MIKE PORTNOY: To Play Select Shows With BIGELF On Upcoming European Tour

Back in May, drum legend Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Dream Theater) announced that he […]

August 9, 2014

Back in May, drum legend Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Dream Theater) announced that he would not be performing with Bigelf on their upcoming European tour even though he played on the band's latest album, Into The Maelstrom. Portnoy and Bigelf have confirmed that he will now be doing a string of shows with the band in Europe, but will not appear on the UK leg of the tour.

Dates are as follows:

October
29 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Boerderij
30 - Dortmund, Germany - FZW

November
1 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
2 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
3 - Munich, Germany - Strom
4 - Milan, Italy - Legend Club
6 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
7 - Madrid, Spain - Copenico
8 - Bilbao, Spain - Sonora

November (without Mike Portnoy)
14 - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute
15 - Gwynedd, North Wales - Hard Rock Hell 7
17 - Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
18 - Wolverhampton, UK - Slade Rooms
19 - London, UK - The Garage

Into The Maelstrom is available on a limited 2CD digipak which includes exclusive remixes and demo versions, as well as a gatefold 2LP vinyl edition which includes the full album on CD.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

"Incredible Time Machine"
"Hypersleep"
"Already Gone"
"Alien Frequency"
"The Professor & The Madman"
"Mr. Harry McQuhae"
"Vertigod"
"Control Freak"
"High"
"Edge Of Oblivion"
"Theater Of Dreams"
"ITM: I. Destination Unknown / II. Harbinger Of Death / III. Memories"