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Irish Rock Band 'The Answer' to Open for AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour - Itinerary Kicks Off October 28
NEW YORK, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Answer, an emergent and award-winning
rock band fromNorthern Ireland, has been selected as the opening act for the
imminent North American leg of AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour. The itinerary
kicks off October 28 at the Wachovia Center inWilkes-Barre, PA and concludes
on January 31 at Nashville Sommet Centre,Nashville, TN. Highlights on the
road also include dates atNYC's Madison Square Garden on November 12-13 and
The Forum inLos Angeles on December 6. Prior to the AC/DC shows, The Answer
will perform a unique US debut club headline show as part of the RED CMJ music
festival at The Crash Mansion,New York on October 25. This will be a rare
opportunity to savor the band's first-ever thunderous and explosive headlining
club gig before they head off to tour with AC/DC.
The Black Ice World Tour represents The Answer's debut tour of America,
and AC/DC's first outing since '01. The Answer, whose mammoth sound is often
compared to Black Crowes and Free, are fully primed for stadium and arena
shows and inEurope, they've opened concerts for the Rolling Stones, the Who,
Aerosmith and other legendary bands. In addition, the group has headlined
tours in the U.K.,Europe,Japan andAustralia, where their first album "Rise"
was released to great acclaim and sold over 100,000 units on theAustralia and
U.K.-based independent label Albert Productions.
Says lead singer Cormac Neeson, "It is an honour and privilege for The
Answer to be offered the opportunity to support probably the greatest rock 'n'
roll act on the planet. We are incredibly humbled."
Coinciding with the tour, The Answer will also make its North American
recording debut with the November 11 release of NEVER TOO LATE, a 4-song EP
and bonus DVD featuring previously unseen footage, live performance highlights
and exclusive band interviews. Only available inNorth America, the
limited-edition 2-disc title is on the independent label The End Records, with
distribution through Sony RED. The EP opens with the title track "Never Too
Late," a song that originally appeared on Rise, and which will also be
featured on Activision's forthcoming release of the hotly anticipated game
Guitar Hero(R): World Tour (due 10/26). The EP will be available at all
retailers, online outlets and digital.
Other tracks on NEVER TOO LATE include the live recording "Come Follow Me"
and the slow blues burner "The Doctor." The EP also gives fans a taste of The
Answer's forthcoming new album with "Highwater or Hell," a preview from what
will be the band's first full-length release inNorth America. Slated for an
early 2009 street date on The End Records, the new album was recorded in
summer '08 atLos Angeles studio Seedy Underbelly with John Travis (Kid Rock,
Static-X, Killing Heidi, etc.) producing. It was mixed inLos Angeles by Tim
Palmer and inVancouver by Mike Fraser (who recently did AC/DC's Black Ice).
The Answer is comprised of four friends, musicians and songwriters from
Downpatrick, a country town some twenty miles south ofBelfast: Cormac Neeson
(lead vocals), Paul Mahon (guitar), Micky Waters (bass) and James Heatley
(drums). The U.K.'s Classic Rock Magazine voted them 2005's Best New UK Band
at their prestigious Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards and called them, "The
biggest new rock band of the decade." Similarly, Kerrang! praised Rise as "the
best British rock debut of the decade" and reviewed a U.K. live show by The
Answer as "F*@king stupendous."
Get ready for their invasion of America on October 28 as they hit the road
with AC/DC.
For more information on The Answer, visit http://www.theanswer.ie;
http://www.myspace.com/theanswerrock
The Answer to open for AC/DC on their 2008 North American tour as follows:
Oct. 28: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Dec. 10: Phoenix, AZ
(Wachovia Arena) (US Airways Center)
Oct. 30: Chicago Dec. 12: San Antonio, TX
(Allstate Arena) (AT&T Center)
Nov 1: Chicago Dec. 14: Houston, TX
(Allstate Arena) (Toyota Center)
Nov. 3: Indianapolis Dec. 16: Atlanta, GA
(Conseco Fieldhouse) (Philips Arena)
Nov. 5: Auburn Hills, Mich. Dec. 18: Charlotte, N.C.
(Palace of Auburn Hills) (Time Warner Arena)
Nov. 9: Boston Dec. 21: Tampa, FL
(TD Banknorth Garden) (St. Pete Times Forum)
Nov. 12-13: New York Jan. 5: Cleveland, OH
(Madison Square Garden) (Quicken Loans Arena)
Nov. 15: Washington, D.C. Jan. 9: Toronto, ONT
(Verizon Center) (Rogers Centre)
Nov. 17: Philadelphia, PA Jan. 11: Cincinnati, OH
(Wachovia Center) (U.S. Bank Arena)
Nov. 19: East Rutherford, N.J. Jan. 13: St. Louis, MO
(IZOD Center) (Scottrade Center)
Nov. 21: Columbus, OH Jan. 15: Omaha, NE
(Schottenstein Center) (Quest Center Omaha)
Nov. 23: Minneapolis, MN Jan. 17: Fargo, ND
(Xcel Energy Center) (Fargodome)
Nov. 25: Denver, CO Jan. 19: Minneapolis, MN
(Pepsi Center) (Xcel Energy Center)
Nov. 29: Seattle, WA Jan. 21: Kansas City, MO
(Key Arena) (Sprint Center)
Nov. 30: Tacoma, WA Jan. 23: Dallas, TX
(Tacoma Dome) (American Airlines Center)
Dec. 2: Oakland, CA Jan. 26: Tulsa, OK
(Oracle Arena) (BOK Center)
Dec. 4: Oakland, CA Jan. 28: Little Rock, AR
(Oracle Arena) (Alltel Arena)
Dec. 6: Los Angeles, CA Jan. 30: Memphis, TN
(The Forum) (FedEx Forum)
Dec. 8: Los Angeles, CA Jan. 31: Nashville, TN
(The Forum) (Sommet Center)
SOURCE The End Records
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