After a trying year and the loss of their brother and band mate Athon, Black Tusk will be honoring Athon’s wishes and going on tour in Europe with Black Label Society:
“It’s been an incredibly trying time for us over the past month and we want to thank everyone for their support. We had confirmed the tour with Black Label Society and finished the new album before Athon’s accident and Athon, specifically, had been very excited about the opportunity to tour with BLS and we feel there’s no way he’d want things to end on this note. Corey Barhorst, formerly of Kylesa and currently of Niche, will be stepping in for Athon for the time being. All of us go back over 10 years and Corey seemed the natural choice to carry on for Athon.”
The band has set up a Memorial Fund for Athon, his girlfriend and his family. Donations can be made at AthonFund@gmail.com.
The band recently completed their fifth full-length record with producer Joel Grind of Toxic Holocaust at Audiosiege Studios in Portland, OR this past September.
BLACK TUSK European Tour:
Feb 11 – Glasgow, UK – 02 ABC
Feb 12 – Birmingham, UK – The Institute
Feb 13 – London, UK – Roundhouse
Feb 14 – Bristol, UK – Bristol 02 Academy
Feb 15 – Leeds, UK – Leeds 02 Academy
Feb 17 – Norwich, UK – Norwich UEA
Feb 18 – Nottingham, UK – Rock City
Feb 19 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
Feb 21 – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg
Feb 22 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Feb 24 – Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp
Feb 25 – Dortmund, DE – FZW Freizeitzentrum West
Feb 26 – Paris, FR – Le Bataclan
Feb 27 – Strasbourg, FR – La Laitere
Mar 01 – Aarhus, DK – Train
Mar 03 – Oslo, NO – Rockefeller Music Hall
Mar 05 – Stockholm, SE – Close Up Baten (Crusie)
Mar 06 – Helsinki, FI – Nosturl
Mar 08 – Tallinn, EE – Rock Cafe
Mar 09 – Vilnius, LT – Forum Palace
Mar 11 – Gdansk, PL – B90
Mar 12 – Krakow, PL – Studio
Mar 14 – Pratteln, CH – Z7
Mar 15 – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks
