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UPDATE: Alice In Chains Has Canceled All of Their May 2025 Tour Dates and Festivals After Drummer Sean Kinney Suffers a “Medical Emergency”

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UPDATE: Alice In Chains has now canceled all of their May 2025 tour dates and festivals due to Sean Kinney’s medical emergency. Refunds avaialble at point of purchase. 

 

Alice In Chains was forced to cancel its concert last night (Thursday, May 8th), the kickoff of their current tour at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. This after drummer Sean Kinney suffered “a non-life-threatening medical emergency.” The show was canceled moments before the doors were to open via signs at the venue and post by the band. The statement can be read below. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. The band has several headline shows and festival dates booked this month including the MMRBQ in Camden, New Jersey (May 10), Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio (May 11) and Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida (May 16). They have also lined up several other headlining shows, in Nashville, Tennessee (May 13) and Dothan, Alabama (May 15). Alice In Chains is also on the bill for the final Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne show on July 5 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.Continue reading →


Alice In Chains Cancels Tour Kick Off Show After Drummer Sean Kinney Suffers a “Medical Emergency”

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Alice In Chains was forced to cancel its concert last night (Thursday, May 8th), the kickoff of their current tour at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. This after drummer Sean Kinney suffered “a non-life-threatening medical emergency.” The show was canceled moments before the doors were to open via signs at the venue and post by the band. The statement can be read below. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. The band has several headline shows and festival dates booked this month including the MMRBQ in Camden, New Jersey (May 10), Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio (May 11) and Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida (May 16). They have also lined up several other headlining shows, in Nashville, Tennessee (May 13) and Dothan, Alabama (May 15). Alice In Chains is also on the bill for the final Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne show on July 5 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.Continue reading →


Alice In Chains – “Jar of Flies” Turns 30 Years Old

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Alice In Chains released their epic chill EP Jar of Flies (Columbia) on January 25th, 1994. The album is notable as the bands’ first number 1 album and the first Rock genre EP ever to land at #1 in the Soundscan Era. The album made a huge impact with several of the songs remaining in their setlist to this day. Read our deep-dive retrospective for the 25th anniversary of the album and jam out to the EP today and celebrate! Continue reading →


Alice In Chains Classic Album “Dirt” Turns 30 – Remastered Album Out Now

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Rock and Metal kings Alice In Chains are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their epic album Dirt (Columbia)! The album definitely catapulted the band to all-time great status, charted several singles, had videos that dominated regular rotation on MTV, when they played videos and had Headbangers Ball, and led to major tours all over the world. The impact of the music was huge, and it was to be the last album made with bassist Mike Starr (RIP), who was dismissed from the band soon after. 
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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Alice In Chains’ Self-Titled Album Turns 25

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In 1995, Alice In Chains had been feeling good on the success of their first #1 album on the charts, 1994’s Jar of Flies EP, the first EP to ever debut at #1. At the same time, they were in peril as a band, with issues stemming from Layne Staley’s addiction to heroin and other band turmoil. The band did not tour to support Jar of Flies as Layne was in rehab and they took part of 1995 off. The lost opportunities from this period, including a massive Metallica/Danzig/Suicidal Tendencies tour and a near-top-of-the bill split at Woodstock 1994 (which I am still mad about) almost killed the band. They broke up briefly too, according to Sean Kinney. Little did we know they were crafting a great album, Alice in Chains (Columbia), to wash all that pain and disappointment away for a brief moment in time.

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Alice In Chains Chill Masterpiece “Jar of Flies” Turns 25 Years Old

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Alice In Chains was on top of the world in 1993, or so they thought. Behind the success of 1992’s Rock chart-topping Dirt (Columbia) album, the band toured the world, played Lollapalooza, had songs on major movie soundtracks and more. But there were some issues arising in their camp that would shape their immediate future. The bands came off a raucous summer of touring in 1993 to find themselves evicted from their communal house in Seattle. The band had recently fired bassist Mike Starr (RIP)who co-founded the band. After recruiting bassist Mike Inez (Ozzy Osbourne) the band had toured some with him, and recorded a few of those soundtrack pieces with him, but nothing more/ The band moved into London Bridge Studios, where countless huge rock and metal albums were made, and AIC had created all of their albums at that point. The band was going to spend a few days just jamming with acoustic guitars and see what stuck. What they came up with was so much more. When they finished writing, they had the bones of their epic EP Jar of Flies (Columbia) in the can. Continue reading →


Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

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Even if F. Scott Fitzgerald’s maxim that “There are no second acts in American lives” has anything approaching a ring of truth, then, clearly, no-one told Seattle’s Alice in Chains. It is now sixteen years since the untimely death of the band’s original lead singer Layne Staley, a troubled soul whose battles with drugs and depression were a significant element in their art, most notably on the widely praised and equally widely loved album Dirt.Continue reading →


Alice In Chains Live At Hammerstein Ballroom

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Opening the evening was Seattle band Walking Papers. Known more because of their regular members Duff McKagan and Barrett Martin, this is an act too good to miss. Even down a few guys and playing with some fill-in musicians, the band won over the anxious crowd with incredibly soulful rock music. No BS, no self-depreciation: just rock and proud to be rock. Amazing songs and performances, especially by frontman Jeff Angell, who is incredible. They have a recent EP out from 2018, and you should all go get it now.

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Alice In Chains’ Masterpiece “Dirt” Turns 25

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With the exception of Metallica, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana, no other band helped shape the tenor of mainstream 1990s rock and metal in terms of influence than Alice In Chains. Twenty-five years ago today the landmark album, Dirt was born via Columbia Records. Not only was it the bands commercial breakthrough, but it was their creative zenith in many ways, establishing them as a leader in the genre. Ghost Cult Magazine takes a look back at the album on the anniversary of its release.Continue reading →