Alice In Chains guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, has released a Nate Merritt-animated video for "Siren Song", featured on his new solo album, Brighten.

Says Cantrell: "I had a great time working with the very talented Nate Merritt and Josh Richman on this video to bring 'Siren Song' to life through animation. Nate’s imagery is beautiful and impactful, a perfect visual companion to the music that tells the story I started out with, and travels far beyond it. A true collaborative effort, great work guys.”

Cantrell is about to the road on his North American tour in support of Brighten. The tour kicks off at the Palace Theater in St. Paul, MN on March 24, and winds its way around North America hitting major cities such as Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, NYC, Philadelphia, Seattle and Los Angeles to name a few. See full tour routing below.

Tickets for the Brighten Tour are available via Jerry’s website, through Ticketmaster and wherever tickets are sold. Check local venues.

To make this tour even more attractive for fans, Jerry recently announced special VIP event packages at each show that offer fans tiered selections of exclusive experiences. These experiences include a meet & greet and photo opp with Jerry, personal autographed items of your choice, premium merch items, and at the top tier, a signed official “Atone” Gibson JC Signature Acoustic guitar. The guitar includes a letter of authenticity. Packages start at $100 all the way to $5500 which includes the Gibson guitar.

Jerry’s touring band for this tour includes: Tyler Bates (Guitar), Greg Puciato (Backing Vocals), Gil Sharone (Drums), George Adrian (Bass), Michael Rozon (Pedal Steel) and Jason Achilles (keys). The set will encompass songs from Brighten along with favorite hits from his catalog.

Tour dates:

March
24 - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
26 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
28 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
29 - Toronto, ON - History
31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre

April
2 - Atlantic City, NJ - Music Box @ Borgata
3 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
5 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
6 - Boston, MA - Big Night Live
8 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
9 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
10 - Charlotte, NC - Fillmore
12 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
13 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live
15 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
17 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
19 - New Orleans, LA - Fillmore
21 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
22 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theatre
23 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
25 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
27 - Denver, CO - The Summit
28 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot

May
1 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
2 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
4 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
5 - Los Angeles, CA - Belasco Theatre
7 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
8 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues

Brighten is available everywhere now and is offered in an exclusive bone with gold splatter colour 180-gram vinyl via Jerry’s webstore. Limited signed CDs will also be available in the webstore.

Tracklisting:

"Atone"
"Brighten"
"Prism Of Doubt"
"Black Hearts And Evil Done"
"Siren Song"
"Had To Know"
"Nobody Breaks You"
"Dismembered"
"Goodbye"

"Brighten" video:

"Atone" video:

The Cast of Players on Brighten:

Jerry Cantrell – Guitar, bass, vocals, keys
Greg Puciato – Background vocals
Duff McKagan – Bass
Gil Sharone – Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr. – Drums
Tyler Bates – Strings, percussion, guitar
Vincent Jones – Piano, keys, & strings
Jordan Lewis - Piano
Michael Rozon – Pedal steel
Lola Bates – Background vocals
Matias Ambrogi-Torres – Strings