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Former BLACK SABBATH Singer To Celebrate 'Headless Cross' Anniversary With U.S. Tour
- June 16, 2009
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According to a posting on the unofficial BLACK SABBATH web site Black-Sabbath.com, former SABBATH singer Tony Martin will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the BLACK SABBATH album "Headless Cross" by touring the U.S. in July and August. Martin's band, which will also be called HEADLESS CROSS, will consist of the following musicians: Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH)- Vocals Rolf Munkes (EMPIRE) - Guitar Jamie Mallender - Bass Danny Needham (BAILEY'S COMET, RAZORBACK) - Drums Geoff Nicholls (BLACK SABBATH) - Keyboards Commented Martin: "'It's really THE TONY MARTIN BAND, and that's what we enter the States as, but the promoter has got itchy fingers, I think, and decided it's better to use the album title. I'm not ENTIRELY happy with it just because, but I decided to run with it. He continued, "So the idea is to commemorate 20 years since 'Headless Cross' and I can reveal that some of the songs have NEVER been done live before... like 'Black Moon'... It's a REALLY complex track, but we're gonna bring it to the stage and show it off. Also, we've just left behind the anniversary of 'Eternal Idol', so there's gonna be some more off that album too like 'Born To Lose'. "I have to say it's been a hard slog with negotiations and getting visas and stuff, so we come at VERY short notice and hope to be with you guys in just under three weeks from now!!! "We are a couple of members short — normally we like to have more people up there — but it wasn't possible this time round, but we got it covered. "We aren't able to bring with us much in the way of visual stuff just because there is so little time to get it all together, so... it's just the songs... Me and... well.... I hope.. you guys!!! We're out there 'till the end of August." Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. 
Video footage of Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls and Danny Needham performing with a band that was backing Joe Lynn Turner ( RANBOW, DEEP PURPLE) at a concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2008 can be viewed below.
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COMMENT | AWESOME!
posted by :
6/16/2009 7:48:18 PM
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But, what are the dates and locations???
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COMMENT | Interesting
posted by : Metal Bubba
6/16/2009 7:53:33 PM
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I am a huge fan of Tony Martin's era of Sabbath. Very cool.
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COMMENT | Awesome!
posted by : The Game Is Called The End
6/16/2009 7:59:04 PM
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I've been waiting for Tony come back to the states for years. I will definitely be there.
\m/
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COMMENT | fuck yeah!!
posted by :
6/16/2009 8:00:29 PM
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bring on the dates!!
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COMMENT | One of Sabbaths best albums
posted by : wolfking
6/16/2009 8:01:23 PM
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One of their best albums IMO, it's perfect. Hopefully Tony can still pull these off live, should be a good show. Born to Lose is a classic track also from the underrated Eternal Idol!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : wolfking
6/16/2009 8:06:31 PM
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Pardon my ignorance, I just saw these clips. Not as powerful obviously, but a great performer with a great tone and sense of phrasing.
Definitely my favourite Sabbath era.
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COMMENT | My fave Martin - Era Sabbath album
posted by : RiotAct666
6/16/2009 8:14:53 PM
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I am there. but when are the dates?
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COMMENT |
posted by : Land of the Lost Horizon
6/16/2009 8:22:44 PM
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a little dissapointed in the clips above, but i'd still love to see the show. very cool that they're celebrating the anniversary of one of the best sabbath albums out there. saw martin on the cross purposes and forbidden tours, and i'd take him over ozzy any day.
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COMMENT | Awesome!
posted by :
6/16/2009 8:25:25 PM
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Just listened to that album today!
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COMMENT |
posted by : xpatchiex
6/16/2009 8:27:20 PM
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Good to see so many comments from people who appreciate this era of Sabbath.
Hope this makes it to the UK.
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COMMENT | Dallas Fort Worth Please
posted by : Dale Lammers
6/16/2009 8:27:48 PM
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Please!!!!
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COMMENT | Rolf Munkes?
posted by :
6/16/2009 8:34:14 PM
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That guy is a great guitarist, this could actually be really good.
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COMMENT | i would go see this if it comes to new england,
posted by :
6/16/2009 8:45:00 PM
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loved Tyras well , -Odin's Court was cool, loved the shining and Nightmare from eternal idol too
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COMMENT | ?
posted by : StanSmith CIA
6/16/2009 8:51:09 PM
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Who cares!?
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COMMENT |
posted by : 5142
6/16/2009 8:54:08 PM
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FUCK FT. WORTH!!!!
COME TO DALLAS , TEXAS!!!!!
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COMMENT | Great Opening Band
posted by :
6/16/2009 8:54:10 PM
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For the Heaven and Hell tour IMO, better than CnC for an old fart like me
The Tony Martin era in many respects is as good as the Dio era, if ya wittle it down to 50-60 minute set, it would be as heavy as the Dio set if the TM band is good. And an incredible night of Iommi music.
In any event, I'll get down to AC and may hang in the casino till bout the end of coheed and maybe catch the last song or 2, if Tony the Cat was there, I would be in the hard rock early...
