Good news/mediocre news: Babymetal’s world tour is going to bring them to the U.S. after all… but only the western U.S. Also, five of their six U.S. dates will be opening for Lady Gaga. I know that won’t irritate some of you, but I’m not really a Lady Gaga fan. Sorry.

Hopefully, this is just the young trio’s handlers testing the waters, making sure there’s a market for the group here, and more dates will be announced somewhere down the road. In the meantime…

Headlining:

7/27 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theater

With Lady Gaga:

7/30 – Phoenix, AZ US Airways Arena

8/01 – Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

8/02 – Stateline, NV Harveys Lake Tahoe

8/04 – Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena

8/06 – Denver, CO Pepsi Center

[via Metal Insider]