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Alice in Chains Tour Dates
It’s hard to believe, but Alice In Chains is still on tour through out 2012 and it doesn’t look like they are stopping. With more tour dates and concert dates just added in North America, the Alice In Chains 2012 tour looks endless. Look below for the latest Alice In Chains 2012 tour dates.
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Alice In Chains 2012 Tour Plans :
 Alice In Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd.
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. 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.
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Alice in Chains — Concert Tour Dates — 2012 :
Alice in Chains is set to go on tour in 2012. The ‘Black Gives Way to Blue’ concert tour dates will consist of over 30 concerts so far in the United States and Canada;(Tour Dates below).The Seattle based alternative rock band reunited after years; supporting their recent released 4th studio album “Black Gives Way to Blue” which was released in late September 2009. The first leading single off the new CD is ‘A Looking in View” followed by “Check My Brain” and recent one “Your Decision”.
 The first venue scheduled for twenty-ten is at Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Feb 2 , 2012. The rock band also nominated in 2012 for a Grammy award as Best Hard Rock Performance for “Check My Brain”.
If you followed the band in the past their most impressive album ‘Dirt’ that was released in 1992; went platinum and sold over 3 million copies by 1993. After; the band had face many challenges throughout their music career. Since the lost of frontman Layne Staley in 2002. However the rock band reunited with its newest band member William Duvall making his first debut on the album. The band also include guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist/guitarist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney.
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Alice in Chains tour 'gives way' to new routing for 2012 :
With a new album on the market and a brief slate of fall concerts completed, Alice in Chains is making more substantial plans for its return in 2012. The reformed and rejuvenated grunge group will launch an extensive headlining tour of North America in the New Year.
The 25-city trek kicks off February 2 at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, BC, and concludes March 21 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, MN. Along the way, gig stops are also planned for February 11 at Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA; February 25 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA; March 3 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC; and March 14 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA.
 Most tickets for the headlining venture will go on sale to the general public on December 4 and 5. Fans in Oakland don't have to wait, though, because tickets for the band's February 11 event are already available.
The grunge-rock group is continuing support behind its fourth studio album and first release of new material in 14 years, "Black Gives Way to Blue." The effort debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 after its September 25 release and remains on the chart in the No. 47 position.
"Black Gives Way to Blue" is the band's first release with new vocalist William DuVall, taking over for the late Layne Staley who died in 2002. The remainder of the lineup includes original guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, as well as longtime bassist Mike Inez.
Earlier this season, Alice in Chains completed a brief September tour of the U.S., which also included a single performance in Canada. The rock crew is currently in the middle of a European tour, which ends December 7 at the O2 Academy Brixton in London, ENG.
In mid-December, the band will play two holiday shows for West Coast audiences. First comes a December 11 performance at the 107.5 Xtreme Holiday Havoc show at The Joint in Las Vegas, NV, followed by a December 12 appearance at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, CA.
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Alice in Chains Tour Dates for 2012 :
Alice in Chains are currently working their way through Europe, but they'll be back for a North American tour starting February 2 in Vancouver, Canada. The tour will span about seven weeks and cover most areas of the U.S., although the band aren't slated to perform in Los Angeles, the city that inspired their terrific recent song "Check My Brain" off Black Gives Way to Blue.
As they prepare for their 2012 tour, these new shows might feel a bit like a victory lap for a band that had to endure a lot to get to this point. Original singer Layne Staley's death in 2002 seemed to be the end for Alice in Chains, but songwriter Jerry Cantrell and new singer William DuVall picked up the pieces and delivered a pretty fantastic album that both honored their legacy and looked to the future. The band's last series of U.S. tour dates happened mostly before Black Gives Way to Blue's release, so this time fans should be very familiar with the new material. A lot of comeback tours fall flat because the new tunes aren't nearly as great as the old stuff. Happily, that's not the case here.
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Alice In Chains Announce Full North American Tour :
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 (www.streetwise.biz) and EMI Music) can be viewed by clicking here: www.virginrecords.com/tools/alice_in_chains/aic_iphone.html
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 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."
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Alice in Chains Biography and Info : (Brief)
1987. The wonderful year marked with the birth of Alice in Chains. It all started in Seattle, WA at a party. It just so happened that an extremely talented guitarist named Jerry Cantrell was attending this party along with the man that sings like a lark, Layne Staley.
