Finland’s monster rock n’ roll band LORDI, who will release The Arockalypse March 20, 2007 on The End Records, have announced several dates of their upcoming inaugural tour of North America. The tour will start April 20th, 2007 in Anaheim, California at House of Blues and end with a two-night stint at the Bamboozle music festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey. About touring in North America for the first time, frontman Mr. Lordi says, “I’m really anxious to see how the audiences are gonna react to us. From our point of view touring the States is like ”˜coming home.’ I know it sounds weird for a Finnish band to say that but we are often described as the ”˜most American band’ in Finland. [laughs] You see all of our influences, mostly musical and visual, come from the States, so”¦ we’re keeping our fingers crossed.” The following confirmed dates and venues are: 04/20/07 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues 04/21/07 - Hollywood, CA @ Avalon 04/22/07 - San Francisco, CA @ Slims 04/24/07 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre 04/27/07 - Chicago, IL @ Metro 04/28/07 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s 05/01/07 - Montreal, QUE @ Le Spectrum 05/02/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero 05/03/07 - Baltimore, MD @ Recher Theatre 05/05/07 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Bamboozle 05/06/07 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Bamboozle A few more select dates will be confirmed soon and posted. The band is also scheduled to tour Japan prior to their North American tour. 04/06/07 - Seoul, S. Korea @ Melon Ax Hall 04/09/07 - Tokyo, Jpn @ Shibuya O-East 04/11/07 - Tokyo, Jpn @ Shibuya O-East 04/12/07 - Osaka, Jpn @ IMP Hall 04/13/07 - Nagoya, Jpn @ Shimun-kaikin Chu-Hall To view a recently launched LORDI E-ard, visit: http://www.theendrecords.com/ecards/lordi/index.html