Black Gives Way to Blue debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 . On May 18, 2010, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies in the U.S. The singles ” Check My Brain ” and ” Your Decision ” reached No. 1 on…
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Along with Mastodon and Deftones , Alice in Chains toured the United States and Canada in late 2010 on the Blackdiamondskye tour, an amalgam of the three bands’ latest album titles ( Black Gives Way to Blue , Diamond Eyes , and Crack the Skye ).
and on December 1 in the US.
To coincide with the band’s European tour, Alice in Chains released its next single, ” Your Decision “, on November 16, 2009, in the UK
The band made an appearance on Later… with Jools Holland on November 10, 2009, performing “Lesson Learned”, ” Black Gives Way to Blue “, and “Check My Brain” as the final performance of the episode.
To promote the album, the band released an EPK featuring all four of the members being interviewed while the Kiss makeup is being applied on them. An app for iPhone was released on October 27, 2009, featuring songs, music videos, news, photos and networking.
The music video for “Check My Brain” premiered on September 14, 2009.
and was made available for purchase on August 17, 2009.
” Check My Brain ” was released to radio stations as the first official single from the album on August 14, 2009,
On August 1, 2009, Alice in Chains performed, along with Mastodon , Avenged Sevenfold , and Glyder , at Marlay Park, Dublin as direct support to Metallica.