Head on out to Grand Rapids for the tour kickoff of Three Days Grace
MCB's Dan Sultana will be heading out to shoot this show
THREE DAYS GRACE KICKOFF U.S. HEADLINE TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST CHEVELLE ALONG WITH ADELITA’S WAY
Tour begins in Grand Rapids, MI on March 26, 2010
Three Days Grace have announced dates for their U.S. headlining tour in support of the band’s most recent release Life Starts Now. The first leg of the tour will start in Grand Rapids, MI on March 26th at the Delta Plex and conclude on April 16th in Springfield, MA at the Springfield Civic Center. Joining Three Days Grace on tour will be special guests Chevelle as well as Adelita’s Way.
“Break” the first single from Life Starts Now has been #1 on the Active Rock Radio chart for 12 weeks and was #1 at Mainstream Rock for seven weeks. It also reached Top 5 at Alternative Radio. Life Starts Now debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 charts making it the highest debut ever for the band.
The second single “The Good Life” is just now being serviced at radio.
The band just completed a 2 month co-headlining tour of the U.S. with Breaking Benjamin and special guest Flyleaf and prior to that a national headline Canadian tour.
The Toronto-based rock band is comprised of Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums, piano), Brad Walst (bass), and Barry Stock (lead guitar).
Their first album, the self titled Three Days Grace, was released in 2003. The album generated 3 hit singles, “I Hate Everything About You” which reached #2 on the Mediabase Modern Rock chart and Top 5 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock chart, “ Just Like You” which went to #1 on both the Mediabase Modern Rock and Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts, and “Home” which went to #2 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock chart.
One-X, the band's sophomore album was released in 2006 and debuted on the Billboard Album Chart at #5. That album also produced 3 #1 Mediabase Mainstream Rock singles “Animal I’ve Become,” “Pain” and “Never Too Late.”
In 2007 Mediabase ranked Three Days Grace as the # 1 artist in airplay across all rock formats (Modern Rock, Active Rock, Mainstream Rock). That same year R&R/Billboard also ranked Three Days Grace as # 1 Active Rock Artist of the Year, # 1 Rock Artist of the Year and # 2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year.
Both Three Days Grace and One-X have been certified Platinum. Three Days Grace has sold over 4 million albums worldwide.
THREE DAYS GRACE HEADLINE TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST CHEVELLE AND ADELITA’S WAY:
March 26 Grand Rapids, MI Delta Plex
March 27 Saginaw, MI Dow Event Center
March 28 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
March 30 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins
March 31 Council Bluffs, IA Mid-America Center
April 2 Tupelo, MS Bankcorp South
April 3 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coliseum
April 6 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center
April 7 Pikeville, KY Eastern KY Expo Cntr
April 9 Savannah, GA Savannah Civic Center
April10 Raleigh, NC RBC Center
April 11 Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum
April 13 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic
April 15 Elmira, NY First Arena
April 16 Springfield, MA Mass Mutual Center
