U.K. juggernauts ENTER SHIKARI, known for an eclectic sound that audaciously melds hardcore punk with pulse-pumping drum’n’bass and dark, gut-churning dubstep have hooked up with A Day To Remember, August Burns Red and Silverstein on the North American TOURSICK tour that hits Royal Oak Music Theatre this coming Thursday April 15th 2010.The band’s latest release, Common Dreads (which debuted at #7 in the UK) is the follow-up to the gold-certified debut Take To The Skies--which also debuted in the UK top 10, earning the band headlining gigs and regular spots on the major worldwide festival circuit. The band’s most recent U.K. headline tour culminated with a triumphant show in front of over 5000 fans at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Common Dreads is available digitally in the United States via the band’s own imprint Ambush Reality in partnership with DGC/Interscope Records. The physical release will be available in all Hot Topic stores beginning April 13th. Fans can also purchase the album at all shows as well as from the band’s merch store: http://www.gomerch.com/interface/body.php?module=store&id=95.
For the latest album, the group headed to the isolated Isle Of Wight and holed-up at Arreton Manor studio for three months with veteran producer Andy Gray (U2, Tori Amos, Korn, Gary Numan). Common Dreads is a 15-song soundtrack for an entire generation on a mission to define the era in which it was born: one of recession, paranoia, state control and the fallout of decades of accelerated capitalism; and on the other side, an era of hope, creativity, humanity, hedonism, irreverence and fun. “Politics are unavoidable,” explains lead vocalist ROU REYNOLDS. “We just can’t write sappy music. Our first album was cryptic and metaphor-heavy, this one is more direct. Since we gained popularity, we realized, whether we like it or not, we have the ability to influence people--and with that is a responsibility to speak our minds.” Common Dreads is destined to unite the tribes, divide the critics and thoroughly satisfy anyone who has witnessed the mad live spectacle that is ENTER SHIKARI.
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April 14- Toronto, Ontario- Sound Academy
April15- Detroit, MI- Royal Oak
April 16- Cleveland, OH- House of Blues
April 17- Cincinnati, OH- Bogart’s (SOLD OUT)
April 18- Chicago, IL- House of Blues
April 19- Chicago, IL- House of Blues
April 20- Minneapolis, MN- First Ave.
April 21- Winnipeg, Manitoba- Garrick Events Centre
April 23- Edmonton, Alberta – Starlite
April 24- Calgary, Alberta- Macewan Hall
April 26- Spokane, WA- Knitting Factory
April 27- Seattle, WA- Showbox SoDo
April 28- Portland, OR- Roseland
April 29- San Francisco, CA- Grand Ballroom
April 30- Los Angeles, CA- The Wiltern
May 1- San Diego, CA- SOMA
May 2- Pomona, CA- Fox Theatre
May 3- Fresno, CA- Rainbow Ballroom
May 5- Phoenix, AZ- Marquee Theatre
May 6- Las Vegas, NV- Rock The Block
May 7- Salt Lake City, UT- Salt Air
May 8- Denver, CO- Gothic
May 10- Tulsa, Oklahoma- Cain’s
May 11- Dallas, TX- Palladium
May 12- San Antonio, TX- Sunset Station
May 13- Houston, TX- Warehouse Live
May 14- New Orleans, LA- House of Blues
May 16- Orlando, FL- House of Blues