Nickelback Announce Summer Tour Dates

TICKETS GO ON SALE BEGINNING MARCH 13th

LOS ANGELES, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Multi-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback have announced dates for their North American summer tour, in support of their latest album, Dark Horse, on the heels of their opening night sellout of Nashville’s Sommet Center last week. The summer leg of the 2009 tour rolls through Live Nation outdoor amphitheaters beginning July 10 in Darien Lake, NY at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, with Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel in support.

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Nickelback is currently on a 32 city tour, selling out arenas across the country. The Nashville Scene said of the kickoff show on February 25th, “…nobody puts on a better show than Nickelback does. You can believe that.”

Nickelback tickets for the summer tour go on sale beginning March 13th. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning March 10th at 10am Local Time through Citi’s Private Pass(R) Program. For complete presale details visit: www.citiprivatepass.com. Nickelback fanclub members will be able to purchase tickets starting on March 9th. Tickets and tour information are available at www.livenation.com, with additional dates to be announced soon.

The latest single from the band’s 2008 platinum release Dark Horse, “If Today Was Your Last Day” will be impacting on March 24th at all formats. The brazen rocker “Something In Your Mouth” is currently the #1 rock song in the country.

Nickelback are a phenomenally successful touring band whose tours have grossed in excess of $100 million thus far and have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Dark Horse is Nickelback’s first release since the immensely popular All The Right Reasons, released in 2005.

The Newly Announced Summer Dates are as follows:

    July 10     Darien Lake, NY        Darien Lake Performing Arts Center*
    July 11     Camden, NJ             Susquehanna Bank Pavilion*
    July 14     Scranton, PA           Toyota Pavilion
    July 15     Wantagh, NY            Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
    July 17     Hershey,  PA           Hershey Park Stadium & Star Pavilion*
    July 18     Pittsburgh, PA         Post-Gazette Pavilion
    July 21     Holmdel, NJ            PNC Bank Arts Center
    July 22     Saratoga Springs, NY   Saratoga Performing Arts Center*
    July 24     Boston, MA             Comcast Center
    July 25     Hartford, CT           Meadows Music Theater
    July 28     Virginia Beach, VA     Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach
                                        Amphitheater*
    July 29     Bristow, VA            Nissan Pavilion
    July 31     Charlotte, NC          Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
    Aug 01      Raleigh, NC            Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at
                                        Walnut Creek
    Aug 12      Clarkson, MI           DTE Energy Music Theatre
    Aug 14      Cuyahoga Falls, OH     Blossom Music Center
    Aug 15      Indianapolis, IN       Verizon  Wireless Music Center
                                        Indianapolis
    Aug 17      Birmingham, AL         Verizon Wireless Music Center
                                        Birmingham
    Aug 19      Cincinnati, OH         Riverbend Music Center
    Aug 21      Tinley Park, IL        First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
    Aug 22      Maryland Heights, MO   Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
    Aug 25      Englewood, CO          Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
    Aug 26      Salt Lake City, UT     USANA Amphitheatre
    Aug 28      Ridgefield, WA         Amphitheater at Clark County
    Aug 29      George, WA             The Gorge Amphitheatre
    Aug 31      Marysville, CA         Sleep Train Amphitheatre
    Sept 01     Mountain View, CA      Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
    Sept 03     Irvine, CA             Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
    Sept 05     San Diego, CA          Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
    Sept 09     Albuquerque, NM        Journal Pavilion

* Support TBA.

These Nickelback Tour Dates are currently on sale:

    Thu/Mar-05  Worcester, MA        DCU Center
    Fri/Mar-06  East Rutherford, NJ  Izod Center
    Sun/Mar-08  Uncasville, CT       Mohegan Sun Arena
    Mon/Mar-09  Philadelphia, PA     Wachovia Center
    Wed/Mar-11  Columbus, OH         Nationwide Arena
    Thu/Mar-12  Rosemont, IL         Allstate Arena
    Sat/Mar-14  Milwaukee, WI        Bradley Center
    Sun/Mar-15  Moline, IL           iwireless Center
    Tue/Mar-17  Omaha, NE            Qwest Center
    Wed/Mar-18  Des Moines, IA       Wells Fargo Arena at the Iowa Events
                                      Center
    Wed/Apr-01  Edmonton, AL         Rexall Centre
    Thu/Apr-02  Calgary, AL          Pengrowth Saddledome
    Sat/Apr-04  Saskatoon, SK        Credit Union Centre
    Sun/Apr-05  Winnipeg, MT         MTS Centre
    Tue/Apr-07  Minneapolis, MN      Target Center
    Wed/Apr-08  Kansas City, MO      Sprint Center
    Fri/Apr-10  Tulsa, OK            BOK Center
    Sat/Apr-11  Dallas, TX           Superpages.com Center
    Mon/Apr-13  Bossier City, LA     CenturyTel Ctr
    Tue/Apr-14  San Antonio, TX      AT&T Center
    Thu/Apr-16  Houston, TX          Toyota Center
    Fri/Apr-17  New Orleans, LA      New Orleans Arena
    Sun/Apr-19  Little Rock, AR      Alltel Arena
    Wed/Apr-22  Jacksonville, FL     Jacksonville Veterans Memorial
    Thu/Apr-23  Atlanta, GA          Lakewood Amphitheatre
    Sat/Apr-25  West Palm Beach, FL  Cruzan Amphitheatre
    Sun/Apr-26  Tampa, FL            Ford Amphitheatre

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