Jon Oliva's Pain Tour and Studio News!

A very good 2009 to all,

JOP's been very busy since returning from the
fall 2008 US tour with CircleIICircle/Manticora and thought we
would spell it all out for you as 2009 kicks into high gear.

First, we would like to announce official endorsements from our great partners at Ddrum (Christopher Kinder), and Charvel Guitars (Tom McDyne). Locking into partnerships with these high quality manufacturers helps us promote the music and the instruments that allow us to deliver the best performances possible. We sincerely appreciate their support and recognition of our desire to grow their brands and ours...thanks!

On the music front: JOP is deep into pre-production for our 4th release due out later this year. 13 songs are on the table with another 6 still in their infancy. Expect us to deliver another 60+ minutes. We are determined to make this record heavier and more diverse than the previous3 cd's. We have done quite a bit of experimenting over the past 2 albums, but there is a real desire to push our performances and Oliva's voice harder than ever. Recording will begin at Morrisound Studio's-Tampa in late March.

Touring news: JOP is so far confirmed for (5) European festivals (more to follow) as well as dates in South America. Festival appearances, SA dates and Euro-acoustic shows will be announced in the coming weeks. We will hit the US/Europe again in the fall of 2009 in support of our next release and we are in negotiations to film a live DVD for an early 2010 release.
The DVD will feature not only JOP material, but also a healthy onslaught of SAVATAGE classics.

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JOP is confirmed for this years SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL June 3-7 in Sölvesborg, Sweden

Current festival appearances are:

ROCK HARD FESTIVAL: Gelsenkirchen, Germany: May 29-31
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL -June 3-7 in Sölvesborg, Sweden
QUEENS OF METAL- Kleinwenkheim, Germany June 18-20

2 more festivals have been confirmed and will be announced in early
February!

great news. I wonder how this new release would sound. Maybe like Sirens?

Cool news Kong! GLOBAL WARNING made my Top 10 CDs of '08, easily. Bring on the new one!

I hope you guys hit the UK at some point this year, it's been too long since Progpower UK II!

Hey Kong,

Will these tracks feature the tapes Jon's wife found of Criss'?

And that dvd sounds killer.

As far as the lost Criss Oliva music...we are definately going to be
auditioning more of those casettes for great idea's. Since there
is a conscious effort in creating a heavier record, it only makes sense
to continuing digging through those hidden treasures in hopes of finding
the mother-pearl....and were quite sure we will find a few!

The DVD will hopefully see the light of day as it has been in the planning
stages for a while. But we decided that it would be best to get another
record under our belts and allow us the best possible options when picking
a JOP/Savatage setlist that people will dig. We are seriously contemplating
a 2 night recording with some different songs each set. Nothing wrong with
having as much material as possible to choose from....and we are certainly looking forward to making this a very grand presentation with a firm intent on giving
Criss Oliva the tribute he is surely due!

Cheers and thanks one and all!

\m/

This DVD sound awesome

I didn't know that the band still used those tapes. As far as I know the band has been using them for a while, I assume there are plenty of samples out there.

cool

Awesome news. While I am miffed that I wasn't able to see JOP and CIIC live, Global Warning was my #3 album of the year last year. Looking forward to another platter and a DVD.

Thanks to all!

Festival confirmations are starting to flow in. Club metal/acoustic shows will
be added in the coming weeks now that the final festival schedule is shaping
up. We expect more festival shows to be announced soon and then the club
shows will be added to fill the off days...to many off days are for the weak!

We could spend most of the summer touring Europe and beyond, but we will start recording April 1 and we will need to return home to finish the record on time
for a mid-October release and the Live DVD/Tour to follow in November.

We sincerely appreciate the support. And we will do our very best....

\m/




DateVenue

5.15.09	Bourbon Street Nightclub
5.30 6.03.09	Rock Hard Festival- Glesenkirchen, Germany SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
6.18.09	Queens of Metal Festival
6.25.09	Bang Your Head Warm-Up Show
6.26.09	Tuska Open Air Festival- Kaisaniemi, Helsinki- Finland
6.27.09	Graspop Metal Meeting

You have our support

If you do a Show on New York, please do it on an easy place to get to. Like Manhattan, Times Square.

Kong, do you have any clue if you guys will be doing your annual florida show in the fall?

Good news! I'll own that DVD.

Sorry you guys didn't get out west. I had contacted the promoter about getting a date here, and he said he would contact me if the east coast dates made some cash. I'm guessing that you guys did not do that well, because I never heard from him.

Which would be proof that America doesn't appreciate good metal.