Tour Kicks Off on October 28, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
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September 30, 2008, New York NY AC/DC extend their trek across North America by adding sixteen more shows to their Black Ice World Tour. Newly added dates begin on December 20, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and wrap up on January 31, 2009 in Nashville, TN. The tour kicks off on October 28, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre, PA (See below for a full itinerary).
Tickets for the Houston, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, and Cleveland concerts go on sale October 4 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets for the Toronto concert go on sale October 10 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Omaha, Fargo, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, Tulsa, and Nashville concerts go on sale October 11 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets for the Little Rock and Memphis concerts go on sale October 18 at 10:00 a.m.
18 Black Ice World Tour concerts sold out in record time when tickets went on sale for the initial round of on-sales, with shows being added in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland due to unprecedented fan demand.
Tickets to AC/DCs Black Ice World Tour are available through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone, Ticketmaster retail outlets, or at ACDC.com. Specific market on sale dates and times are listed at Ticketmaster.com’s AC/DC page. Fans ordering tickets through Ticketmaster.com will have an exclusive opportunity to pre-order AC/DCs Black Ice album in connection with their ticket purchase.
The worldwide tour – the band’s first since 2001 – promotes Black Ice, AC/DC’s latest studio album. Black Ice will be released on October 20th and sold in the US exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, and www.acdc.com. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.walmart.com and www.acdc.com.
Additional appearances throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, will be
announced shortly.
Black Ice tour dates, *denotes newly added dates:
October 28 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
October 30 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
November 3 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
November 5 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
November 7 Toronto, ONT Rogers Centre
November 9 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
November 12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
November 13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
November 15 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
November 17 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
November 19 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center
November 21 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
November 23 Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
November 25 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
November 28 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
November 29 Seattle, WA Key Arena
November 30 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
December 2 Oakland, CA ORACLE Arena
December 6 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
December 10 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
December 12 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
December 14 Houston, TX Toyota Center
December 16 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
December 18 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
*December 20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
*December 21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
*January 5 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
*January 7 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
*January 9 Toronto, ONT Rogers Centre
*January 11 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
*January 13 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
*January 15 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Omaha
*January 17 Fargo, ND Fargodome
*January 19 Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
*January 21 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
*January 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
*January 26 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
*January 28 Little Rock, AR ALLTELL Arena
*January 30 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
*January 31 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
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For additional information, contact:
Benny Tarantini, Columbia Records, (212) 833-5858, benny.tarantini@sonybmg.com
Larry Solters, Anna Loynes, Scoop Marketing, (213) 639-6167, aloynes@solters.com