Foo Fighters add more North American Arena dates
Pre-sale June 15, general on sale June 17th
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In the wake of the continuing success of the worldwide #1 album Wasting Light (Roswell/RCA) and the June 14 DVD and Blu-Ray (exclusive at Best Buy through July 12) release of the feature-length documentary Foo Fighters: Back And Forth (Spitfire/Roswell/RCA), Foo Fighters have added another leg of dates to their North American arena tour.
Pre-sales for this next run of headline shows - which will run from October 9th in Denver CO through October 28th in Edmonton and also include a November 14th Newark NJ date - will begin 10 a.m. local time June 15, 2011.
General on sales follow 10 a.m. local time June 17, 2011.
Special guests for the October dates include Cage The Elephant and Mariachi el Bronx.
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light #1 album in the US
The October and November dates are the latest additions to a juggernaut of a worldwide campaign that currently has the band headlining European festivals, as well a sold out 130,000-capacity July 2-3 headline weekender at the UK's Milton Keynes Bowl.
In addition, Foo Fighters were recently announced as a Lollapalooza 2011 headliner.
The ever-expanding tour rides the relentless momentum of Foo Fighters' recently released seventh album Wasting Light, certified gold less than two months after debuting at #1 in a dozen countries. Wasting Light has also generated arguably the best critical notices of the band's 16-year career.
The newly released Foo Fighters: Back And Forth documentary, directed by Oscar winner James Moll, has done likewise, with a just-out four-star Rolling Stone review raving "a classic rockumentary arc... Dave Grohl has lived an extraordinarily cinematic life."
Foo Fighters Back and Forth documentary film premiere - watch trailer
Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear will be playing hits spanning the Foo Fighters' catalogue of multi-platinum arena anthems, including new staples such as the 13-week Modern Rock #1 "Rope" and "Walk," the band's latest single and subject of the brilliant Sam Jones-directed parody of the classic crime drama Falling Down. Already a viral sensation, the "Walk" clip has been viewed more than a million times since its June 2 premiere.
Foo Fighters - Walk video:
More dates will be announced as they are confirmed. For a complete list of current Foo Fighters tour dates and ticketing info visit tour.foofighters.com.
Foo Fighters 2011 North American tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change. For the latest tour dates, go to the Official Website.)
Aug. 9 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre^^ Aug. 10 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre^^ Sept. 14 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Center ** Sept. 16 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center ** Sept. 17 – St Louis, MO – Scottrade Center ** Sept. 19 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills ** Sept. 20 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena ** Sept. 22 – Columbus OH – Nationwide Arena ** Sept. 23 – Pittsburgh, PA- Consol Energy Center ** Sept. 25 – Buffalo, NY – HSBC Center ** Sept. 26 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center **
Oct. 9 - Denver, CO – Pepsi Center* Oct. 11 - Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center* Oct. 13 - Los Angeles, CA – The Forum* Oct. 16 - Phoenix – US Airways Center* Oct. 17 - San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena* Oct. 19 - Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena (Oakland Coliseum)* Oct. 20 - Sacramento, CA – Power Balance Pavilion* Oct. 25 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena* Oct. 27 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome* Oct 28 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place* Nov. 14 - Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
** Rise Against & Mariachi el Bronx Support
* Cage The Elephant & Mariachi el Bronx Support
^^ Doughboys & Fucked Up Support
Fans can pick up a copy of Wasting Light or Back And Forth DVD, both available on iTunes now!
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