June 15, 2001

NILE will embark on a three week U.S. tour with Cradle Of Filth. The tour will begin July 8th in Seattle, Washington and run for three weeks before concluding on July 30th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NILE’s bass and co-vocal duties on the upcoming tour will be handled by Jon Vesano who is known from his previous work in the South Carolina based band Dark Moon. Additionally, NILE announces that Tony Laureno will continue in his role as the bands permanent drummer. Laureno has participated in all NILE touring since inheriting the position from original NILE drummer Pete Hammoura in July 2000. In Europe NILE will be part of this year’s X-mas 2001 Festival. They will also head to England for a series of dates in early December. Additional information will be made available via the Relapse Records website: www.Relapse.com.The already confirmed tourdates you will find in our tourdates section.