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Gojira - French Tour Dates Announced


French progressive/death metallers Gojira will embark on a headlining tour in France in January/February 2009. The band also posted the following US tour update on their MySpace:

"Gojira are curre​ntly in the Unite​d State​s rampa​ging about​ in all major​ citie​s with In Flames. Drumm​er Mario​ Dupla​ntier​ recen​tly told Radio​ Franc​e Inter​natio​nal about​ their​ first​ show in North​ Ameri​ca: "We arriv​ed in Montr​eal where​ we had a great​ and warm welco​me, just as usual​,​ we notic​ed that the peopl​e from Quebec seem to like Frenc​h bands​ in gener​al.​ This first​ show at Metro​polis​ was sold out and peopl​e were very enthu​siast​c and wild durin​g our show,​ we felt somew​hat overw​helme​d by the crowd​'​s energ​y... that was aweso​me! We reall​y need to go back there​ for a headl​ining​ show next time!."

He added​:​ "Our set-​list is prett​y diffe​rent from when we play in Europ​e,​ we are opene​rs here.​ So we just play 35 minut​es every​ night​ and that'​s a littl​e bit frust​ratin​g with 4 album​s of songs​ to choos​e from.​ We try to strik​e a balan​ce betwe​en the more acces​sible​ track​s and the more viole​nt ones, also,​ when we only have such a short​ playi​ng time,​ we'​re just tryin​g to be effic​ient and strai​ght to the point​.​"


Gojira will hit the road again​ in Febru​ary 2009 for a full headl​ining​ tour in Franc​e :

Jan. 30 2009 - La Cartonnerie, Reims
Jan. 31 2009 - La Laiterie, StrasBourg
Feb. 01 2009 - Le Transbordeur, Lyon
Feb. 03 2009 - Le Brise Glace, Annecy
Feb. 04 2009 - Salle du Canton, Monaco
Feb. 05 2009 - Espace Julien, Marseille
Feb. 06 2009 - Le Rockstore, Montpellier
Feb. 07 2009 - Le Bikini, Toulouse
Feb. 09 2009 - Le Barbey, Bordeaux
Feb. 11 2009 - L'Olympic, Nantes
Feb. 12 2009 - L'Antipode, Rennes
Feb. 13 2009 - Le Big Band Cafe, Caen
Feb. 14 2009 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing
Feb. 15 2009 - L'Elysee Montmartre, Paris
Feb. 17 2009 - Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers
Feb. 18 2009 - Le Summum, Grenoble
Feb. 19 2009 - John Lenon, Limoges
Feb. 20 2009 - L'Atabal, Biarritz
Feb. 21 2009 - L'Atabal, Biarritz

Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Gojira
Event: Gojira: French Tour
Posted: 27.11.2008 by Abattoir


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27.11.2008 - 15:12
White Winter Sun
Laboratory's Rat
And shit, the date in my city is the same day when I leave home one week to go to the ski . Probably I shall go to the previous date for not missing this tour.
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27.11.2008 - 21:57
a MasT

I wonder if they'll headline in the US for this album, it sucks I would have to suffer through In Flames and All That Remains to see them this year.
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27.11.2008 - 22:22
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Mastercommander
I'd love to see a US headlining tour with these guys. they are a force live. I would have seen them when they where here with In Flames but their set would have been short and there's 2 1/2 bad bands there with them
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27.11.2008 - 23:16
Symmachus

Nice.
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