“Devin Townsend Project” and “Animals as Leaders” fit so well together I’m having a hard time believing it’s taken this long for the two acts to tour together. Peas in a pod. Nuts in a sack. Peanut butter and chocolate. You get the idea. So a pat on the back to whoever realized such a pairing had never been made before and put it all together. Prog nerds everywhere just blew a collective load the size of Manhattan all over their keyboards.

The Toontrack-sponsored tour is a true co-headline, with Townsend and Animals as Leaders alternating every other night as show-closers. British progressive metallers Monuments — fronted by ex-Periphery singer Chris Barreto — will open, making for a true progstravaganza.

The press release announcing the tour says that Devin’s DTP / Z2 double-album is coming out in October. Is that news? Maybe I just missed it, but I can’t recall seeing even a vague release date before this. So we’ve got that to look forward to as well!

Dates:

Nov. 17 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven

Nov. 18 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom *

Nov. 19 – Kelowna, BC – Level Nightclub *

Nov. 21 – Edmonton, AB – Union Hall

Nov. 22 – Calgary, AB – The Gateway *

Nov. 23 – Saskatoon, SK – O’Brians Event Centre

Nov. 24 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre *

Nov. 25 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

Nov. 26 – Chicago, IL – Metro *

Nov. 28 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall *

Nov. 29 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues

Nov. 30 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre *

Dec. 1 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda

Dec. 3 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live *

Dec. 4 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero

Dec. 5 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium *

Dec. 6 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

Dec. 8 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage *

Dec. 10 – San Antonio, TX – Backstage Live

Dec. 11 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar N Grill *

Dec. 13 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre

Dec. 14 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater *

Dec. 15 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theatre

Dec. 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Mayan *

Dec. 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom

*=DTP closes show