JERRY CANTRELL: I'm Still Dealing With LAYNE STALEY's Loss

August 22, 2002

Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell told Launch that he's still trying to deal with the loss of late AIC singer Layne Staley, who was found dead on the couch in his apartment from a heroin and cocaine overdose on April 19th, surrounded by drug paraphernalia.

"Everything's different now that Layne's gone and I'm still in the process of dealing with the loss of him," Cantrell said. "And I'm sure I've got a long way to go with that. I'm just getting up every day and remembering how proud I am to have been a part of ALICE and how lucky I was to have a friend like Layne for as long as I did and the things that we did."

In other news, Cantrell will be embarking a on U.S. headlining tour this fall. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Oct. 10 - San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
Oct. 11 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
Oct. 12 - Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Live
Oct. 13 - Oklahoma City, OK - Coca Cola Bricktown Event Center
Oct. 15 - Tempe, AZ - Nita's Hideaway
Oct. 16 - San Diego, CA - 4th & B
Oct. 18 - West Hollywood, CA - Roxy Theatre
Oct. 19 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues
Oct. 20 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
Oct. 21 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Oct. 23 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Oct. 25 - Salt Lake City, UT - X-Scape (Formerly DV8)
Oct. 26 - Colorado Springs, CO - 32 Bleu
Oct. 27 - Lincoln, NE - Royal Grove
Oct. 29 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
Oct. 30 - Peoria, IL - Madison Theatre
Oct. 31 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
Nov. 01 - Cleveland, OH - Odeon Concert Club
Nov. 03 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
Nov. 04 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
Nov. 05 - Boston, MA - Avalon
Nov. 07 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Nov. 08 - New York, NY - The World
Nov. 09 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
Nov. 11 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
Nov. 12 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
Nov. 14 - Atlanta, GA - Coca Cola Roxy Theatre
Nov. 15 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
Nov. 16 - Houston, TX - Numbers

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