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Avocado Booking has always progressively pushed the envelope in providing the most memorable tours with cutting edge talent from all over the globe. Never ones to rest on their laurels, their hugely successful Never Say Die! Club Tour will return this November in collaboration with Altamont Apparel in what will be the most hard-hitting tour of 2008. The line-up is as follows:

Parkway Drive
Unearth
Despised Icon
Architects
Protest The Hero
Whitechapel
Carnifex


Altamont Apparel, the innovative clothing brand which uniquely captures the youthful spirit of counterculture warriors, is a perfect fit for those attending Never Say Die! “Altamont Apparel was founded with music at its core, so we are both happy and proud to be the official partner of this tour” commented Scott Sentianin of Altamont Apparel. Marco Walzel of Avocado Booking adds, “The link between punk, metal and hardcore with skateboarding and extreme sports/lifestyles has always been a strong bond. It makes perfect sense for Altamont to be a big part of this tour and I’m very happy to have them on board.”

The lineup will include PARKWAY DRIVE (Burning Heart Records) who have proven their headline status for this tour with their titanic barrage of riffs, breakdowns and high energy performances - as best evident on their many European tours (the last of which had the majority of their shows sold-out). Also no strangers to touring Europe, UNEARTH will join the tour as co-headliners in the UK and direct support in mainland Europe, and just in time as their brand new album on Metal Blade Records will be hitting the streets. DESPISED ICON have exploded onto the scene with loads of touring and have helped define deathcore destruction with a highly acclaimed new record on Century Media Records. The UK is represented on this tour by ARCHITECTS, recently signed to Century Media, who bring the chaos factor to the bill with their vicious metalcore assault. Bringing a flair for the technical and progressive end of the spectrum, PROTEST THE HERO have been lavished with rave reviews from the press for their new album and tireless touring. Rounding out the package are two up-n-coming brutal acts from the U.S. that are rapidly gaining steam and buzzing in the underground, WHITECHAPEL (Metal Blade Records) and CARNIFEX (Victory Records) who will both have new records in time for this tour.

Dates:
10.11.2008 UK, Yeovil - Westland
11.11.2008 UK, Manchester - Academy 2
12.11.2008 UK, Glasgow - The Arches
13.11.2008 UK, Sheffield - Corporation
14.11.2008 UK, Peterborough - Cresset
15.11.2008 UK, London - Forum