Alternative rock group, 311, hailing from Nebraska is ready to embark on their annual “Unity Tour,” which this year will include performances from Sublime with Rome.

They will be on tour for two months starting in Bonner Springs, KS on July 8. It will traverse the country, where the two groups will perform in 30 cities from the East Coast to the West Coast. The final concert is scheduled to be in Seattle on August 26.

The tour is in promotion of 311’s upcoming album. It is yet to be named, but it is anticipated it will go on sale later in the summer. The group’s most recent album was 2009’s “Uplifter,” and their concerts are going to include selections from this and previous albums.

The members of Sublime with Rome are original member, Bud Gaugh on drums and Eric Wilson on bass. Rome, who is on guitar and vocals, is new to the band. They are recording a new studio album right now, their first with the new member. Paul Leary, who has produced Meat Puppets and Butthole Surfers is slated to produce this newest release just as he did for Sublime’s 1996 album. This album will also hit the shelves in the summer.

In the years prior to this, some of the other featured artists to appear on 311’s “Unity Tour” were The Offspring, The Roots, Matisyahu, and Snoop Dogg.

With their new album due to be released soon 311, the alt-rockers from Nebraska, are taking on a run of club shows and will then embark on a Caribbean cruise of four days.

The tour’s first stop will kick off in Las Vegas on February 19.  The trek will then continue across the West Coast and then head east.  The outing of eight dates will wrap up in Charleston, SC on March 1.  The band will then board a Carnival cruise, which is four day tour of the Caicos and Turks.

The cruise is sold out, but there are additional details available at 311cruise.com.

According to information posted at the band’s website, the group is in the studio currently with their producer Bob Rock (Bon Jovi, Metallica) working on an unnamed album.  On their ninth album, “Uplifter” from 2009, the band also worked with Rock.  “Uplifter” debuted in the No. 2 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart.  It is the band’s highest position on the chart to date.

311 is hoping their new album will be released by this summer.

Two of alternative rocks pioneers, 311 and the Offspring, are joining forces for what has been dubbed as the Unity Tour. The co-headlining gig will kick off in Chicago, Illinois on June 29 and will carry through to Chula Vista, California on July 25. A full listing of 311 tour dates can be viewed below.

311 will be warming up before the set by taking on seven dates solo in April and June. These dates include trips to Alaska and Hawaii as well as festival dates. 311 is touring on its latest album Uplifter that was released last summer and notched its way up to number 3 on the Billboard Album Charts. The Offspring are currently mired down in the recording process, looking to birth the follow-up to their 2008 release “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.” The forthcoming Unity Tour will serve as a break from laying down studio tracks, but the new material will surface in Offspring’s set lists. The band Pepper will serve as opening musical support on the tour.

311 Concert Tour
April 2010
8, 9 – Honolulu, HI – Honolulu Pipeline (311)
10 – Lahaina, HI – Lahaina Civic Center (311)

June 2010
18 – Fairbanks, AK – Blue Loon (311)
19 – Anchorage, AK – Moose’s Tooth Pub (311)
24 – Columbus, OH – Lifestyles Community Pavilion (311)
25 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest (311)
26 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (311)

June 2010
29 – Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island (311 & The Offspring)
30 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower City (311 & The Offspring)

July 2010
2 – Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis (311 & The Offspring)
3 – Bonner Springs, KS – Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone (311 & The Offspring)
7 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Center (311 & The Offspring)
9 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater (311 & The Offspring)
10 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Art Center (311 & The Offspring)
11 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center (311 & The Offspring)
13 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier (311 & The Offspring)
14 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheater
16 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (311 & The Offspring)
17 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood (311 & The Offspring)
18 – Memphis, TN – Mud Island Amphitheatre (311 & The Offspring)
20 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre (311 & The Offspring)
21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Usana Amphitheatre (311 & The Offspring)
23 – Paso Robles, CA – California Mid-State Fair (311 & The Offspring)
24 – Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (311 & The Offspring)
25 – Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (311 & The Offspring)

The alt-rock group 311 have mapped out a late winter trek covering the West Coast. The band continues to support “Uplifter,” their latest album released last summer.

Their latest set of shows will be kicking off in Santa Cruz on February 23, followed by two additional stops in California. The outing of 11 cities will include opening support from The Wailers for five of their shows and wrap up things with a “311 Day” special concert at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on March 11.

