The official trailer for Black Antenna was released on Alice in Chains’ YouTube Channel on February 28, 2019.
“Rainier Fog” was released as a single on February 26, 2019.
In February 2019, the band announced their return to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their 2009 album Night Is the New Day , with an anniversary tour and deluxe release of the album
It was re-released in 2019, with new outer box art, remastered sound and a new, vinyl-specific version of the intro track “Skip It!” from World Coming Down (the original box set used the original CD version of the track).
Pentagram resurfaced in January 2019, announcing the return of vocalist Bobby Liebling, with guitarist Matt Goldsborough in place of Victor Griffin. They embarked on their first US tour with Liebling since his arrest in the spring of 2019, and plans for a new album by the band were announced. Griffin…
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On December 13, 2018, the teaser of the film Black Antenna featuring the song “Rainier Fog” was released on Alice in Chains’ official YouTube channel, with drummer Sean Kinney stating; “We’ve always toyed with the idea of creating videos for every song on one of our albums. Not only did…
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Also during this period, Pat Bruders of Crowbar and Down filled in for their longtime bassist Mark Adams, who could not tour with the band because of health reasons; it was revealed in October 2018 that he had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease .
SiriusXM broadcast the concert on their channel Lithium on August 31, 2018.
to access a secret gig that the band would be performing in Seattle on August 24.
The band also commemorated the release of the album with a pop-up museum installation at The Crocodile in Seattle on August 23 and 24.