The Acacia Strain will headline the second day of the inaugural Transmission Fest at the Palladium in Worcester, MA this Saturday, August 7th. The band will be appearing with Vanna, MyChildren MyBride and more. This performance will be especially noteworthy for the band as founding guitarist, DL, who has not been touring with the band in recent months, will be performing.
The band's new album, "Wormwood," which was released on July 20th sold over 6,000 units and was the highest selling and charting first week album in the band's decade long career.
It charted at number 67 on the US Billboard Top 200 chart, number 66 on the Top Current chart, number 6 on the Independent Chart, number 8 on the Hard Rock chart, number 21 on the Rock chart, number 22 on the Tastemakers' chart and number 11 on the Top Internet Albums Chart. In Canada the album was number 25 on their Independent chart and number 40 on their Hard Music chart.
The Acacia Strain wrapped up "Cool Tour" on Sunday in San Francisco and have one more show on their trek home, today, with War of Ages in Kansas City, MO. They are then heading to Europe in September and October on the "Hell On Earth Tour" with Terror and more.
Their upcoming dates are:
8/4 Kansas City, MO- The El Torreon (w/ War of Ages)
8/7 Worcester, MA- Transmission Fest, The Palladium
9/17 Jena, GER - F Haus $
9/18 Koln, GER - Essigfabrik $
9/19 Reading, UK - Sub 89 $
9/20 Norwich, UK - Waterfront $
9/21 Colchester, UK - Arts Centre $
9/22 Plymouth, UK - White Rabbit $
9/23 Manchester, UK - Moho Live $
9/24 Sheffield, UK - Corperation $
9/25 London, UK - Islington 02 Academy $
9/26 Antwerpen, BE - Hof ter Lo $
9/27 Paris, FR - Glazart $
9/28 Rotterdam, NI - Watt $
9/29 Frankfurt/Main, GER - Batschkapp $
9/30 Klagenfurt, AUT - Volxhaus $
10/1 Munchen, GER - Werk $
10/2 Pinarella di Cervia, IT - Rock Planet $
10/3 Solothurn, CH - Kofmehl $
10/4 Hannover, GER - Faust $
10/5 Gothenburg, SW - Musikens Hus $
10/6 Munster, GER - Sputnikhalle $
10/7 Hamburg, GER - Markthalle $
10/8 Saarbrucken, GER - Garage $
10/9 Schweinfurt, GER - Alter Stattbahnhof $
10/10 Zaandam, NI - Kade $
10/11 Lindau, GER - Club Vaudeville TBC $
10/12 Stuttgart, GER - TBA $
10/13 Wien, GER - Arena $
10/14 Praha, CZ - Abaton $
10/15 Leipzig, GER - Werk $
10/16 Berlin, GER - SO 36 $
10/17 Amneville, FR - Tat The Beast $
$ "Hell On Earth" Tour
