Cancer Bats up for Kerrang Award and ready to tour

CANCER BATS are thrilled to share the news of their recent nomination for their hilarious video ‘Sabotage’ in the ‘Best Video’ category at the Kerrang Awards! Vote for CANCER BATS to win at the Kerrang awards voting site! The song ‘Sabotage’ appears on their newest GOOD FIGHT MUSIC release, Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones, which hit stores on April 13th, 2010.

CANCER BATS return home this summer to bring their mountainous grooves and explosive blend of punk and metal to venues across Canada. Before heading to the west coast to begin their tour across Canada, the CANCER BATS will perform at the 2010 S.C.E.N.E Music Festival in St. Catharines and will be part of the COOL TOUR which will be hitting cities across the U.S. in July. 2010 witnesses the inaugural year of COOL TOUR, in association with Metal Blade Records, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing, and Musician's Institute College of Contemporary Music, and features AS I LAY DYING, UNDEROATH, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, BLESSTHEFALL, THE ACACIA STRAIN, ARCHITECTS, CANCER BATS, and WAR OF AGES. COOL TOUR is brought to you by Ibanez, Ding, Alternative Press, altpress.com, Invisible Children, Facedown Records, Mesa Boogie, Ampeg, Live Nation, The Agency Group and Good Fight Entertainment.

COOL TOUR 2010 begins on July 12th in Orlando, FL, and comes to a halt in San Francisco, CA on August 1st. Tickets are on sale now, and are available through all Ticketmaster locations and online at www.ticketmaster.com, unless otherwise noted.

Catch the CANCER BATS on the COOL TOUR this summer!

July 12 - Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues (7 bands only; noAcacia Strain)
July 13 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
July 14 - N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues SC
July 15 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
July 16 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
July 17 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
July 18 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre**
July 20 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
July 21 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
July 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
July 23 - Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion
July 24 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Complex
July 25 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
July 27 - Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
July 28 - Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom
July 30 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater** (NEW VENUE!!)
July 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Aug 1 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

** Not Ticketmaster dates


Don’t miss CANCER BATS on tour this summer in Canada:

June 27 St.Catharines, ON S.C.E.N.E Music Festival
July 17 Toronto, ON Sound Academy – COOL TOUR
August 5 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret
August 6 Victoria, BC The Lucky Bar
August 7 Kamloops, BC Pogue Mahone Pub
August 8 Lethbridge, AB The Blarney Stone
August 10 Red Deer, AB The Vat
August 14 Winnipeg, MB Red River Exhibition
August 15 Thunder Bay, ON The Office (Crock’s)
August 16 Sudbury, ON Jubilee Hall
August 17 Montreal, QC Le National Cabaret
August 19 Moncton, NB The Manhattan Club
August 20 Fredericton, NB Nickyzees
August 21 Halifax, NS The Pavilion




For more information on CANCER BATS, make sure to head over to:
http://www.cancerbats.com
http://www.myspace.com/cancerbats