Townsend returned to the stage in January 2010, touring North America with headliner Between the Buried and Me as well as Cynic and Scale the Summit.
Townsend se vratio na pozornicu u siječnju 2010. godine, odlazeći na turneju po Sjevernoj Americi s predvodnim sastavom Between the Buried and Me te drugim grupama kao što su Cynic i Scale the Summit.