The alt-rockers band 30 Seconds To Mars announced a series of dates for late fall coinciding with the soon to be released “This Is War,” their long anticipated new album. The ten dates begin in Salt Lake City on November 30, kicking a week off before the release date of the new album on December 8. The band from Los Angeles will celebrate the drop of the album with a Baton Rogue, LA show followed by three Midwest stops.

311 is capitializing on its namesake once again by featuring its once yearly special concert on 3/11. Recent years it has been in Memphis and New Orleans, but for 2010 the boys head west for Sin City. The Mandelay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas will play host for “the ultimate 311 experience” as its been dubbed.

If you thought you missed the U2 360 tour for good, think again. The men of U2 have already penned a 12-date return to North America in 2010 to hit cities that they may have neglected on their initial swing earlier in the year. The latest leg of the tour gets started at Angels Stadium in Los Angeles on June 6 and will last through mid-July closing at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.

After being on hiatus for five years Vertical Horizon, the alt rock band, have released a new album entitled “Burning the Days,” along with a mix of club shows and in-store performances which will last throughout the fall. The band from Los Angeles will kick off their return tour on October 26 in Syracuse, NY.

Andrew Bird’s current tour is in its last gasp, but that doesn’t mean its over. The singer/songwriter is readying a new slate of gigs including a few churches. These shows are being dubbed as ‘Gezelligheid’, the Dutch term for coziness, and he is said to be focusing on his violin pieces during this stretch in Minneapolis (12/10-11) and Chicago (12/15-17).

In February, Bon Jovi is launching a world tour with a schedule full of arena dates that will last for two years. The tour is to support “The Circle,” the band’s newest and upcoming studio album. The tour will start in Seattle on February 19. The West Coast swing will continue through the middle of March before heading for the east.

Later this month Weezer will be backing “Raditude,” their upcoming studio album, with a December run of headlining dates as well as two shows on each coasts. The band will play in Los Angeles on October 24 and in New York City on October 31. After a short break they will embark on a brief outing to support their new album on December 1 in Chicago. Their short trek covers six cities in 10 days, capped off by a Philadelphia appearance on December 10.

Rihanna may have been lucky enough to get out from under the fist of Chris Brown, but it seems his fans aren’t so fortunate. Instead of allowing the PR stinkbomb to blow over (a la Kanye West), Brown is heading out on tour starting with East Rutherford, New Jersey on October 27 and closing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 13. New Boyz will be providing opening support and backup muscle should any of the women Brown hits next time hits back.

Axl and company have chosen to bypass their American brethren for the great white north, staking a claim on a 13-date run in Canada. The frosty experience will get started in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 13th and mush its way to Halifax, Nova Scotia on February 4th. The dates have been dubbed as the beginnings of the “Guns n’ Roses Chinese Democracy World Tour.”

The final verdict is this was a very solid show. Kings of Leon did a great job of translating their emotion and vibe from the albums over to the live show.