Grammy-winning, iconic guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee SLASH marked a career milestone when he was honored with his very own Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The star is located directly in front of the Hard Rock Cafe on Hollywood Blvd and his friends were there as guest speakers at the fan-packed ceremony. Afterwards, Slash and bandmate Myles Kennedy treated fans to a private acoustic performance and exclusive Q&A at the Hard Rock Cafe on Hollywood Blvd!
SLASH Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators–Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums) and Todd Kerns (bass)–recently released their new album APOCALYPTIC LOVE (May 22, 2012). APOCALYPTIC LOVE stormed onto the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at #4, marking the top rock debut for that week. The disc also hit #1 Independent Albums Chart and #1 Hard Music Albums Chart. “You’re A Lie” the hard-driving first single off the new album is now #1 Active Rock, marking SLASH’s first ever solo #1 hit at radio. All songs on APOCALYPTIC LOVE released on SLASH’s own Dik Hayd International, and distributed through EMI Label Services were written together by SLASH and Myles Kennedy as they spent the last two years on tour all over the world. Critical acclaim is pouring in for the album. Revolver magazine declared “Apocalyptic Love is at heart a collection of lean, high-octane rock-and-roll tunes built to be blasted out of open-top sports cars or, more suitably, open-air stadiums” (July 2012). The Los Angeles Times added, “Fans of his work in GNR and Velvet Revolver will find much to embrace in the album’s 13 tracks, ranging from the sneering rock hooks of ‘You’re a Lie’ and the heavy metal grind of ‘Halo’ to the extended instrumental passages on ‘Anastasia.’” Elsewhere, Rolling Stone.com hailed “the album is filled with head bangers and plenty of fancy fretwork, most notably on standout tracks like ‘Hard and Fast’ and ‘Standing in the Sun’” (May 20, 2012). SLASH and his band,including touring guitarist Frank Sidoris, will launch a summer headlining tour of the U.S. and Canada on July 12 in Portland, OR.
They’ll follow that up with a full U.S. headlining tour starting September 4 in San Diego, CA and wrapping October 3 in Los Angeles, CA. Ticket info is available HERE.
SLASH: featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators tour dates:
w/ Monster Truck supporting:
Thu 7/12 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Fri 7/13 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Sat 7/14 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Mon 7/16 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee
Tue 7/17 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Thu 7/19 Medicine Hat, AB Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
Fri 7/20 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
Sat 7/21 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
Mon 7/23 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Wed 7/25 Belleville, ON Empire Square Live
Thu 7/26 London, ON Harris Park
Fri 7/27 Montreal, QC Olympia Theater
Sun 7/29 Quebec City, QC Agora de Quebec
Mon 7/30 Moncton, New Brunswick Centre-Casino Moncton
Tue 7/31 Halifax, NS Cunard Events Centre
Thu 8/2 Boston, MA House of Blues
Fri 8/3 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
Sat 8/4 Huntington, NY The Paramount
Tue 8/7 Dubuque, IA Diamond Jo Casino-Mississippi Moon Bar
Wed 8/8 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Fri 8/10 Sturgis, SD Buffalo Chip Campground
Fall Headline Tour with Foxy Shazam:
Tue 9/4 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Wed 9/5 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
Fri 9/7 Austin, TX Stubbs
Sat 9/8 Dallas, TX House of Blues
Sun 9/9 Houston, TX House of Blues
Tue 9/11 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Wed 9/12 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
*Sun 9/16 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Tue 9/18 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Wed 9/19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Fri 9/21 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
Sat 9/22 Detroit, MI Fillmore
*Sun 9/23 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
Tue 9/25 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
Fri 9/28 Chicago, IL Riviera Theater
Sat 9/29 Springfield, MO O’Reilly Family Events Center
Tue 10/2 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
Wed 10/3 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
*Slash only