At that time, Layne was involved in a glam band which was growing stale. When he met and hit it off with Jerry that night, Jerry threw out the brilliant idea that they should start a band together. Layne agreed. Now there were two.
 Jerry knew a man by the name of Mike Starr who agreed to play bass for the new band. Now all they needed was a drummer. (Layne could play of course, but as you know, he enjoys vocals) Luckily, Mike introduced the others to Sean Kinney, a crazy drummer who was dating Mike's sister. They decided to call their band Alice 'n Chains. (The name was supposedly spawed from a crazy idea about the group dressing in drag and playing). The monumental date of their first gig was on August 5, 1987.
After that, they were briefly known as Diamond Lie and played a few shows sparking the takeoff of their music. Of course they ended up calling themselves Alice In Chains. Later in 1987 they signed with Columbia Records. Their first EP titled "We Die Young" was released in 1990 and is currently a rare collectors item. A few months after that, they released their first full length album called "Facelift".The release of this album sent their debut song "We Die Young" to the top.
Westminister, CA was their first U.S. tour date which happened a few months after Facelift's release. In Seattle, the December 22 show sold out. It was, though, filmed and released as Live Facelift. Their first American Music Award nomination happened in January of 1991 when they were up for Favorite Heavy Metal Artist. Sadly, they lost."Man In The Box" was their first single which they released. This was their first exposure on MTV.
Alice In Chains made a movie debut in the film "Singles" where they played the song "Would?" in a bar. They then toured with Megadeth in Europe for the first time. They received a Grammy nomination for the "Best Heavy Metal Performance". Sadly, they lost again.
Next up for AIC was the "Clash of the Titans" tour with Slayer. They then had time to make their television debut with ABC for their "In Concert" show. After that they accompanied Van Halen on a 4 month tour.Facelift went gold around September of 1991. During their tour break in November, they recorded their second EP. The album was titled SAP, a name given to it by Sean Kinney. He had a dream about the group making an album and naming it SAP because it was "sappy".
Spring 1992 was some well deserved off-time for AIC. They soon began recording Dirt, though. It was released in September. "Would?" was the first single released. "Angry Chair" followed. At this point,Layne broke his foot, but completed the tour with Ozzy using a wheelchair or crutches. (He didn't miss a date!) A tour shirt had an X-ray of Layne's fractured foot on it.
 Lollapalooza was the main focus of the summer 1993. After this, they recorded their new EP- Jar Of Flies.They then began the Down In Your Hole tour- a six week speedy tour. At this point, "Down In A Hole" was released as a single. A video was shot for this song as well. Finally, "Them Bones" was released as single number four from "Dirt". The cool film "Last Action Hero" was in theatres along with two unreleased Alice in Chains songs- "What The Hell Have I?" and "A Little Bitter". A video was shot for "What The Hell Have I?"
AIC recorded their third full length album in April of 1995. After nearly four months, the result was a harder heavier album originally named "Tripod". (third full length album, three legged dog and man) The dog on the cover was inspired from a dog that would chase Sean when he was delivering papers as a child. The album ended up self titled. It was released in November 1995 and debuted number one on the Billboard chart. They were nominated for a Grammy once again, and once again they lost.
1996 found AIC performing on Saturday Night Special, David Letterman, and a show for MTV Unplugged.They opened four shows for KISS on their reunion tour as well.
 The Unforturnate Death of Lead Singer Layne Staley -- 1967-2002
By: Travis Gibson
Alice in Chains' Layne Staley died from a mixture of heroin and cocaine, an autopsy and toxicology report revealed Monday.
Laboratory results determined the singer died April 5, according to a spokesperson for the King County medical examiner's office, the same day fellow grunge pioneer Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994. Staley was found dead two weeks later, surrounded by intravenous drug paraphernalia in his Seattle apartment.
The death certificate reads Staley's death resulted from "an acute intoxication due to the combined effects of opiate (heroin) and cocaine." The death was classified as "accidental."
The lethal combination goes by the name "speedball" in drug circles. The same ingredients contributed to the deaths of comedian John Belushi in 1982 and actor River Phoenix in 1993.
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