Down will team up with hellbilly rocker Hank Williams III (Assjack, Superjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem) for a U.S. tour in February/March. Also scheduled to appear on the bill are Evil Army and Weedeater.
The following dates have been announced so far:
02/15 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
02/17 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
02/18 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Event Centre
02/20 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings
02/21 - Fargo, ND - The Venue
02/22 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave.
02/24 - Traverse City, MI - Streeter's
02/25 - Flint, MI - Machine Shop
02/26 - Flint, MI - Machine Shop
02/28 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
03/01 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
03/02 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland
03/04 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
03/05 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
03/06 - Nashville, TN - The Cannery
03/08 - New Orleans, LA - Southport Music Hall
03/09 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
03/11 - San Antonio, TX - The Scout Bar
03/12 - Dallas, TX - Palladium
03/13 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
03/15 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
03/17 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
03/18 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
03/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theater
03/20 - San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
Down bassist
Rex Brown has told Billboard.com that there's "
a lot of material left over" from 2007's "
Over the Under" album, which was recently released in a deluxe edition through Best Buy. The outtakes will be considered for the fourth DOWN album, but Brown added that the quintet is also "
writing constantly on the road. We still have all these ideas, and we play a lot of new stuff at sound check, just to feel it out. Hopefully we can get back in the studio in the fall and work on something." Also in the works is a documentary of Down's 2006 reunion after a nearly four-year hiatus, including both live and behind-the-scenes footage. "
It's kind of about us learning how to walk together again,"
Brown said. "
It just chronicles the life on the road of us starting to play again. We're right in the middle of it now."
Hank Williams III's sixth album, "Damn Right Rebel Proud", was released on October 21, 2008 via Sidewalk Records. According to a press release, the CD is "filled with a self-described 'Jekyll and Hyde' mix of disturbingly dark stuff and 'good ol' country.'"
Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.
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