on jerrycantrell.con it is posted that alice in chains are getting back and are probly going on tour

i am saying this with the utmost respect but....there is no Alice in Chains w/out Layne. I just can't imagine it, but i will give it a chance.

They are doing that show with Heart in the begining of March that's going to be on VH1, I think.

I just hope they don't try and get a Layne sound-a-like to perform with em. Do it with Jerry alone.... Nobody can replace Layne, not even for a show. Now if you get a really big name to play a show with em that can pull off the songs, ok. DO NOT get some sound-a-like though!

I just assumed Jerry would sing!

well for the heart concert they are getting the lead singer from the band comes with a fall, hes ok but not great, and i agree i think it should just be the three remaning guys left that carry on i dont want anyone new, and not some layne wanna be. i think jerry should sing , i like his voice and he wrote about 90 percent of them anyway.

last year they had a reunion thing and one of the guest singers was Maynard. If you haven't heard the files, i THINK they are located at www.aperfectcircle.net you should hear for yourself....truly amazing..

...but like you said....NO ONE can replace layne....but it would be interesting to hear Brent's take on some AIC!!

i went to the benifit in seattle last year, it was awsome, loved it. maynard did the best out of all the singers and i was happy to see the boys back together again

In the words of Jerry Cantrell, "There will be some Alice in Chains shows this year — that's a fact."

There may even be a new record from the grunge rockers, who've been idle for close to 10 years. At this point, the guitarist said, all he can really say is that the band is active, and that the remaining members of Alice — himself, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney — will be taking the stage this summer to perform songs from the band's catalog.

"We're making it up as we go along," Cantrell explained. "It's what we always did in the past. We're writing the book as we live it. We feel confident that we will have a good time and that it's something that will live up to the same level. It's an exploratory thing, and we're just having fun with it. We'd like to go out and play for the people that supported us and love the music as much as we have all these years. We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend."

That friend, of course, is late Alice frontman Layne Staley, who died in April 2002 from a mixture of heroin and cocaine (see "Layne Staley, Alice In Chains Singer, Dead At 34").

"We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone," Cantrell explained, adding that the three remaining AIC members will be meeting with several would-be Staley proxies in the coming months, to front the group at European festival gigs. Alice in Chains have been listed as one of the acts performing at Austria's NovaRock Festival in June, but the guitarist said nothing's been confirmed yet.

"We're not interested in stepping on [Staley's] rich legacy," Cantrell said. "It's a tough thing to go through. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important?" (In 1980, Zeppelin broke up after the death of drummer John Bonham.) "That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance on it. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. But it's not about separating and forgetting — it's about remembering and moving on."

"We're going to go and play the songs one more time," said Kinney. "It seems like the right time, so I figure we'll go out and play a few gigs and see where it goes. I think we might just show up in assorted places in the U.S. in the next few months without much notice and play some clubs and little theaters, and then go to Europe and play these festival gigs. Beyond that, we don't know at this point."

In addition, Kinney said the band hopes to play several North American dates this summer. Cantrell, Kinney and Inez started jamming together late last year, and the reunion will get into full swing March 10, when the reunited Alice in Chains perform at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as part of VH1 Classic's "Decades Rock Live" homage to Heart. Former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan, "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood, Rufus Wainwright and Gretchen Wilson are also set to appear. Cantrell promised a host of other special guests during the show, but he wouldn't give names.

The band will perform with Comes With the Fall frontman William DuVall — a member of Cantrell's touring band. And DuVall could, theoretically, be part of the Alice in Chains fold come this summer. "We've done some rehearsing with Will and we're having a lot of fun with him," Cantrell said. "But we're still in the beginning stages where we're trying to figure out what we want to do. He could cut it, without a doubt — but we haven't made a final decision on that yet."

"If we found some other dude, I'd love to move on," Kinney said, "write some cool tunes and change the name and go on like that. I don't see continuing as Alice and replacing somebody. ... We're not trying to replace Layne. We want to play these songs one more time, and if it seems like the right thing to do, it'll happen. I don't know how long it will go or where it will take us. It's kind of a tribute to Layne and our fans, the people who love these songs. It's not some 'I'm broke and I need the money' situation. We love playing together."

Kinney said Alice in Chains had been approached by the producers of "Rock Star" for the reality show's second season. They turned the offer down.

sorry for it being so long

Thanks for posting that

I was having a trip back in time last night with Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, The Almighty, Smashing Pumpkins, Mudhoney, Faith No More amd all the others from the late 80's early 90's. I was thinking how bloody cool would it be to see any of them play live again, 15 years on. Then I see this. Bring it on.!!!!

ya im really pumped about this, ill try to see them as many times as i can

I agree you can't replace Layne, but I would like to see them get back together. I think it wouldn't be bad to get someone to sing, I agree he can't be replaced at all, but I just miss the music so much. Just ready to hear something from these guys again.

...and guess what? They're doing these low lands!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two timesssss... 1st and 2nd of July

I simply HAVE to see them on WALDROCK with a line-up so far of the following bands: Trivium, Kamelot, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, Ill Nino, Soulfly, Y&T, Deicide, Motörhead, Dragonforce and Helloween. And there gonna be 4 more bands tba...

It's so true.. Layne definately can't be replaced but this is a chance of one in a million! In honor of Layne Staley, never to be forgotten... Rest In Peace!

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AIC and Motorhead?!

lol, I'm jealous