BEAST IN BLACK will head out on a North American headlining tour in February and March 2027, with British power metal outfit GLORYHAMMER as support. The 31-date run opens on February 11 in Charlotte and wraps on March 26 in Worcester, Massachusetts, taking in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Chicago, Toronto, Montréal and New York along the way.
A local presale starts on October 29 at 10 a.m. local time, with the general on-sale following on October 30 at 10 a.m.
This will be the Helsinki band's first North American headlining run in support of their upcoming fourth album, Fear The Beast. It also brings guitarist, songwriter and producer Anton Kabanen back to North American stages: he sat out BEAST IN BLACK's run as support for HELLOWEEN earlier this year to finish the record. The tour is also the first North American outing for new lead guitarist Markus Venehsalo.
The announcement lands as BEAST IN BLACK's European "Resurrection" headline tour gets underway; it opened in London on October 26. So far the band have shared two songs from Fear The Beast: the title track in September and the "Berserk"-inspired power ballad "Lost Children" earlier this month, both with videos directed by Katri Ilona Koppanen.
BEAST IN BLACK with GLORYHAMMER, North America 2027:
- February 11 — Charlotte — The Underground
- February 12 — Atlanta — The Masquerade
- February 13 — Tampa — The Orpheum
- February 14 — Fort Lauderdale — Revolution Live
- February 16 — Dallas — Studio at the Bomb Factory
- February 17 — Austin — Come and Take It Live
- February 19 — Albuquerque — Sunshine Theater
- February 20 — Mesa — The Nile Theater
- February 21 — Los Angeles — The Belasco
- February 23 — Sacramento — Ace of Spades
- February 25 — Portland — Roseland Theater
- February 26 — Seattle — El Corazon
- February 27 — Vancouver — The Pearl
- March 2 — Edmonton — The Starlite Room
- March 3 — Calgary — Palace Theatre
- March 5 — Winnipeg — The Park Theatre
- March 8 — Minneapolis — Varsity Theater
- March 9 — Milwaukee — The Rave
- March 10 — Lincoln — Bourbon Theatre
- March 12 — St. Louis — Delmar Hall
- March 13 — Louisville — Mercury Ballroom
- March 14 — Chicago — House of Blues
- March 15 — Cleveland — House of Blues
- March 17 — Cincinnati — Bogart's
- March 19 — Pontiac — Crofoot Ballroom
- March 20 — Millvale — Mr. Smalls Theatre
- March 21 — Albany — Empire Live
- March 22 — Toronto — Opera House
- March 24 — Montréal — MTELUS
- March 25 — New York — Irving Plaza
- March 26 — Worcester — The Palladium