4/27 – Baltimore, Md. – Soundstage
4/28 – Philadelphia, Penn. – The Trocadero
4/29 – New York, N.Y. – Webster Hall
5/1 – Worcester, Mass. – The Palladium
5/2 – Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
5/3 – Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theater
5/5 – Columbus, Ohio – Newport Music Hall
5/6 – Joliet, Ill. – Mojoes
5/7 – Minneapolis, Minn. – Mill City Nights
5/9 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Garrick Centre
5/10 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Louis Pub
5/11 – Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
5/12 – Edmonton, Alberta – Union Hall
5/14 – San Francisco, Calif. — The Grand Ballroom at the Regency
5/15 – Anaheim, Calif. – The Grove
5/16 — Tempe, Ariz. – Marquee Theater
5/18 – Denver, Colo. – Ogden Theater
5/20 – Austin, Texas – Emos
5/21 – Birmingham, Ala. – Iron City Live
5/22 – New Orleans, La. – New Orleans Civic Theatre
5/23 – Orlando, Fla. – House of Blues

Taken straight off their Facebook. This was announced a few days ago but it doesn't look like anyone has posted about it. I for one am thrilled to see another Kamelot headlining tour. I missed the one last year for whatever reason. Must say that I thought Dragonforce was a bit of a surprise, since Kamelot has been touring with symphonic acts like Delain and Nightwish for the past few years.

I definitely want to go to this, but it's so far ahead (8 months) that I won't be worrying about it for a while. DragonForce is cheesy fun and I'd love to see them live for once. Kamelot isn't my favorite band but I do enjoy them. My problem with this show is it's at the shittiest venue in our city that tends to absolutely ass pack itself with people to the point where the overcrowding is unenjoyable, and these 2 bands are pretty popular.

I'm curious if they're going to take along a 3rd.

Kamelot I'm going. I love them, so I'll buck up and go even though it's on a Wednesday and at a venue that can't seem to ever get the sound right. Ever.

Not a huge dragonforce fan, but Kamelot is one of my favorite bands so I am totally going to this.

Bought my ticket for this yesterday. I've done a lot of Kamelot listening in the past month or so and now I know more than just 2 of their songs (previously Wings of Despair and Ghost Opera).

I'm curious how the lineup will be for this though. Are there opening acts? It doesn't seem like it, so does that mean DragonForce will be playing an hour long set? I have no idea. I would love if that were the case.

I'd guess Dragonforce will play 45 min and Kamelot will play an hour and 15 min. It'd be nice if it were an hour and a half though!

That was my original guess but I think that would be kinda weird and incredibly short if that was the entire show. When Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium were touring, they did 45/75 but at least with my city, they brought 1 local. It was still a relatively short show but it wasn't too bad. Cutting that local for only 2 bands just seems weird... Like, I'd get there say at 7:30pm for DragonForce and the show is already over by 10:00pm?

Does anyone know which female singers are touring with them? (If any)

I saw a Facebook post of Alissa White-Gluz with them in Mexico, but I'm not sure if she's doing the whole NA tour. They'll more than likely have a couple extra singers with them.

Yeah, what's the deal with that? I've never seen them live before. Do they usually grab a couple female singers and bring them on tour? The archives are showing me a small list that leads me to believe that (as well as 1 live video). Do they actually do a lot of singing or are they just on stage for a few lines here and there?

I'm trying to remember... When I saw them supporting Nightwish a few years ago, I think they had a couple chorus/backup singers on stage most of the show. The singer from Amaranthe was one of them. Alissa White-Gluz did two songs with them, Sacrimony and March of Mephisto. Then they had a bunch of singers come on in robes for the latter song. Most of the singers are just there for a couple songs while one or two will be on stage most of the show, if I remember correctly. Could check some YouTube footage. But in the tour announcement they said they'll have "their biggest North American stage setup ever," so maybe there will be quite a few singers.

Seems like Linnéa Vikström is the touring female vocalist. It's too bad, I would have preferred any of the other 3 main ones (Simone, Allisa, or Elize).

K, so I just came back from it. It was definitely an awesome show, short as it was.

DragonForce first. I know a lot of words to all of their played songs, so obviously I was digging it. A lot of stage presence from all the members. The guitarists had a bit of back and forth comedy going where when alternating the solos, the guy not playing the solo would sorta mock the other guy. Some laughs were definitely had. The set was really good too, even though they played Cry Thunder (I don't know who even likes that song). I'd definitely see these guys again.

Kamelot was next. I'll get to the good right away, but I gotta say something first. They said this would be their biggest North American setup ever, right? It wasn't big at all... Aside from a high rack to hang cymbals for the drummer and the presence of a female vocalist, it was a pretty typical 5 man shows (I guess all the lights count too). Based on what I've seen in videos, I think the key word here is "North American" and that Europe as a standard gets much bigger. Having said that, their show was awesome too. Good stage presence again, and lots of crowd involvement (clapping, fist pumping, etc). Tommy is a phenomenal vocalist and you can really tell how good he is when he sings live. He can hold a note very well (though he did use reverb during the one time when there no instruments backing him), he can change notes almost as if he's using autotune, and his volume control is excellent. For Vikstrom... What can I say. I don't like her vocals as much as the studio singers, but maaaan is she a babe. Seeing the shaved side of the head thing she had in pictures and just pictures in general, I was expecting some older woman. But she is definitely a beauty. But enough ogling her. Show was great and I'd see them again. If their second North America tour came by me, I would have gone.

How many songs did DragonForce play? I'm not really big into Kamelot, but I like DragonForce and I'm thinking about going.

Amaranthe is touring, so Elize can't do that.

They played 9 songs. My bad, I usually post the setlists here when I do my mini tour reviews.

DragonForce: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/dragonfor ... 80017.html
Kamelot: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kamelot/2 ... 80010.html

Also, check out the songs 'Centre of the Universe', 'Karma', and 'Forever' by Kamelot. They're all mid-era Kamelot songs, they're all played live, and they're all upper-midpaced melodic songs. If any of the live songs Kamelot played would appeal to a DragonForce fan, it would be those. I was also mainly going for DragonForce but I listened to a lot of Kamelot after the show was announced and was pleasantly surprised with them. They're definitely a grower band.



Yeah I know. They're actually coming through my city too but I decided to skip them since I'm not the biggest fan of the band to begin with and because the openers aren't great.

Thanks! I thought DragonForce would only play 6ish songs, so that's great. I saw Amaranthe last year and they're a better live band. If you haven't seen them before, it's worth checking out.

Can't believe Dragonforce actually plays Ring of Fire live.

Lol. I'll tell you what though, it's definitely a catchy cover. I fell like if you let go of the fact that's it's a cover, on its own, it's still a decent typical ultra fast ultra melodic DragonForce song.