Japan’s DIR EN GREY and Finland’s APOCALYPTICA will be teaming up for a co-headlining tour that kicks off August 23rd in Toronto. Pre-order tickets and VIP packages go on sale this Friday, July 16th (via DIR EN GREY‘s Internet Fan Community), and the public on-sale begins a week later on Friday, July 23rd.

Tour dates:
08/23 ? Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
08/24 ? New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre
08/26 ? Boston, MA @ Royale
08/27 ? Baltimore, MD @ Ram?s Head Live
08/28 ? Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
08/30 ? Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
08/31 ? St. Louis, MO@ Pageant
09/01 ? Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
09/02 ? Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave.
09/04 ? Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
09/05 ? Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
09/07 ? Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
09/08 ? Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia Live
09/10 ? San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom at Regency
09/11 ? Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

DIR EN GREY pre-sale tickets: http://tixx1.artistarena.com/direngrey/

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