High Country Tour

The High Country Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band the Sword. Staged in support of the band's 2015 fifth studio album High Country, the tour visited venues worldwide in 2015 and 2016. Comprising six legs and 111 shows, the tour began in Trondheim, Norway at the Pstereo Festival on August 21, 2015 and concluded on May 28, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

High Country Tour

Promotional tour by The Sword
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	High Country
Start date	August 21, 2015 (2015-08-21)
End date	May 28, 2016 (2016-05-28)
Legs	3
No. of shows	75
The Sword concert chronology

Background

The opening European leg of the High Country Tour was detailed in tandem with the official announcement of the album on June 2, 2015, with the news also stating that the band would continue touring throughout 2015 and 2016. A few days before the release of the album and the beginning of the tour, two legs of North American dates were added starting on October 9, 2015 in Dallas, including appearances at the festivals Knotfest and Aftershock; support acts were announced as Kadavar and All Them Witches for the first leg, and Royal Thunder for the second. In December 2015, a leg of eight concerts in Australia and New Zealand in February 2016 with the support acts American Sharks and Clowns was announced. The two final legs of the tour, both taking place in North America in Spring 2016, were announced in late January 2016. Royal Thunder returned as the support act for the first leg while the Sword was supported by Purson for the second leg.

Set list

The following is the set list from a number of early shows on the tour.

1. "Empty Temples"
2. "Tres Brujas"
3. "Cloak of Feathers"
4. "High Country"
5. "Tears Like Diamonds"
6. "Mist & Shadow"
7. "Seven Sisters"
8. "Freya"

9. "The Horned Goddess"
10. "The Dreamthieves"
11. "Lawless Lands"
12. "Buzzards"
13. "Dying Earth"

Encore

14. "Suffer No Fools"
15. "Maiden, Mother & Crone"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other act(s)
Europe
August 21, 2015	Trondheim	Norway	Marinen	Various (Pstereo Festival)
August 22, 2015	Oslo		Parkteatret	Black Temple
August 23, 2015	Gothenburg	Sweden	Sticky Fingers
August 25, 2015	Helsinki	Finland	Tavastia Club
August 27, 2015	Stockholm	Sweden	Debaser Strand
August 28, 2015	Malmö		Kulturbolaget
August 29, 2015	Copenhagen	Denmark	Lille Vega
August 30, 2015	Hamburg	Germany	Rock Café St Pauli
August 31, 2015	Berlin		Magnet Club
September 2, 2015	Vienna	Austria	Vienna Arena	The Iron Heel Communication Killer
September 3, 2015	Munich	Germany	Backstage	Mosh36 Suffocation Nile
September 4, 2015	Milan	Italy	Legend Club
September 5, 2015	Salzburg	Austria	Rockhouse
September 6, 2015	Winterthur	Switzerland	Salzhaus
September 7, 2015	Stuttgart	Germany	Universum
September 9, 2015	Antwerp	Belgium	Trix Club
September 10, 2015	Tilburg	Netherlands	Extase
September 11, 2015	Cologne	Germany	Luxor
September 12, 2015	Paris	France	La Boule Noire
September 14, 2015	Nottingham	England	Rock City Basement	Hark
September 15, 2015	Glasgow	Scotland	King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
September 16, 2015	Manchester	England	Academy 3	Hang the Bastard
September 17, 2015	Wolverhampton		Slade Rooms
September 18, 2015	London		Camden Underworld	Hang the Bastard
September 19, 2015	Bristol		The Thekla
North America
October 9, 2015	Dallas	United States	Gas Monkey Live!	Kadavar All Them Witches
October 10, 2015	Austin		The Mohawk
October 11, 2015	Houston		Fitzgerald's
October 13, 2015	Lawrence		Granada Theater
October 14, 2015	Madison		Majestic Theatre
October 15, 2015	Iowa City		Gabe's Oasis
October 16, 2015	Minneapolis		Mill City Nights
October 17, 2015	Omaha		The Waiting Room Lounge
October 18, 2015	Tulsa		Cain's Ballroom
October 20, 2015	Mesa		Club Red
October 21, 2015	Las Vegas		Vinyl
October 22, 2015	San Diego		Belly Up
October 23, 2015	San Francisco		Slim's
October 24, 2015	San Bernardino		San Manuel Amphitheater	Various (Knotfest)
October 25, 2015	Sacramento		Gibson Ranch Park	Various (Aftershock Festival)
October 27, 2015	Seattle		Neumos	Kadavar All Them Witches
October 28, 2015	Vancouver	Canada	Rickshaw Theatre
October 29, 2015	Portland	United States	Wonder Ballroom
October 30, 2015	Boise		Neurolux	All Them Witches
October 31, 2015	Salt Lake City		Club Sound
November 2, 2015	Denver		Gothic Theatre
November 3, 2015	Albuquerque		Launchpad
November 4, 2015	Lubbock		Jake's Backroom
North America
November 18, 2015	New Orleans	United States	One Eyed Jacks	Royal Thunder
November 19, 2015	Atlanta		The Masquerade
November 20, 2015	St. Petersburg		State Theatre
November 21, 2015	Jacksonville Beach		Freebird Live
November 23, 2015	Birmingham		Saturn
November 24, 2015	Nashville		Exit/In
November 25, 2015	Asheville		The Orange Peel
November 27, 2015	Carrboro		Cat's Cradle
November 28, 2015	Charlotte		Neighbourhood Theatre
November 29, 2015	Washington, D.C.		Rock & Roll Hotel
December 1, 2015	New York City		Webster Hall
December 2, 2015	Cambridge		The Sinclair
December 3, 2015	Albany		Northern Lights
December 4, 2015	Philadelphia		Trocadero Theatre
December 5, 2015	Buffalo		Town Ballroom
December 6, 2015	Toronto	Canada	The Opera House
December 8, 2015	Pittsburgh	United States	Mr. Small's Theatre
December 9, 2015	Cleveland		Agora Theatre and Ballroom
December 10, 2015	Ann Arbor		Blind Pig
December 11, 2015	Grand Rapids		Pyramid Scheme
December 12, 2015	Chicago		Thalia Hall
December 13, 2015	St. Louis		The Ready Room
December 15, 2015	Memphis		1884 Lounge
December 16, 2015	Little Rock		Juanita's Cantina and Ballroom
December 17, 2015	Oklahoma City		ACM
December 18, 2015	San Antonio		Paper Tiger
December 19, 2015	Corpus Christi		House of Rock

External links

• The Sword tour dates