Nickelback Confirms 2010 Dark Horse Tour Dates With Special Guests Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown
20 November 2009 - 8:38AM
PR Newswire (US)
Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning December 4th at
LiveNation.com LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
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. (Logo:
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Nickelback fan club members will have access to presale tickets
beginning November 27th in select markets. CitiĀ® cardmembers will
have access to presale tickets beginning November 30th at 10am
local time through Citi's Private PassĀ® Program. For complete
presale details visit http://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."
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