The Unholy Alliance (tour)

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The Unholy Alliance

Tour by Slayer Children of Bodom Thine Eyes Bleed Lamb of God Mastodon In Flames
Dates	June 15, 2006 - November 20, 2006
Legs	2

The Unholy Alliance is an annual heavy metal tour of Europe and North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the thrash metal band Slayer, and featured Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb of God, Mastodon and In Flames in its last edition.

1 History
2 Europe 2004
3 North America 2006
- 3.1 Tour dates
4 Europe 2006
- 4.1 Tour dates
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] History

The first edition of the tour was held in Europe in 2004, featuring Slayer, Slipknot, Mastodon and Hatebreed. The tour was not held in 2005. In 2006, it featured Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed. The European leg of the tour saw In Flames replace Mastodon.

The tour will continue annually but Slayer report they will not headline the tour next time.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Europe 2004

The 2004 European edition of the tour featured the following bands: Slayer, Slipknot, Mastodon and Hatebreed.

[edit] North America 2006

The 2006 North American edition of the tour, called "Chapter I", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, Lamb of God as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Mastodon in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. On July 13th in Vancouver the entire show was filmed for a forthcoming DVD, with camera angles from above the bands and in among the audience. ^[1]

[edit] Tour dates

June 15 at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey
June 16 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey
June 17 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts
June 19 at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio
June 20 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois
June 21 at Pop's Outside in St. Louis, Missouri
June 22 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas
June 23 at the Downtown Civic Convention Center in El Paso, Texas
June 24 at the Nokia Live in Dallas, Texas
June 25 at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas
June 27 at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia
June 29 at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, New York
June 30 at the Tower City Amphitheatre in Cleveland, Ohio
July 2 at the Centre de Foire in Quebec City, Quebec
July 3 at The Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec
July 4 at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario
July 6 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan
July 7 at the Eagles Auditorium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 8 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota
July 9 at the MTS Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 11 at the Shaw Conf. Center in Edmonton, Alberta
July 13 at the GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia
July 14 at the Qwest Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington
July 15 at the Salem Armory in Salem, Oregon
July 16 at the Star Theatre in Spokane, Washington
July 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California
July 20 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California
July 21 at the Mesa Amphitheatre in Mesa, Arizona
July 22 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California
July 24 at the The Orleans in Las Vegas, Nevada
July 26 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado

[edit] Europe 2006

2006 European edition, called "Chapter II", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, In Flames as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Lamb of God in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. The lineup was identical to the American leg except for Mastodon, who were replaced by In Flames. The french group Gojira was the second band to perform in Paris on November 7th 2006. ^{[citation needed]}