By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Sunday, October 4, 2015 @ 10:50 AM
European Dates Starting This Weekend
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In the light of the upcoming European tour dates in support of their comeback album The Great Divide, Bay Area Prog Rock institution ENCHANT have launched an announcement video featuring current music as well as photo materials.
Check it out below.
The European tour, a first for ENCHANT in about a decade, is set to kick off this weekend on Sunday, October 4th at The Netherland's long-running ProgPower festival.
Here is an overview of all coming dates:
ENCHANT + HASSE FROBERG & MUSICAL COMPANION - European Tour 2015:
10.4 - Baarlo, The Netherlands - ProgPower Europe (Enchant only!)
10.5 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
10.6 - München, Germany - Kranhalle
10.7 - Oberhausen, Germany - Zentrum Altenberg
10.8 - Rüsselsheim, Germany - Das Rind
10.9 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken Club
10.10 - Zoetermeer, The Netherlands - De Boerderij
10.11 - London, UK - The Underworld
10.12 - Bilston, UK - The Robin 2
10.13 - Paris, France - Backstage
ENCHANT's Douglas A. Ott commented about the band's upcoming touring activity as follows:
"We are super excited to be headed back to Europe to play for our fans! It's been way too long and we're looking forward to being back on the road performing again, playing old favorites and a bunch of new material from The Great Divide! We are doing a double headlining tour with HASSE FROBERG & MUSICAL COMPANION, which will be a great overall evening of killer progressive music every night! Hope to see everyone come out for these shows!"
Further ENCHANT live-dates in North America:
10.23 - Houston, TX - BFE Rock Club
10.24 - Austin, TX - Empire Control Room & Garage
11.15-19th - Cruise To The Edge + YES, MARILLION, SAGA etc
The Great Divide, ENCHANT's 8th studio album and their first new recordings in almost ten years following their latest studio album Tug Of War in 2003 and the Live At Last double-album / live DVD release in 2004, was released in Europe as CD and Digital Download, but also as special edition 2CD Mediabook version containing a bonus track as well as a 'best of' bonus disc (featuring 10 additional songs in 71 minutes of playing time) spanning the complete ENCHANT catalogue. A Gatefold 2LP version of The Great Divide on 180gr. vinyl including the bonus track as well as the full album on a CD as bonus is also available.