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Korn, Alice In Chains Fans Ready For Irvine Show

Grunge fave Alice in Chains with Korn, on North American tour! Tickets are on sale now for their April 10th–June 1st, 2019 concert dates.

IRVINE, CA —This one is for you 90s grunge lovers. Korn joins Alice in Chains, best known for their Facelift debut album has continued to grow in musical depth and style. Since its formation, Alice in Chains has released six studio albums, three EPs, three live albums, four compilations, two DVDs, 32 music videos and 31 singles. The band is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the originally harmonized vocals between Staley and Cantrell (and later Cantrell and William DuVall). Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on the 1992 acoustic EP Sap, and his role continued to grow in the following albums, making Alice in Chains a two-vocal band.

Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. The band was one of the most successful music acts of the 1990s, selling over 30 million records worldwide and over 14 million records in the US alone, with two No. 1 albums and six Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart.

The band has had 18 Top 10 songs on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, 5 No. 1 hits, and 11 Grammy Award nominations. Their debut album, Facelift, featuring the hit single "Man in the Box", was released in 1990 and has been certified double-platinum by the RIAA, selling over two million copies. In 1992, the band's second album, Dirt, was released to critical acclaim and was certified quadruple platinum.

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Their second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1994, becoming the first ever EP and first Alice in Chains release to top the charts, and it has been certified triple platinum. The band's third album, Alice in Chains debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1995 and is certified double platinum.

The music video for the song "Would?” Alice in Chains' contribution to the 1992 film Singles, won the award for Best Video from a Film at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2009 they won the Kerrang! Icon award and in 2010 they won two Revolver Golden Gods awards for Black Gives Way to Blue.

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Here’s your chance to enjoy the unique vocals and heavy metal/grunge sounds of this iconic band. Tickets are on sale now!

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