Alice In Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd. Tickets go on sale December 4th and 5th. Fans can get more info at www.aliceinchains.com.
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 impacts radio on December 7th. The band recently shot a video for the song with director Stephen Schuster, who they previously worked with on the video for "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 24th, 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 UK television show "Later ... With Jools Holland." The international dates followed a sold-out US 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."
Don't miss your chance to catch Alice In Chains live. Tour dates are as follows:
11/20 - Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
11/21 - Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
11/23 - Dortmund, Germany FZW
11/24 - Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
11/25 - Warsaw, Poland Stodola
11/27 - Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
11/29 - Vienna, Austria Gasometer
11/30 - Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
12/02 - Milan, Italy Alcatraz
12/03 - Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
12/04 - Paris, France Bataclan
12/06 - Nottingham, UK Rock City
12/07 - London, UK Brixton Academy
12/11 - Las Vegas, NV The Joint (KXTE radio show)
12/12 - Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Acoustic Xmas)
02/02 - Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
02/04 - Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
02/06 - Salem, OR Salem Armory
02/11 - Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
02/17 - Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
02/19 - Denver, CO Fillmore
02/21 - Kansas City, MO Midland
02/22 - St. Louis, MO Pageant
02/23 - Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
02/25 - Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
02/27 - Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
03/01 - Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
03/02 - Charlotte, NC Fillmore
03/03 - Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
03/05 - Richmond, VA The National
03/06 - Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
03/08 - New York, NY Terminal 5
03/12 - Atlantic, City, NJ Borgata
03/13 - Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
03/14 - Boston, MA Orpheum
03/16 - Montreal, QC Metropolis
03/17 - Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
03/19 - Detroit, MI Fillmore State Theatre
03/20 - Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
03/21 - St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkens Auditorium
