ICED EARTH Confirmed For Chicago Powerfest 2008American power metallers
ICED EARTH have been confirmed for Chicago Powerfest 2008, set to take place on May 1-3 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, Illinois. This will be Iced Earth's very first performance since the return of vocalist Matt Barlow.
Iced Earth founder Jon Schaffer had the following comments about their upcoming performance at the Powerfest: "A big hello goes out to all of our friends in Chi-town! I'm very happy to announce that Iced Earth will be playing our first gig of '08 and our first gig with Matt Barlow back behind the mic at the Chicago Powerfest. It's an honor and a privilege that our first show re-united with Matt is in Chicago. This was the first city to really embrace Iced Earth back in 1997 when we started our U.S. "campaign." It was also the passion of our Chicago fan base that was a big reason for the band moving out of Florida and into the Midwest. We LOVE Chicago, we have a lot of friends there and many great memories. It's only fitting that we kick off the next chapter in the city that's always been so important to Iced Earth and our history. This very special night will be a celebration of our past as well as a celebration of a bold and bright future for
Iced Earth and our fans. We look forward to seeing you all there! It's going to be something special, guaranteed!"
Festival organizers, CRJ Productions, also commented: "After months of going after
Iced Earth, we're so ecstatic to finally make this announcement. With
Iced Earth &
Testament both headlining the Powerfest this year, we whole-heartedly believe that this will one of the most anticipated American festivals of 2008 & we're looking forward to seeing the hoard of frenzied metal fans enjoying the fest right along side us."
Also scheduled to appear with
Iced Earth and
TESTAMENT, are Sweden's
DARKANE, Germany's
SUIDAKRA, Finland's
ENSIFERUM and
TURISAS, Denmark's TYR, Switzerland's
ELUVEITIE, Florida's
THE AUTUMN OFFERING, Chicago's
TWELFTH GATE and Italy's
CHAOSWAVE.
Tickets for the Iced Earth headlining show (May 2) will go on sale this Saturday, February 2nd at all Ticketmaster locations and The Pearl Room box office. Single day tickets for the Powerfest kick-off with Paganfest show (May 1) and the Testament headlining show (May 3) are available now.
More updates, including additional bands for the Friday (May 2) lineup, coming soon. For all current information regarding Powerfest, visit
www.ChicagoPowerfest.com and
www.myspace.com/chicagopowerfest.
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