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headlined by American rock band

Alice in Chains Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne ...

featuring special guests

Deftones Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), and Dominic Garcia (bass). During their first five ...

and

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. ''Blackdiamondskye'' is a

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'' (2010), and Mastodon's '' Crack the Skye'' (2009). The tour began on September 16, 2010 in

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and concluded on October 16, 2010 in

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History

The tour was officially announced on April 29, 2010, after a series of cryptic videos were posted on

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and a countdown was posted on the recently launched blackdiamondskye.com site a week prior to the announcement. Manager

David Benveniste David "Beno" Benveniste is an American entrepreneur from Beverly Hills, California. He is CEO of Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group, which represents Grammy Award-winning and nominated artists that includes; System Of A Down, Korn, Deftones ...

from Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group said about the strategy, "Rather than launch with a traditional tour announcement, we wanted to engage the fans first. We gave them a cryptic clip featuring video snippets of each band and they lit up the internet. Now there's an entire online community talking about the tour and speculating about the bands involved. It's thrilling to see them communicate and respond so positively to this exciting tour." More dates were announced on June 14, 2010. On August 31, 2010,

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launched a contest asking the fans of

to create a custom trailer for the tour. The winning submissions were chosen by the band and the grand prize winner received a personalized ''Black Gives Way To Blue'' gold record, VIP tickets to any date on the tour, a meet-and-greet with the band and an autographed poster. The tour kicked off on September 16 in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

and wrapped up on October 16 in

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. The tour lasted for 19 shows over the course of one month and featured shows at both outdoor

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and

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and indoor venues. Alice in Chains' concert at the

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on October 8, 2010 was filmed in 3D for a future release. The concert was helmed by director Tim Cronenweth and director of photography Jeff Cronenweth. The basic riff for the Alice in Chains' song "

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" came to

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internation ...

while he was in his dressing room in

warming up for the last concert of the tour. He started playing the riff and recorded it to use it later. Producer

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and Cantrell's managers were at that show and praised the riff when they heard Cantrell playing it. The song was featured on the band's fifth studio album, ''

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'', released in May 2013.

Tour dates

Setlist

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" # "Dam That River" # "

Lesson Learned "Lesson Learned" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album, '' Black Gives Way to Blue'' (2009). It was released as the third and final single from the album on June 22, 2010. The song reached No. ...

" # "

Man in the Box "Man in the Box" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released as a single in January 1991 after being featured on the group's debut studio album, ''Facelift'' (1990). It peaked at No. 18 on ''Billboards Mainstream Rock ...

" # " No Excuses" # "Rain When I Die" # "

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" # " Them Bones" # " We Die Young" # "

Would? "Would?" is a song by Alice in Chains, written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell as a tribute to his friend Andrew Wood, lead vocalist of Mother Love Bone, who died in 1990. Cantrell sings the verses of the song, while Layne Staley sings ...

" # "

Your Decision "Your Decision" is a song by Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album, '' Black Gives Way to Blue'' (2009). Written by Jerry Cantrell, who also sings lead vocals on the song, it was released as the second single from the album on No ...

" # "

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" # "Acid Bubble" # "It Ain't Like That" # "Junkhead" # "

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" # "Last of My Kind" # "Love, Hate, Love" # " A Looking in View" # " Angry Chair" # "

Down in a Hole "Down in a Hole" is a power ballad by Alice in Chains, and the fifth and last single from their album ''Dirt'' (1992). It is the twelfth song on most pressings of the album and fourth or eleventh on others. The song was written by guitarist and ...

" # "God Am" # " Got Me Wrong" # " Black Gives Way to Blue" # "Rotten Apple" # "Sludge Factory" # "Sickman" Deftones Setlist # "Around the Fur" # "

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" # "

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" # " Rocket Skates" # "Sextape" # "

You've Seen the Butcher "You've Seen the Butcher" is a song by the American alternative metal band Deftones. It was the fourth and final single released from their sixth studio album, ''Diamond Eyes'' (2010). The song memorably uses unusual time signatures. To support f ...

" # "7 Words" # "Engine No. 9" # "

Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" is the second single released from the American alternative metal band Deftones' second album, ''Around the Fur''. It was their first single to chart on the US charts, peaking at number 29 on the Mainstream Rock Tra ...

" # "Passenger" # "Nosebleed" # "Birthmark" # "Prince" # "Risk" # "Beauty School" # "Headup" Mastodon Setlist # "

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" # "Crystal Skull" # "Divinations" # "Megalodon" # "Naked Burn" # "Blood and Thunder" # "The Czar" # "

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Personnel

Alice in Chains *

– vocals, lead guitar *

William DuVall William Bradley DuVall (born September 6, 1967) is an American musician best known as the current co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Alice in Chains. He joined Alice in Chains in 2006, replacing the band's original lead si ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar * Mike Inez – bass *

Sean Kinney Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with other artists such a ...

– drums Deftones *

Chino Moreno Chino Moreno (born Camillo Wong Moreno, June 20, 1973) is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary lyricist and contributing guitarist of the metal band Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project groups Team Sl ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar *

Stephen Carpenter Stephen "Steph" Carpenter ( /ˈstɛfən/ ''STEF-ən''; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and a guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings an ...

– lead guitar * Sergio Vega – bass * Frank Delgado – keyboards, samplers, turntables *

Abe Cunningham Abraham Benjamin Cunningham (born July 27, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones. Life and career Abe Cunningham was born in Long Beach, California. When he was young, his family moved ...

– drums Mastodon *

Brent Hinds William Brent Hinds (born January 16, 1974) is an American musician best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he shares guitar duties with Bill Kelliher and vocal duties with Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor. Hi ...

– vocals, lead guitar *

Bill Kelliher William Breen Kelliher (born March 23, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of heavy metal band Mastodon, and being the only band member who doesn't share the lead vocal duty. Early life Kelliher is an Irish citize ...

– rhythm guitar *

Troy Sanders Troy Jayson Sanders (born September 8, 1973) is an American musician, best known as a member of heavy metal band Mastodon, in which he plays bass and sings alongside guitarist Brent Hinds and drummer Brann Dailor. He is also active in Killer ...

– bass *

Brann Dailor Brann Timothy Dailor (born March 19, 1975) is an American musician, best known as a member of heavy metal band Mastodon, in which he is the drummer and one of three vocalists. Career Dailor first started playing in a band called Eviscerati ...

– vocals, drums

References

External links

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