(Road Runner) Taking Dawn (formerly 7th Son) may be the busiest band you've never heard of
yet. The band is experiencing a flurry of activity and is going to actively exercise its road legs for the rest of 2009, embarking on an extensive spate of dates, which are spread over three separate tours. The band's first tour, with Saliva, begins next week and runs for two weeks. The band will then hit the road and support its labelmates DragonForce for a month. TAKING DAWN will follow that tour up as part of the second leg of the first-ever, 43-date, "HardDrive" tour, where they will be supporting All That Remains and Lacuna Coil. The tour is sponsored by the nationally syndicated "HardDrive" radio show, which has been blasting on the airwaves since 1996. There are 125 stations broadcasting the show, hosted by Lou Brutus.
A 3-song EP, simply titled Taking Dawn, is currently available at all digital retailers. Additionally, the band will be selling the EP on the road and it will be available for sale via The Omega Order staring September 1. The band's Roadrunner full length debut is expected in early 2010. The EP tracklisting is "Time to Burn," "Like a Revolution" and "Godless." The band, who make rowdy hard rock, is psyched to hit the road, saying, "We are so excited to finally rock with all of you crazy motherf***ers. We are gonna bring the rock pretty f***in' hard so you better dust off those dancing shoes and get ready to bang your heads with us! Get ready for a good time!" You've been warned.
Below are the tour dates for Taking Dawn:
TAKING DAWN With Saliva:
August 16 Click's Billiards Tyler, TX
August 17 Tree's Dallas, TX
August 19 Blue Note Columbia, MO
August 20 Voodoo Lounge North Kansas City, MO
August 22 S.Y.S. Fest 2009 Saginaw, MI
August 24 Grandmas Sports Garden Bar & Grill Duluth, MN
August 26 The Rock Maplewood, MN
August 27 Scatz Middleton, WI
August 29 Bear Creek Amphitheater East Sparta, OH
August 30 Jaxx West Springfield, VA
September 3 Northwest Missouri State Fair Bethany, MO
September 4 First Avenue Live Cedar Rapids, IA
September 5 The Machine Shop Flint, MI
September 9 Sauget, IL Pop's
September 10 Woody's Bar Evansville, IN
TAKING DAWN With DragonForce:
September 18 House Of Blues West Hollywood, CA
September 19 Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom San Francisco, CA
September 20 Roseland Portland, OR
September 21 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
September 23 Edmonton Events Centre Edmonton, ALB
September 24 MacEwan Hall Caalgary, ALB
September 25 Odeon, The Saskatoon, SAS
September 26 Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, MAN
September 28 The Beaumont Kansas City, MO
September 29 Cabooze On The West Bank Minneapolis, MN
September 30 House Of Blues Chicago, IL
October 2 Sound Academy Toronto, ONT
October 3 Le Medley Montreal, QUE
October 4 Theatre Imperial Quebec City, QUE
October 6 The Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza New York, NY
October 7 Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
October 9 The Palladium Worcester, MA
October 10 Chance Poughkeepsie, NY
October 11 - Theater Of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
TAKING DAWN With Hard Drive/All That Remains/Lacuna Coil:
October 12- Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
October 13- Marquee Theater Phoenix, AZ
October 14 - House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
October 16 - House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
October 17 - The Crest Fresno, CA
October18 - Grand Ballroom San Francisco, CA
October 20 - The Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
October 23 - The Fillmore Denver, CO
October 25 - The Venue @ Playmakers Fargo, ND
October 27 - Edmonton Events Centre Edmonton, AB
October 28 - MacEwan Ball Calgary, AB
October 31 - Epic Minneapolis, MN
November 5 - Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, FL
November 6 - The Venue Gainesville, FL
November 7 - The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
November 8 - House Of Blues Orlando, FL
November 11 - Rams Heads Baltimore, MD
November 12 - Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
November 13 - Starland- Sayreville, NJ
November 14 - Webster Hartford, CT
November 17 - Sound Academy Toronto, ONT