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COMMENT |
posted by : MetallicaPuppet
6/16/2009 8:58:50 PM
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Oh shit! It would be AWESOME to hear an entire night of Black Sabbath songs from Headless Cross, TYR, Cross Purposes...but I know the show won't come to San Francisco :-(
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COMMENT | Killer!
posted by :
6/16/2009 9:42:15 PM
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I gotta see this!i like everything he did with sabbath!i seen him with sabbath in 94' on the cross purposes tour,and it was a killer show!
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COMMENT | Pleasant Surprise
posted by :
6/16/2009 9:55:09 PM
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Revisited "Headless Cross" these past two days, good album and it will be nice to hear live.
Geoff Nicholls' presence seals this for quality's sake.
I will see this live if they hit DFW.
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COMMENT | Black Sabbath
posted by : tokyoblade
6/16/2009 9:57:29 PM
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with Tony Martin is awesome!
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COMMENT | T.M.
posted by : v.o.r.
6/16/2009 9:58:48 PM
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Headless Cross? Sure, why not? Sabbath calls themselves Heaven & Hell now. So can Iommi sue?
Next Tony Martin can call his band Cross Purposes - I guess Tyr and Forbidden are already taken.
Just me or do a lot of people feel sorry for Geoff Nichols? He always seems to be Sabbath's bitch.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Firefly
6/16/2009 10:19:28 PM
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I am so there if they play NYC!
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COMMENT |
posted by : megadeth1117
6/16/2009 10:40:31 PM
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this sounds great, the Martin era of Sabbath is my second favorite era behind the Dio era, Headless Cross is one of my favorite albums, now can some record company PLEASE reissue Headless Cross and TYR so I can get them at a reasonable price?
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COMMENT |
posted by : DaveMundaine
6/16/2009 11:20:12 PM
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hope they come to LA - I've been waiting to see Tony Martin live for ever. I hope they bust out some Cross Purposes and Forbidden stuff - I know TM has shit on Forbidden but I still think there are some great songs there. Especially the bonus song Loser Gets it all and Rusty Angels, Kiss of Death, all awesome.
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COMMENT |
posted by : DaveMundaine
6/16/2009 11:24:04 PM
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also they better play Anno Mundi!!!!!
AS THE WINDS IN THE NIGHT BLOW COOOOOOOLD
\m/
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COMMENT | Beerdiablo & v.o.r.
posted by :
6/16/2009 11:49:27 PM
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Hey guys, good on you for throwing some praise at Geoff Nicholls. He is a truly unsung giant in metal. Geoff wrote the famous bass line for Heaven and Hell, he played bass on Heaven and Hell, he played on those kick ass Quartz albums, wrote 7th Star, was Tony's enforcer, wrote the better songs on Ozzy's Down to Earth album (and the better songs off Tony Martin's Scream album). Just a great musician. I was also glad to see Tony Iommi remembering Geoff in the Heaven and Hell TDYK liner notes.
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COMMENT | Headless Cross - one of best metal albums in the 1980s!
posted by :
6/17/2009 12:11:14 AM
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Martin - era of Black Sabbath is totally underrated and Geoff Nicholls is underrated even more!
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COMMENT | awesome
posted by :
6/17/2009 12:12:05 AM
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Would love to see this tour.
How about a re-master of Headliess Cross on cd? It's OOP on cd and I've seen it go for like $40 on ebay.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Neil Young's Cocaine Booger
6/17/2009 1:41:03 AM
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Did Tony get Ozzy and Sharon's permission first?????
I mean, I heard they even wanted the words Black and Sabbath banned from the spoken/written word unless they receive 25% of the money made off them.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/17/2009 3:53:08 AM
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Too bad he won't be bringing this tour North of the border...
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COMMENT | sorry, i´m a huge fan
posted by :
6/17/2009 4:17:06 AM
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of tony martin and headless cross, but the clips here are more than dissapointing. Come on, the chorus of headless cross should be a powerful scream and not a sonorous lalala. Tony, you can do better!
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COMMENT | best new ever
posted by : Empire
6/17/2009 4:45:45 AM
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this is the best SABBATH album with a lot of difference, with Tyr and Eternal Idol, masterpieces.
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COMMENT | Sabbath's Headless Cross
posted by :
6/17/2009 5:06:26 AM
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http://www.cozypowell.com/images/sabs89.jpg
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COMMENT | This is cool
posted by :
6/17/2009 5:12:41 AM
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It's weird to call it Headless Cross, but then again why not?
I never stopped being a Black Sabbath fan but I could hardly listen to Forbidden so hopefully they'll leave that one alone.
Headless Cross, Eternal Idol, and Cross Purposes all have great songs. Tony Martin is a fine, if somewhat uncharismatic vocalist.
I'd check it out for sure!
Before long it will be the 30th anniversary for Born Again (2013). I wonder if that will recieve any fanfare?
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COMMENT | As long as we're celebrating anniversaries...
posted by :
6/17/2009 5:15:21 AM
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It was 30 years ago that Ozzy got shitcanned from Sabbath, thus revitalizing a dead band.
