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Queensryche firms up summer road plans

Published March 7, 2006 04:57 PM

By Tjames Madison / LiveDaily Contributor

Queensryche [ tickets ] has set up a late-summer tour in support of its upcoming album, "Operation Mindcrime II," the sequel to the band's 1988 concept album.

The new album, only the band's third release since the departure of founding guitarist Chris Degarmo in 1997, is set to hit stores April 4, although the tour supporting it won't get started until Aug. 25, when Queensryche hits the stage in Lake Buena Vista, FL, for the first of two shows there.

The band will then canvass the southern states before finishing out a winding tour map that takes it through most large markets in the country, and well into the month of October. On-sale dates for most of the shows are yet to be announced, although tickets for some of the concerts are available through the band's fanclub. Details are available on the band's website.

Although "Operation Mindcrime II" is Queensryche's first album of new material since 2003's "Tribe," the band has been previewing material from the new, 17-track album in concert since the winter of 2004.

Frontman and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, in a press release, said the current political and social climate inspired him to revisit the "Operation Mindcrime" storyline.

"I left the original open-ended with the intent to come back with a sequel to finish the story up," he said. "Considering where we are today and how little things have changed, it was too ironic not to continue the story."

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

August 2006
25, 26 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
27 - Fort Meyers, FL - Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
29 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
31 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

September 2006
1 - Pompano Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
2 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre
3 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
6 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
7 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
8 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater
9 - St. Paul, MN - Myth
11, 12 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawatomi Bingo Casino
14-16 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
17 - Mount Clemons, MI - Emerald Theater
19 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino Resort
21, 22 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre
23 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
25 - San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theatre
26 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
27 - Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre
29 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
30 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot

October 2006
1 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
3 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater
4 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
5 - Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
6 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
7 - Temecula, CA - Pechanga Resort & Casino
10 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
11 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
12 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
13, 14 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theater
17 - Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Theatre
18 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
19 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy