Limited Dates for Alice in Chains

One of the hardest working rock bands on the road has lined up a string of dates leading up to a new album.

Black Gives Way To Blue, the first Alice in Chains effort in 14 years, arrives in stores September 29. The 11-track album continues in the Alice in Chains tradition of tackling different styles and sounds, from the hard rock nature of "Dirt" to the acoustic-minded "Jar of Flies."

Black Gives Way To Blue is also the group's first effort with new singer-guitarist William DuVall. "It's nice to sound like yourself," Sean Kinney told us with a laugh. "It's not really that hard, actually. I know people are blown away that we really sound like ourselves, and I understand the apprehension, but it's not really that big a stretch to sound the way that you sound."

Don’t think Alice in Chains is resting easy until September. The band plays Detroit’s Comerica Park with Kid Rock on July 18 and a series of Euro dates with Metallica during August before appearing with Tool and Linkin Park for the first-ever Epicenter event in Pomona, Calif., Aug. 22.

Then, in September, it's:

09/04/09 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

09/05/09 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts

09/07/09 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

09/08/09 New York, NY Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza

09/15/09 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert Venue

09/16/09 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues

09/19/09 Chicago, IL House Of Blues

09/20/09 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Eagles Club

09/21/09 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

09/26/09 Portland, OR Roseland Theater

09/28/09 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell says that the band is really anxious to reconnect with its fans. That should make for a very special backstage experience. Passes for this limited engagement schedule should go quickly. Request yours early.

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