THE SWORD RELEASE LOW COUNTRY SEPTEMBER 23RD

Following 9 months of touring in support of the critically acclaimed album, “High Country”, The Sword returned to the studio to experiment with a stripped down acoustic presentation of the “High Country” songs. The result, produced by bassist Bryan Richie and mixed by J. Robbins, is “Low Country” which will see a worldwide release on September 23rd. The album features cover art by Richey Beckett. “High Country” debuted at #14 upon release in August 2015. The band hit the road immediately following the release doing an extensive tour of Europe and the UK, followed by two full American/Canadian tours and a tour of Australia.

To support “Low Country” the band will be heading out as direct support for the Opeth tour September 29th to October 26th. Bracketing the Opeth tour will be 10 headline shows. The first leg, September 23-28 will feature Ruby the Hatchet as support. The second leg, October 28th through November 1st will feature C Average as support. The complete dates for The Sword’s “Low Country” tour are below.

The Sword Low Country Tour Dates:
September 22 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa *
September 23 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn *
September 24 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In *
September 25 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground *
September 26 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater *
September 28 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry *
September 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
September 30 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore ^
October 1 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall ^
October 2 – Boston, MA – House of Blues ^
October 4 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis ^
October 5 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall ^
October 7 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore ^
October 8 – Akron, OH – Good Year Theater at East End ^
October 9 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater ^
October 10 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ^
October 12 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom ^
October 13 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live ^
October 14 – Austin, TX – Emo’s ^
October 15 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Live! ^
October 18 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl ^
October 19 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee ^
October 21 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades ^
October 22 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield ^
October 24 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater ^
October 25 – Seattle, WA – The Moore ^
October 26 – Vancouver, Canada – Orpheum ^
October 28 – Boise, ID – Neurolux *
October 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge *
October 30 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater*
November 1 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad *
^ with Opeth
* headline dates

Read More News

Tags:  The Sword    

Sevine E. Levine    September 17, 2016