Black Tusk will be hitting the road next February with Black Label Society, a move that must be incredibly tough for the band considering the passing of bassist Jonathan Athon on November 7. Filling in as what appears to be only a temporary bassist is current Niche member and ex-Kylesa bassist Corey Barhorst.
The band had this to say via Facebook.
"It’s been an incredibly trying time for us over the past month and we want to thank everyone for their support. We had confirmed the European tour with Black Label Society and finished the new album before Athon’s accident and Athon, specifically, had been very excited about the opportunity to tour with BLS and we feel there’s no way he’d want things to end on this note. Corey Barhorst, formerly of Kylesa and currently of Niche, will be stepping in for Athon for the time being. All of us go back over 10 years and Corey seemed the natural choice to carry on for Athon.
If you'd like to donate to the Athon Memorial Fund, you can do that via Paypal at [email protected]."
Best of luck to Barhorst and the band. Here are the dates:
02/11 Glasgow, UK – 02 ABC
02/12 Birmingham, UK – The Institute
02/13 London, UK – Roundhouse
02/14 Bristol, UK – Bristol 02 Academy
02/15 Leeds, UK – Leeds 02 Academy
02/17 Norwich, UK – Norwich UEA
02/18 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
02/19 Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
02/21 Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
02/22 Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
02/24 Frankfurt, GER – Batschkapp
02/25 Dortmund, GER – FZW Freizeitzentrum West
02/26 Paris, FRA – Le Bataclan
02/27 Strasbourg, FRA – La Laitere
03/01 Aarhus, DEN – Train
03/03 Oslo, NOR – Rockefeller Music Hall
03/05 Stockholm, SWE – Close Up Baten (Crusie)
03/06 Helsinki, FIN – Nosturl
03/08 Tallinn, EST – Rock Cafe
03/09 Vilnius, LIT – Forum Palace
03/11 Gdansk, POL – B90
03/12 Krakow, POL – Studio
03/14 Pratteln, SWI – Z7
03/15 Lausanne, SWI – Les Docks
