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After last weekend’s boiling set at Download Festival, we proudly announce that Turisas will return to UK shores as headliners later this year: the upcoming invasion is an extensive 17 date tour, taking place between 27 October and 17 November 2011, supporting the band’s latest album ‘Stand Up and Fight’. The tour will also feature a voyage across the Irish Sea to visit to Dublin and Belfast (co-headlining shows with Devin Townsend).

Violinist Olli Vänskä:
“We did a similar run back in 2008 and it was a massive success. So many international bands only do a 3-4 date tours in the UK, only covering a couple of the major cities: we wanted to dig deeper and played a lot of shows also in smaller towns and cities. The audience seemed really appreciative and we had some super intense shows back then, and I’ve no doubt that this tour is going to be an exploding experience, too. It’s great to be able to return with such a good number of dates!”

The tickets for the tour are on sale starting Friday 17 June **(except Irish shows, onsale date TBA)** Supporting bands TBC, keep an eye out for a further announcement on supports.

OCTOBER
27 – Brighton Concorde 2 www.seetickets.com
28 – Bristol O2 Academy 2 www.seetickets.com
29 – Plymouth White Rabbit www.seetickets.com
31 – Norwich Waterfront www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk

NOVEMBER
1 – Glasgow Garage www.triplegmusic.com
2 – Newcastle Northumbria Uni www.seetickets.com
4 – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall www.seetickets.com
5 – Leeds University Union (Damnation Festival) www.damnationfestival.co.uk/tickets
7 – Belfast Limelight (co-headline with Devin Townsend)
8 – Dublin Whelans (co-headline with Devin Townsend)
9 – Wrexham Central Station www.seetickets.com
10 – Sheffield Corporation www.seetickets.com
12 – Cardiff University SU: The Great Hall 2 www.seetickets.com
13- Reading Sub 89 www.seetickets.com
15 – Southampton University: Garden Court www.seetickets.com
16 – Leicester Sub 91 www.seetickets.com
17 – Manchester Academy 3 www.livenation.co.uk

Don’t forget that before this tour, you capital city dwellers can catch Turisas at London HMV Forum on 11 October, where the band is headlining the ‘HEIDENFEST’ package tour, also featuring bands like Finntroll, Alestorm and Arkona.

More info:
www.turisas.com
http://www.heidenfest.eu

Last week Turisas was forced to postpone the 7-date tour in Spain and Portugal until November. This was a hard blow to us, as we were expecting the return to Iberian peninsula as much as all our fans.

However, we are happy to now announce the new tour dates: this tour will happen on 22 – 27 November 2011.

SPAIN Main support: TBC
Nov 22 – Barcelona, ES – Salamandra
Nov 23 – Madrid, ES – Heineken
Nov 24 – A Coruna, ES – Ola Green
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.es or from local outlets

PORTUGAL Main support: Gwydion
Nov 26 – Lisboa, PT – Cine Teatro Corroios
Nov 27 – Porto, PT – Hard Club
Tickets: www.ticketline.pt or from local outlets
www.myspace.com/gwydionmetal
http://presentation.gwydion.org (for PT shows only)

Ticket holders for the May Barcelona, Madrid and A Coruna shows can either present them at the new November shows for the relevant venue, where they will remain valid, or get a refund from their point of purchase. Despite our best efforts, unfortunately it has not been possible to reschedule the Pamplona and Granada shows for November – there were simply not enough days in the time we had available to fit everything in. Our sincere apologies go out to those who had already bought tickets for these two shows, and you can get refunds from your point of purchase.

Ticket holders for the May shows in Portugal can either present them at the new November shows, where they will remain valid, or get a refund from their point of purchase

Anyway, no worries, we will still play in Spain already before November: TURISAS are confirmed to play at Creajoven Festival, Murcia (ES) on 17 June 2011.

More info at http://madnesslive.es/2011/04/artista-invitado-final-creajoven-metal/ This show is FREE, so make sure you arrive early and secure your place in the front row. See you there!

Nos informan que la gira de Turisas de la semana que viene se aplaza hasta noviembre

Due to unforeseen technical problems, TURISAS are sad to confirm that they have had to postpone their forthcoming dates in SPAIN and PORTUGAL. We are working with the local promoters right now to reschedule these shows in November 2011. The shows are NOT cancelled and current ticket holders will be able to use their tickets for the rescheduled shows. We are hoping to announce the new schedule in the next 48 hours. Our sincere apologies to all those who have already bought tickets and were looking forward to the shows – we are definitely still coming, just not as soon as we had hoped.

As some consolation, we can tell that Turisas will be coming to Spain for a one-off special event in June – more details very soon.

Spain:
(in cooperation with RockZone Magazine http://www.zona-zero.net/)
17 May Sala Apolo, Barcelona, ES http://www.sala-apolo.com/home.asp?sala=1
19 May Sala El Tren, Granada, ES http://www.salaeltren.com/
20 May Sala Heineken, Madrid, ES http://www.salaheineken.com/
21 May Ola Green, A Coruna, ES http://www.olagreen.es/
22 May Sala Totem, Pamplona, ES http://www.salatotem.com/

All ticketing via Ticketmaster Spain http://www.ticketmaster.es

Portugal:
24 May Cine Teatro Corrois, Lisboa, PT
25 May Hard Club, Porto, PT

All ticketing via www.ticketline.pt

Time for some Street Team action! Retweet the pics in Twitter, post them in Facebook, email to your friends and come to the shows yourself – let’s have a proper party!

http://www.turisas.com/thevarangianguard/Turisas_Spain.jpg
http://www.turisas.com/thevarangianguard/Turisas_Spain.pdf
http://www.turisas.com/thevarangianguard/Turisas_Portugal.jpg
http://www.turisas.com/thevarangianguard/Turisas_Portugal.pdf

The new video for the title track of the new album, “Stand Up and Fight” is now available on YouTube. You can find the video from this location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woW7DmnR0E

The clip was filmed on February 7 in the California desert with director Iain Sclater.