Posted on: August 11, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Pennsylvania metallers AUGUST BURNS RED have announced headlining North American tour dates this fall! The tour kicks off in Lemoyne, PA on August 29 and wraps up at the Blender Theatre in NYC on October 12! AUGUST BURNS RED will be hitting the road with A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, and This or the Apocalypse.

The tour also includes an appearance at Revelation Generation Festival in New Jersey, where AUGUST BURNS RED will perform alongside As I Lay Dying, Norma Jean, Flyleaf and The Devil Wears Prada.

Ticket links are available on the band’s official (AND NEWLY REDESIGNED!) MySpace, www.myspace.com/augustburnsred.

The brand-new video for “Backburner” will premiere August 13 exclusively on MySpace. Fans can visit www.myspace.com/augustburnsred to check out the explosive new video directed by Endeavor Media this Wednesday!

AUGUST BURNS RED has also announced a contest with Absolutepunk.net for fans to win autographed merch.

Autographed merch via Absolutepunk.net: http://absolutepunk.net/competitions.php?s=829c5af8f111132c62761faec2ab4860&do=participate&cid=441

More contests will follow including a chance to win tickets to see AUGUST BURNS RED via Smartpunk.com.

The pummeling quintet is touring to support last year’s Messengers, which has sold over 62,000 units and debuted at #81 on the Billboard Top 100. AUGUST BURNS RED has toured with the likes of As I Lay Dying, Unearth, Every Time I Die, and Between The Buried and Me, and has performed on the Warped Tour and on the UK’s Download Fest.

AUGUST BURNS RED on tour with A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, and This or the Apocalypse:

8/29 – Lemoyne, PA – Champion Ship

8/30 – Frenchtown, PA – Revelation Generation Festival

8/31 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church

9/1 – Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar

9/3 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club (downstairs)

9/4 – Wilmington, NC – Soapbox Laundro-Lounge

9/5 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend

9/6 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm

9/7 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern

9/8 – Nashville, TN, – Rocketown

9/9 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

9/10 – Jacksonville, FL – Fuel

9/11 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum

9/12 – Pensacola, FL – The Red Door

9/13 – Houston, TX – The Javajazz

9/14 – McAllen, TX – Las Palmas

9/15 – Dallas, TX – The Door

9/16 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit

9/18 – Phoenix, AZ – The Brickhouse Theatre

9/19 – Fresno, CA – The Exit

9/20 – Pomona, CA – Glasshouse Music Hall

9/21 – San Diego, CA – SOMA

9/22 – San Jose, CA – MACLA

9/23 – Orangevale, CA – The Boardwalk

9/24 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre

9/25 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon

9/26 – Boise, ID – The Venue

9/27 – Salt Lake City, UT – Studio 600

9/28 – Denver, CO – Marquis

9/30 – Oklahoma City, OK – Bricktown Ballroom

10/1 – Joplin, MO – The Foundry

10/2 – Evansville, IN – Boney Junes

10/3 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club

10/4 – Kettering, OH – The Attic

10/5 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick

10/7 – Toronto, Ontario – Opera House

10/8 – Montreal, Quebec – Club Soda

10/9 – Portland, ME – The Station

10/10 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium – Rock and Shock Festival (w/Children of Bodom, Between The Buried and Me, The Black Dahlia Murder, and more!!!)

10/11 – Lancaster, PA – The Chameleon Club

10/12 – New York, NY – Blender Theatre

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