Papa Roach announce UK tour for December 2013

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Papa Roach Announce Headlining European Tour

Deluxe Edition of ‘The Connection’ Available Now

“The ‘Roach have a lethal combination of easy confidence, crunch and songs the whole room can join in with. Each song plasters gleeful grins across faces..” Kerrang 8/10

Thank Satan for Papa Roach.” Metal Hammer 9/10

“A career defining performance that will silence many a critic.” Rocksound

The Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum alternative rock band Papa Roach will be heading back to Europe in support of their latest album The Connection (Eleven Seven Music). The band announced the tour just before their storming main stage appearance at Download Festival at the weekend. This will be their first headlining tour since 2009 and kicks off in Portsmouth on December 1st, finishing at Brixton Academy on Dec 10th, bringing Middle Class Rut and Amercian Fangs along as support . After visiting the UK as part of the Taste of Chaos tour in 2010, co-headlining with Stone Sour last year, as well as Sonisphere and Download Festival appearances, one of this generation’s greatest live rock bands is now back headlining in their own right.

Papa Roach recently released a deluxe edition of The Connection in Europe, which features a bonus DVD of their live performance at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Fans can purchase this special package at www.paparoach.com.

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Papa Roach released their sixth full-length studio album (second for label home Eleven Seven Music), The Connection on October 2012. The album was produced by rock veteran James Michael (Sixx:A.M., Halestorm) and John Feldmann (Panic at the Disco, The Used) and has been receiving critical praise across the board. In their 4K review Kerrang declared it was “the sound of a band who know their craft inside out, but who aren’t afraid to grow and try something new”, Metal Hammer said that the band “have defiantly proved their calibre once more” and Rocksound commented that the album was “as energetic and downright urgent as any Papa Roach have produced in the last 10 years”. Papa Roach has sold upwards of 10 million albums worldwide. The band boasts two Grammy nominations, an MTV VMA nomination, as well as eleven Top 10 rock hits, seven Top 10 alternative hits and can claim the Most Played Alternative Song of the Decade (BDS) with their breakthrough single Last Resort. .Known for their electrifying and explosive live shows, Papa Roach has become responsible for some of the most successful rock tours in recent years.

Papa Roach Tour Dates December 2013:

Sun 1st Portsmouth Pyramids

Mon 2nd Sheffield Academy

Tue 3rd Birmingham Academy

Thurs 5th Manchester Academy

Fri 6th Dublin Academy

Sun 8th Glasgow Barrowlands

Mon 9th Newcastle Academy

Tue 10th London Brixton Academy

Tickets are £20 except for Glasgow £18.50 and London £22.50

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