The Dillinger Escape Plan announce tour

Critically acclaimed rockers, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, are known for their groundbreaking music and their ‘dangerous’, outstanding live shows. To support their upcoming album, OPTION PARALYSIS (out 3/23/10), the band plans to head out on the road on a headline run to add to their recently announced festival dates.

Opening for Dillinger on these dates are Darkest Hour, IwrestledABearOnce and Animals As Leaders. The bastard child born of the mid 90s punk/metal/hardcore movement, DARKEST HOUR combines the passion, energy, and soul of punk/hardcore with the style, speed, vengeance and fury of melodic speed/thrash/death metal. Their history spans a decade and a half, a quarter of a million records sold and voyages across every inch of the globe. Saying that IWrestledABearOnce makes music that turns heads is a real understatement. Love it or hate it – as long as they get a strong reaction to their music, the members of this band will feel that they have done their duty. Animals As Leaders is the acclaimed progressive instrumental project of 7- and 8-string guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi (ex-Reflux, touring guitarist of Born Of Osiris). The self-titled debut was released earlier this year to waves of critical acclaim. All perfect partners for Dillinger Escape Plan’s highly anticipated headline run.

Their addition to the Coachella festival (4/16) and The Vans Warped Tour’s 2010 (6/24 – 8/15) lineups underline the band’s prestige across the spectrum of rock music. Their page on the Vans Warped Tour’s site can be found at http://www.vanswarpedtour.com/warpedtour/band.asp?xid=24317 and their page on Coachella’s site can be found at http://www.coachella.com/event/lineup//the-dillinger-escape-plan.

HEADLINE DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Mar 11 Irving Plaza New York, NY

Mar 12 The Palladium Worcester, MA

Mar 13 La Sala Rossa Cabaret Montreal, QUE

Mar 14 Opera House Toronto, ONT

Mar 15 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH

Mar 23 The Social Orlando, FL

Mar 24 Masquerade Atlanta, GA

Mar 25 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC

Mar 26 Greene Street Club Greensboro, NC

Mar 28 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA

Mar 29 Otto Bar Baltimore, MD

Mar 31 Diesel Pittsburgh, PA

Apr 1 The Eagle Theatre Pontiac, MI

Apr 2 Reggie’s Rock Club Chicago, IL

Apr 6 Republik Calgary, ALB

Apr 7 Starlite Room Edmonton, ALB

Apr 9 Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, BC

MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON