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Alice in Chains rocks Yahoo with special performance

Amanda — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:05:12 +0000

Alice in Chains are currently being featured on Yahoo Music’s Maximum Performance! The band stopped by the Yahoo studios to perform an acoustic set featuring songs off the new record Black Gives Way To Blue. The band rocked through amazing acoustic renditions of their new hit single “Check My Brain”, “Black Gives Way To Blue”, and “Your Decision”. The band also sat down with Yahoo for an exclusive video interview, where the band talks about life after Layne, and their amazing re-birth with new singer William DuVall.

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“Black Gives Way To Blue” Yahoo video embed:

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Alice in Chains talk with Metallica about new album

Amanda — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:42:19 +0000

Today, and for the next 3 weeks, AOL’s Noisecreep.com will be releasing an exclusive and/or unheard audio clip from the amazing FMQB Metallica/Alice in Chains interview, “Inside Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue.” This week’s clip features Metallica talking to Alice in Chains about their collaboration with Elton John on the song “Black Gives Way To Blue.” “It’s a really intense song, and a really open-hearted song to Layne and the experience that we went through,” Cantrell says to Hetfield and Ulrich about the title track. “Facing up to all of that stuff, and owning all the good, and owning all the bad, and moving forward together. It was a lot of big steps…things were pretty black for us. It’s pretty literal to that, and things are starting to get a little lighter.” Keep checking back in the coming weeks for parts 2 and 3 of this classic interview.

“Check My Brain” video:

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Alice in Chains unveil “Making of” “Check My Brain” video/Kimmel performance

Amanda — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:31:06 +0000

Alice in Chains have just unveiled a “Making Of” video for the trippy “Check My Brain” video. Go behind the scenes with Jerry Cantrell and co. as they try and visually recreate the “Seasick” feeling of the “Check My Brain” riff with director Alex Courtes (U2 and White Stripes). The band has also released a live video of “Check My Brain” from their performance on the Jimmy Kimmel show on September 29th. The performance celebrated the release of the bands first new album in 14 years, Black Gives Way To Blue. The album is available everywhere now.

“Check My Brain” making of video:

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“Check My Brain” live on Kimmel Video:

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Alice In Chains “Black Gives Way to Blue”

Amanda — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:42:46 +0000

ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASE BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE SHORT FILM

Alice in Chains have just released a short film which features the band speaking on the tragedy of former singer Layne Staley’s death to the triumphant return of the band with new singer William Duvall. Follow the band as they recount their first performance without Layne in the wake of the Tsunami tragedy, their introduction to William, and the creative processes that led to the birth of the new album: all whilst getting their faces painted KISS style. Black Gives Way To Blue drops everywhere September 29th.

Black Gives Way To Blue Short Film
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ALICE IN CHAINS HIT NO.1 ON BILLBOARD ROCK SONGS CHART WITH LEAD SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN”

Amanda — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:30:03 +0000

“CHECK MY BRAIN” VIDEO PREMIERES ON MTV2′S “UNLEASHED” – PLAYING EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR

BAND ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

Hailed by Spin as “one of the catchiest songs of Alice In Chains’ history,” lead single “Check My Brain” has blanketed rock and alternative radio and rocketed straight to No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs Chart and No. 1 on the R&R Rock Chart.

The riff-driven track appears on the band’s highly anticipated new album, Black Gives Way To Blue (Virgin/EMI), available September 29th. Playboy gave the disc four stars, calling it “Alice In Chains’ Back In Black,” Revolver praised the record for its “dense tapestry of heavy guitars and soaring melodies” and Reuters wrote “the heavy guitars, submerged vocals and thunderous rhythm section assures fans that the band has lost none of its menace.”

The “Check My Brain” video premiered yesterday on MTV2’s “Unleashed,” airing every hour on the hour. It also debuted on MTVu, as well as on MTVMusic.com, MTV2.com and MTVu.com. The clip was directed by Alex Courtes, whose credits include U2’s “Vertigo,” Wolfmother’s “Woman” and the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.”

The band (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez) has been previewing songs from the album during their current sold-out buzz tour, which wraps September 30th at the Avalon in Los Angeles. Alice In Chains will celebrate the release of Black Gives Way To Blue with a special two-night performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on September 29th and 30th. Next up is a headlining tour of Europe, set to kick off November 12th in Glasgow.

Tour dates are as follows:

Sept. 15 Toronto, ON The Opera House – SOLD OUT

Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues – SOLD OUT

Sept. 17 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall – SOLD OUT

Sept. 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues – SOLD OUT

Sept. 20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave – SOLD OUT

Sept. 21 Minneapolis, MN First Ave – SOLD OUT

Sept. 24 Seattle, WA Moore Theater – SOLD OUT

Sept. 26 Portland, OR Roseland Grill – SOLD OUT

Sept. 28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore – SOLD OUT

Sept. 30 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon – SOLD OUT

Nov. 12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland

Nov. 13 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy

Nov. 14 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy

Nov. 16 London, UK The Forum

Nov. 17 London, UK The Forum

Nov. 19 Tilburg, Holland 013

Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal

Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof

Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW

Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna

Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola

Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok

Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer

Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick

Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz

Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son

Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan

CHECK MY BRAIN VIDEO:

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