(July 14^th, 2014 – New York, NY) Hard rock’s greatest asset of recent years, Alter Bridge, is hitting the road stateside one more time in 2014. The band will be heading out on a headline run this October in support of their latest album, Fortress. This latest 13-city run comes on the heels of their sold-out run this past Spring which had criticsraving across the country. ArtistDirect raved about the band’s live show: “Alter Bridge deserves to be one of the biggest bands in North America… It’s time for a revolution over here. It’s time for Alter Bridge to rule...” The headline tour kicks off October 7^thin Louisville and runs through October 26^th where it wraps up in Los Angeles with more dates possibly to be added during the tour. Alter Bridge will be making stops in Huntington, St. Louis, Seattle and San Francisco to name a few. California Breed has been tapped to open the entire tour. Tickets for the tour are on-sale Friday, July 18^th at 10AM local time and fans can go to http://www.alterbridge.com/tour.aspx for direct buy links to each show.

Alter Bridge will also be offering fans the chance to buy a VIP upgrade package at the time they purchase their tickets for entry in to the show. A ticket forentry must be purchased before the VIP upgrade. The Alter Bridge 2014 Fortress Fall Tour VIP Upgrade will include:

• Meet & Greet with Alter Bridge
• Photo Op with Alter Bridge
• Autograph session with Alter Bridge (1 item per person)
• Visit to Alter Bridge Soundcheck
• Exclusive Alter Bridge VIP Merchandise, which includes:
• ​​One Alter Bridge lithograph
• One Exclusive Alter Bridge tour item
• One Commemorative Alter Bridge VIP laminate
• One Commemorative Alter Bridge VIP ticket
• ​Priority VIP check-in
• Crowd free merchandise shopping
• On-Site VIP Host

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Alter Bridge will also be making a stop at the upcoming Louder Than Life Festival on October 4^th before their headline tour kicks off. The festival is taking place in Louisville, KY and Alter Bridge will be playing alongside the likes of Judas Priest, Korn, Limp Bizkit and Stone Temple Pilots to name a few. Tickets for the two-day festival can be purchased here: http://tinyurl.com/LouderThanLifetickets.

Alter Bridge burst onto the music scene in 2004 with the release of their gold-selling debut, One Day Remains.  In 2007, the band released Blackbird, the album that elevated the band’s profile worldwide.  Guitarist Magazine voted the epic solo in the title track “Blackbird” the “Greatest Guitar Solo Of All Time.” ABIII was released in 2010 and the single “Isolation” gave the band their first #1 single.  Alter Bridge has appeared on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live and the WWE, Major League Baseball and NASCAR have used their music.  When AlterBridge is on hiatus, singer Myles Kennedy can be found fronting Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.  Guitarist Mark Tremonti recently released his fist solo project All I Was that included Wolfgang Van Halen playing bass with Mark on the road.