Hard rockers Trapt [ ] have lined up a US headlining run beginning most immediately afterward the band finishes up its stream stint as part of the on-going Crue Fest.
The California alt-metalists, who are supporting their recently released third studio apartment album, "Only Through the Pain," will launch the headlining run Sept. 3 in West Springfield, VA. The 17-date outing follows hot on the heels of the four left Crue Fest shows, including an appearance tonight (8/28) in Toronto. Dates are below.
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Aside from Trapt and tour namesakes Motley Crue, the travel metal festival also features Buckcherry, Papa Roach, and Crue bassist Nikki Sixx's side project, Sixx:A.M..
"Only Through the Pain," Trapt's third studio record album and first gear since the departure in the beginning this year of spark advance guitarist Simon Ormandy (he was replaced by Robb Torres), debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200. The set, which follows last year's "Trapt Live!" and 2005's "Someone in Control," teams the band with producer Gggarth Richardson (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine), wHO co-produced the band's self-titled 2002 debut.
The band employed music-video director Paul Brown (Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson) to create the video recording for the album's first single, "Who's Going Home With You Tonight." Instead of just filming a video and slapping it up on MySpace, however, the band took things a few steps farther, creating an entire social networking website centered around the album and its videos.
"We decided to create our have unique social networking site for Trapt fans because of our frustration with MySpace," said frontman Chris Brown in a statement, adding that the site is "only a way for us to extinguish the middle man, or third cycle so to speak."
[Note: The following go dates have been provided by creative person and/or circuit sources, world Health Organization verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before go on sale. Check with official creative person websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
August 200828 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre (w/ Crue Fest)29 - Albany, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center (w/ Crue Fest)30 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain (w/ Crue Fest)31 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion (w/ Crue Fest)September 20083 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx4 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live5 - Columbia, SC - Headliner's7 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar8 - Dallas, TX - The Loft9 - San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar10 - Pharr, TX - Graham Central Station12 - Springfield, MO - Outland Ballroom13 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center14 - Louisville, KY�- Waterfront Park / The Great Lawn18 - Madison, WI�- Majestic Theatre��21 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater22 - Albuquerque, NM�- Sunshine Theater24 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues25 - Santa Rosa, CA - Last Day Saloonz26 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House27 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheater
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