Tenacious D Announce 2012 Summer Tour

Rize of the Fenix Available for Pre-Order on the iTunes Store

"To Be The Best" Video Premiere on TheOnion.com

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Mar 26, 2012, 05:45 ET

NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an initial string of dates in May, including an appearance at the Sasquatch Festival in George, WA, Tenacious D will be hitting the road in support of their new album Rize of the Fenix. See below for the full list of cities and dates. Select tickets sales begin Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31, for more information visit www.tenaciousd.com.

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Rize of the Fenix, Tenacious D's widely-anticipated third album, is available for preorder on the iTunes store. Their first studio album in six years, Rize of the Fenix is the follow-up to 2006's gold The Pick of Destiny and 2001's platinum debut album Tenacious D. The iTunes preorder includes the exclusive track "The 5 Needs" – a classic, never-before recorded Tenacious D song. Also available is the first single "Rize of the Fenix", listen to the track via soundcloud at www.tenaciousd.com.

Rize of the Fenix will be available everywhere May 15. Produced by the brilliant John Kimbrough, Rize Of The Fenix was recorded in the garage behind his LA home and features Jack Black and Kyle Gass (Tenacious D's core duo) performing with Dave Grohl (drums), John Spiker (bass, piano, organ), and John Konesky (electric guitar).

The Jeremy Konner directed "To Be The Best" music video expertly sums up the duos six year absence and features cameos from Dave Grohl, Yoshiki, Josh Groban, Jimmy Kimmel, Maria Menounos, Tim Robbins and Val Kilmer. "To Be The Best", the first visual from Rize of the Fenix, premiered today on TheOnion.com, click here to view: http://www.avclub.com/articles/weve-got-an-exclusive-tenacious-d-minimovie-for-yo,71465/

Tenacious D on tour:

May 23	Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
May 24	Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
May 26	Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater
May 27	Vancouver, BC @ PNE Amphitheater
May 28	George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival

June 1	Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock im Park
June 2	Nurburgring, Germany @ Rock am Ring
June 3	Amsterdam, Netherlands @ HMH
June 5	London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
June 6	London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
June 9	Donnington Park, UK @ Download Festival
June 10	Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
June 12	Glasgow, UK @ SECC

June 23	Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
June 25	Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
June 26	Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
June 28	New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
June 30	Philadelphia, PA @ Penn's Landing – Festival Pie

July 2	Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
July 3	Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
July 6	Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
July 7	Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
July 19	Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
July 20	Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
July 21	Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater
July 23	Saint Louis, MO @ The Pageant
July 24	Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
July 26	Denver, Co @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 29	San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre

Rize of the Fenix song titles:
Rize of the Fenix
Low Hangin' Fruit
Classical Teacher
Senorita
Deth Starr
Roadie
Flutes and Trombones
Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage
Throwdown
Rock Is Dead
They Fucked Our Asses
To Be The Best
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Pre-order available now:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/rizeofthefenix
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/rizeofthefenixcd

www.tenaciousd.com
www.columbiarecords.com

SOURCE Columbia Records