Long-running Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have announced the first wave of confirmed club and festival dates for their upcoming 2014 European tour that is scheduled to start in May and run through August. The trek will mark the band’s return to Europe, coming off the heels of 2012’s Ugly Noise album and last year’s re-recording of the band’s classic 1988 No Place For Disgrace LP.
Initially set to start in April, the tour was pushed out a month to May in order to allow FLOTSAM AND JETSAM time to continue writing material for the band’s new album, which will feature new drummer Jason Bittner (SHADOWS FALL, ANTHRAX). At press time, the band will begin tracking its as-yet-untitled new effort later this month, with more European and U.S. tour dates to follow.
May
8 – Club Red – Mesa, AZ (AZ Metalfest)
13 – Metropolis Live – Patras, Greece
14 – AN Club – Athens, Greece
15 – Eightball Live – Thessaloniki, Greece
16 – Polyxwros Agora – Ioannina, Greece
18 – Underworld – London, England
19 – Queens Hall – Nuneaton, England
20 – Stereo – Glasgow, Scotland
22 – Rockhard Festival – Gelsenkirchen, Germany
24 – Biebob – Vosselaar, Belgium
25 – Backstage – Munchen, Germany
27 – Modra Vopice – Prague, Czech Republic
28 – Viper Room – Vienna, Austria
31 – PMK – Innsbruck, Austria
June
5 – Hypothalamus – Rheine, Germany
6 – Fortarock – Nijmegen, Netherlands
July
17 – Bang Your Head Festival – Balingen, Germany
24 – Headbangers Open Air – Brande-Hornerkirchen, Germany
27 – Revolver – Oslo, Norway (with Death Angel)
28 – Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, Sweden (with Death Angel)
29 – Debaser Medis – Stockholm, Sweden (with Death Angel)