LOS ANGEELS (HIigh On Fire Official Website) - HIGH ON FIRE are getting ready to kick off their 'Blessed
Black Wings Tour 2006' on January 18th in San Francisco, CA at 12 Galaxies. The tour will include special guest THE BRONX, BIG BUSINESS, and labelmates BURIED INSIDE.
The Decibel Magazine, HxC.com, Burning Angel, and Jakprints-sponsored tour is the band's first North American headlining tour in almost a year. HIGH ON FIRE spent most of 2005 touring as part of the The Sounds of The Underground Tour with LAMB OF GOD, supporting EVERY TIME I DIE, MASTODON and making several European festival appearances at Fury Fest, Roadburn, and an appearance at All Tomorrows Party on invitation from curators THE MARS VOLTA.
HIGH ON FIRE drummer Des Kensel comments about the tour: "We're really looking forward to heading back out again on our own tour. After months of support slots and festival shows, the longer set length lets us work all our favorite HIGH ON FIRE material into one set. We're also going to be dusting off some tracks that people haven't seen us play for years. Those will have to remain a surprise for now though."
Kensel continues: "We put together the kind of show we'd like to see ourselves, and are psyched to slay w/ THE BRONX, BIG BUSINESS, and BURIED INSIDE. Come out, come early and prepare to be battered cuz these shows will kick ass."
HIGH ON FIRE's critically acclaimed new album Blessed Black Wings has been named as one of the best releases of 2005 by venerable magazines and newspapers the world over including Revolver, Decibel, CMJ, Chicago Tribune, Rock Sound, Kerrang!, Montreal Mirror, Terrorizer, Ottawa Citizen and many more.
HIGH ON FIRE tour dates:
(All dates w/ The Bronx, Big Business, Buried Inside)
January 18 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
January 19 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
January 20 San Diego, CA Casbah
January 21 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
January 23 Austin, TX Emo's
January 24 Houston, TX Engine Room
January 25 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
January 26 Memphis, TN Hi Tone
January 27 Nashville, TN Exit/In
January 28 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
January 29 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
January 30 Savannah, GA The Jinx
February 1 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
February 2 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
February 3 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
February 4 Providence, RI Living Room
February 5 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
February 6 Cambridge, MA Middle East
February 7 Montreal, QC Canada La Sala Rossa
February 8 Toronto, ON Canada Lee's Palace
February 9 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
February 10 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
February 11 Chicago, IL Double Door
February 12 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
February 13 Moorhead, MN The Bar
February 15 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
February 16 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
February 17 Denver, CO Cervantes
February 19 Jackson Hole, WY Mangy Moose
