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  • Touche Amore has been revealed as the second special guest for the first leg of Converge’s upcoming U.S. headlining run, which will also feature Thursday and Lewd Acts. The revised dates for the trek now shape up as follows:

    With Thursday, Touche Amore, Lewd Acts:

    April 30th Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
    May 01st Worcester, MA – Palladium (upstairs)
    May 02nd Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
    May 03rd Williamsville, NY – Club Infinity
    May 04th Washington DC – Black Cat
    May 05th Norfolk, VA – The Norva
    May 06th New York City, NY – Santo’s Party House (feat. Black Breath)

    With Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 07th Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
    May 08th Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
    May 09th Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

    With Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 10th Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
    May 11th Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
    May 13th Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
    May 14th Portland, OR – Satyricon (feat. Gaza)
    May 15th San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
    May 16th San Luis Obispo, CA – Downtown Brew (feat. Gaza)

    With Coalesce, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 17th Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
    May 18th Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
    May 19th Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
    May 21st Austin, TX – Emo’s

    With Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 22nd Dallas, TX – Trees
    May 23rd Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
    May 25th Memphis, TN – The Hi Tone
    May 26th Louisville, KY – Headliners

    With Harvey Milk, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 27th Nashville, TN – Rockettown
    May 28th Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
    May 29th TBA, NC – TBA

  • Converge frontman Jacob Bannon has revealed that he recently recorded some music for an upcoming collaboration with Crippled Black Phoenix. He offered the following on the pairing:

    “I recently recorded some music for a collaboration release with Crippled Black Phoenix from the United Kingdom.

    CBP members have also spent time playing in Iron Monkey, Gonga, Mogwai, Electric Wizard and others. I highly encourage you to check out their available releases, they are one of the most interesting bands out there today.

    More news on this collaboration will be coming when we have it.”

    Those unfamiliar with the aforementioned outfit can check them out here. In other news, it has been revealed that an additional guest will also be joining Converge on their April 30th to May 06th leg of dates with Thursday and Lewd Acts. An announcement regarding the shows and the new guest is expected to be made within the next few days.

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    Thursday To Appear As Special Guest On Converge’s Spring Tour

    08.02.10 @ 5:54 pm Posted by wookubus 

    Thursday have been tapped as the special guest for the as-yet unannounced initial leg of Converge’s upcoming spring headlining tour. Converge frontman Jacob Bannon revealed the news in the latest podcast for his label Deathwish Inc., which can be found here.

    Cities and venues have yet to be revealed for the leg of the tour. However, the routing for Thursday’s stint on the trek, which will also feature Lewd Acts and more, is set to run from April 30th through to May 06th.

  • Converge have officially announced their upcoming U.S. headlining run which will see Coalesce, Harvey Milk, Gaza, Lewd Acts and Black Breath appear on select dates. An additional special guest will be announced for the tour shortly, while preliminary dates run as follows:

    With Lewd Acts and as-yet unannounced special guest:

    April 30th TBA – TBA
    May 01st TBA – TBA
    May 02nd TBA – TBA
    May 03rd TBA – TBA
    May 04th TBA – TBA
    May 05th TBA – TBA
    May 06th TBA – TBA

    With Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 07th Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
    May 08th Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
    May 09th Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

    With Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath

    May 10th Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
    May 11th Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
    May 13th Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
    May 14th Portland, OR – Satyricon (feat. Gaza)
    May 15th San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
    May 16th TBA, CA – TBA

    With Coalesce, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 17th Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
    May 18th Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
    May 19th Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
    May 21st Austin, TX – Emo’s

    With Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 22nd TBA, TX – TBA
    May 23rd Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
    May 25th Memphis, TN – The Hi Tone
    May 26th Louisville, KY – TBA

    With Harvey Milk, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

    May 27th Nashville, TN – Rockettown
    May 28th Atlanta, GA – The Masqurade
    May 29th TBA, NC – TBA

    A full listing of dates is expected in the coming weeks.

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    Converge North American Tour Rumors Ramp Up

    01.02.10 @ 3:21 pm Posted by wookubus 

    Rumors have begun to circulate about Converge’s upcoming U.S. headlining tour. While the band initially revealed on Twitter that some of their original planned line-up for the trek had backed out, a new image circulating around the net implies that Coalesce, Gaza, Lewd Acts and Black Breath will be supporting them on select dates.

    Official word on who will be on the trek is expected shortly with Converge promising an announcement ’soon.’ Meanwhile, when quizzed about the validity of the tour on Twitter, Coalesce themselves offered only the following:

    “dunno. nothing is true until bannon says so.”

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