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Please note this show has been rescheduled from Thurs 29th April to Tues 23rd November. Original tickets remain valid.Refunds are available up to 24 hours before the rescheduled date. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. It has also been moved from Academy 1 to Academy 2.

Please see following press release from the band:
 

"Sorry to all our great UK fans, but the tour we had scheduled for next week has unfortunately been postponed 'til November 2010.

As we all know, it's been a tough time in Europe with the volcanic ash shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing travel misery for millions of people. One minute airports are open - the next they are not. We are determined to make these shows work but don't want to disappoint our fans, so it has been mutually agreed upon that the best way forward is to postpone the UK dates 'til November.”

We'd like to thank all of the promoters who took on the shows, and also the support bands — everything was shaping up very nicely and their professionalism is obvious. We appreciate their willingness to make these shows happen later in 2010 and we're more eager than ever to do so.

It's important to make it clear that this is not a cancellation — we just have to move the tour to a different time.

Sorry again to all who planned to attend. Hope to see you in November!"

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With a band name meaning chief attacker, principle opponent, and eminent hostile foe, Arch Enemy’s blatant philosophy of insurgence is exactly what propels them out of the masses of convention and into the frontline of a movement that dares to defy imposed limitations on musical creativity.

Throughout his career, former Carcass guitarist and Arch Enemy founding member Michael Amott has never been concerned with conformity. In 1996, his pursuit to merge melody with aggression and technicality led him to collaborate with brother Christopher Amott, drummer Daniel Erlandsson, and vocalist Johan Liiva. Without even circulating a demo, they teamed up with the celebrated producer Fredrik Nordström and delivered their debut album, ‘Black Earth’ (a record that is still hailed as a milestone in Swedish death metal). Michael Amott and Fredrik Nordström co-produced 1998’s ‘Stigmata’, which pushed the band to new heights with its technical execution. Welcoming Mercyful Fate bassist Sharlee D’Angelo into the ranks for 1999’s ‘Burning Bridges’, Arch Enemy’s now undeniable musical pedigree delivered an intricate and devastating album. Despite a North American tour with Nevermore, European tours with In Flames, Children Of Bodom, and Dark Tranquillity, three Japanese tours, performances at The Dynamo Festival, a co-headlining appearance in Santiago, Chile with Hammerfall, and sharing a bill with Cradle Of Filth in London, Michael Amott felt there was still more territory to cover.

In a completely unexpected turn of events, Angela Gossow, a completely unknown vocalist from Germany, replaced Liiva in 2001 and delivered a staggering debut performance on the ‘Wages Of Sin’ album, marking the first time a band of this caliber and ferocity was fronted by a woman. The reception given to Gossow by the sold-out crowd at her worldwide debut in Los Angeles in March 2002 was nothing short of overwhelming.

‘Anthems Of Rebellion’ unveils yet another stratum of Arch Enemy’s impressive musical depth, the obvious being Gossow’s talents of enunciation. On ‘Anthems Of Rebellion’ you hear the strength of fight-till-the-death conviction, a defiant leadership, a rare pact of loyalty made within a clan of musicians who have been bonded by blood, and who will stop at nothing until the inner-rebel and dormant psyche of rebellion is awakened within us all.

Sixth album ‘Doomsday Machine’ saw its release in 2005, followed by 2007’s rawly presented ‘Rise of the Tyrant’, which debuted at number eighty-four on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the band’s highest charting album to date.

‘The Root of All Evil’, Arch Enemy’s latest record, was released in September 2009. It features twelve re-recorded songs spanning the band’s career before Gossow joined as vocalist, with some material pre-dating D’Angelo as their bassist.