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ALICE IN CHAINS HIT NO.1 ON BILLBOARD ROCK SONGS CHART WITH LEAD SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN”

Posted in Alice In Chains, Concert, New Single, Song, Video, YouTube on the September 18, 2009

“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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