Joey Belladonna will embark on a South American tour at the end of May

BELLADONNA, the band led by former ANTHRAX frontman Joey Belladonna, will embark on a South American tour at the end of May.

So far the following dates have been announced:

May 29 - Rock & Bar - Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Jun. 01 - Pub El Imperio - Copiapo, Chile
Jun. 03 - [to be announced] - Santiago, Chile
Jun. 04 - [to be announced] - Puerto Montt, Chile
Jun. 05 - El Huevo - Valparaiso, Chile
Jun. 06 - [to be announced] - Talca, Chile
Jun. 09 - Bomberos Voluntarios - Bariloche, Argentina
Jun. 10 - Casa Babylon - Cordoba, Argentina
Jun. 11 - Super Rock - Buenos Aires, Argentina

A date in Peru will most likely be added as well.

Video footage of Joey Belladonna singing a karaoke version of the JOURNEY classic "Don't Stop Believin'" on October 10, 2009 at the Spooky Empire VIP party in Orlando, Florida can be viewed below.
Belladonna is currently writing material for a new solo album. Several demos are complete and will be posted on the vocalist's MySpace page soon http://www.myspace.com/joeybelladonna .

Belladonna was the lead singer of ANTHRAX from 1984 to 1992, and was considered part of the band's classic lineup (alongside Dan Spitz, Scott Ian, Frank Bello and Charlie Benante), which reunited and toured during 2005 and 2006. His voice was featured on over 10 albums, which reportedly sold eight million copies worldwide.

After splitting with ANTHRAX, Joey continued to make music with a solo project called BELLADONNA, which released its first self-titled debut in the mid-'90s. A follow-up effort, "Spells of Fear", came out in 1998 and it was heavily criticized for bad production and sloppy musicianship. The third album, or rather the demo recordings for what was supposed to be the third BELLADONNA album that was never recorded in a real studio, was self-released by Belladonna in 2003. It was a return to better songwriting and musicianship and it was well received by the fans.