Cantrell in a vintage Eveready t-shirt, bass player Mike Inez in a Led Zeppelin t-shirt and drummer Sean Kinney kept things just as heavy as they did in their heyday. The afro-coiffed DuVall, sporting an unbuttoned leather shirt, effectively channeled the menace of his ill-fated predecessor. Subbing for vocalist Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002, is William DuVall, an old collaborator of guitarist Jerry Cantrell. A European jaunt begins on May 26 in Lisbon.Īlice in Chains last toured in June-July 1996, when it opened four shows for Kiss. The band played a last-minute "open rehearsal" in Seattle on Tuesday. The sold-out show at the 450-capacity venue was the first of five that will take the band to clubs in San Diego (May 19), Chicago (May 21), Boston (May 22) and New York (May 23). Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan, playing guitar, accompanied the band on five songs. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, one of the biggest acts of the early 1990s until drugs got in the way, launched its first tour since 1996 in Los Angeles on Thursday with the help of a few famous friends.įormer Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan turned up at the packed Roxy Theater to sing a tune, as did former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. Here's an article about the show from Reuters: My favorite musician joined AIC on stage and took the vocals on 'Down in a Hole', that and Mark Lanegan did 'Rooster'. last night would have been a dream come true!!!!! I saw Alice in Chains open their tour in Seattle at the Moore Theater a few night ago and it was awesome, but to have been at the Roxy in L.A.
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