By Trent McMartin Feb 23, 2006, 10:30 GMT
According to an online post by a site administrator on Jerry Cantrell’s official website, the return of Alice in Chains is becoming closer to reality. Though it is unknown who will replace deceased singer Layne Staley or if the group is even planning on using the Alice in Chains name, guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez are reportedly set to play together at the Nova Rock festival in Austria this summer.
The official post, which was posted on the message boards by a site administrator named CEOJC, went as follows:
“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 decision 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 until we spoke to him to get the full story and due to the time difference and travel we could not make the announcement until 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 management 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.”
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