Read this on antimusic.com this morning....




Alice in Chains Return 02/22/06
. (antiMusic) We promised to keep you updated on this story, here is the
latest. The admin of Jerry Cantrell's official website posted an update
about the Alice in Chains reunion. Although he doesn't spill the beans about
who will be taking over vocal duties for the late Layne Staley, he does
confirm that the band will reunite for the Nova Rock festival and drops a
hint that more shows may be booked. Here is his posting:

I hate to keep on saying, this but as most of you have heard Alice will be
performing at Nova Rock in Austria. This is true. Alice is back.

Europe is a long way to go for just one show, so I feel that we are going to
have a lot more to do.

Because this is Europe and a big festival don't count on any special Alice
tickets but you never know what the future brings.

Let me explain why things went down the way they went down. It was not the
way we wanted it to happen. The festival promoter secured a bunch of really
big bands like Metallica, Guns n' Roses and Alice. The promoter decided to
have a big press conference on Monday. We had not finished securing the
"business side" of the show by the time Monday rolled around. Because Monday
was President's Day, our office was closed and we could not make a decission
regarding releasing the info to you guys. Our European agent, because our
office was closed made an executive decision to release the show info. We
fully support his choice but could not say anything untill we spoke to him
to get the full stroy and due to the time difference and travel we could not
make the announcement untill just now.

Guys, please remember that nothing is official unless it comes from our
office. We like to surprise you but sometimes that is not always possible.

Jerry, Mike, Sean and the managment team are doing our best to keep you guys
informed. You mean a lot to the guys and they want you to know that.

Rock On!
and
Hello Europe.

I feel the rumblings of more stuff coming down the road.

CEOJC



- Mike
http://listen.to/aliceinchains


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