CROWBAR Sets Career First Week Sales Record In The US; Canadian Chart Positions Also Revealed
February 16, 2011, 13 years ago
CROWBAR’s new album, Sever The Wicked Hand, sold 3.7k copies in it's first week in US stores, making it the biggest first week of sales in their twenty year career.
The record fared well on Billboard's various charts as well:
#4 - Heatseekers
#22 - Independent
#16 - Hard Rock Chart
The album landed at #58 on the Canadian Soundscan Indie Chart, and #59 on the Canadian Soundscan Hard Music Chart.
Kirk Windstein offers this comment: “A huge thanks to all of the Crowbar fans who bought Sever The Wicked Hand this week! This was by far the biggest first week we’ve ever had! Equally big thanks to all at eOne, Jamey Jasta and Steve Ross for believing in us. Let’s keep it up, spread the word and stay HEAVY!”
The band is getting ready to kick off the inaugural Metalliance Tour along side HELMET and ST. VITUS. Pegged to be the most talked about metal tour this spring, dates below span coast to coast with a spotlight on this years SXSW festival in Austin, TX.
March
17 - Dallas, TX - Southside Music Hall18 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog / SXSW
19 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
20 - St Petersburg, FL - State Theater
21 - Orlando, FL - Firestone Live
22 - Greensboro, NC - Greene Street
23 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
24 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
25 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
26 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
27 - Joliet, IL - Mojoe's
28 - Merriam, KS - Aftershock (no Helmet) - New Date
29 - Denver, CO - The Summit
31 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
April
1 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon3 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
4 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick - New Date
5 - Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
