ALICE IN CHAINS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, NEW SINGLE “YOUR DECISION” HITS RADIO DECEMBER 7
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Alice In Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2, 2010. Tickets go on sale December 4 and 5. The band is touring in support of its critically acclaimed new album Black Gives Way To Blue (Virgin/EMI), which entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5, with first-week sales exceeding 126,000 copies.
The band’s electrifying set list will spotlight classic hits and new favorites, including new single “Your Decision,” which hits radio December 7. The band recently shot a video for the song with director Stephen Schuster, who they previously worked with for the video “A Looking In View.”
Los Angeles-based AIC fans can catch the band performing at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show at the Gibson Amphitheatre on December 12. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, November 21 and proceeds will benefit two local charities, Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center. On November 24, the band will also perform three songs acoustically for a special Yahoo! Maximum Performance, which can be seen on Yahoo! Music.
In other news, Alice In Chains recently released a Black Gives Way To Blue iPhone app, which features full songs from the album, music videos, news, photos, social networking and much more. The app separates itself from the pack with an impressive level of interactivity; its custom-built functionality allows fans to interact with each of the album’s 11 tracks via a touch, drag and hold feature that reveals hidden visual gems. A demo of the app (which was designed and developed by Mobile Roadie, Streetwise Concepts & Culture and EMI Music) can be viewed here.
The band (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Inez) is currently touring Europe and recently performed on the U.K. television show Later … With Jools Holland. The international dates followed a sold-out U.S. buzz tour and performances on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and back-to-back nights on Jimmy Kimmel Live. All three shows saw AIC perform chart-topping lead single “Check My Brain,” which hit No. 1 on the Modern, Active and Rock formats, and was hailed by Spin magazine as “one of the catchiest songs of Alice In Chains’ history.”
Alice In Chains Tour Dates
11/20/09 Fri Trix Antwerpen, BEL
11/21/09 Sat Schlachthof Wiesbaden, GER
11/23/09 Mon FZW Dortmund, GER
11/24/09 Tue Lucerna Music Bar Prague, CZ
11/25/09 Wed Stodola Warsaw, PL
11/27/09 Fri Petofi Hall Budapest, HU
11/29/09 Sun Gasometer Vienna, AUS
11/30/09 Mon Theatre Fabrik Munich, GER
12/02/09 Wed Alcatraz Milan, IT
12/03/09 Thu Frison Fribourg, SWI
12/04/09 Fri Le Bataclan Paris, FRA
12/06/09 Sun Nottingham Rock City Nottingham, GB
12/07/09 Mon Brixton Academy London, GB
12/11/09 Fri The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, NV
12/12/09 Sat Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City, CA
02/02/10 Tue Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, BC
02/04/10 Thu Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA
02/06/10 Sat Salem Armory Auditorium Salem, OR
02/11/10 Thu Fox Theater Oakland, CA
02/17/10 Wed Dodge Theatre Phoenix, AZ
02/19/10 Fri The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
02/21/10 Sun Midland Theatre Kansas City, MO
02/22/10 Mon The Pageant St. Louis, MO
02/23/10 Tue The Louisville Palace Louisville, KY
02/25/10 Thu The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
02/27/10 Sat House of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
03/01/10 Mon Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN
03/02/10 Tue The Fillmore Charlotte, NC
03/03/10 Wed DAR Constitution Hall Washington, DC
03/05/10 Fri The National Richmond, VA
03/06/10 Sat Foxwoods Resort and Casino Mashantucket, CT
03/08/10 Mon Terminal 5 New York, NY
03/12/10 Fri Borgata Music Box Atlantic City, NJ
03/13/10 Sat Tower Theater Upper Darby, PA
03/14/10 Sun Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
03/16/10 Tue Metropolis Montreal, QC
03/17/10 Wed The Sound Academy Toronto, ON
03/19/10 Fri The Fillmore Detroit (State Theatre) Detroit, MI
03/20/10 Sat Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL
03/21/10 Sun Roy Wilkins Auditorium St. Paul, MN
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