Japan’s DIR EN GREY and Finland’s APOCALYPTICA will be teaming up for a co-headlining tour that kicks off August 23rd in Toronto. Pre-order tickets and VIP packages go on sale this Friday, July 16th (via DIR EN GREY’s Internet Fan Community), and the public on-sale begins a week later on Friday, July 23rd.

Tour dates: 08/23 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy 08/24 – New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre 08/26 – Boston, MA @ Royale 08/27 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live 08/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory 08/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage 08/31 – St. Louis, MO@ Pageant 09/01 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 09/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave. 09/04 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre 09/05 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre 09/07 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues 09/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia Live 09/10 – San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom at Regency 09/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

DIR EN GREY pre-sale tickets: http://tixx1.artistarena.com/direngrey/