It was already foreseeable: Due to the pandemic, the originally for April/May scheduled HELLOWEEN European tour has to be postponed again. However, this is no reason to hang your head, even more so now: it is getting even more powerful in 2022!
"We all have to stick together to stand and endure this agonizing live music gap and because extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary measures, HELLOWEEN invited their friends from HAMMERFALL to join them on their European tour in order to create a tremendous metal-package together. The UNITED FORCES TOUR 2022 called alliance is not only the full HELLOWEEN experience, on top the fans will enjoy fine Swedish steel out of the HAMMERFALL forge. Both bands will have brand-new albums in their luggage and the European fans will be able to listen to the new songs live for the very first time on the UNITED FORCES TOUR 2022. The long–awaited end of the dry spell is in sight - coming with a double dose in March, April and May 2022 as we have to catch up two years of METALPARTY to get cured from a lot of withdrawal symptoms!"
Andi Deris: “We are 'hammered' to have our friends from HAMMERFALL with us on tour! Back in 2002 the band produced their album Crimson Thunder in my studio in Tenerife and we had a lot of fun back then." This mega-package is delivering the appropriate metal-spectacle to enter the stage with full power! Oscar Dronjak can hardly wait: "We are so ridiculously excited about this! Not only do we get to go out on tour again after two looooooooong years of stage draught, but we get to do it with a band that we love and was a great inspiration to us in forming HAMMERFALL in the first place. The UNITED FORCES TOUR will be something truly special, you can count on that! “
For the dry run up front, HELLOWEEN is releasing their fantastic new album and with the unification of their three vocalists Kiske, Deris & Hansen the album reminiscences to all eras of the band’s history. This already is a sensation in itself, but also HAMMERFALL is ready to release a brand-new record before the tour starts. A great forerunner to get warmed up for the double load of live power with the ultimate UNITED FORCES TOUR 2022. And whoever misses the just announced dates was probably never infected by the metal virus …
HELLOWEEN & HAMMERFALL
UNITED FORCES TOUR 2022
presented by Metal Hammer, Rockantenne, Piranha, Start, Rocks & Rock It
- 25-Mar-2022 NOR Oslo - Sentrum Scene
- 26-Mar-2022 SWE Gothenburg - Partille Arena
- 28-Mar-2022 FIN Helsinki - Black Box
- 29-Mar-2022 EST Tallinn - Noblessneri Valukoda
- 01-Apr-2022 GER Bamberg - Brose Arena
- 02-Apr-2022 GER Hamburg - Sporthalle
- 03-Apr-2022 GER Berlin - Verti Music Hall
- 04-Apr-2022 GER Regensburg - Donau Arena
- 08-Apr-2022 ES Madrid - Wizink Center
- 09-Apr-2022 ES Barcelona - St. Jordi Club
- 11-Apr-2022 IT Milan - Lorenzini District
- 12-Apr-2022 GER Kempten - Black Box
- 13-Apr-2022 CH Zürich - Samsung Hall
- 15-Apr-2022 LUX Luxemburg - Rockhal
- 16-Apr-2022 NL Tilbourg - 013
- 18-Apr-2022 PL Katovice - MCK
- 20-Apr-2022 BG Sofia - Arena Armeec
- 22-Apr-2022 AT Vienna - Gasometer
- 23-Apr-2022 CZ Prag -O2
- 24-Apr-2022 SK Zvolen - Ice Stadium
- 26-Apr-2022 HU Budapest - Papp Laszlo Sportarena
- 29-Apr-2022 GER Bochum - Ruhrcongress
- 30-Apr-2022 GER Stuttgart - Schleyerhalle
- 01-May-2022 GER Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle
- 04-May-2022 UK Manchester - Manchester Academy
- 05-May-2022 UK London - Brixton Academy
- 19-May-2022 RU St. Petersburg - A2*
- 21-May-2022 RU Moscow - Adrenaline-Stadium*
- 23-May-2022 FR Lyon - Transbordeur*
- 25-May-2022 FR Paris - Olympia*
* without HAMMERFALL
Tickets: https://bit.ly/2E1KcHE
HELLOWEEN will be released on June 18th, the album pre-order will kick off on March 26th.
HELLOWEEN has just revealed the outstanding cover artwork, created by Berlin based artist Eliran Kantor, who underscores the fact that the band cherishes all parts of their history.
TRACKLISTING HELLOWEEN
- "Out For The Glory"
- "Fear Of The Fallen"
- "Best Time "
- "Mass Pollution"
- "Angels"
- "Rise Without Chains"
- "Indestructible"
- "Robot King"
- "Cyanide"
- "Down In The Dumps"
- "Orbit"
- "Skyfall"
