Thursday, March 31, 2011

ACCEPT SCHEDULES PHILADELPHIA IN-STORE

The day after their performance in Philadelphia at The Trocadero on April 14th, reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will take part in a signing session at Oxford Valley’s Best Buy (just outside of Philadelphia) on Friday, April 15th from 4 – 5:30 p.m.  The store’s address is 310 Commerce Blvd., Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, 19030.

ACCEPT’s second headlining North American tour launches April 9th in Orlando.  Support comes from Sweden’s SABATON. Confirmed tour dates are:

04/09/11    THE CLUB AT FIRESTONE - ORLANDO, FL                                        
04/10/11    CULTURE ROOM - FT. LAUDERDALE, FL                          
04/13/11    JAXX  - WEST SPRINGFIELD, VA                    
04/14/11    THE TROCADERO - PHILADELPHIA, PA                              
04/16/11    BEST BUY THEATER - NEW YORK, NY   ***ONE-OFF; OVERKILL HEADLINING***                               
04/17/11    CLUB SODA - MONTREAL, QC - CANADA                                                    
04/18/11    IMPERIAL DE QUEBEC - QUEBEC CITY, QC - CANADA                                            
04/20/11    MOD CLUB - TORONTO, ON - CANADA                                     
04/21/11    BLONDIE'S - DETROIT, MI                                            
04/22/11    BOTTOM LOUNGE - CHICAGO, IL  
04/23/11    MESA RIVERVIEW – PHOENIX, AZ
04/24/11    BLUE BIRD THEATER - DENVER, CO                                          
04/26/11    EL CORAZON - SEATTLE, WA                                   
04/27/11    PETER'S ROOM - PORTLAND, OR                                    
04/28/11    GRAND BALLROOM AT THE REGENCY - SAN FRANCISCO, CA                          
04/30/11    HOUSE OF BLUES - SAN DIEGO, CA                                    
05/01/11    GALAXY THEATRE - SANTA ANA, CA                                    
05/02/11    VENTURA THEATER - VENTURA, CA  
05/04/11    CLUB VEGAS - SALT LAKE CITY, UT                            
05/06/11    BACKSTAGE LIVE – SAN ANTONIO, TX                                          
05/07/11    SCOUT BAR - HOUSTON, TX        

According to Nielsen Soundscan, ACCEPT’s twelfth full-length studio album Blood Of The Nations has sold over 20,600 copies in the U.S. since its release in September, 2010.  Click here to read all the “Album of the Year” accolades the album has garnished since ACCEPT’s triumphant comeback.

Blood Of The Nations was recorded at Backstage Studio in England with famed producer Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Exodus, Opeth, Arch Enemy) and debuted as the #25 Rock Album on iTunes and at #187 on The Billboard 200 chart, #170 on the Top Current Albums chart, and on the #41 Independent (Current) Albums chart.  In Canada, the album debuted at #53 on the Nielsen Soundscan Top Hard Albums chart.  In Europe, Blood Of The Nations entered the German album charts at #4 - the highest German chart entry in the band’s career – and debuted at #12 on the Billboard European chart with the following additional worldwide chart entries: #7 in Sweden; #7 in Hungary; #9 in Finland; #19 in Austria; and #27 in the Czech Republic.
View the video for “Teutonic Terror” – directed and produced by Dave Blass for Grid 41 - here.  View the 2-minute behind-the-scenes video here.        
ACCEPT’s 2010 line-up includes Wolf Hoffmann on guitar, Peter Baltes on bass, Stefan Schwarzmann on drums, Herman Frank on guitar and Mark Tornillo on vocals.

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