The ninth album from 311, “Uplifter,” was released in June. Bob Rock, the hard rock veteran producer who has also worked with Motley Crue and Metallica, produced the set. According to Nick Hexum, 311 vocalist and guitarist, the result was a louder direction on the band’s latest effort.

Earlier this year Hexum said it evolved towards a sound that was more aggressive, but we didn’t push it. Early on we had a group of songs that we thought would make this album our heaviest so far. He loved the reggae stuff. We are able to find a way of merging the funky reggae with the heavy side. “Hey You” does that pretty well I think.

After we finished I realized there aren’t too many bands that get away putting so many different styles on one album.

“Uplifter” is the first new material collection from the band since “Don’t Tread on Me” in 2005.

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.

In the past, these shows have featured 5-hour musical sets combined with special effects lights show. Don’t forget the occasional appearance by acrobats, marching bands, stilt walkers and other general elements of fun chaos. The 2008 version of 311 Day brought 14,000 devoted fans from all 50 states and imports from 13 countries. The event drew such acclaim that the mayor of New Orleans declared March 11 to be “311 Day” in New Orleans. I wonder if he’s feeling a bit slighted now that it’s picked up sticks to Vegas?

Tickets for the 2010 event will go onsale via Ticketmaster on October 31. Tickets will also be available for purchase through Mandalay Bay’s box office.

311 spent a healthy time touring this summer to promote their latest release “Uplifter,” but it looks like there is still gas left in the tank. The alt-rock band is set to embark on a fall tour starting November 11 at Temecula, CA. The run will hit a total of 19 cities before calling it quits in Austin on December 8.

The 311 tour will be heavy with material drawn from “Uplifter,” released on June 9, and will feature support by none other than Kottonmouth Kings and State Radio. Bob Rock (Motley Crue, Metallica) fielded production duties on “Uplifter” affording the band a louder edge without sacrificing their reggae roots.

311 2009 Tour Dates
November 2009
11 – Temecula, CA – Pechanga Casino
13 – Loveland, CO – Budweiser Event Center
14 – Omaha, NE – Mid-America Center
15 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre
17 – Minneapolis, MN – Mystic Lake Casino
18 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
19 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
21 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Casino
22 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Casino
24 – Poughkeepsie, NY – Mid-Hudson Civic Center
25 – Portland, ME – Cumberland Civic Center
27, 28 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
29 – Richmond, VA – The National

December 2009
1 – Miami, FL – Bayfront Park Amphitheater
2 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
4 – New Orleans, LA – UNO Lakefront Arena
5 – Dallas, TX – Nokia Theater
6 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
8 – Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall

The alt rock band 311 has announced 2009 dates for their annual Unity Tour. Support from Ziggy Marley, special guest, will also be featured.

The Unity Tour will visit 25 cities, kicking off in Santa Barbara, CA on June 5 and run through August, wrapping up back on the coast of California with shows in San Diego on August 11 and in Irvine, CA on August 12.

The band’s summer dates will follow the forthcoming spring headlining run kicking off in Tucson, AZ on April 15 and traveling for a month through the Midwest and South. The 19 city trek will wrap up in Springfield, MO on May 15.

On “Uplifter,” the band’s ninth studio album, 311 worked with Bob Rock, veteran producer of hard rock who has also worked with Motley Crue and Metallica. It’s the band’s first studio album since the release of “Don’t Tread on Me” released in 2005. “Uplifter” is due out on June 2.

Nick Hexum, the band’s guitarist and lead singer said, he brings the best out in 311. He doesn’t try putting signature sounds on what he does. He tries just accentuating a band’s strengths.

Despite the musical pedigree of Rock, according to Hexum on the upcoming set fans will get more straight rock and roll.

Hexum said, we were getting a lot more into reggae. Now we are ready I think to have a heavier sound. It is definitely a blend. There will be reggae and hip-hop. I would characterize lots of the new stuff as heavy but up-tempo.

This summer, 311, the reggae rockers, and Snoop Dogg, rap star, will be joining forces on the road for Unity Tour 2008.

On June 24, the outing will kick off in Phoenix then travel from West to East Coast, wrapping up in Austin, TX on August 2-3 with a finale of two nights. Fiction Plane, special guest, will be opening the shows, which primarily will take place in amphitheaters.

