Red Hot Chili Peppers Nominated For Best Rock Album

Warner Bros. Records' Red Hot Chili Peppers have been nominated for a 2012 Grammy® Award for Best Rock Album.

One of the most successful acts in rock history, Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold more than 60 million albums, including five multi-platinum LPs, and won six Grammy® Awards, including "Best Rock Album" for Stadium Arcadium, "Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group" for "Dani California," "Best Rock Song" for "Scar Tissue," and "Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal" for "Give It Away."

This week the Red Hot Chili Peppers also announced the launch the North American leg of their I'm With You World Tour in January. Tickets for six shows go on sale on December 3rd (see below for routing) with more shows and ticket on-sale dates to be announced in the coming weeks. The 2012 arena tour will be the band's first full-scale tour of the U.S. since 2007 when they hit the road in support of 2006's Stadium Arcadium.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently touring Europe through mid-December in support of I'm With You, which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and No. 1 on Billboard's Rock and Alternative album charts, as well as on the Top Internet Albums and iTunes Top Alternative Albums chart. The first single "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie," hit the top spot at Modern Rock radio, giving the band its 12th No. 1 at the format. A second single, "Monarchy of the Roses" is currently the No. 2 greatest gainer on Mediabase's Alternative chart.  

 

Tour Dates*

January

25th                 Charlotte, NC              Time Warner Cable Arena

27th                 Raleigh, NC                  RBC Center

28th                 Columbia, SC               ColonialLife Arena

30th                 Duluth, GA                   Gwinnett Arena

31st                  Greensboro, NC          Greensboro Coliseum

February

3rd                    Memphis, TN              FedEx Forum

* MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Grammy® Awards will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 12th, 2012. Tune in to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which airs that night on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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Avenged Sevenfold Show Fans Appreciation By Performing Free Show

In keeping with their fans-first ethos, Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they will perform a free show at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA, on December 16th.

 

The show is free to all fans, regardless if they were or weren't at the Uproar Show. However, Uproar ticket holders will be guaranteed free entrance and first pick of seats. Anyone who purchased a ticket for the October 14th Uproar Festival date at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA, will receive an e-mail with redemption details. For those who purchased with cash, on site or at a venue, please visit www.rockstaruproar.com/mv and submit your e-mail address. These tickets will only be available one week ahead of the general public starting on November 17th at 10am PT through November 23rd at Midnight PT. The band launches the headlining "Buried Alive" Tour with Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, and Black Veil Brides on November 23rd.

"We appreciate our fans so much and felt terrible that we had to miss the Uproar show in October," says M. Shadows. "We want to make it up to those in the Bay Area by adding this free show to our 'Buried Alive' tour and making sure that anyone who was supposed to see us that night in Northern California will get the best seats in the house."

The tour takes its name from "Buried Alive," the fourth single from the Huntington Beach, CA, rock band's gold album Nightmare. All three previous singles from Nightmare - the title track, "Welcome to the Family," and "So Far Away" - have peaked at No. 1 on the Active Rock chart. Released worldwide in July 2010, Nightmare earned A7X its highest-ever debut on the Billboard album chart when it bowed at No. 1 and topped Billboard's Rock, Hard Rock, and Digital charts. The title track was the most played song at Media Base Active Rock for 2010.

Avenged Sevenfold's "Buried Alive" tour dates are as follows:

11/23            Ft. Meyers, FL            Germain Arena
11/25            Jacksonville, FL         Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
11/26            Augusta, GA              James Brown Arena
11/28            Huntsville, AL            Von Braun Center
11/29            Pikeville, KY              East Kentucky Expo Center
11/30            Ft. Wayne, IN            Allen County War Memorial
12/02            Madison, WI              Alliant Energy Center
12/03            Minneapolis, MN        Target Center                                   
12/06             Green Bay, WI           Resch Center
12/07             Duluth, MN               Amsoil Arena
12/09            Grand Forks, ND        Alerus Center
12/10            Bismarck, ND            Bismarck Civic Center
12/12            Billings, MT               Metra Park Arena
12/13            Missoula, MT            Adams Center
12/16            San Jose, CA            HP Pavilion (free)
12/14            Yakima, WA             Sun Dome            
12/17            Ontario, CA              Citizens Business Bank Arena        

Avenged Sevenfold To Headline X1039'S Very Merry Xmas Party!

Avenged Sevenfold will headline X1039's Very Merry Xmas Party on December 17^th at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA, with support from Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, and Black Veil Brides.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday October 29^th via Ticketmaster at 10 a.m EST. Ticket purchase link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2C004755E7355852?artistid=840047&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60. This will be the band's last stop in Southern California in support of their gold album "Nightmare".

Having wrapped their fall dates on The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, Avenged Sevenfold hit the road for their own headlining "Buried Alive" tour, which launches in Ft. Meyers, FL, on November 23^rd. Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, and Black Veil Brides are also on the bill, offering fans an incredible value with four of the hottest bands in rock today. Please visit www.avengedsevenfold.com for tour dates.

Goo Goo Dolls Headline NFL's Entertainment Line-Up

The Goo Goo Dolls will be performing the pregame show at the NFL's Pepsi Max International Series game at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday, October 23^rd. Due to the routing of the performance date, the band will be rescheduling two shows on their fall tour, which kicks off today in Milwaukee.  

