Tenacious D Announce 2012 Summer Tour
Rize of the Fenix Available for Pre-Order on the iTunes Store
"To Be The Best" Video Premiere on TheOnion.com
Mar 26, 2012, 05:45 ET
NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an initial string of dates in May, including an appearance at the Sasquatch Festival in George, WA, Tenacious D will be hitting the road in support of their new album Rize of the Fenix. See below for the full list of cities and dates. Select tickets sales begin Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31, for more information visit www.tenaciousd.com.
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Rize of the Fenix, Tenacious D's widely-anticipated third album, is available for preorder on the iTunes store. Their first studio album in six years, Rize of the Fenix is the follow-up to 2006's gold The Pick of Destiny and 2001's platinum debut album Tenacious D. The iTunes preorder includes the exclusive track "The 5 Needs" – a classic, never-before recorded Tenacious D song. Also available is the first single "Rize of the Fenix", listen to the track via soundcloud at www.tenaciousd.com.
Rize of the Fenix will be available everywhere May 15. Produced by the brilliant John Kimbrough, Rize Of The Fenix was recorded in the garage behind his LA home and features Jack Black and Kyle Gass (Tenacious D's core duo) performing with Dave Grohl (drums), John Spiker (bass, piano, organ), and John Konesky (electric guitar).
The Jeremy Konner directed "To Be The Best" music video expertly sums up the duos six year absence and features cameos from Dave Grohl, Yoshiki, Josh Groban, Jimmy Kimmel, Maria Menounos, Tim Robbins and Val Kilmer. "To Be The Best", the first visual from Rize of the Fenix, premiered today on TheOnion.com, click here to view: http://www.avclub.com/articles/weve-got-an-exclusive-tenacious-d-minimovie-for-yo,71465/
Tenacious D on tour:
| May 23 |
Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl |
| May 24 |
Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater |
| May 26 |
Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater |
| May 27 |
Vancouver, BC @ PNE Amphitheater |
| May 28 |
George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival |
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| June 1 |
Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock im Park |
| June 2 |
Nurburgring, Germany @ Rock am Ring |
| June 3 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands @ HMH |
| June 5 |
London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton |
| June 6 |
London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton |
| June 9 |
Donnington Park, UK @ Download Festival |
| June 10 |
Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo |
| June 12 |
Glasgow, UK @ SECC |
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| June 23 |
Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium |
| June 25 |
Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle |
| June 26 |
Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte |
| June 28 |
New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom |
| June 30 |
Philadelphia, PA @ Penn's Landing – Festival Pie |
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| July 2 |
Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion |
| July 3 |
Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena |
| July 6 |
Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit |
| July 7 |
Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom |
| July 19 |
Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall |
| July 20 |
Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom |
| July 21 |
Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater |
| July 23 |
Saint Louis, MO @ The Pageant |
| July 24 |
Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater |
| July 26 |
Denver, Co @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
| July 29 |
San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre |
Rize of the Fenix song titles:
Rize of the Fenix
Low Hangin' Fruit
Classical Teacher
Senorita
Deth Starr
Roadie
Flutes and Trombones
Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage
Throwdown
Rock Is Dead
They Fucked Our Asses
To Be The Best
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Pre-order available now:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/rizeofthefenix
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/rizeofthefenixcd
www.tenaciousd.com
www.columbiarecords.com
SOURCE Columbia Records