AFI ADD NORTH AMERICAN DATES
On Sales Begin January 16 For March Run

By popular demand AFI has added a spring run of dates to its ongoing worldwide campaign in support of its recent Crash Love. The new dates, which go on sale January 16 (coincidentally the same day the current leg of the Crash Love tour kicks off at the Knitting Factory in Reno NV), will commence March 12 in Nashville and conclude with a March 19 appearance at new Orleans” House of Blues.

As mentioned above, all shows go on sale January 16 with the exception of New Orleans and Pensacola which go on sale January 23.

AFI”s new dates will follow a January run through much of western North America as well as a February 15-March 1 Japan/Australia jaunt. Following the conclusion of the newly announced March dates, the band will head abroad once more in April for a month-long UK/Europe tour. See below for a full listing of upcoming AFI dates.

Crash Love, the eighth full length AFI studio album, was released in September 2009 on DGC/Interscope. Preceded by the single “Medicate” and followed by customarily relentless touring, the record more recently rocked Alternative Press” year-end poll, landing in the editorial staff”s Best Albums of “09 casino list (“We were beyond stoked to see AFI get back to the business of being a punk rock band with a new age Morrissey as their frontman”) and their readers voting the band”s Jade Puget best guitarist.

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AFI LIVE 2010
New Dates in BOLD

01/16/10 – Reno, NV – Knitting FActory
01/18/10 – Boise, ID – Big Easy Concert House
01/19/10 – Missoula, MT – Wilma Theatre
01/21/10 – Spokane, WA – Big Easy Concert House
01/22/10 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
01/24/10 – Vancouver, Canada – Commodore Ballroom
01/25/10 – Portland, OR – Roseland Annex
01/27/10 – Fresno, CA – Rainbow Ballroom
01/28/10 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
01/30/10 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
01/31/10 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues

02/15/10 – Osaka, Japan – Club Quattro
02/16/10 – Tokyo, Japan – Club Quattro
02/20/10 – Brisbane, AU – Soundwave Festival
02/21/10 – Sydney, AUS – Soundwave Festival
02/23/10 – Sydney, AUS – Big Top Luna Park
02/24/10 – Melbourne, AUS – Festival Hall
02/26/10 – Melbourne, AUS – Soundwave Festival
02/27/10 – Adelaide, AUS – Soundwave Festival
03/01/10 – Perth, AUS – Soundwave Festival

3/12/10 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown
3/13/10 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
3/15/10 – Jacksonville, FL – Plush
3/16/10 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz
3/18/10 – Pensacola, FL – Seville Quarter
3/19/10 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues

04/05/10 – Nottingham, UK – Nottingham Rock City
04/06/10 – London, UK – Brixton Academy
04/08/10 – Glasgow, UK – ABC
04/09/10 – Manchester, UK – Academy
04/11/10 – Newcastle, UK – Academy
04/12/10 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy
04/14/10 – Hamburg, Germany – Grosse Freiheit 36
04/17/10 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
04/21/10 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
04/24/10 – Meerhout, Belgium – Groezrock Festival