Static-X have announced that “Push It“, the lead single from their 1999 platinum-certified debut album “Wisconsin Death Trip“, has attained a gold certification in the United States. According to the self-proclaimed ‘evil disco’ band, that track is also now closer to attaining platinum status.
Should the track manage to cross that threshold, it would mark their second platinum award in the United States to date. Their aforementioned full-length “Wisconsin Death Trip” went gold back in January of 2000, before hitting platinum status in 2001. Its follow-up, 2001’s “Machine“, went on to achieve gold status back in November of 2003.
The band shared the below post announcing this new RIAA accolade this morning, June 18th:
“We’ve been killing it on the road the past year and haven’t even had the time to acknowledge that ‘Push It‘ was certified Gold! X-Bot has crunched the numbers and it’s actually closer to Platinum now, so we’re calling on you to help us ‘Push It‘ Platinum – or get a shovel to the face.”
Static-X will once again be celebrating 25 years of “Wisconsin Death Trip” on the road this summer/fall as direct support to Mudvayne. The latter outfit will be marking 25 years of their own debut album “L.D. 50” on that run, which will see Vended opening. In addition to Static-X recently being added to all dates of that trek, the outfit have also added some headlining off-dates with Dope set to open.
With Mudvayne (celebrating 25 years of “L.D. 50“) and Vended:
09/11 Dubuque, IA – Q Casino
09/13 Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
09/14 Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
09/16 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
09/17 Youngstown, OH – The Covelli Centre
09/19 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life (no Vended)
09/20 Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
09/21 Omaha, NE – Steelhouse
09/23 Denver, CO – The Fillmore
09/24 Albuquerque, NM – Revel Entertainment Center
09/26 Las Vegas, NV – Palms Casino Resort
09/27 Phoenix, AZ – Airzona Financial Theatre
09/28 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
09/30 Portland, OR – Moda Center
10/01 Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live
10/03 Pocatello, ID – Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre
10/07 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
10/09 Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater
10/11 Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
10/12 San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port
10/13 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
10/16 Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theater
10/18 Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10/19 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
10/21 Raleigh, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheater
10/22 Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome
10/24 Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
10/25 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/26 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
With Dope:
09/12 Green Bay, WI – Epic Events Center
09/18 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
10/02 Missoula, MT – The Wilma
10/10 Hildago, TX – Payne Arena
10/17 Memphis, TN – Graceland Soundstage
10/23 Baltimore, MD – Nevermore Hall
A platinum album/single in the United States represents 1,000,000 units, while gold signifies 500,000 units. Outside of traditional physical/digital sales, the certifications factor in digital streams/downloads with 10 permanent track downloads counting as 1 unit and 1500 on-demand audio/video streams from a particular album also counting as as a unit.
