LEAVES' EYES Forced To Cancel Remaining Dates On North American Tour

September 28, 2010

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has been forced to cancel the remaining dates on its previously announced North Americna tour. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows:

"We regret to announce that the remaining dates of our North American Tour will not take place. This also includes the show in Mexico City.

"As a result of KAMELOT's last-minute cancellation of their headlining tour, LEAVES' EYES still tried their best to play as many dates in the USA and Canada as possible.

The big gap between the cancelled KAMELOT tour dates and our own headlining dates is just to big to overcome. This made it impossible to continue any further.

"We are feeling terribly sorry for having to release this statement as we put an immense amount of energy and effort to make a full North American tour happen. Everybody was very excited to play in North America and Mexico again. However, the power to decide was not at all in our hands. We deeply regret that we now had to stop touring and return to Europe.

"We are very greatful to our fans, friends, BLACKGUARD, the radio stations, all the promoters who made it possible for us to play the shows we did so far. We will never forget these fantastic moments. We really hope that we have better luck when touring America next time."

"Take The Devil In Me", the new video from LEAVES' EYES, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's latest album, "Njord", which was re-released in May as a "special fan edition," containing three previously unreleased tracks — "At Heaven's End", "Angus and the Swan" and an acoustic version of "Irish Rain". The set also features an appearance by Liv's sister, Carmen Elise Espenaes from MIDNATTSOL, as a guest vocalist on "Irish Rain". The special fan edition comes with a noble matt and glossy foil printed slipcase, which is strictly limited.

The "special fan edition" of "Njord" consists of the "Njord" digipack, including two bonus tracks, as well as the brand new bonus CD "At Heaven's End", which contains seven non-album tracks, and the "My Destiny" video.

"Njord - Special Fan Edition" contents:

"Njord" (limited-edition digipak)

01. Njord
02. My Destiny
03. Emerald Island
04. Take the Devil in Me
05. Scarborough Fair
06. Through Our Veins
07. Irish Rain
08. Northbound
09. Ragnarok
10. Morgenland
11. The Holy Bond
12. Frøya's Theme
13. Landscape of the Dead (bonus track)
14. Les Champs de Lavande (bonus track)

"At Heaven's End" (bonus CD)

01. At Heaven's End (non-album track)
02. Angus and the Swan (non-album track)
03. Irish Rain (acoustic version - non-album track)
04. The Battle of Maldon (non-album track)
05. Scarborough Fair (acoustic version - non-album track)
06. Nine Wave Maidens (non-album track)
07. My Destiny (remix - non-album track)
08. My Destiny (video)

LEAVES' EYES recently entered Mastersound Studio in Germany to begin recording its new album for a tentative late 2010/early 2011 release.

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