For some time there has been rumors about Robban coming back soon, or that Snowy would fill in for a while longer, or even take Robbans place permanently behind the drums.
To put an end to these rumors we now present our new full time member in Sabaton: Hannes Van Dahl.
Hannes has previously played in Evergrey which we have toured with in the past, and he has also worked side by side with us as drum technician for Snowy during his time in Sabaton.
He did his first show as a Sabaton member at this weekends show at Metal Hammer Paradise festival in Germany.
We would of course like to thank Robban and Snowy for their great time in Sabaton, and we will continue to support them in everything they will do in the future!
In just a few weeks we will start recording a new album and more details will be presented very soon! The topic for the new album is set and we are very excited, it´s totally SABATON.
Praised by the L.A. Weekly for the “over-the-top symphonic sounds and boundless energy” they brought to the stage when they opened for IRON MAIDEN at the sold-out Battle of San Bernardino show in September, Swedish heavy metal superstars SABATON are returning to the U.S. and Canada in 2014 as direct support to American metallers ICED EARTH on their “Worldwide Plagues” North American tour. Opening each show of the six-week trek on their maiden North American tour will be Dutch heavy metallers REVAMP.
Checking in from Sweden, SABATON bass player Pär Sundström states: “We are really looking forward to return for the first SABATON full North American run since 2011. Three great bands on tour together, this will for sure be fantastic”!
SABATON will be out supporting their "Swedish Empire Live" DVD release - the band’s largest live production to date – which hit North America on October 29th. Filmed in front of 600,000+ enthusiastic fans at their headlining festival appearance at Poland’s Woodstock Festival in 2012, "Swedish Empire Live" captures the band’s spine-tingling, soul-soaring, high-energy live stage show saturated with fist-pumping anthems celebrating the triumph of the human spirit. Fans can order the DVD from the "Swedish Empire Live" landing Page here.
SABATON tour dates for the “Worldwide Plagues” North American tour with ICED EARTH and REVAMP are:
04.04. USA Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
05.04. USA Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
06.04. USA Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
07.04. USA Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
09.04. USA Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
10.04. USA Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
11.04. USA Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
12.04. USA Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall
14.04. CND Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
15.04. CND Quebec City, QC - Imperial Theater
16.04. CND Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
17.04. USA Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero –
18.04. USA New York, NY - Best Buy Theater
19.04. USA Worcester, MA - The Palladium
21.04. USA West Springfield, VA - Empire
23.04. USA Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
24.04. USA Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
25.04. USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
26.04. USA St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
28.04. USA Houston, TX - Scout Bar
29.04. USA Dallas, TX - Trees
01.05. USA Tempe, AZ - Club Red
02.05. USA West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
03.05. USA San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
05.05. USA Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
06.05. USA Seattle, WA - El Corazon
07.05. CND Vancouver, B.C. - The Venue
09.05. CND Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room
10.05. CND Calgary, AB - Republik
11.0.5 CND Regina, SK - Riddell Centre
12.05. CND Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre
14.05. USA Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall
15.05. USA Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
16.05. USA Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
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