According to bulletin posted by
Greg Watermann,
this should be the upcoming tour dates for Serj
U.S. Tour Dates:
10/12 Chicago Vic Theatre
10/14 Toronto Guvernment
10/15 Boston Paradise
10/17 New York The Fillmore@ Irving Plaza
10/18 Philadelphia TLA
10/20 Atlanta The Roxy
10/22 Dallas Granada Theatre
10/25 Las Vegas House of Blues
10/27 Los Angeles Avalon
10/28 San Francisco Slims |
European Tour Dates:
11/3 Manchester MEN Arena
11/5 Newcastle Newcastle Arena
11/6 Birmingham NEC Arena
11/9 Glasgow SECC
11/10 Aberdeen Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
11/12 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
11/13 Cardiff CIA
11/14 Nottingham Nottingham Arena
11/16 Manchester Academy
11/17 London 02 Arena
11/18 London 02 Arena
11/22 London Astoria
11/25 Amsterdam Melkweg
11/26 Paris Elysee Montmartre
11/27 Cologne Live Music Hall |
Edit/ More info about Tour Dates:
Tankian will embark on a promotional tour in the U.S. kicking off on October
12th in Chicago, then join Foo-Fighters overseas for a series of European
dates beginning November 3rd in Manchester, England.
Serj not playing System songs at fall shows
"If I wanted to do System songs, I'd do it with System," Tankian tells
Billboard.com. "This is another record, another project."
System Of A Down remains on "indefinite hiatus," according to Serj Tankian,
with the four band members "all doing our own thing." As such, Tankian says fans
shouldn't expect to hear System music from him when he tours this fall to
promote his first solo album, "Elect the Dead."
"Elect the Dead," on which Tankian played most of the instruments -- although
System drummer John Dolmayan contributes to a few tracks -- is due Oct. 23 via
Serjical Strike/Reprise. Tankian plans to play special promotional shows during
October in North America and in Europe during November, as well as radio shows
back in the U.S. in December. Some "full-fledged tours" are planned for 2008, he
adds.
"We'll do a couple of covers," Tankian says, "a couple of acoustic songs, a
couple of bonus tracks from the premium package of the record. There will be a
lot of music to play."
There will be plenty to see as well: Tankian has filmed videos for all 12 of the
album's songs, mostly by "impassioned director friends who took small budgets
and made some of the best music videos I've ever seen." Tankian, who scored the
William Friedkin film "Bug" earlier this year, says the clips will be rolled out
via a variety of outlets, including MTV and iTunes, and collected at some point
on his Web site.
"Elect the Dead" represents just a portion of the music Tankian has created
over the years. "Some of my music's electronic," he notes, "some is classical,
some is goth, experimental, noise -- you name it. I've got a lot of jazz songs,
actually."
Tankian also has an idea for what he wants his next album to sound like. "I'm
shooting for a more classical vibe," he says. "Maybe some jazz elements but a
lot of classical instruments -- a lot of strings, pianos, that kind of stuff. My
goal is to write songs that are just as powerful emotionally and intuitively as
rock songs, but without any drums or heavy guitars. It's an interesting way to
approach things."
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