Nickelback Announce Summer Tour Dates

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    About Live Nation:  

Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry's first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit www.livenation.com/investors.

About Roadrunner Records:

Initially founded in the Netherlands in 1980, Roadrunner Records has earned its place as one of the most prominent international independent record labels. The Roadrunner catalog boasts early releases from such seminal artists as Type O Negative, Sepultura and King Diamond. More recently, the label has experienced unprecedented success with multi-platinum artists Nickelback and Slipknot, gold-certified Stone Sour and Killswitch Engage, as well as modern heavy hitters Theory of a Deadman, Dream Theater, and Megadeth. Though primarily known as a hard rock label, Roadrunner's roster also includes diverse acts such as The Dresden Dolls and newcomers Black Stone Cherry, Madina Lake, Airbourne and The Wombats. Still headquartered in the Netherlands, Roadrunner occupies offices in New York, now the A&R hub for the label, as well as the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Japan and Australia. For more information about Roadrunner, visit: www.roadrunnerrecords.com

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: LizMorentin@LiveNation.com

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CONTACT: Jessica Ricci, +1-212-274-7500, ricci@roadrunnerrecords.com,
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Web Site: http://www.livenation.com/

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