Viza Prepares for European Invasion Version 2.0
Los Angeles , CA – Viza is preparing for a European tour in the coming weeks and months. Dates are set in France, Greece and Sweden, with performances scheduled at some of Europe’s hottest summer festivals and venues. Viza will be in Paris on June 30 at Le Divan Du Monde headlining with two of France’s hottest up and coming acts in Checkmate and Blazcooky. Then Viza heads to Greece to perform at the Rockwave Festival on July 3 with Gogol Bordello, The Prodigy, Cake, Flogging Molly and Therapy. Viza rounds out its summer European tour in Sweden at the Malmo Festival on August 20 on the festival’s main stage.
“Returning to Greece this year brings me back to all those summers I spent vacationing with my family and friends. Nothing quite like enjoying a frappe in the morning hours minutes before you take a dip into the Aegean,” stated Greece’s native-born son Knoup. “As for Rockwave this will be Viza’s first invitation and I am thrilled to perform for my fellow Greek patriots who have showed nothing but love and support this past year to Viza’s music,” he added.
Viza’s return to Europe comes less than a year after a wildly successful campaign last summer supporting System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian’s “Imperfect Harmonies” tour dates in several European cities. Set against the backdrop of multiple sellouts in Los Angeles and recording their eagerly anticipated full-length album “Carnivalia” at Frank Zappa’s Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, Viza is excited to head overseas and continue its European invasion.
“These shows are really exciting for the band,” stated Andrew Kzirian. “I feel like after our tour with Serj Tankian last summer, so many fans are eager to see us return to Europe – and we are super pumped to reach out to new audiences and continue to introduce Viza to the masses,” he added.
Recent performers at the Rockwave Festival include Metallica, Black-Eyed Peas, Slipknot, Motley Crue, The Offspring, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Dream Theater, Guns N’ Roses, Marilyn Manson, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Peter Gabriel, Queensryche, Megadeth, Oasis, and several others.
“It’s going to be awesome to share the stage with acts like Gogol Bordello in Greece,” stated Viza Bassist Alexan Khatcherian. “Knowing all the legends that have performed at Rockwave through the years makes this a really amazing show for us,” he added. Gogol Bordello recently opened for System of a Down’s tour in North America and is an exciting blend of folk and rock.
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