JANUARY 20.2010
ICED EARTH - SOUTH AMERICA 2010 - FINAL TOUR DATES
JAN.30.2010 - Monterrey, Mexico - Café Iguana
FEB.02.2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - Bulldog
Café
FEB.04.2010 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Lapa Multshow
FEB.06.2010 - São Paulo, Brazil - Via
Funchal
FEB.07.2010 - Curitiba, Brazil - Master
Hall
We regretfully announce that we will not be able to perform at the previously announced dates in Chile, Argentina and Colombia due to circumstances out of our control.
We are working very hard to be able to visit these wonderful places in the near future and will be announcing it right here when that time comes.
JANUARY 14.2010
ICED EARTH ANNOUNCE ANOTHER TOUR DATE FOR BRAZIL
FEB.04.2010 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Lapa Multshow
DECEMBER 25.2009
ICED EARTH ANNOUNCE ANOTHER TOUR DATE FOR CHILE
FEB.11.2010 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Teleton
DECEMBER 22.2009
MESSAGE FROM JON SCHAFFER II
Hello all,
I just wanted to say "thanks!" for supporting the Sons of Liberty project. I'm very serious about spreading this, so please get people to listen to it, make copies and get the word out!
We have created social networking sites so people can exchange their thoughts and enter discussions about "Brush-fires of the Mind" and beyond.
You can join us on Facebook at:
SONS OF LIBERTY on FACEBOOK
You can follow us on Twitter at:
SONS OF LIBERTY on TWITTER
You can still download the free album or a $7.99 high resolution download at:
SONS OF LIBERTY Official website
Please register, spread the word and interact!
Furthermore, I strongly recommend you to see Ron Paul's speech "Is It Just A Bad Dream ?" on YouTube.
Again, thanks for your support in this, now let's get to work on restoring liberty!
Jon
DECEMBER 20.2009
MESSAGE FROM JON SCHAFFER
Hello all,
Just wanted to say thanks for supporting the Sons of Liberty project. I'm very serious about spreading this, so please get people to listen to it, make copies and get the word out!
If you missed the broadcast of the release on the Alex Jones show here's a you tube link and we'll have it on the SOL site soon.
Again, thanks for your support in this, now let's get to work on restoring liberty!
Jon
ALEX JONES SHOW WITH JON SCHAFFER ON YOUTUBE:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
DECEMBER 18.2009
SONS OF LIBERTY-WEBSITE & FREE DOWNLOAD UNVEILED TODAY &
JON SCHAFFER LIVE ON THE ALEX JONES-SHOW TODAY
Jon Schaffer will be in the studio with Alex Jones TODAY December 18th at 2pm CST talking about his newest project SONS OF LIBERTY.
The show is broadcast from 11am to 3pm CST to over 80 stations nation wide.
To find a station near you, go to GNC LIVE or stream it LIVE for free from Infowars.com. Just click on http://www.Infowars.com/listen.html and you will be able to follow the broadcast. For a direct link to the show you can also just click here: http://www.infowars.com/32k.asx.
Prison Planet members can watch the interview from PrisonPlanet.TV.
On the new SONS OF LIBERTY website that is now LIVE visitors are able to download and listen to this new album for free. You can now also purchase a high-resolution version.
The web address is www.sons-of-liberty.net.
DECEMBER 16.2009
SONS OF LIBERTY - THE NEW PROJECT BY JON SCHAFFER
Hello friends,
For the last several months I have been working on a new project/solo album called Sons of Liberty. I am excited to unveil this and talk about the motivations behind it this Friday on the Alex Jones show.
I will be in the studio with Alex on Friday December 18th at 2pm CST. The show is broadcast from 11am to 3pm CST to over 80 stations nation wide.
To find a station near you, go to GCN Live or stream it LIVE for free from Infowars.
Just click on Infowars and you will be able to follow the broadcast.
Prison Planet members can watch the interview from PrisonPlanet.TV
On a newly created website that will go live Friday, December 18th, you will be able to download and listen to this new album for free. You will also be able to purchase a high-resolution version. The web address is www.sons-of-liberty.net
My desire is for Sons of Liberty to become part of a much larger movement that is happening around the world. This new website will be a think-tank containing lots of interesting web-links, book and movie recommendations, and much more. This will be an ongoing process, so check back often.
I am very proud to be invited to Alex Jones’ show and I feel this is the perfect place for me to reveal the first Sons of Liberty album entitled “Brush-fires of the Mind.”
This is about the message and not the messenger. This is a project that I encourage you to copy and share with your friends.
I care very much about what is happening in our world, we’ve been steamrolling down this road for a long time, so I assure you this is not a politically biased message. I’m hoping to set a few brush-fires in the minds of the listeners with this one. So please, check it out, do the research and get involved!
Looking forward to getting your responses on this new chapter in my life!
All the best,
Jon Schaffer
DECEMBER 7.2009
ICED EARTH ANNOUNCE ANOTHER TOUR DATE FOR BRAZIL
More tour dates are forthcoming.
FEB.07.2010 - Curitiba, Brazil - Master Hall
NOVEMBER 23.2009
ICED EARTH 2010 SOUTH AMERICAN DATES ANNOUNCED
MORE DATES TO FOLLOW!!!
