The third ‘briefing’ for the upcoming “Blackdiamondskye Tour” has been posted online below. As previously reported, the trek features Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon with more details available at Blackdiamondskye.com.

The second cryptic ‘briefing’ for the upcoming “Blackdiamondskye Tour” has been posted online below. The trek of course features Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon with more details available at Blackdiamondskye.com.

A number of dates have been added to the “BlackDiamondSkye Tour” in recent weeks. Here’s how the schedule for the trek, which will feature Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon, will now shape up:

September 16th Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
September 17th Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 18th Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
September 20th Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
September 22nd Boston, MA – Agannis Arena
September 24th New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
September 25th Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Theatre
September 26th Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center
September 28th Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
October 01st St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
October 04th Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
October 07th Vancouver, BC – General Motors Place
October 08th Seattle, WA – Key Arena
October 09th Portland, OR – Memorial Coliseum
October 12th Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
October 15th San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
October 16th Las Vegas, NV – The Joint

The Deftones have added a handful of new U.S. dates to their schedule, including shows in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California, the latest schedule can be found below:

May 08th Lisbon, POR – Teatro Tivoli
May 10th Paris, FRA – Boule Noire
May 12th London, UK – ULU
May 21st Grand Rapids, MI – The Orbit Room
May 22nd Columbus, OH – Rock On The Range
May 24th Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 25th Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
May 26th Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
May 27th Des Moines, IA – Peoples
May 29th Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
May 30th Amarillo, TX – Aztec Music Hall
May 31st Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
June 01st Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
June 06th Mountain View, CA – Live105’s BFD
June 09th Moscow, RUS – B1 Club
June 11th Copenhagen, DEN – Copenhell
June 12th Donington Park, UK – Download Festival
June 13th Burgenland, AUT – Nova Rock
June 15th Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
June 16th Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
June 18th Nantes, FRA – Hellfest
June 19th Scheessel, GER – Hurricane Festival
June 20th Newhausen ob Eck, GER – Southside Festival
June 22nd Torino, ITA – Colonia Sonora
June 23rd Zurich, SWI – Volkshaus
June 24th Prague, CZE – Roxy
June 25th Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
July 09th Lisbon, POR – Optimus Alive
July 10th Madrid, SPA – Getafe Open Air (“Sonisphere Festival“)

“Black Diamond Skye Tour” with Alice In Chains and Mastodon:

September 16th Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
September 17th Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 18th Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
September 20th Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
September 22nd Boston, MA – Agannis Arena
September 24th New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
September 28th Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
October 01st St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
October 04th Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
October 07th Vancouver, BC – General Motors Place
October 08th Seattle, WA – Key Arena
October 09th Portland, OR – Rose Quarter – Memorial Coliseum
October 15th San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
October 16th Las Vegas, NV – The Joint

A second teaser has been posted online for what is highly rumored to be an upcoming fall Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon tour. You can find the latest teaser below, while the trek is now expected to be officially announced this coming Thursday, April 29th.

Demon Hunter will soon have their tracks “Collapsing” and “The World Is A Thorn” available as premium downloadable content for play in the “Rock Band” franchise of video games. While a release date for the tracks has yet to be announced, footage of the band themselves playing the tracks can be found below:

In addition, the performed an acoustic in-store live set in Seattle, WA yesterday, March 12th. The set list for the show ran as follows:

“Driving Nails”
“My Throat Is An Open Grave”
“Carry Me Down”
“Deteriorate”
“Blood In The Tears”
“Thorns”
“My Heartstrings Come Undone”
“Down In A Hole” (Alice In Chains cover)

Fan-filmed footage of the bands performing their track “Thorns” from the show has been posted online and can be seen below:

Alice In Chains have booked the following new leg of American dates for the spring:

April 15th Portland, ME – Civic Center
April 16th Providence, RI – Dunkin Donuts Arena
April 17th Wilkes Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena
April 19th Huntington, WV – Big Sandy Arena
April 20th Norfolk, VA – Norva
April 21st Raleigh, NC – Memorial Auditorium
April 23rd Ft. Myers, FL – Live X
April 24th Tampa, FL – 98Rockfest
April 25th St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
April 27th Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
April 28th Chattanooga, TN – Memorial Auditorium
April 30th Birmingham, AL – Crawfish Fest
May 01st Memphis, TN – Beale Street Fest
May 19th Glen Falls, NY – Glen Falls Civic Center
May 20th West Long Branch, NJ – MAC Center @ Monmouth University
May 23rd Camden, NJ – MMRBQ @ Susquehanna Bank Center

Judas Priest and AC/DC took home awards at this years “52 Annual Grammy Awards“. Judas Priest won Best Metal Performance for their track “Dissident Aggressor” from their “A Touch Of Evil – Live” outing.

The nominees for the Best Metal Performance category this year were as follows:

Judas Priest – “Dissident Aggressor” (track from: “A Touch Of Evil Live“)
Lamb Of God – “Set To Fail” (track from: “Wrath“)
Megadeth – “Head Crusher” (track from: “Endgame“)
Ministry – “Senor Peligro” (track from: “Adios…“)
Slayer – “Hate Worldwide” (track from: “World Painted Blood“)

Meanwhile, AC/DC took home the award for the Best Hard Rock Performance for their track “War Machine” from their latest album “Black Ice“.

The nominees for that category ran as follows:

AC/DC – “War Machine” (track from: “Black Ice“)
Alice In Chains – “Check My Brain” (track from: “Black Gives Way To Blue“)
Linkin Park – “What I’ve Done” (track from: “Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keyes“)
Metallica – “The Unforgiven IIII” (track from: “Death Magnetic“)
Nickelback – “Burn It To The Ground” (track from: “Dark Horse“)