The band will perform prior to the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicking off in the fifth competitive regular-season NFL game to be played in London.

As a result, the band's October 22^nd show at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, NH, will now take place on November 19^th and the October 23^rd show at the Warner Theater in Torrington, CT, will now take place on November 17^th. Please see below for all upcoming dates.

Singer-guitarist John Rzeznik, bassist Robby Takac, and drummer Mike Malinin are touring in support of their current album SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF US.

The Goo Goo Dolls upcoming tour dates are as follows.

10/12            Milwaukee, WI                      Pabst Theater 

10/13             Cleveland, OH                     Case Western University

10/15            Chicago, IL                           The Mix Second Chance Homecoming

10/16            Morgantown, WV                  Morgantown Event Center

10/17            Nashville, TN                         Ryman Auditorium

10/19              Ithaca, NY                            State Theater

10/21              Utica, NY                             Stanley Performing Arts Center

10/23            London, UK                           NFL's Pepsi Max International Series       

10/25            Williamsport, PA                  Williamsport Community Arts Center

10/26            Charlottesville, VA               John Paul Jones Arena

10/27            Greensboro, NC                   Carolina Theatre

10/29              Lake Charles, LA                L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino

10/30            Tupelo, MS                            BancorpSouth Arena

11/02             Fort Myers, FL                     Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall

11/04            Gainesville, FL                     Gator Growl

11/05            Melbourne, FL                      King Center for the Performing Arts

11/07            Richmond, VA                      The National

11/08            Reading, PA                         Sovereign Performing Arts Center

11/09            Wilmington, DE                    Grand Opera House

11/11            Montclair, NJ                         Wellmont Theater

11/12            Huntington, NY                      The Paramount

11/13            Erie, PA                                 Warner Theatre

11/17           Torrington, CT                       Warner Theatre

11/19           Hampton Beach, NH            Hampton Beach Casino

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Mastodon Enter The Top 10 Billboard Hot 200 Album Charts

THE HUNTER, MASTODON'S  6^th full-length studio album made it's earthly impact on Sep 27^th, crash-landing directly into the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.  This marks the band's highest chart debut ever. First week debut is quite impressive:  #10 Billboard Top 20, #2 Hard Music Album, #5 Current Rock Album, #9 Current Digital Album, #9 Top Internet Album.

At the same time, "Curl Of The Burl" continues it's ascent at radio as one of the greatest gainers of the week. Last night, Mastodon shook the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC performing the song live on The Late Show with David Letterman. Click here now to view.

Have a look at the official video for "Curl Of The Burl" here.

"The Hunter" has already made its presence well known: 

 "'The Hunter' demonstrates how contemporary radio rock can still be made with imagination, precision and a majestic sense of force." - Rolling Stone "Editor Picks - Our favorite Songs and Albums Right Now" (4 out of 5 Stars)

"Seemingly dozens of subtly different metal subgenres into a singular pursuit...One burly, beastly adrenaline spike." --  Entertainment Weekly (A-)

"With each successive outing the Georgia quartet stomps farther away from that specific label...Big ideas and shape-shifting epics result in the band's most efficient and instantly appealing album." - The Washington Post

Mastodon will take to the road in support of "The Hunter," in approx 420 hours from now. Tickets are on sale!

Tue       10/25                 Austin, TX                               La Zona Rosa

Wed     10/26                 Grand Prairie, TX                 Verizon Theatre (supporting Soundgarden)

Thur      10/27                 Houston, TX                          Fitzgerald's

Sat       10/29                 New Orleans, LA                    VooDooFest

Tue       11/01                 Los Angeles, CA                     Wiltern Theatre

Wed     11/02                 Sacramento, CA                    Ace of Spades

Thur      11/03                 San Francisco, CA               The Warfield

Sat       11/05                 Portland, OR                         Roseland Theatre

Sun      11/06                 Seattle, WA                            Showbox SODO

Mon      11/07                 Boise, ID                              Knitting Factory

Tue       11/08                 Salt Lake City, UT                The Depot

Wed     11/09                 Denver, CO                          Ogden Theatre

Fri        11/11                 Chicago, IL                           Riviera Theatre

Sat       11/12                 Milwaukee, WI                   Rave Ballroom

Sun      11/13                 Sauget, IL                               Pop's

Mon      11/14                 Kansas City, MO                The Beaumont                    

Wed     11/16                 Detroit, MI                          The Fillmore Detroit

Thur      11/17                 Indianapolis, IN                Egyptian Room

Sat       11/19                 New York, NY                        Terminal 5

Sun      11/20                 Philadelphia, PA                 Trocadero

Mon      11/21                 Boston, MA                          H.O.B.

Wed     11/23                 Montreal QC                       Metropolis

Fri        11/25                 Toronto, ON                         Kool Haus

Sat       11/26                 Buffalo, NY                            Town Ballroom

Sun      11/27                 Washington, DC                   9:30 Club

Mon      11/28                 Norfolk, VA                           The NorVa

Tue       11/29                 Asheville, NC                        Orange Peel

Thur      12/01                 Lake Buena Vista, FL          House of Blues

Fri        12/02                 Atlanta, GA                           Tabernacle

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