GEOFF TATE – European Acoustic Tour Dates Confirmed

OPERATION: MINDCRIME (ex-Queensrÿche) vocalist Geoff Tate has announced an acoustic European tour for this December, which will feature a storyteller format. Tate will perform material from his Queensrÿche catalogue and from Operation Mindcrime backed by a six-piece acoustic band.

Tour dates are as follows:

December
8 – Ingolstadt, Germany – Eventhalle Westpark
10 – Borgo Priolo, Italy – venue tba
15 – Bochum, Germany – Matrix
17 – Zoetermeer, Netherlands – Boerderij
18 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo
19 – London, UK – O2 Academy Islington
20 – Norwich, UK – Waterfront
21 – Glasgow, Scotland – Cat House
22 – Dublin, Ireland – Voodoo
23 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – Empire
26 – Burgrieden, Germany – Riffelhof
27 – Muenchen, Germany – Backstage
28 – Ludwigsburg, Germany – Rockfabrik
29 – Mannheim, Germany – 7er

January
3 – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colos Saal
4 – Heerlen, Netherlands – Parkstad Limburg Theater

Come November, heavy metal fans in at least eight east coast cities will be in for a night full of hell-raising fun as three of the genre’s finest vocalists – Geoff Tate, Tim “Ripper” Owens and Blaze Bayley – will be performing the hits from their respective bands on stage together for what is hoped to be just the beginning of several dates over the next few months.

Geoff Tate, who’s Operation: Mindcrime will be releasing their second CD of a trilogy in September titled, Resurrection, states that the collaboration between the three first came about while recently in the studio. “We were recording a song together that will appear on the new Operation: Mindcrime album called Taking On The World and immediately realized just how much fun it would be if we went out and did a couple of dates together. We want to give fans a great selection of hits and rarities along with songs we just enjoy performing… and the Trinity tour was born!”

The three vocalists will be backed by the same group of excellent musicians throughout the evening in a show that promises to be loaded with memorable metal for the music masses to enjoy.

Fans can expect to hear such songs as “Empire,” “I Don’t Believe In Love,” “Eyes Of A Stranger,” “Living After Midnight,” “Breaking The Law,” “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’,” “Burn In Hell,” “Man On The Edge,” “The Number Of The Beast” and “Run To The Hills” among others.

http://geofftate.com/