HYPOCRISY have enlisted the help of CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/frontman Alexi Laiho for their upcoming North American tour. Alexi has agreed to temporarily fill the currently vacant guitarist spot on their tour alongside ENSIFERUM, EX DEO, BLACKGUARD, and SWASHBUCKLE. HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren commented:
“We’re very happy to bring Alexi along on this tour and that he’s helping us out with filling the 2nd guitarist position. Funny, the first CHILDREN OF BODOM show was a support gig for HYPOCRISY on the Nuclear Blast festival in ‘98. Since then me and Alexi have become very good friends. I’ve helped him with producing and he’s helped me by contributing a guitar solo on one of my records with my other band PAIN. There will be no shortage of alcohol on this tour that’s for sure.”
ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY, EX DEO, BLACKGUARD, SWASHBUCKLE:
11/06/09 Jaxx – Springfield, VA 11/07/09 Crocodile Rock Café – Allentown, PA 11/08/09 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC 11/09/09 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 11/10/09 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL 11/11/09 AKA Lounge – Orlando, FL (AntiPop Music Festival) 11/13/09 Meridian – Houston, TX 11/14/09 Emo’s – Austin, TX 11/15/09 Ridglea Theatre – Fort Worth (Dallas), TX 11/17/09 The Galaxy Theatre – Santa Ana, CA 11/18/09 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA 11/19/09 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA 11/20/09 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR 11/21/09 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA 11/22/09 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC – CANADA 11/23/09 The Warehouse – Calgary, AB – CANADA 11/24/09 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA 11/27/09 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA 11/28/09 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN 11/29/09 House of Blues – Chicago, IL 11/30/09 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH 12/01/09 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA 12/02/09 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA 12/03/09 Le Medley – Montreal, QC – CANADA 12/04/09 The Palladium – Worcester, MA 12/05/09 Irving Plaza – New York, NY