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The Unholy Alliance
Tour by Slayer Children of Bodom Thine Eyes Bleed Lamb of God Mastodon In Flames
Dates	June 15, 2006 - November 20, 2006
Legs	2

The Unholy Alliance is an annual heavy metal tour of Europe and North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the thrash metal band Slayer, and featured Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb of God, Mastodon and In Flames in its last edition.

Contents 1 History 2 Europe 2004 3 North America 2006 3.1 Tour dates 4 Europe 2006 4.1 Tour dates 5 Notes 6 External links

The first edition of the tour was held in Europe in 2004, featuring Slayer, Slipknot, Mastodon and Hatebreed. The tour was not held in 2005. In 2006, it featured Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed. The European leg of the tour saw In Flames replace Mastodon.

In 2007 The Tour will feature Slayer and Marilyn Manson with opening acts to be announced at a later date^{[citation needed]}

The 2004 European edition of the tour featured the following bands: Slipknot, Slayer, Mastodon and Hatebreed.

The 2006 North American edition of the tour, called "Chapter I", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, Lamb of God as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Mastodon in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. On July 13th in Vancouver the entire show was filmed for a forthcoming DVD, with camera angles from above the bands and in among the audience. ^[1]

• June 15 at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey
• June 16 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey
• June 17 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts
• June 19 at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio
• June 20 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois
• June 21 at Pop's Outside in St. Louis, Missouri
• June 22 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas
• June 23 at the Downtown Civic Convention Center in El Paso, Texas
• June 24 at the Nokia Live in Dallas, Texas
• June 25 at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas
• June 27 at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia
• June 29 at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, New York
• June 30 at the Tower City Amphitheatre in Cleveland, Ohio
• July 2 at the Centre de Foire in Quebec City, Quebec
• July 3 at The Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec
• July 4 at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario
• July 6 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan
• July 7 at the Eagles Auditorium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• July 8 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota
• July 9 at the MTS Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• July 11 at the Shaw Conf. Center in Edmonton, Alberta
• July 13 at the GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia
• July 14 at the Qwest Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington
• July 15 at the Salem Armory in Salem, Oregon
• July 16 at the Star Theatre in Spokane, Washington
• July 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California
• July 20 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California
• July 21 at the Mesa Amphitheatre in Mesa, Arizona
• July 22 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California
• July 24 at the The Orleans in Las Vegas, Nevada
• July 26 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado

2006 European edition, called "Chapter II", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, In Flames as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Lamb of God in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. The lineup was identical to the American leg except for Mastodon, who were replaced by In Flames. The french group Gojira was the second band to perform in Paris on November 7th 2006.^{[citation needed]}

• October 20 at Bosch Baroniehal in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
• October 22 at Mazda Palace in Milan, Italy
• October 23 at Eulachhalle in Winterthur, Switzerland
• October 25 at Philipshalle in Düsseldorf, Germany
• October 26 at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany
• October 27 at Zenith in Munich, Germany
• October 28 at Boblingen Sporthalle in Stuttgart, Germany
• October 30 at Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales ^[2]
• November 1 at National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England
• November 2 at Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland
• November 3 at Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England
• November 5 at The Point in Dublin, Ireland
• November 7 at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France
• November 8 at Messe Park in Trier, Germany
• November 9 at Brabanthal in Leuven, Belgium
• November 12 at Helsingin jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland
• November 13 at Tampereen jäähalli in Tampere, Finland
• November 15 at Spektrum in Oslo, Norway
• November 16 at Hovet in Stockholm, Sweden
• November 17 at Malmömässan in Malmö, Sweden
• November 19 and November 20 at Carling Academy Brixton in London, England

• The Unholy Alliance at MySpace
• Article at Punknews.org
• Article at The End Records' website
• Kerry King Interview at HardcoreSounds.Net