(Atlantic Records) Atlantic recording group Buckcherry has announced early details of its fourth album, "BLACK BUTTERFLY." The album, which follows 2006's RIAA platinum-certified blockbuster, "15", arrives in stores at all digital retailers on September 16th.True road warriors, Buckcherry will follow their current tour with a full-scale co-headline tour alongside Avenged Sevenfold, slated to kick off in mid-September, running through the beginning of October.
"Too Drunk…," a featured track from "Black Butterfly," recently [mysteriously] appeared online at a number of BitTorrent sites. Buckcherry has released an official statement regarding the song's unscheduled arrival [yeah, right], declaring, "Honestly, we hate it when this s*** happens, because we want our FANS to have any new songs first."
In response to the [planned?]leak, the band quickly cut "a down and dirty video" for "Too Drunk…" which can be viewed on www.Buckcherry.com. "I just wanted something that was funky," notes lead singer Josh Todd, "so we all collaborated on it and turned it into something with a lot of space to breeze along and tell a story."
"Black Butterfly" is now available for preorder via www.Buckcherry.com. Fans who preorder the Limited Edition Fan Pack will receive the track "Too Drunk…" at the time of their preorder. The ringtone for the track is also available on the band's website. The album – co-produced by longtime Aerosmith collaborator Marti Frederiksen (the co-writer of Buckcherry's top 10 smash, "Sorry") and Buckcherry's own Keith Nelson – will be offered in a standard CD package; a "Limited Fan Club Edition" version, which comes with bonus tracks and a one-year membership to the Buckcherry Fan Club; and a "Limited Fan Club Edition" bundle which adds a "Black Butterfly" T-shirt to the previous package.
*Co-headline dates with Avenged Sevenfold:
SEPTEMBER
16 Moline, IL IWireless Center
18 Sioux Falls, SD Canaries Stadium
19 Kansas City, MO Sandstone Amphitheatre
20 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
22 Lincoln, NE Pershing Auditorium
23 Wichita, KS Kansas Coliseum
24 Tulsa, OK Riverparks
26 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Jam
30 Clemson, SC Little John Coliseum
OCTOBER
4 Mobile, AL Bayfest
*Additional dates to be announced at a later date.