The Police have announced a new batch of shows, including one for the fall. For the spring and summer tour, the band has added dates in Edmonton; Seattle; St. Paul, Minnesota; Cleveland; Auburn Hills, Michigan; Philadelphia; Hershey, Pennsylvania; and East Hartford, Connecticut. In addition, the group will hit Toronto on November 8th, making it their third show at the Air Canada Centre this year -- the first two being July 22nd and 23rd.
The Police reunion tour, which marks the 30th anniversary of the band's formation, gets underway May 28th at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Police itinerary (subject to change):
May 28 & 30 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
June 2 - Edmonton, AB - Commonwealth Stadium
June 6 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena at Seattle Center
June 7 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena at Seattle Center
June 9 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
June 13 - Oakland, CA - McAfee Coliseum
June 15 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 16 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 18 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
June 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Dodger Stadium
June 26 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
June 30 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
July 2 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
July 3 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
July 16 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
July 17 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace Of Auburn Hills
July 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Citizens Bank Park
July 20 - Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium
July 22, 23 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
July 25, 26 - Montreal, QUE - Bell Centre
July 28, 29 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park
July 31 - East Hartford, CT - Rentschler Field
August 1, 3 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena
August 5 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium
November 8 - Toronto, ONT - Air Canada Centre
SHADOWS FALL's BRAIN FAIR "WE JUST WANTED TO WRITE A FULL-ON METAL RECORD"
"We just wanted to write a full-on metal record," says Brian Fair, lead singer of SHADOWS FALL. "We were like, 'I don't care what's going on, nowadays — let's write some fucking metal!' I mean, that's always been our attitude, but this time we went even further into our rock and thrash roots."
"Threads of Life", the new album by SHADOWS FALL, is a bracing blast of extreme heavy metal, a heady brew of old-school sensibilities and cutting-edge hard rock delivered with passion, precision and a refreshing lack of pretension. Dubbed "the reigning purveyors of everydude metal" by Revolver magazine, the hard-touring, beer-chugging Massachusetts quintet has handily surpassed the high standards set by their critically feted 2002 release, "The Art of Balance", and its even-more-acclaimed 2004 followup, "The War Within" — the latter of which had sold over 270,000 copies to date, and received a Grammy nomination for the track "What Drives The Weak", amazing feats for an independent release. One of the original forces behind the New Wave of American Heavy Metal and undisputed leaders in that scene, SHADOWS FALL are currently on the verge of propelling themselves into the classic metal pantheon with "Threads of Life".
Produced for maximum sonic impact by Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, RUSH) at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, "Threads of Life" is a masterful achievement by a band that continues to push the envelope artistically while remaining true to its core sound and audience. "Nick was able to get performances out of us that we didn't even expect from ourselves," Fair enthuses. "Structurally, we had worked out a lot of the stuff before we even got to the studio, but he really brought new life to things sonically — different layering of guitars, vocal harmonies that we wouldn't have thought of, great ideas like that."
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In live news, House Of Blues has announced that the Toronto stop on the Shot To Hell Tour is officially Sold Out! Thus far, three of the four Canadian dates are sold out. Only tickets for the Winnipeg show remain. The complete itinerary is as follows:
March
9 - St. Petersburg, Florida at The State Theatre
10 - Lake Buena Vista, Florida at House Of Blues
11 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at Revolution
13 - New Orleans, Louisiana at House Of Blues
14 - Atlanta, Georgia at Masquerade
15 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at House Of Blues
17 - Charlotte, North Carolina at Amos Southend
18 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina at Ziggy's
20 - Raleigh, North Carolina at Lincoln Theatre
21 - Springfield, Virginia at Jaxx
22 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Club Zoo
24 - Baltimore, Maryland at Ramshead Live
25 - Allentown, Pennsylvania at Crocodile Rock Cafe
27 - Poughkeepsie, New York at The Chance
28 - Buffalo, New York at Town Ballroom
30 - Toronto, Ontario at Kool Haus (SOLD OUT)
31 - Fort Wayne, Indiana at Pieres
April
1 - Columbus, Ohio at Newport Music Hall
3 - Louisville, Kentucky at Coyotes
4 - Cincinnati, Ohio at Bogart's
5 - Indianapolis, Indiana at The Vogue
7 - Mokena, Illinois at The Pearl Room
10 - Winnipeg, Manitoba at Burton Cummings Theatre
12 - Calgary, Alberta at MacEwan Hall Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
13 - Edmonton, Alberta at Edmonton Events Centre (SOLD OUT)
