Tag: Danko Jones

Friday the 16th sees the official premiere of Kick-Ass 2 and with a cast including Jim Carrey this time around it is predicted to be an even bigger success than the much heralded first movie.

It is with great pride we can now announce that one of the most significant scenes in the film is played out to the sound of the classic Danko Jones song “Dance” – off their 2003 album “We Sweat Blood”. This follows a long line of prominent placements for the band – including songs featured in True Blood, CSI:NY and EA Sports NHL 2011 to name a few.

Needless to say, the song is also included on the movie’s official soundtrack and was also the musical theme of the film’s first trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekram9md95k

Official Kick-Ass 2 website: www.kickass-themovie.com

Rock and Roll Is Black And Blue, a new album consisting of 12 new songs hits the shelves this fall. Here is a little teaser:

New shows have been added to the Eureopean fall tour for Danko Jones in November. They will take on Norway at four different venues hitting up Trömsö, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger. More updates and info on: badtasteempire.com and dankojones.com

Nov 23rd Studenthuset Driv, Tromsö
Nov 24th Byscenen, Trondheim
Nov 25th USF/Verftet, Bergen
Nov 26th Folken, Stavanger

Today we released the dates for the upcoming European Danko Jones fall tour. Check out the new dates below and for ALL upcoming dates including summer & festival shows visit dankojones.com

2011-11-28 Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
2011-11-29 Oosterport, Groningen, Netherlands
2011-11-30 Mod, Hasselt, Belgium
2011-12-02 Mau, Rostock, Germany
2011-12-03 Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany
2011-12-04 Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany
2011-12-07 PPC, Graz, Austria
2011-12-08 Bloom, Mezzago –Milano, Italy
2011-12-09 Bierhubeli, Bern, Switzerland
2011-12-10 Speedfest, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011-12-11 Gaswerk, Winterthur, Switzerland
2011-12-13 Omega Live, Toulon, France
2011-12-14 Apolo, Barcelona, Spain
2011-12-15 Sala Penelope, Madrid, Spain
2011-12-16 Sala Antzokia, Bilbao, Spain
2011-12-17 Le Chabada, Angers, France
2011-12-18 Le Plan, Ris Orangis, France

We are excited to announce that Atom Willard will be joining Danko Jones as the drummer on their upcoming summer tour, replacing Dan Cornelius who is no longer with the band. With a history in bands like Rocket From The Crypt, The Offspring and Social Distortion and being a current member of Angels & Airwaves the experience and talent Atom is bringing to the band will be the beginning of a very exciting new chapter.

Atom’s first show with the band will be in Gothenburg on June 15:th and they have about a dozen European festivals lined up all through summer. More North American dates will be announced shortly.

“Both JC and I have been fans of Atom Willard for years. We own the records he’s on and hell, we even wrote a song about his old band [“RIP RFTC” about Rocket From The Crypt]. Yes, we’re ecstatic he’s coming out with us.”

– Danko

“I have been a fan of this band, and these songs for a long ass time…so when they asked if I could do it, and I could, I was stoked! I love rock and roll!”

– Atom

 

On June 20th, Danko Jones will be on the Rockline Radio Show with host Bob Coburn. The show starts at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET and fans are encouraged to speak with the band by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more info, check out www.rocklineradio.com.

Last moth, a Danko Jones song was played over a million  times on Spotify. That’s a whole lot! Click here to listen to Danko Jones on Spotify.

Danko Jones have started a podcast series called “The Official Danko Jones Podcast” which is available as a free subscription on iTunes here. Below Danko describes the first episode:

Hope you enjoy this new series of podcasts I’ll be doing. It’s simply me reading articles I’ve been writing in various Rock & Metal magazines for the last 6 years. This inaugural podcast has me reading an article I wrote for Close-Up Magazine, Sweden’s premier metal magazine, from last year. It’s officially called “Making A Go Of Black Metal”. Hope you enjoy it.

/Danko