Fresh off a five-date club tour, reconstituted grunge-rockers Alice in Chains have rolled out a handful of late-summer concerts that will follow an imminent run through Europe.
Earlier this year, surviving Alice in Chains members Jerry Cantrell (guitar/vocals), Sean Kinney (drums) and Mike Inez (bass) announced that they were reuniting for their first tour in more than a decade. Singer William Duvall of Atlanta-based rock trio Comes With the Fall, who worked with Cantrell during some of the guitarist's solo outings, is handling lead vocals, along with "a few other special guests and musical friends honoring the legacy left behind by Alice's late singer, Layne Staley," according to a press release.
Staley died of a drug overdose four years ago. He, Cantrell, Kinney and original bassist Mike Starr formed Alice in Chains in Seattle during the late '80s, and released their debut album, "Facelift," in 1990. The disc spawned the group's breakthrough hit, "Man in the Box," and secured the band's place in the pantheon of early '90s Seattle-based acts--which also included Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden--credited with ushering in the grunge scene.
TOUR DATES:
August 2006
3 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
4 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
5 - Bethleham, PA - Musikfest, River Place
11 - Sturgis, SD - 2006 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
12 - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Empire Fairgrounds
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