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Alice in Chains, the last great grunge band, has a new album Black Gives Way To Blue coming out on September 29th. Because they’re so awesome, they’ve posted a brand new song online for you to download (at aliceinchains.com). “A Looking In View,” the new track is exactly what you’d expect from Alice in Chains in 2009. It sounds like modern rock yet still feels like grunge. There’s a video that accompanies the song and you can watch it at the band’s site (or scroll down below).
Check out what Alice In Chains vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell says about the new track: “The song basically speaks to any number of things that keep you balled up inside. A cell of our own making with an unlocked door that we choose to remain in. Focusing our attention inward instead of reaching out to a much larger world. I think this is common to us all. It’s funny how hard we fight to hang on to a bone we can’t pull through a hole in the fence, or how difficult it is to put down the bag of bricks and move on.”
Alice in Chains has also lined up a late summer tour starting August 1st at Marlay Park in Dublin and wrapping up at The Fillmore in San Francisco on September 28th (Maybe they’ll film this one for a DVD?). Before the tour, on July 18th, Alice In Chains will be sharing the stage with Kid Rock at Comerica Park in Detroit. Other important dates on the tour include August 2 show at the Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth, a sold-out show August 4th at London’s Scala and KROQ’s first-ever Epicenter concert at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA with Tool and Linkin Park. Tickets will go onsale Friday July 10th.
Black Gives Way To Blue is the band’s first new studio release in more than 10 years and first with singer/guitarist William Duvall. The album was recorded with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters) at Studio 606 in Northridge, CA and Henson Studios in Hollywood.
Tour dates are as follows (additional shows to be confirmed):
Date City Venue
July 18 Detroit, MI Comerica Park (with Kid Rock)
Aug 1 Dublin, IE Marlay Park
Aug 2 Stevenage, GB Knebworth House - Sonisphere
Aug 4 London, GB Scala
August 6 Cologne, DE Essigfabrik
August 8 Berlin, DE Columbia Club
August 10 Hamburg, DE Grunspan
August 12 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg
August 22 Pomona, CA Epicenter
Sept. 4 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sept. 5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
Sept. 7 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Sept. 8 New York, NY The Fillmore
Sept. 15 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Sept. 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Sept. 20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Sept. 21 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
Sept. 26 Portland, OR Roseland Grill
Sept. 28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
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So psyched for the new album! The new song is great!