Slash to tour in fall

SLASH Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators--Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass) and Frank Sidoris (guitar)--have announced a fall headlining tour starting September 4 at the House of Blues in San Diego, CA and wrapping October 3 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA.



The exclusive presale for Citi card members starts Tuesday, July 3. Citi card members will also have special access to tickets as well as VIP experiences at http://www.citiprivatepass.com/. A limited amount of VIP packages--including a chance to meet SLASH and get an autographed guitar--will also be available for fans during the pre sale which begins Tuesday, July 10th. General public on sales will begin Friday, July 13 at 10 AM. Purchase tickets for The Wiltern date at LiveNation.com, select Live Nation and Ticketmaster retail outlets and via Charge-By-Phone at (800) 745-3000. Ticket info will also be available at http://slashonline.com/tour/ . See the tour dates below.



This news comes as the band, coming off a successful European trek, gets ready to launch a summer headlining tour of the U.S. and Canada July 12 in Portland, OR, right after the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will be honored with his own star on the Hollywood Blvd Walk of Fame on July 10.

The tour is in connection with the success of SLASH’s second solo studio album APOCALYPTIC LOVE which stormed onto the BillboardTop 200 Albums Chart at #4, marking the top rock debut that week. SLASH has achieved his first-ever #1 hit at rock radio as the explosive first single “You’re A Lie” vaults to the #1 spot this week at Active Rock. Watch the video for “You’re A Lie” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZrJLMTO-8. The album also entered the Top 5 in seven countries outside the U.S.: Canada (#2), Australia (#2), New Zealand (#1), Germany (#5), France (#7), Japan (#2), Sweden (#4) and Switzerland (#3). All the songs on APOCALYPTIC LOVE (Dik Hayd International, distributed through EMI Label Services) were written together by SLASH and Myles Kennedy.



For the tour, SLASH teamed with Guitar Center–the world’s largest music retailer-–to offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity to twenty unsigned American bands. Twenty bands will be hand-selected to be SLASH’s opening acts and will perform on the fall touring the cities closest to their hometown. At the end of the fall run, one of the opening bands will be named by SLASH as the grand prize winner of Guitar Center On-Stage. Not only will the bands be opening for one of the world’s greatest guitarists, but they will also receive a tour support prize pack that includes gear from Ernie Ball, Zoom, Dunlop, Monster Cable, Pro-Mark, and Converse. The top performing band on the tour, as selected by SLASH, will be named the grand prize winner and take home $10,000 in guitars from Gibson and Epiphone, plus a $5,000 shopping spree at Guitar Center and more. The twenty bands will be announced in August.



“I’m a strong believer that the best way to get your music heard is to get out there and play shows,” said SLASH. “There are tons of talented bands that simply don’t have the resources to go on tour, so I’m glad to be able to host them on my tour and at the same time introduce my fans to great, undiscovered artists



SLASH and his band are riding a wave of critical acclaim with a four-star review in Revolver magazine noting: “Apocalyptic Love is at heart a collection of lean, high-octane rock-and-roll tunes built to be blasted out of open-top sports cars or, more suitably, open-air stadiums” (July 2012). Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Times said: “Fans of his work in GNR and Velvet Revolver will find much to embrace in the album's 13 tracks, ranging from the sneering rock hooks of ‘You're a Lie’ and the heavy metal grind of ‘Halo’ to the extended instrumental passages on ‘Anastasia’” (May 24, 2012).





SLASH: featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators tour dates:

DATE

CITY
VENUE

w/ Monster Truck supporting:


Thu
7/12
Portland, OR
Roseland Theater

Fri
7/13
Seattle, WA
Paramount Theatre

Sat
7/14
Vancouver, BC
Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Mon
7/16
Edmonton, AB
Northern Alberta Jubilee

Tue
7/17
Calgary, AB
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Thu
7/19
Medicine Hat, AB
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre

Fri
7/20
Saskatoon, SK
TCU Place

Sat
7/21
Winnipeg, MB
Burton Cummings Theatre

Mon
7/23
Thunder Bay, ON
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium

Wed
7/25
Belleville, ON
Empire Square Live

Thu
7/26
London, ON
Harris Park

Fri
7/27
Montreal, QC
Olympia Theater

Sun
7/29
Quebec City, QC
Agora de Quebec

Mon
7/30
Moncton, New Brunswick
Centre-Casino Moncton

Tue
7/31
Halifax, NS
Cunard Events Centre

Thu
8/2
Boston, MA
House of Blues

Fri
8/3
Montclair, NJ
Wellmo nt Theatre

Sat
8/4
Huntington, NY
The Paramount

Tue
8/7
Dubuque, IA
Diamond Jo Casino-Mississippi Moon Bar

Wed
8/8
St. Louis, MO
The Pageant

Fri
8/10
Sturgis, SD
Buffalo Chip Campground

Fall Headline Tour with Foxy Shazam:


Tue
9/4
San Diego, CA
House of Blues

Wed
9/5
Phoenix, AZ
Celebrity Theatre

Fri
9/7
Austin, TX
Stubbs

Sat
9/8
Dallas, TX
House of Blues

Sun
9/9
Houston, TX
House of Blues

Tue
9/11
New Orleans, LA
House of Blues

Wed
9/12
Atlanta, GA
Tabernacle

*Sun
9/16
Hampton Beach, NH
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

Tue
9/18
New York, NY
Hammerstein Ballroom

Wed
9/19
Cleveland, OH
House of Blues

Fri
9/21
Cincinnati, OH
Bogart’s

Sat
9/22
Detroit, MI
Fillmore

*Sun
9/23
Toronto, ON
Sound Academy

Tue
9/25
Indianapolis, IN
Egyptian Room

Fri
9/28
Chicago, IL
Riviera Theater

Sat
9/29
Springfield, MO
O’Reilly Family Events Center

Tue
10/2
Oakland, CA
Fox Theater

Wed
10/3
Los Angeles, CA
The Wiltern




*Slash only



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VIDEO: “You’re A Lie”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZrJLMTO-8