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Down announces spring/summer 2022 festival dates

Author Jad - 19.4.2022

Long-running heavy metal supergroup Down will launch a three-date U.S. run of shows on May 19 at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida. After playing in Atlanta and Dallas immediately after Rockville, Down will take a three-week break before regrouping for three European festival appearances in June. An appearance at this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival will follow in September in Alton, Virginia.

Down tour dates:

May 19 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome To Rockville
May 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
May 22 – Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live
Jun. 16 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell
Jun. 18 – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting
Jun. 19 – Clisson, France @ Hellfest
Sep. 09 – Alton, Virginia @ Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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