The High Country Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band the Sword. Staged in support of the band's 2015 fifth studio album High Country, the tour visited venues worldwide in 2015 and 2016. Comprising six legs and 111 shows, the tour began in Trondheim, Norway at the Pstereo Festival on August 21, 2015 and concluded on May 28, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.
Background The opening European leg of the High Country Tour was detailed in tandem with the official announcement of the album on June 2, 2015, with the news also stating that the band would continue touring throughout 2015 and 2016. A few days before the release of the album and the beginning of the tour, two legs of North American dates were added starting on October 9, 2015 in Dallas, including appearances at the festivals Knotfest and Aftershock. The support acts were announced as Kadavar and All Them Witches for the first leg, and Royal Thunder for the second. In December 2015, a leg of eight concerts in Australia and New Zealand in February 2016 with the support acts American Sharks and Clowns was announced. The two final legs of the tour, both taking place in North America in Spring 2016, were announced in late January 2016. Royal Thunder returned as the support act for the first leg while the Sword was supported by Purson for the second leg.
Tour dates
DateCityCountryVenueOther act(s)EuropeAugust 21, 2015TrondheimNorwayMarinenVarious (Pstereo Festival)August 22, 2015OsloParkteatretBlack TempleAugust 23, 2015GothenburgSwedenSticky FingersAugust 25, 2015HelsinkiFinlandTavastia ClubAugust 27, 2015StockholmSwedenDebaser StrandAugust 28, 2015MalmöKulturbolagetAugust 29, 2015CopenhagenDenmarkLille VegaAugust 30, 2015HamburgGermanyRock Café St Paulirowspan="2" August 31, 2015BerlinMagnet ClubSeptember 2, 2015ViennaAustriaVienna ArenaThe Iron HeelCommunication KillerSeptember 3, 2015MunichGermanyBackstageMosh36SuffocationNileSeptember 4, 2015MilanItalyLegend Clubrowspan="8" September 5, 2015SalzburgAustriaRockhouseSeptember 6, 2015WinterthurSwitzerlandSalzhausSeptember 7, 2015StuttgartGermanyUniversumSeptember 9, 2015AntwerpBelgiumTrix ClubSeptember 10, 2015TilburgNetherlandsExtaseSeptember 11, 2015CologneGermanyLuxorSeptember 12, 2015ParisFranceLa Boule NoireSeptember 14, 2015NottinghamEnglandRock City BasementHarkSeptember 15, 2015GlasgowScotlandKing Tut's Wah Wah Hut September 16, 2015ManchesterEnglandAcademy 3Hang the BastardSeptember 17, 2015WolverhamptonSlade RoomsSeptember 18, 2015LondonCamden UnderworldHang the BastardSeptember 19, 2015BristolThe TheklaNorth AmericaOctober 9, 2015DallasUnited StatesGas Monkey Live!KadavarAll Them WitchesOctober 10, 2015AustinThe MohawkOctober 11, 2015HoustonFitzgerald'sOctober 13, 2015LawrenceGranada TheaterOctober 14, 2015MadisonMajestic TheatreOctober 15, 2015Iowa CityGabe's OasisOctober 16, 2015MinneapolisMill City NightsOctober 17, 2015OmahaThe Waiting Room LoungeOctober 18, 2015TulsaCain's BallroomOctober 20, 2015MesaClub RedOctober 21, 2015Las VegasVinylOctober 22, 2015San DiegoBelly UpOctober 23, 2015San FranciscoSlim'sOctober 24, 2015San BernardinoSan Manuel AmphitheaterVarious (Knotfest)October 25, 2015SacramentoGibson Ranch ParkVarious (Aftershock Festival)October 27, 2015SeattleNeumosKadavarAll Them WitchesOctober 28, 2015VancouverCanadaRickshaw TheatreOctober 29, 2015PortlandUnited StatesWonder BallroomOctober 30, 2015BoiseNeuroluxAll Them WitchesOctober 31, 2015Salt Lake CityClub SoundNovember 2, 2015DenverGothic TheatreNovember 3, 2015AlbuquerqueLaunchpadNovember 4, 2015LubbockJake's BackroomNorth AmericaNovember 18, 2015New OrleansUnited StatesOne Eyed JacksRoyal ThunderNovember 19, 2015AtlantaThe MasqueradeNovember 20, 2015St. PetersburgState TheatreNovember 21, 2015Jacksonville BeachFreebird LiveNovember 23, 2015BirminghamSaturnNovember 24, 2015NashvilleExit/InNovember 25, 2015AshevilleThe Orange PeelNovember 27, 2015CarrboroCat's CradleNovember 28, 2015CharlotteNeighbourhood TheatreNovember 29, 2015Washington, D.C.Rock & Roll HotelDecember 1, 2015New York CityWebster HallDecember 2, 2015CambridgeThe SinclairDecember 3, 2015AlbanyNorthern LightsDecember 4, 2015PhiladelphiaTrocadero TheatreDecember 5, 2015BuffaloTown BallroomDecember 6, 2015TorontoCanadaThe Opera HouseDecember 8, 2015PittsburghUnited StatesMr. Small's TheatreDecember 9, 2015ClevelandAgora Theatre and BallroomDecember 10, 2015Ann ArborBlind PigDecember 11, 2015Grand RapidsPyramid SchemeDecember 12, 2015ChicagoThalia HallDecember 13, 2015St. LouisThe Ready RoomDecember 15, 2015Memphis1884 LoungeDecember 16, 2015Little RockJuanita's Cantina and BallroomDecember 17, 2015Oklahoma CityACMDecember 18, 2015San AntonioPaper TigerDecember 19, 2015Corpus ChristiHouse of Rock
References
External links The Sword tour dates