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COMMENT | excellent news
posted by : behind the wall of sleep
6/17/2009 5:15:57 AM
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I saw the "Tyr" line-up of Sabbath live, Martin, Iommi, Neil Murray and the late great Cozy Powell, it was a superb show. Tony is such an underrated singer and writer. Geoff Nicholls is great too
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COMMENT | Awesome!
posted by :
6/17/2009 5:17:49 AM
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Bring this to Germany! I saw Helloween performing Headless Cross together with Tony as an enocre at Bang Your Head festival a few years ago and it was plain awesome!
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COMMENT | Great news!
posted by :
6/17/2009 7:05:47 AM
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Geoff Nichols & Tony Martin = Quality songwriting!
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COMMENT |
posted by : PL
6/17/2009 7:21:02 AM
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After all these years it is finally coming together. We got Black Sabbath and we got Heaven And Hell and we got Headless Cross. As it always should have been.
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COMMENT | Haha. Funny promo pic.
posted by :
6/17/2009 8:32:05 AM
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It's in the shitter. Hopefully their tour goes well.
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COMMENT |
posted by : rds
6/17/2009 8:55:32 AM
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the Headless Cross demos with Ray Gillin sounded great!
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COMMENT | Geoff Nicholls
posted by : shattered73
6/17/2009 8:59:31 AM
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Why isn't he in Sabbath anymore?
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COMMENT | Super!
posted by :
6/17/2009 10:29:58 AM
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I love the Martin-era Sab stuff as well!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/17/2009 10:45:14 AM
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Headless Cross and Cross Purposes are tremedous albums. LOts of good Sabbath tracks with Martin out there if you give it the time of day...
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COMMENT |
posted by : Strychnine.213
6/17/2009 10:54:17 AM
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One of their best albums, hope it comes to the UK.
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COMMENT | rds
posted by :
6/17/2009 12:11:04 PM
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That's The Eternal Idol demos that Ray sings on.
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COMMENT | I hope they tour all summer
posted by :
6/17/2009 12:34:12 PM
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I want to see them play "Sabbath Stones". The guitarist is actually a good mimicker of Ritchie Blackmore.
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COMMENT | Minneapolis/St. Paul
posted by : profmacdaddy
6/17/2009 12:36:25 PM
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We'd love to see you here, Tony!! Headless Cross and Cross Purposes are two of my favorite Sabbath albums.
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COMMENT | mfiasco^
posted by : rds
6/17/2009 1:35:01 PM
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oh yeah! haha!
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COMMENT |
posted by : hookinmouth
6/17/2009 5:31:15 PM
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Tony Martin era is great, unfortunately it wasn't commercially successful...
I don't know the reasons, maybe after so many vocalists (I think Martin was the 5th to sing on an album after Ozzy, Dio, Gillan and Hughes) people didn't care to even listen and give it a chance.
Then after Cross Purposes metal wasn't commercially viable anymore, it was the grunge era already.
Still the music was really good and now that metal has become huge and Black Sabbath is popular again (as Heaven and Hell) I can't see a reason why not playing these great songs again and give the new and old fans a chance to hear them live (once again).
I understand Mr. Martin disliked the idea of playing as Headless Cross, but I think it's a pretty good idea, very appropriate for the moment. And it might help his career with the Tony Martin Band, get young fans to acknowledge the albums he made with Sabbath. The guy really deserves the credits and recognition for his great work.
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COMMENT | Correction
posted by :
6/21/2009 7:16:49 PM
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The clips at the top of this page are not The Tony Martin Band. Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls and Danny Needham (Drum Monster) went over to Brazil and guested with a band over there.
+KentHiltz, you are quite correct - the promo pic was taken in a shitter at The Ice Hall, St Petersburg, Russia, in 2006 when we played with Uriah Heep, Nazareth and U.D.O. But it was a very nice shitter!
For more info on The Tony Martin Band, check out www.jamiemallender.co.uk
or
http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/index.html
or
http://black-sabbath.oldiblog.com/
or
www.myspace.com/jamiemallendersoloartist
or
www.myspace.com/officialtonymartin
or
www.tonymartin.net
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COMMENT | Thank you
posted by :
6/22/2009 6:22:27 AM
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Thanks very much to Blabbermouth for correcting the mistake.
We will let you know the dates as soon as we have them. Hope to see you there!!!!!!!!!
Best Regards,
Jamie Mallender
Bass Player
Tony Martin band
www.jamiemallender.co.uk
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COMMENT | in Montreal
posted by :
6/26/2009 2:57:58 PM
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THE GODS OF NOW will be opening for them August 8th at the Telus Theater.
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COMMENT | Myspace Headless Cross Tour 2009 for details
posted by :
6/29/2009 4:03:49 PM
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www.myspace.com/headlesscrosstour2009
I cannot wait to see them in California in July! See myspace page for venues and dates. July August 2009! More dates to be added..
Please dispatch to others - spread the word! They are coming!
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