ‘Force also play a one-off London show on 29th July at the Kentish Town HMV Forum as part of the Kerrang! Awards week of shows. Support comes from Brit rockers Stone Gods and Glamour Of The Kill. "We really wanna give fans a special show, as it's been a while since we played in London," says DragonForce guitarist Herman Li. "I think we're going to mix our set up, maybe some bonus tracks that we wouldn't usually play live and do something interesting for our fans.
“We also really like playing diverse bills. We love variety. People listen to different music at home, when they are growing up, it's great to have live shows like that too. Perhaps we will make some new fans at Download, who will then come along to the headline show!"
Full ‘Force dates line up as follows;
Wed 29th Jul – London Kentish Town Forum
Thu 19th Nov – Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Fri 20th Nov – Reading Hexagon
Sat 21st Nov – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Mon 23rd Nov – Southampton Guildhall
Tue 24th Nov – Truro Hall For Cornwall
Wed 25th Nov – Bristol University
Thu 26th Nov – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Sat 28th Nov – Preston 53 Degrees
Sun 29th Nov – Bradford St Georges Hall
Mon 30th Nov – Sheffield Academy
Tue 1st Dec – Hanley Victoria Hall
Thu 3rd Dec – Glasgow Barrowlands
Fri 4th Dec – Dundee Fat Sam’s
Sat 5th Dec – Inverness Ironworks
Mon 7th Dec – Middlesbrough Empire
Tue 8th Dec – Cambridge Corn Exchange
Thu 10th Dec – Lincoln Engine Shed
Fri 11th Dec – Manchester Academy
Sat 12th Dec – Liverpool Academy