DOWN — the New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (Superjoint Ritual, ex-Pantera) — has scheduled the following dates:

March

4 - New Orleans, LA - The Hangar
5 - Maxwell, TX - The Cotton Gin
6 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
11 - New Orleans, LA - The Hangar #2

April

28 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre
29 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
30 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom

VIP Ticket Packages will be available. VIP Ticket Packages include a General Admission Ticket, soundcheck (where applicable), meet n greet (you get one personal item autographed), T-shirt from the merch booth (day of show), laminate and a $5 gift card to the Down-Nola.com online store. VIP ticket Packages will be sold through Down-Nola.com for the two New Orleans dates and Houston. Maxwell is still being determined as to whether or not VIP Ticket Packages will be available for this date (as it's a festival). VIP Ticket Packages for New York, Philly and Sayreville are all scheduled to be sold through Ticketmaster.com. Tickets go on sale this week - stay tuned for presale information.

Down's three-disc (2 CD/1 DVD) release, Diary Of A Mad Band, came out last October. It features a two-CD full concert recorded in London. The 130-minute DVD features footage documenting the 2006 return of DOWN from the practice room through the band's first European tour, and a bonus behind-the-scenes featurette entitled Tyrades And Shananigans.

In October 2008, Down released a deluxe edition of its third album, Over The Under. The deluxe package, which was made available as a Best Buy exclusive, included a DVD with over 30 minutes of previously unreleased live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. The album was released on Down Records in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group (ILG).