16.08.2004 TORONTO, ONT - The Guverment (CAN) 17.08.2004 MONTREAL, QUE - Metropolis (CAN) 19.08.2004 PHILADELPHIA, PA - Trocadero (USA) 20.08.2004 WORCESTER, MA - Palladium (USA) 22.08.2004 MANHATTAN, NY - B.B. Kingґs (USA) 23.08.2004 CLEVELAND, OH - Phantasy Theater (USA) 25.08.2004 CHICAGO, IL - House Of Blues (USA) 26.08.2004 MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Quest Club (USA) 28.08.2004 DENVER, CO - Cervantes (USA) 30.08.2004 PHONIX, AZ - Cajun House (USA) 31.08.2004 ANAHEIM, CA - House Of Blues (USA) 02.09.2004 HOLLYWOOD, CA - House Of Blues (USA) 03.09.2004 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Slimґs (USA) 05.09.2004 SEATTLE, WA - Graceland (USA
The seventh annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival has now confirmed its first artists for the 2004 festival.
The headliner for Saturday, the 17th of July, will be Nightwish, who will release their much-anticipated new album, "Once" in June. Nightwish will be mainly touring Europe and the United States next summer and their Tuska-performance is going to be one of their three finnish shows.
Another headliner at Tuska during 16.-18.7.2004 will be the legendary King Diamond. This pioneer of black metal has been touring the world for almost three decades, sold millions of records and inspired four generations of metalheads. Also appearing at Kaisaniemi Park are swedish melodic-deathmetal groups Soilwork and Dark Tranquility and german thrashers Dew-Scented.
Besides Nightwish, Tuska-festival will once again present the hottest finnish metal acts. During the weekend, performances by Impaled Nazarene, Sonata Arctica, Sinergy, Suburban Tribe, Mokoma, Kotiteollisuus and Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus will be taking place. The new generation of finnish metal will be represented by the highly acclaimed Swallow the Sun, Diablo, Machine Men, Kilpi and Twilightning.
Over the course of three days more than 30 bands will be appearing on three different stages.
In addition to the festival itself, the evening-clubs will entertain the festival crowd from Thursday through Sunday on four different locations. More than 30 up-and-coming acts will be performing in the evening-clubs, styles ranging from deathmetal to goth, industrial and cover-material.
Tickets for Tuska 2004 will go on sale in May through Tiketti (www.tiketti.fi), Lippupalvelu (www.lippupalvelu.fi) and the new addition of Menolippu (www.menolippu.fi). Tickets will also be available at selected record stores. Tuska 2004 is an all-ages festival.