{"id":4018,"date":"2012-07-30T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2012-07-30T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T21:16:03","slug":"saint-vitus-announce-extensive-us-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/07\/30\/saint-vitus-announce-extensive-us-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"SAINT VITUS Announce Extensive US Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/vitus_band.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4018]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4019\" title=\"vitus_band\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/vitus_band.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/vitus_band.jpg 600w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/vitus_band-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/vitus_band-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heavy\/Doom metal progenitors SAINT VITUS have announced an extensive US tour. Starting on September 14<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small> in Little Rock, AK, the ScionAV\u2013sponsored tour runs for five weeks ending in San Antonio, TX on October 19<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small>. \u00a0Support will come from WEEDEATER and SOURVEIN. Additionally SAINT VITUS joins DOWN at the Best Buy Theater in New York City on September 28<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small>. A full list of tour dates can be found below.\u00a0You can also enter our own Saint Vitus giveaway (which closes tomorrow July 31st)\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/07\/24\/saint-vitus-lillie-f-65-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Band founder and chief songwriter, Dave Chandler, comments: \u201cWe&#8217;re stoked to destroy America again, the last US SAINT VITUS headlining tour was in 1993. This time we&#8217;ll be playing Lillie as well as fan favorites and some old surprises. So leave your ear plugs at home and come bleed with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band is touring in support of their latest album &#8216;Lillie: F-65&#8217;. The album, their first in 17 years, reunites the unmistakable guitar playing of co-founder Dave Chandler with the deeply resonate vocals of hard rock legend Scott \u201cWino\u201d Weinrich.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tour Dates<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><big><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/14 Little Rock, AK @ Rev Room (also w\/ RWAKE, YOB)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/15 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/16 Nashville, TN @ Exit \/ In<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/18 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/19 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/20 Richmond, VA @ Kingdom<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/21 Huntington, WV @ V Club<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/22 Lexington, KY @ Buster&#8217;s Billiard&#8217;s &amp; Backroom (Boomslang Festival)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/23 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Rex Theater<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/24 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/27 Washington, DC @ Black Cat<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/28 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater (w\/ DOWN, No WEEDEATER\/SOURVEIN) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/29 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">9\/30 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/1 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/2 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/3 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/4 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/5 Boise, ID @ Neurolux<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/6 Portland, OR @ venue tbd (Fall Into Darkness Festival)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/7 Seattle, WA @ The Highline<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/9 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/11 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow&#8217;s<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Atrium at The Catalyst<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/13 Pomona, CA @ venue tbd (No WEEDEATER\/ SOURVEIN)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/14 Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room at The Observatory<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/15 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/16 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/18 Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">10\/19 San Antonio, TX @ Bonds 007<\/span><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy\/Doom metal progenitors SAINT VITUS have announced an extensive US tour. Starting on September 14th in Little Rock, AK, the ScionAV\u2013sponsored tour runs for five weeks ending in San Antonio, TX on October 19th. \u00a0Support will come from WEEDEATER and SOURVEIN. Additionally SAINT VITUS joins DOWN at the Best Buy Theater in New York City &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/07\/30\/saint-vitus-announce-extensive-us-tour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SAINT VITUS Announce Extensive US Tour&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4018"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4021,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions\/4021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}