ALICE IN CHAINS: Band Illness Forces Concert Cancellations

November 21, 2006

ALICE IN CHAINS has been forced to make some changes in its tour schedule due to band illness. The group has cancelled two shows: Tuesday, November 21 in Aspen, CO at the Belly Up and Wednesday, November 22 in Salt Lake City, UT at the SaltAir Theater. Refunds for these shows are available at point of purchase. The tour is set to resume Friday (November 24) in the band's Seattle, WA hometown before concluding in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 28. The band regrets this inconvenience to their fans and thanks them for their loyal support.

Launch Radio Networks reported earlier in the month that ALICE IN CHAINS filmed its concert on October 31 in Providence, Rhode Island for a possible DVD release. The Halloween performance was two hours and forty minutes long, with the group playing additional songs for the filming. There's no indication yet of when the DVD could surface or what other features it might contain.

The group's current North American tour features the reunited band playing a two-hour show that includes an acoustic middle section as well as an eight-minute video tribute to late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley.

Staley died in 2002 after a long struggle with drug addiction that effectively put ALICE IN CHAINS on ice in 1996.

Drummer Sean Kinney, guitarist Jerry Cantrell and bassist Mike Inez reunited in 2005 at a tsunami benefit in Seattle before heading out this year on full European and North American tours. COMES WITH THE FALL frontman William DuVall is handling vocals.

There's no word yet on whether this configuration of the group will record any new material.

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