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Iced Earth Tour Dates Announced Posted By: David Priest, Editor In Chief June 21st, 2008 Iced Earth has confirmed sixteen North American tour dates for the fall of 2008
that will take the band to all corners of the For the dates listed below, Iced Earth will be offering a very
limited number of fans the opportunity to attend the show as the band’s guest
VIPs. Fans who purchase a "Child of the
Wicked" VIP package with www.icedearth.com will receive the following: * A ticket to an Iced Earth concert * VIP meet-and-greet with Iced Earth * Autographed item from Iced Earth * Limited-edition Iced Earth t-shirt *- VIP commemorative laminate The VIP packages are very limited and available on a first-come, first-served
basis via the Iced Earth web site. The VIP package cost is $65,
including the concert ticket. VIP packages and ticket sales via
www.icedearth.com will be available starting June 13. Regular tickets sales via
Ticketmaster and all other outlets will not begin
until June 20 and will be subject to local service fees. To learn more about the tour and how to purchase the VIP package and
tickets for the shows below, visit the official Iced Earth website at
www.icedearth.com. The dates are as follows: 
Sep. 21 - Harpo's - Detroit, MI Sep. 22 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, Ontario, CAN Sep. 23 - Le Medley - Montreal, Quebec, CAN Sep. 24 - Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA Sep. 25 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C. Sep. 26 – Amos' Southbend - Charlotte, NC Sep. 27 - Center Stage - ProgPower USA IX. Atlanta, GA** Sep. 28 - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL Sep. 29 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC Sep. 30 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH Oct. 14 - The Norva - Norfolk, VA Oct. 15 - The Palladium - Worchester, MA Oct. 16 - Nokia Theater - New York, NY Oct. 22 - Hawthrone Theater - Portland, OR Oct. 23 - Regency Center at The Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, Oct. 24 - The Avalon - Los Angeles, CA **VIP package not available at ProgPower Iced Earth 's official web site.IcedEarth.com, has posted the cover art (see below)
for the band's forthcoming full-length studio album, The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II), which continues
where their 2007 release, Framing
Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I) left off. The Crucible of Man features the return of frontman Matt Barlow who was
mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer's original voice of
choice to introduce the Something Wicked
saga back in 1998 as a trio of songs which concluded their album, Something Wicked This Way Comes. While the 1998 album provided a general overview of the story Schaffer
has been conceptualizing for well over a decade, the saga is being fully
brought to life with the release of the back-to-back conceptual albums Framing Armageddon and The Crucible of A finalized tracklisting for The Crucible of Man and audio interview
with Jon Schaffer covering the new material will be featured at IcedEarth.com
later this month. The band will begin rehearsals next week for a run of dates
in June as direct support for Judas Priest in Europe, as well as the Hellfest, Bang Your Head!!!, Graspop
and Gods of Metal European festivals. The Crucible of Man is due for a late August or early September release on Steamhammer/SPV.
The release will then be followed by a North American tour that kicks off in
September and features an appearance as headliner for the ProgPower
USA IX festival in The single from the new album is titled "I Walk Among
You" and is being released worldwide this week by Steamhammer/SPV and
features the new track "I Walk Alone" as well as three additional
songs from Framing Armageddon with
new vocal performances by Matt Barlow. All tracks can be listened to in their
entirety at both the band's official web site and MySpace
pages with exception of the track "A Charge to Keep"
which is an iTunes exclusive.
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