Epica Announce Tour with Lacuna Coil, Insomnium, and Elantris

Your first question about this tour is probably this: Who the fuck are Elantris??? Which is fair. The press release only refers to them as “newcomers,” which is a real “Yeah, no shit” description. Their Facebook page has no music on it. Google “Elantris” and the results are all references to a fantasy novel of the same name. They apparently used to be called Blackthorne; under that name, they made an album called This Sacrifice, which they re-released under their new moniker in February… but is still labeled under their original name on Spotify. It’s almost as though they don’t want people to hear it. Listening to it now, I can’t blame them — This Sacrifice just screams “LOCAL BAND!”

How did they end up on this tour? No idea. Very weird.

Your second question about this tour is probably this: What the fuck are the dates??? Which is a far easier question for us to answer…

8-31-2017 Royale Boston, MA
9-1-2017 Metropolis Montreal, QC
9-2-2017 Imperial Theater Quebec City, QC
9-3-2017 Opera House Toronto, ON
9-5-2017 The Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
9-6-2017 The Forge Joliet, IL
9-8-2017 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
9-9-2017 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
9-11-2017 The Showbox Seattle, WA
9-12-2017 The Hawthorne Theater Portland, OR
9-14-2017 The UC Theater Berkeley, CA
9-15-2017 The NOVO Los Angeles, CA
9-16-2017 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
9-17-2017 Marquee Theatre Phoenix, AZ
9-19-2017 Alamo Music Hall San Antonio, TX
9-20-2017 Gas Monkey Live! Dallas, TX
9-21-2017 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
9-23-2017 Revolution Live Ft Lauderdale, FL
9-24-2017 The Plaza Live Orlando, FL
9-25-2017 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
9-27-2017 Ram’s Head Live! Baltimore, MD
9-28-2017 Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia, PA
9-29-2017 Playstation Theater New York, NY