It has now come to light that Godsmack also opted out of taking part in the Metallica lead Summer Sanitarium tour that will also feature Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mudvayne and the Deftones.  Erna says that the reason they decided against doing that tour was because tickets for the stadium tour are far too expensive. 

"[It's] a big issue for us [when] a kid has to go to his mother at 16 years old and ask her for $200 just to go to a concert, get a bottle of water and a T-shirt,"  Erna told VH1 recently in an interview. "Also, they seemed to have their key bands picked anyway, and since we've got a new record, we feel we have to support this record ourselves. We've always built this band up from the street level and tried to build our own entity."

The band has decided instead to head out on tour on their own with supporting act Breaking Benjamin.  They will however first take part in a series of radio festivals. The band also plans to head to Europe for a headlining tour following their North American dates. 

Godsmack Radio Festival Appearances 

4/25 - Miami, FL - Bayfront Park 
4/26 - Zephyr Hills, FL - Festival Park 
4/27 - Orlando, FL - Lee Vista Center 
4/29 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum 
4/30 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Coliseum 

Godsmack Headling North American Tour Dates

5/2 - Roanoke, VA - Roanoke Civic Center 
5/3 - Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown Festival 
5/4 - Biloxi, MS - Mississippi Coast Coliseum 
5/6 - Lafayette, LA - Cajundome 
5/8 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre 
5/9 - Austin, TX - Waterloo Park 
5/10 - The Woodlands, TX - C.W. Mitchell Pavilion 
5/11 - Selma, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 
5/13 - Tulsa, OK - Expo Square Pavillion 
5/14 - Wichita, KS - Kansas Coliseum 
5/16 - Kalamazoo, MI - Wings Stadium 
5/17 - Saginaw, MI - Wendler Arena 
5/18 - Erie, PA - Erie Civic Center 
5/20 - Utica, NY - Memorial Auditorium 
5/21 - Portland, ME - Cumberland Civic Center 
5/22 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center 
5/25 - Saratoga Springs, FL - Saratoga Performing Arts Center 
5/26 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake 
5/27 - Toronto, ON - TBA 
5/28 - Huntington, WV - Civic Center 
5/29 - Dayton, OH - Hara Arena 
5/30 - Dayton, OH - Hara Arena 
5/31 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheatre 
6/6 - Omaha, NE - Westfair Amphitheater 
6/7 - Kansas City, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 
6/10 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre 
6/11 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavillion

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