Bring Me The Horizon announces new guitarist

Sheffield metallers BRING ME THE HORIZON have announced JONA WEINHOFEN, formerly of BLEEDING THROUGH and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN as their permanent replacement to departed guitarist Curtis Ward, who left the band in March 2009.

Australian Jona Weinhofen has been filling in on guitar for the UK band over their European festival run after himself leaving Californian metal band BLEEDING THROUGH in May 2009. The two parties have been friends since BMTH and Australian Metalcore outfit I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN (whom Jona was lead guitarist and co-vocalist for at the time) toured Australia and the UK together in 2007 and 2008.

BMTH have said that they are "stoked" to have Jona on board and are looking forward to incorporating his unique playing and writing styles on a permanent basis. Jona said this week : "The shows so far with BMTH have been some of the best touring experiences I have ever had in my life and I'm looking forward to many more awesome shows and tours with the band."

Jona plays Caparison Guitars (TAT II and Angelus custom models), EMG 81 pickups, Peavey 6505 Guitar amps and Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Amps and Cabs.

BRING ME THE HORIZON head to Germany to play WACKEN at the end of this month, then are off to Japan to play SUMMERSONIC, then back to Belgium and The Netherlands for more festivals. The band will also be co-headlining the Festival Republic Stage at READING and LEEDS Festivals in the UK in August.

The band have very recently announced a Scandinavian and Mainland European club tour, as well as adding 4 more dates (Bristol, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Leeds) to their eagerly anticipated UK tour in October/November.

BMTH will also be heading to the US for the fifth time and have just announced a full co headline US tour with legendary American Metalcore act EVERY TIME I DIE on the EPITAPH TOUR Sept 8th – Oct 11th 2009.

See www.myspace.com/bmth for full tour dates.


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admin    July 09, 2009