Iwrestledabearonce to play Japan

Iwrestledabearonce are set to make their first-ever trip to Japan in late November, joining Japanese headliners (and onetime IWABO U.S. tourmates) FACT and Australian five-piece Closure In Moscow for a run of dates starting November 26 in Tokyo. The seven-date excursion wraps December 7 in Osaka. "Words cannot begin to describe our excitement for this tour," says IWABO guitarist Steven Bradley. "Not only do we get to experience amazing Japanese culture and meet awesome Japanese people, but we get to do it with our Japanese brothers FACT and our Australian buds Closure In Moscow! Sake and sushi time bitches! Stoked!" Meanwhile, Iwrestledabearonce's headlining tour: The Ghostbustour launched yesterday in front of a packed house in IWABO's home base of Birmingham, AL. The month-long trek, which wraps October 24 in Iwrestledabearonce's original hometown of Shreveport, LA, also features Eyes Set To Kill, Chelsea Grin, The Chariot, and Vanna. General admission tickets for the all-ages Ghostbustour shows are on sale now, with prices ranging from $12-$15. Tickets and more information are available at www.TheGhostbustoursite.com. 50 VIP ticket packages per show are available for $30 each through Artist Arena. VIP packages include a ticket, meet and greet with Iwrestledabearonce at the show, t-shirt, early entry and a photo with IWABO by photographer Jeremy Saffer which will be printed and autographed onsite. Go to this location for details about VIP package. Iwrestledabearonce-vocalist Krysta Cameron, guitarists Steven Bradley and John Ganey, bassist Mike "Rickshaw" Martin and drummer Mikey Montgomery--are touring in support of their recently released It's All Happening (Century Media Records) three disc deluxe reissue CD, which includes the It's All Remixed bonus CD and DVD, featuring a variety of remixes and exclusive video. According to Rick Florino of ArtistDirect.com, "...the Louisiana electro-tech-grind-jazz-techno-metal outfit have a sound that's so distinctly deadly it's earth-shattering. There's no genre safe from Iwrestledabearonce's unbreakable sonic grapple..." (July 21, 2010). Iwrestledabearonce tour dates are as follows: Date City Venue HK Army Clothing and MerchNow Present: The Ghostbustour: Sept 24 Metairie, LA The High Ground Sept 26 Greensboro, NC Greene St. Club Sept 30 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights Oct 1 Worcester, MA The Palladium (downstairs) Oct 5 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre Oct 7 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews Oct 16 Mesa, AZ Nile Theatre Oct 18 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad Oct 19 El Paso, TX Club 101 Oct 20 Austin, TX Emo's Outside Oct 21 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Oct 22 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit Oct 23 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre Oct 24 Shreveport, LA The Collective Japanese tour dates with FACT and Closure In Moscow: Nov 26 Tokyo Zepp Tokyo Nov 28 Koriyama Hip Shot Japan Nov 30 Matsuyama Salonkitty Dec 1 Takamatsu Dime Dec 3 Hiroshima Club Quattro Dec 4 Okayama Image Dec 7 Osaka Big Cat