Heritage Hunter Tour

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Heritage Hunter Tour
Tour by Mastodon and Opeth with Ghost
LocationNorth America
Associated album
Start dateApril 4, 2012
End dateMay 12, 2012
No. of shows31

The Heritage Hunter Tour was a joint concert tour by American sludge metal band Mastodon and Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. Opeth and Mastodon each headlined specific concerts. Ghost was the tour's opening act. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueHeadliner
April 4, 2012 Portland United States State Theatre Mastodon
April 5, 2012 Boston Orpheum Theatre Opeth
April 6, 2012 Montreal Canada Métropolis
April 7, 2012 Toronto Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
April 9, 2012 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory Mastodon
April 10, 2012 Wallingford The Dome
April 11, 2012New York City Roseland Ballroom
April 13, 2012Chicago Riviera Theatre
April 14, 2012 Grand Rapids The Intersection
April 15, 2012 Pittsburgh Stage AE
April 16, 2012 Knoxville TN TheaterOpeth
April 18, 2012 Oklahoma City Diamond BallroomMastodon
April 19, 2012 Dallas Palladium BallroomOpeth
April 20, 2012 San Antonio Back Stage Live
April 21, 2012 Corpus Christi Concrete Street
April 23, 2012 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
April 25, 2012 Las Vegas House of Blues Mastodon
April 26, 2012Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre Opeth
April 27, 2012 Oakland Fox Oakland Theatre
April 28, 2012 Reno Grand Sierra Resort Mastodon
April 30, 2012 Seattle Showbox Sodo Opeth
May 1, 2012 Vancouver Canada Orpheum Theatre
May 3, 2012 Edmonton Edmonton Events Center
May 4, 2012 Calgary MacEwan Hall Mastodon
May 5, 2012 Saskatoon Odeon Events Centre Opeth
May 6, 2012 Winnipeg Burton Cummings Theatre
May 7, 2012 Maplewood United StatesThe MythMastodon
May 9, 2012 Silver Spring The Fillmore Silver Spring
May 10, 2012 Charlotte The Fillmore Charlotte
May 11, 2012 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
May 12, 2012 Atlanta Masquerade Music Park

Personnel

With:

Ghost

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