The Sword – Release “Low Country” On 23rd September 2016

11 August 2016 – Following 9 months of touring in support of the critically acclaimed album, “High Country”, The Sword returned to the studio to experiment with a stripped down acoustic presentation of the “High Country” songs. The result, produced by bassist Bryan Richie and mixed by J. Robbins, is “Low Country” which will see a worldwide release on September 23rd.  The album features cover art by Richey Beckett. “High Country” debuted at #14 upon release in August 2015. The band hit the road immediately following the release doing an extensive tour of Europe and the UK, followed by two full American/Canadian tours and a tour of Australia.
To support “Low Country” the band will be heading out as direct support for the Opeth tour September 29^th to October 26^th.  Bracketing the Opeth tour will be 10 headline shows. The first leg, September 23-28 will feature Ruby the Hatchet as support.  The second leg, October 28^th through November 1^st will feature C Average as support. The complete dates for The Sword’s “Low Country” tour are below.

The Sword Low Country Tour Dates:

September 22 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa *
September 23 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn *
September 24 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In *
September 25 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground *
September 26 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater *
September 28 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry *
September 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
September 30 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore ^
October 1 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall ^
October 2 – Boston, MA – House of Blues ^
October 4 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis ^
October 5 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall ^
October 7 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore ^
October 8 – Akron, OH – Good Year Theater at East End ^
October 9 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater ^
October 10 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ^
October 12 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom^
October 13 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live ^
October 14 – Austin, TX – Emo’s ^
October 15 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Live! ^
October 18 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl ^
October 19 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee ^
October 21 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades ^
October 22 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield ^
October 24 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater ^
October 25 – Seattle, WA – The Moore ^
October 26 – Vancouver, Canada – Orpheum ^
October 28 – Boise, ID – Neurolux *
October 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge *
October 30 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater*
November 1 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad *

^ with Opeth
* headline dates

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