Queensryche tours with Judas Priest, headlines in fall
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Currently holding down the opening slot on Judas Priest 's summer tour, prog-rockers Queensryche have inked a headlining run for the fall.
The group, which is on the road with Priest through mid-July, launches its own tour in mid-September. The itinerary is front-loaded with a number of Canadian stops, followed by a series of U.S. dates that, so far, stretch into mid-October.
The run will precede the release of the band's next album, "Operation: Mindcrime II," its sequel to 1988's "Operation: Mindcrime." The new set is due out this winter, according to group's website.
Singer Geoff Tate recently told Pennsylvania's Hershey Chronicle a little bit about the album.
"It's a very long record," he said. "It's very story-driven. It begins 18 years after the end of the first record, with [main character] Nikki being in prison. It's a study of revenge--what it is and what it does to someone."
Tate also told the paper that the group is road testing a couple of tracks from the forthcoming album during the current tour with Judas Priest.
Aside from the not-yet-released material, Queensryche is limiting its setlist during the Priest tour to songs from its first four albums--1984's "The Warning," 1986's "Rage for Order," 1988's "Operation:Mindcrime" and 1990's "Empire"--according to the group's publicist.
w/ Judas Priest
June 2005
10 - Holmdel, NJ - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
11 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino
12 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
14 - Scranton, PA - Ford Pavilion @ Montage Mountain
15 - Hershey, PA - Giant Center
17 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
18 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
19 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
21 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
22 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre @ State Fairgrounds
23 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre
25 - Selma, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
26 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
28 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
29 - Englewood, CO - Coors Amphitheatre
July 2005
1 - Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Amphitheatre
2 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
4 - Ridgefield, WA - Amphitheater at Clark County
6 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
8 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
9 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
10 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
Queensryche
September 2005
13 - Victoria, British Columbia - Royal Theatre
14 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Vancouver PAC
16 - Kamloops, British Columbia - Sport Mart Place
17 - Prince George, British Columbia - Prince George Civic Centre
18 - Grande Prairie, Alberta - Crystal Centre
21 - Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
22 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Centennial Auditorium
23 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theater
24 - St. Paul, MN - Myth
28 - Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion
29 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
30 - Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre
October 2005
1 - Merrillville, IN - Star Plaza Theatre
2 - Toledo, OH - Stranahan
4 - Greensburg, PA - Palace Theater
5 - Reading, PA - Sovereign PAC
6 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theater
7 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center
8 - Portland, ME - State Theater
11 - Covington, KY - Madison Theatre
13 - N. Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
14 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
15 - Ft. Meyers, FL - Barbara B. Mann Hall
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