Opeth announce European tour

OPETH have announced a European tour!

Set to take place in October next year, the tour will see the Swedish progressive rock behemoths touring across mainland Europe, and one date in the UK, as part of their 30th anniversary. For the eight shows on the tour, fans can vote for the songs they would like to hear live, from the band’s storied career.

Speaking about the tour, band mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt says, “so, we’re planning to celebrate a belated band-birthday, also known as BBB. How do we celebrate a thing like this, you ask? Well, we go to work. We are planning a very few select shows around the world in 2021 where you basically have the collective choice of picking the songs for the setlist. Since we’ll be celebrating 30 years we would love to play a song from each album we’ve done. All 13 of them. If you can help us and pick your choice of one song per album from the list, and then we’ll simply play the songs with the most votes. It’s been done before, but not by us. I am reluctant and nervous, but also excited to see what songs you will choose. I can’t really believe we’ve been around for 30 years, but there you go. So please help us. And be gentle. The final setlist will have 13 songs. One from each album. Your call….”

Tour dates are as follows: 

13.10 D Berlin – Admiralspalast
14.10 D Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
15.10 F Paris – Salle Pleyel
16.10 UK London – Eventim Apollo
18.10 D Wuppertal – Historische Stadthalle
19.10 NL Utrecht – TivoliVredenburg (Grote Zaal)
20.10 NL Utrecht – TivoliVredenburg (Ronda)
25.10 P Lisbon – Colisue dos Recreios

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