311 is wrapping their spring jaunt up. It included “311 Day,” the biggest annual event for the band, held in New Orleans. According to the band’s website, this year’s festival drew in 14,000 fans from 13 different countries as well as all 50 states to hear five hours worth of music.

During their touring break, the band will be working on a new album and will likely be previewing some new material on the Unity Tour, according to Nick Hexum, 311′s guitarist and singer.

The upcoming album will follow “Don’t Tread on Me,” the band’s 2005 set. The title track was a hit single.

A few weeks ago Snoop Dogg reached Billboard 200′s Top 3 with “Ego Trippin’,” his ninth solo album. “Sexual Eruption,” the lead single, has been a big hit on radio, including dance, hip-hop and R&B. A sample for the song and a couple others from his new album are streaming on the MySpace page of Snoop.

311 is wrapping their spring jaunt up. It included “311 Day,” the biggest annual event for the band, held in New Orleans. According to the band’s website, this year’s festival drew in 14,000 fans from 13 different countries as well as all 50 states to hear five hours worth of music.

During their touring break, the band will be working on a new album and will likely be previewing some new material on the Unity Tour, according to Nick Hexum, 311′s guitarist and singer.

The upcoming album will follow “Don’t Tread on Me,” the band’s 2005 set. The title track was a hit single.

A few weeks ago Snoop Dogg reached Billboard 200′s Top 3 with “Ego Trippin’,” his ninth solo album. “Sexual Eruption,” the lead single, has been a big hit on radio, including dance, hip-hop and R&B. A sample for the song and a couple others from his new album are streaming on the MySpace page of Snoop.

311, the reggae-rock band, have a short tour of the US booked to lead up to “311 Day,” their largest annual event that is held in New Orleans.

During the US tour, the band is expecting to play around 10 shows. The outing will kick off in Las Vegas on February 22. Concerts so far have been confirmed for Tallahassee, Fl; Cypress, Fl; Richmond, VA; and Tulsa, OK. The outing will wrap up with 311 Day on March 11 in New Orleans Arena.

The billing for the event is “The Ultimate 311 Concert Experience.” According to their website, the band plays an extended set that includes special surprises. The last event drew fans from five countries and 48 states.

In the meantime, the rockers from Omaha have been hard at work in Hive Studio in Los Angeles working on an upcoming album. Band members are in their initial writing phase. No release date has been named yet.

Over the summer, 311 went on a major tour of the US in support of “Don’t Tread on Me” the band’s eighth studio album from 2005. It peaked in the No. 5 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart and the title track was a modern rock hit.

311 has been making their own band of funk, hip hop, reggae and rock music for over 17 years. Early in their career they were able to build up a grassroots following from their dynamic live shows and relentless touring. They have sold over 7 million Us albums.

The reggae rock band 311 is finalizing this year’s Summer Unity Tour. This summer it will visit almost 50 cities in the US, coast to coast.

The outing will be featuring Matisyahu, the American Jewish reggae musician, on most of the dates. The trek will kick off in Tucson AZ on June 21. Cities that have been added to the tour’s schedule recently include Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Lake Tahoe, NV; and Baltimore, MD. The tour will wrap up on August 29 in Seattle. Most of the concerts will take place at outdoor venues.

Particle, The English Beat and other opening acts will be performing as well at selected shows. 311′s website lists the different artists that will be appearing for each date. Tickets for most of the shows are on sale currently.

311 is best known for their blend of reggae, rock, funk and hip hop. According to an announcement made for the tour, each night they will vary their set list, playing songs from each of the band’s eight albums. The band is encouraging their fans to plan road trips for seeing multiple shows.

Summer Unity Tour last year was the biggest outing for 311 to date. According to a recent press release, they had sold out shows for Holmdel, NJ, Atlanta and Denver.

The band is based in Los Angeles but originally from Omaha, NE. They continue to support “Don’t Tread on Me,” their latest album from 2005. The title track from the album is streaming from the MySpace page of 311.

311 has been playing for 17 years. The platinum selling band has reached Billboard 200′s Top 10 with four of their albums. Six of their songs have also been modern rock Top 10 singles, including “Don’t Tread on Me,” “Love Song,” and “Down.”