For Immediate Release February 15, 2013 DANKO JONES Live Down Under! SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL Kicks Off on Saturday, February 23rd in Brisbane, Australia th North American Tour with VOLBEAT Begins on March 6 in Dallas, TX DANKO JONES – frontman, spoken word artist, journalist, radio DJ/podcast producer and beyond – will head out next week with bandmates Atom Willard and John 'JC' Calabrese to take on the Soundwave Festival! The fest kicks off in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday, February 23rd and will tour through major Australian cities into the month of March. All dates are currently SOLD OUT. Check out a personal Soundwave Festival greeting video from DANKO JONES at this link. While in Australia, DANKO JONES will also be performing two dates with Duff McKagan’s Loaded in Sydney and Melbourne. See below for details. After finishing their run with the Soundwave Festival, DANKO JONES will head out on their long- awaited full North American tour with headliners Volbeat! Get your tickets now – tickets are selling fast for this tour and many dates have already completely SOLD OUT! The tour kicks off in Dallas, TX on March 6th and features new drummer Atom Willard (The Offspring, Angels & Airwaves, Rocket from the Crypt) behind the kit for DANKO JONES for the first time on tour in the U.S. See below for all currently confirmed tour dates and stay tuned for more being added soon. As mentioned above, DANKO JONES is known around the world as a literary and musical “jack-of-all- trades”! Make sure to check out his outspoken podcasts as well as his brutally honest weekly HuffingtonPost.ca blog encompassing every subject from “How Rock n’ Roll is Starbucks Coffee?” to “How American Idol Killed the Music Star”. The first single cut from the band’s new album Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue, ‘Just A Beautiful Day’, is now DANKO JONES 's biggest single in the US to date! Since last week, the track climbed from #30 to #28 on the Active Rock charts. To purchase the new album visit iTunes or Amazon, or stream it on Spotify! AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: 2/23 Brisbane @ Soundwave RNA Showgrounds ***SOLD OUT*** 2/24 Sydney @ Soundwave Olympic Park ***SOLD OUT*** 2/25 Sydney w/ Duff McKagan’s Loaded Manning Bar 2/28 Melbourne w/ Duff McKagan’s Loaded Gershwin Room 3/1 Melbourne @ Soundwave Flemington Racecourse ***SOLD OUT*** 3/2 Adelaide @ Soundwave Bonython Park ***SOLD OUT*** 3/4 Perth @ Soundwave Claremont Showground ***SOLD OUT*** DANKO JONES 2013 Direct Support Tour Dates with Volbeat: 3/06 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom 3/07 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom 3/09 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum 3/10 El Paso, TX Speaking Rock Entertainment Center – FREE SHOW 3/11 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Pavilion 3/12 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre 3/14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues at Mandalay Bay 3/15 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues 3/16 Anaheim, CA House of Blues ***SOLD OUT*** 3/17 Reno, NV Knitting Factory 3/19 Boise, ID Revolution Center 3/20 Missoula, MT The Wilma Theater ***SOLD OUT*** 3/22 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market ***SOLD OUT*** 3/23 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory 3/24 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall 3/25 Prince George, BC CN Centre 3/27 Dawson Creek, BC EnCana Events Centre 3/28 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre ***SOLD OUT*** 3/29 Medicine Hat, AB Cypress Center ***SOLD OUT*** 3/30 Regina, SK Brandt Centre 4/01 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Center 4/02 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre 4/03 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights ***SOLD OUT*** 4/05 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom 4/06 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere's 4/07 Toronto, ON Sound Academy 4/09 New York, NY Best Buy Theatre ***SOLD OUT*** 4/10 Baltimore, MD Rams Head 4/11 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Make sure to keep up with DANKO JONES online: www.dankojones.com www.facebook.com/dankojones www.twitter.com/dankojones For press inquiries and additional information, please contact Adrenaline PR and Maria Ferrero at 732-462-4262 or [email protected]. .