With special guests Three Days Grace and Buckcherry

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29

CRICKET WIRELESS PAVILION

Tickets On Sale Saturday, July 17th

120 SHOWS AND NEARLY 2 MILLION TICKETS SOLD AND COUNTING AS NICKELBACK’S GLOBAL SMASH “DARK HORSE TOUR” RETURNS BY POPULAR DEMAND TO THE US!

(Phoenix, AZ): Nickelback, who were named Billboard’s “Group of Decade” and kicked off 2010 by performing at the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics, are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. They have extended their Dark Horse World Tour. The next leg of the tour, produced by Live Nation, will begin on September 14 in Nashville and will run through October 30 in Las Vegas. Three Days Grace and Buckcherry will join Nickelback on these dates. The tour stops in Phoenix on Friday, October 29^th at Cricket Wireless Pavilion.  Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, July 17 10am at LiveNation.com.

“The Dark Horse World Tour” has been a smashing success, as all previous legs have been completely sold out. Since 2009, Nickelback have sold more than 1.6 million tickets and have played more than 120 global shows.

“Our fans have been amazing all over the world from Japan to New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, the UK and North America,” said Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger.  “Our fans keep us going and we are excited to play 25 more dates in the US with Three Days Grace and Buckcherry.”

Tickets On Sale Saturday, July 17th at 10am. Reserved tickets will be priced at $89.50 and $69.50.  Festival lawn tickets are priced at $29.50.  A limited amount of Pit tickets and lawn 4 packs will be available.  Tickets are available at livenation.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.  To charge by phone call 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.

The dates for the September-October leg of “The Dark Horse World Tour” are as follows:

Sept 14 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN

Sept 15 – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – Ft. Wayne, IN

Sept 17 – Consol Energy Center – Pittsburgh, PA

Sept 18 – Joe Louis Arena – Detroit, MI

Sept 21 – HSBC Arena – Buffalo, NY

Sept 22 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY

Sept 24 – Comcast Center for the Performing Arts – Mansfield, MA

Sept 25 – Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA

Sept 28 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT

Sept 29 – Prudential Center – Newark, NJ

Oct 01 – Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH

Oct 02 – Quicken Loans Arena – Cleveland, OH

Oct 08 – Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY

Oct 10 – Verizon Arena – Little Rock, AR

Oct 12 – New Orleans Arena – New Orleans, LA

Oct 15 – Cynthia W. Mitchell Pavilion – Spring, TX

Oct 16 – Ford Center – Oklahoma City, OK

Oct 18 – Pepsi Center – Denver, CO

Oct 20 – Energy Solution Arena – Salt Lake City, UT

Oct 22 – Honda Center – Anaheim, CA

Oct 23 – Arco Arena – Sacramento, CA

Oct 26 – Sleep Train Pavilion – Concord, CA

Oct 27 – Save Mart Center – Fresno, CA

Oct 29 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ

Oct 30 – MGM Grand Garden Arena – Las Vegas, NV

In other Nickelback news, the band has just released music which will now be available as downloadable content for Xbox 360, Play Station 3 and Wii platforms in the Rock Band Music Store. The “Nickelback Pack 01″ will include a bevy of the band’s most recognizable hits. Additionally, the popular “Tap Tap Revenge” rhythm game franchise expands with “Nickelback Revenge,” currently the #1 music game at iTunes. The new game features eleven of Nickelback’s most popular songs of all time, including “How You Remind Me,” “Rockstar,” “This Afternoon,” and “If Today Was Your Last Day.”

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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 25^th, “…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

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When one door closes, another one opens.  This couldn’t be more true for former 18 Visions singer/songwriter James Hart.  When the Orange County, CA band broke up in 2007 after almost a decade together, that didn’t dissuade Hart and his pursuit to be a
frontman once again.  He’s ready to get back to it with his new band, Burn Halo, who will be releasing their charismatic self-titled debut March 10 on Rawkhead Records (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).

The album’s first single, “Dirty Little Girl,” which features a guest appearance by Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates, is already getting spins on radio stations around the country, and is in regular rotation on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s “Octane” station.  A video for the track was recently shot in at the Slide Bar in Orange County, CA with Nate Weaver (Against Me!, Taking Back Sunday) at the director’s helm, and will hit the TV and Internet airwaves within the coming weeks.

Anyone who was watching the Dallas Cowboys/Baltimore Ravens football game on the NFL Network on Saturday, December 20 might have heard another song from the album, “Our House,” during the broadcast.  The track will also be heard during a recap of the college football season for “College Football Now” on the NFL Network, which will air this week and weekend, and will be streamed simultaneously on the station’s website.  Fans should check local listings for details.

Never losing momentum after the break-up, Hart landed a label deal with Island/Def Jam and began working almost immediately with songwriter Zac Maloy on what would eventually become Burn Halo’s debut album.  Between May and October of 2007, Hart made week-long treks to Tulsa, OK to write and demo with Maloy. “I knew that I wanted a clear-cut rock ‘n’ roll band, which is something I had not had in the past,” Hart says of the music.  “My vision and my brand of rock ‘n’ roll without having to compromise on any of the songs or any of the material.  I wanted to make a very straightforward rock album, something that had  commercial appeal, but also something that had a classic, vintage mid-’80s throwback vibe to it.”

Hart recorded the album from October to November of 2007 with Maloy as producer, laying down the tracks with an army of skilled studio musicians, including Nickelback drummer Daniel Adair, former Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, guitarist Neil Tiemann (who now tours with “American Idol” winner David Cook), and Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates (who appears on the “Dirty Little Girl” and “Anejo”).

