ALICE IN CHAINS Kicks Off U.S. Tour; Review, Video Footage Available

September 6, 2009

ALICE IN CHAINS kicked off its U.S. headlining tour this past Friday night (September 4) at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

The group's setlist was as follows:

01. Rain When I Die
02. Angry Chair
03. Man in the Box
04. Them Bones
05. Dam That River
06. A Looking In View
07. We Die Young
08. Nutshell
09. Love, Hate, Love
10. Sludge Factory
11. Acid Bubble
12. Again
13. Junkhead
14. Would?

Encore:

15. Check My Brain
16. No Excuses
17. Rooster

Check out reviews of the show:

Live-Metal.net
Rock N Roll Experience

Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below.

ALICE IN CHAINS will take part in an exclusive private performance at the PC Richard & Son Theater in New York City this Wednesday, September 9.

PC Richard & Son Theater is located on the ground floor of 32 Avenue of the Americas. Doors open at 4 p.m. Performance at 5 p.m.

In other news, ALICE IN CHAINS will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, September 25 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at BBC.co.uk.

As previously reported, ALICE IN CHAINS will celebrate the release of its highly anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", with an outdoor mini-concert on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday, September 29 (which will actually air the morning of Wednesday, September 30).

If you pre-order ALICE IN CHAINS' new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", via iTunes, you will receive two exclusive bonus tracks: "Your Decision" (live) and "Black Gives Way To Blue (Elton John Piano Mix)".

ALICE IN CHAINS recently tapped U2 and WHITE STRIPES video director Alex Courtes to shoot a clip for "Check My Brain", the first official single from "Black Gives Way To Blue".

"Black Gives Way To Blue" arrives in stores on September 29 and is the first all-new ALICE IN CHAINS album in 14 years.

The disc features the recording debut with the group of singer and guitarist William DuVall. Original frontman Layne Staley died in 2002.

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