Nightwish have announced a spring North American tour with Delain via Facebook. The band issued the following statement of the upcoming trek:

“Hi to all! Our work on the new album has been going with serious productive speed and comfortable ease at the same time. It´s going to be great to get it out to you and play these pieces live. And with this announcement it will obviously happen quite soon! Here are the dates for the North-American shows. Come on over and we’ll raise hell and kick some arses together!”

Here are the dates for the tour:

4/09 New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
4/10 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
4/11 Worcester, MA – Palladium
4/13 Quebec City, QC – Capitole Theatre
4/14 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theater
4/16 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
4/17 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
4/18 Chicago, IL – Concorde Music Hall
4/19 Clive, IA – 7 Flags Events Center
4/21 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
4/22 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
4/24 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
4/25 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
4/26 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
4/28 San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
4/30 Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
5/01 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
5/02 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
5/03 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
5/05 Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
5/06 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
5/08 Orlando, FL – House Of Blues
5/09 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
5/11 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Work
5/12 Louisville, KY – Expo Five
5/13 Charlotte, NC – Filmore
5/14 Silver Springs, MD – Filmore