In the studio, Maloy was particularly helpful in getting the best possible vocal performance out of Hart.  As he explains, “I really
felt like he was able to grasp what I wanted to do and where I wanted to take this.  From a producer standpoint I feel like he really
knocked it out of the park. As a vocalist he was able to bring a lot out of me instead of having me go through the motions and just get the part right, emoting a little more than I have in the past.  He was really able to pull a lot of character out of my voice.”

“I think this is a real statement album for me,” Hart continues. “Anyone who is familiar with me and my past is going to be able to get this record.  They’re going to understand why I made this record and that this is the record I’ve been wanting to make.”

After the album was completed in early 2008, Island/Def Jam elected not to release it, leaving Hart with the tough job of finding a new home for his project. Nothing felt quite right, though, so Burn Halo’s manager Bret Bair formed his own label Rawkhead Records and partnered with Warner Music Group to release the record.  Hart spent much of 2008 finalizing the line-up of his touring band–which he hopes will help write and record Burn Halo’s next albums–with Aaron Boheler on bass, Joey Sin on lead guitar, Allen Wheeler on rhythm guitar, and Ryan Folden on drums.

Burn Halo’s new ensemble has already been racking up tour dates with bands such as Avenged Sevenfold (others?), and their next jaunt will be with Escape The Fate and Black Tide starting February 5 in Pomona, CA.  A summer tour is already in the works and should be announced in the coming weeks.

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Photo Source: Rawkhead Records/Warner Music Group

Here are the current Burn Halo tour dates including Escape The Fate and Black Tide:

Thu 2/5 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

Fri 2/6 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee

Sat 2/7 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre

Sun 2/8 – El Paso, TX @ Chic’s Billiards

Tue 2/10 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre

Wed 2/11 – San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit

Thu 2/12  – Houston, TX @ Meridian

Fri 2/13 -  Metairie, LA @ High Ground

Sun 2/15  – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room

Mon 2/16 – Orlando, FL @ Firestone

Tue 2/17 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

Wed 2/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Amo’s Southend

Thu 2/19 – Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre

Fri 2/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church

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Before we get to the top selling artist of 2008, there are some other music facts that we found interesting enough to share; specifically the fact that digital album sales are soaring and vinyl is making a comeback in a BIG way.

In 2008 physical album sales continued to decline, dropping -8.5% to 535.4 million; on the bright side, digital album sales soared 32% to 65.8 million units sold.  It’s no shocker that digital appears to be the future of the music industry. What was a bit of a surprise to everyone is the fast that vinyl records are making a huge come back; sales on vinyl jumped 89% last year to 1.88 million LPs sold. Even though illegal music downloading still rapidly occurs, the music industry should try to focus on the positives – Overall total music sales increased over 10% in 2008 to over 1.5 billion.

How do you break all those albums sold, into genres?  Well I’m glad  you asked because we have the numbers to satisfy your curious mind.

In 2008 the biggest nose dive award goes to Country music, declining in sales 24% in 2008 with sales at 47,657 million.  Rap wasn’t so far behind with a dive of almost 20% with sales of 33,410 million units.  R&B which is about 80% of the music you hear on the radio wasn’t that far behind either with a 20% decline, however the genre managed to sell 77,014 million albums.  While all genres saw a drop in sales in 2008, it was the rock related ones that declined the least. Alternative CD sales fell -8.7% with 80,919 million units sold. Rock declined -6.5% with 139,666 units sold, and metal saw the smallest decline in sales with only a -4.7% drop in 2008.

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Now for the stats you’re dying to read:

Biggest sellers of 2008:

1. Taylor Swift (4,003,000)
2. AC/DC (3,418,000) * a Walmart exclusive*
3. Lil Wayne (3,382,000)
4. Coldplay (2,691,000)
5. Metallica (2,466,000)
6. Kid Rock (2,405,000)
7. Jonas Brothers (2,340,000)
8. Sugarland (2,063,000)
9. Nickelback (1,953,000)
10. Jack Johnson (1,895,000)

Top 10 vinyl albums sales ended up in 2008:

1. In Rainbows/ Radiohead
2. Abbey Road / Beatles
3. Chinese Democracy / Guns N’ Roses
4. Funplex/ B-52′s
5. Third/ Portishead
6. In the Aeroplane… /Neutral Milk Hotel
7. Dark Side of the Moon/ Pink Floyd
8. Fleet Foxes/ Fleet Foxes
9. Death Magnetic/ Metallica
10. O.K. Computer/ Radiohead

Interesting music facts for 2008:

• Music purchases in 2008 reached 1.5 Billion, marking the fourth consecutive year music sales have exceeded 1 billion; 1.4 billion (2007) vs. 1.2 billion (2006) vs. 1 billion (2005).
• Music sales exceeded 65 million in the final week of 2008, representing the biggest sales week in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. The previous record was Christmas week 2007 with 58.4 million music purchases.
• Overall Album sales (including Albums and Track Equivalent Album sales) declined 8.5% compared to 2007.
• Total Album sales declined 14% compared to 2007.
• Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” is the best selling Internet album for the year with 144,000 sales.
• During 2008, more Vinyl Albums were purchased (1.88 million) than any other year in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. The previous record was in 2000, with 1.5 million LP album sales. **Note that more than 2 out of every 3 vinyl albums were purchased at an independent music store during the year.

2008 was a crappy year for the U.S. economy, but the record industry seems to be weathering the storm fairly well – After all people need something to listen to while they sob into their beer.

Photo Source: Big Machine Records

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