Lamb of God to play Joburg and Cape Town in January

"With only two dates available, we'll be touring them to Cape Town and Joburg," said Dawid Fourie of RAM Touring, "and we're expecting that by playing those two cities, the maximum number of fans will get an opportunity to begin planning early for a trip to one of the larger centres."

Lamb Of God, from Virginia in the US, were formed in 1990 with current members John Campbell on bass, Mark Morton on guitar, and Chris Adler on drums. Vocalist Randy Blythe joined in 1995 and drummer Chris's brother Willie Adler replaced Abe Spear on guitar in 1999, resulting in the current line-up, which spans more than a decade.

Six studio albums

The band has released six studio albums to date, with their 2006 album "Sacrament" receiving a Grammy nomination and selling a cumulative two million copies in the US alone. Lamb Of God are considered to be the spearhead of what heavy metal fans call "The New Wave of American Heavy metal". What has also won this band great public acclaim are their DVD's containing many hours of footage on the stage and off of it, but more importantly documenting normal days in the life of a hard-working band on tour.

Tickets are via www.computicket.co.za or from any Computicket outlet nationwide. General standing is available at R450 and Golden Circle, R550.

Cape Town Venue: The Hillcrest Quarry outside Durbanville is a mere 30-minute drive from Cape Town CBD (traffic depending) and can be found on the M13 (Tygervalley Road), which bridges the Tygervalley Hills between Durbanville and Parklands (Table View). Safe and secure parking will be available +/- 0.9km from the grounds, where attendees will be required to park and walk. A shuttle service will be available at R5 per single trip for any special-needs patrons or for those who just don't feel like walking.

Joburg Venue: The Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec (Hall 8) is situated just to the south-west of the city CBD on the corner of Rand Show and Nasrec Roads, directly adjacent to the"Soccer City" National Stadium. The best approaches from the directions of Pretoria, Sandton, OR Tambo Airtport, and Bloemfontein are all well detailed on the venues website at www.expocentrejhb.co.za/map-a-directions-to-expo-centre.

Facilities at both venues include: Well-stocked bars (no alcohol served to under-18s), food stalls, security, medics.

No under-16s will be allowed and under-18s will only be admissible if accompanied by adult (21+) supervision and their ID documents.

The opening acts for both shows are: Mind Assault & The Drift.

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