Nickelback Confirms 2010 Dark Horse Tour Dates With Special Guests Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown
November 23, 2009 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Music News
Nickelback Confirms 2010 Dark Horse Tour Dates With Special Guests Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown
Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning December 4th at LiveNation.com
LOS ANGELES — Grammy-nominated, mega-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback, has announced the 2010 North American leg of their Dark Horse World Tour, a Live Nation produced event. The tour will feature special guests Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown with the opening act and additional dates to be announced. The newly confirmed dates are hot off the heels of their summer and fall dates where the band played to sold out crowds around the world. Tickets go on sale beginning December 4th in select markets at LiveNation.com.
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Nickelback fan club members will have access to presale tickets beginning November 27th in select markets. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning November 30th at 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Additional information on the tour, ticket on sales, fan club membership and VIP packages is available at Nickelback.com and LiveNation.com.
NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2010 TOUR: April 6 London, ON John Labatt Centre April 8 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre April 9 Montreal, QC Bell Centre April 11 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place April 13 Washington, DC Verizon Center April 14 Hampton VA Hampton Coliseum* April 16 Greenville, SC BI-LO Center* April 17 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex* April 19 Orlando, FL Amway Arena* April 21 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena April 24 Tulsa, OK BOK Center * Shinedown not included.
The latest single from Dark Horse, “Never Gonna Be Alone,” is already top 15 at Hot A/C and heating up quickly at Top 40. Last week also saw the premiere of the video for “Never Gonna Be Alone.” Added out of the box at VH1 and Fuse, both channels will start airing it on November 23rd. The video can currently be seen via Nickelback.com, RoadrunnerRecords.com and YouTube. Look for the broadcast premiere November 23rd. The video was shot by veteran director and longtime Nickelback friend Nigel Dick.
Nickelback is one of the biggest rock bands in the world, with over 35 million albums sold. The band’s latest album, Dark Horse, produced by the legendary Mutt Lange, debuted at number two on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has remained on the Top 200 for 50 weeks selling over 2.4 million albums in the US alone. Nickelback is currently nominated for a 2009 American Music Award in the Pop/Rock category for Favorite Band, Duo or Group.
Nickelback has enjoyed unprecedented success with their last album, All The Right Reasons, which has been RIAA certified 8X platinum. The six singles from the album totaled 12 million downloads and 6 million ringtones. All proceeds of digital single and video sales for “If Everyone Cared” between February 1 and July 31, 2007 were donated to charity, equally distributed between Amnesty International and International Childrens’ Awareness Canada. Each of the five videos from All The Right Reasons has reached #1 on VH1′s playlist: “Photograph,” “Savin’ Me,” “Far Away,” “If Everyone Cared” and “Rockstar.” In 2006 Nickelback was awarded a World Music Award for “World’s Best Rock Group,” a Billboard Touring Award for “Breakthrough Artist,” an American Music Award for “Favorite Pop/Rock Album” and a People’s Choice Award for “Best Rock Group.”
VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays
July 14, 2009 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Music News
VH1 Gets ‘Live & Loud’ With Some of the Summer’s Biggest Rock Tours Including Def Leppard and Poison, The Fray, Nickelback and Creed Beginning Friday, July 17
VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Exclusive Weekly Front-Row and Backstage Views of Tours
NEW YORK, July 13 — Beginning Friday, July 17 at 9 PM**, VH1 will debut “VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays,” a weekly exclusive look at some of the biggest concert tours currently rocking across the nation including Def Leppard and Poison, The Fray, Nickelback and Creed.
In partnership with Live Nation, VH1 will present a rare, music lover’s perspective on these shows, delivering full, live performances of three songs from the tour featured in each episode. Each half-hour installment will also provide behind-the-scenes coverage of all of the activity that goes into a high-end show, from when the roadies first arrive at the venue to when the band steps on stage.
The series will also include interviews with the featured band at the venue, conducted by VH1′s host Michele Merkin (host of ABC’s “The Next Best Thing” and NBC’s “Star of Tomorrow.”)
-- Friday, July 17 Def Leppard/Poison -- Friday, July 24 Nickelback -- Friday, July 31 The Fray -- Friday, August 7 Creed
“VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays” will also present info on-screen about the tour and how viewers can get tickets to upcoming dates on that specific tour as well as other Live Nation tours by going to http://livenation.com/vh1.
“VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays” will be produced by Michael Dempsey for Dempsey Productions and Lee Rolontz and Rick Krim for VH1.
Nickelback on National Tour. Phoenix Date: 09.08.2009
April 12, 2009 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Upcoming Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Live Nation is very proud to announce
Nickelback September 8
With special guests HINDER, PAPA ROACH and SAVING ABEL
Multi-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback have announced dates for their North American summer tour, in support of their latest album, Dark Horse. The summer leg of the 2009 tour will roll through Glendale to perform at Jobing.com Arena on Tuesday, September 8. The show will begin at 6:00pm with special guests Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel. Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 11 at 10am.
Nickelback is currently on a 32 city tour, selling out arenas across the country. The Nashville Scene said of the kickoff show on February 25th, “…nobody puts on a better show than Nickelback does. You can believe that.”
The latest single from the band’s 2008 platinum release Dark Horse, “If Today Was Your Last Day” was released on March 24th. The brazen rocker “Something In Your Mouth” is currently the #1 rock song in the country.
Nickelback are a phenomenally successful touring band whose tours have grossed in excess of $100 million thus far and have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Dark Horse is Nickelback’s first release since the immensely popular All The Right Reasons, released in 2005.
TICKETS ON-SALE THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 11 AT 10AM
Tickets will be available at www.livenation.com, Jobing.com Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. To charge by phone, call 1-800-745-3000. All dates, acts, and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges.
