DragonForce Give North America An Ultra Beatdown
8/27/2008 By Josiah Hughes

Released this week, DragonForce’s fourth album Ultra Beatdown is just that: a non-stop, pummeling monstrosity that shreds and wails with unending, unspeakably fast guitar and synth solos. Sound like fun? It is, and it’s even better live. That’s why you’re in luck. The band have just announced a massive North American tour.

The whole thing kicks of in Honolulu on November 1, with the band pillaging through the States until they reach Canada in December. There, they will make stops in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Sounds like an early Christmas present!

DragonForce Ultra Beatdown tour dates:

11/01 Pipeline Café - Honolulu, HI
11/03 The Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
11/05 The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
11/07 Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
11/08 SOMA - San Diego, CA
11/10 Marquee - Phoenix, AZ
11/11 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
11/13 The Great Salt Air - Salt Lake City, UT
11/14 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
11/15 Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
11/17 House of Blues - Dallas, TX
11/18 House of Blues - Houston, TX
11/19 Stubbs - Austin, TX
11/21 The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
11/22 House of Blues - Orlando, FL
11/23 House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
11/25 Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY
11/26 Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
11/28 Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD
11/29 The Palladium - Worcester, MA
11/30 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
12/02 The Medley - Montreal, QC
12/03 Imperial - Quebec City, QC
12/05 Kool Haus - Toronto, ON
12/06 Royal Oak Music Theater - Royal Oak, MI
12/07 Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
12/09 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
12/10 Congress Theater - Chicago, IL
12/12 MYTH - Minneapolis, MN
12/13 Burton Cummings Theatre - Winnipeg, MB
12/15 Events Centre - Edmonton, AB
12/16 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, AB
12/19 Croation Cultural Centre - Vancouver, BC

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