JAN.30.2010 - Monterrey, Mexico - Café Iguana
FEB.02.2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - Bulldog
Café
FEB.06.2010 - São Paulo, Brazil - Via Funchal
FEB.09.2010 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - El Teatro Flores
FEB.14.2010 - Bogotá, Colombia - Teatro Metropol
SEPTEMBER 22.2009
ICED EARTH TO HEADLINE HAMMERFEST 2010
ICED EARTH will be headlining Hammerfest in the UK in March of 2010. The
band is very much looking forward to coming back to the UK!!
> Visit the Hammerfest
Website
> Purchase
Hammerfest Tickets
MARCH 24.2009
ICED EARTH’S Jon Schaffer: “I plan to come back from vacation completely recharged and ready to kill.”
Jon Schaffer and IcedEarth.com got together on March 13, 2009 for an update on the band's forthcoming live DVD as well Jon's plans for the immediate future.
The audio interview can be downloaded here (mp3 format, 8.4 MB). The main talking points of the interview are outlined below.
Regarding the immediate plans for ICED EARTH:
JS: “Well, right now I’m wrapping up the post-production for the, “FESTIVALS
OF THE WICKED” DVD which I expect will come out late Summer or Fall of
this year. I don’t know that for sure, it depends on when we wrap things
up, but that’s the plan. That’s the next project.
“ICED EARTH is going to be taking some downtime. I’ve been very, very busy. I haven’t taken any kind of vacation in six years and I have been non-stop ICED EARTH for three-and-a-half years - from the beginning of the writing of both of these records through the recording, the touring – and there has been a lot of touring…it’s just time. I need to step back from it a little bit. And I’ve got other things planned for this year which I’ll be announcing in due course, but my goals are for right now are to get the DVD finished and (then) to get away completely – no cell phones, no e-mail, no contact with the outside world, just me and my family at a very nice isolated place, no music business, no nothing, and it’s going to be awesome. That’s going to be cool and I plan to come back completely recharged and ready to kill.”
Regarding the kind of projects Jon will be working on after returning from vacation:
JS: “You’re
going to have to wait and find out my man. I mean, I’m
just not ready to divulge yet. I’ve got a few irons in the fire and
some things I’m very excited about. Hansi and I have planned late
in 2009 to get together to do DEMONS (& WIZARDS) stuff so that’s
going to be cool. We saw each other in Cologne (earlier this year) and made
plans and I think it’s
realistic to say that there will be a third DEMONS
& WIZARDS album probably
mid- to late 2010. We’re going to have two song writing sessions.
We are committed to doing the bulk of this in-person. One of the things
I felt like from the last Demons album was that we had this window of opportunity
where we had to get it done and we kind of let time dictate the schedule
instead of our feelings and that was probably a mistake. I mean I’m
proud of that record (“Touched
by the Crimson King” 2005) and it sold killer and it’s
a good album but I think Hansi and I are capable of a lot more especially
when we get back to the root reasons of why we did this thing together.
"We are not going to be bogged down by schedules – we’re going to do this as we see fit and we’re not going to let a particular window of opportunity dictate that this is when we have to do it. We’re going to do it as it feels natural – and if we feel that in Spring of 2010 that we don’t have the songs yet then we’ll push it back. I mean, we don’t have to do it on any specific schedule. We had a really long talk about it and I’m really looking forward to it because I always enjoy working with Hansi and just spending time with him. So, our first get-together is going to be late in the year, but before that I’ve got a few things going on and like I said, we’ll announce it in due course.”
Regarding the name and content of the forthcoming ICED EARTH Live DVD:
JS: “It’s
going to be called, “FESTIVALS OF THE WICKED.” It
is going to be (include) Wacken 2007 (with Tim Owens. The four headliners that
particular year were Saxon, ICED EARTH, Blind Guardian, and In Flames – at
that point the most successful Wacken ever – 70,000 people. It was a
massive show. We’re (also) including Rock Hard 2008 and Metal Camp 2008,
and there will be some extras like a behind-the-scenes kind of documentary,
videos from “Framing
Armageddon” and “The Glorious Burden” era, the EPK – the
electronic press kit. I think it will be interesting for the fans to see. It’s
kind of a video biography that was done for industry people. It’s something
that the fans would not typically see. It’s going to have a Ross Halfin
photo gallery. Rudy De Doncker from Belgium who’s done a lot of photos
of the band through the years – we’re going to have his photo gallery
there too. There’s going to be a lot of stuff. I think we’re looking
at a three DVD set. I guess it’s possible it could end up being four,
but I think the plan right now is to squeeze all the stuff on three, so we
should be able to do that.
“The DVD thing is new to me – we haven’t done one before with the exception of the Gettysburg thing, but that doesn’t really count. That was just a Surround Sound version of that song that sorta snowballed into a little documentary about the battle. This is an actual concert release. When we hand in a CD master there is a three month turnaround time – that’s what the labels like to have to prep things up and get press in order. It also depends on whether we can reach the goal of getting this thing wrapped up before I leave, but I would expect the latest release day would be Fall of this year.”
http://www.icedearth.com/multimedia/interview_031309.mp3
