Nickelback, who were named Billboard's 'Group of Decade' and kicked off 2010 by performing at the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics, are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down, as they have extended their Dark Horse World Tour. The next leg of the tour, produced by Live Nation, will begin on September 14 in Nashville and will run through October 30 in Las Vegas. Three Days Grace and Buckcherry will join Nickelback on these dates. Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 17th at this location.

The Dark Horse World Tour has been a smashing success, as all previous legs have been completely sold out. Since 2009, Nickelback have sold more than 1.6 million tickets and have played more than 120 global shows.

"Our fans have been amazing all over the world from Japan to New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, the UK and North America," said Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. "Our fans keep us going and we are excited to play 25 more dates in the US with Three Days Grace and Buckcherry."

The dates for the September-October leg of the Dark Horse World Tour are as follows:

Sept 14 - Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN
Sept 15 - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum - Ft. Wayne, IN
Sept 17 - Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh, PA
Sept 18 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI
Sept 21 - HSBC Arena - Buffalo, NY
Sept 22 - Times Union Center - Albany, NY
Sept 24 - Comcast Center for the Performing Arts - Mansfield, MA
Sept 25 - Hersheypark Stadium - Hershey, PA
Sept 28 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
Sept 29 – Prudential Center – Newark, NJ
Oct 01 - Nationwide Arena - Columbus, OH
Oct 02 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, OH
Oct 08 - Rupp Arena - Lexington, KY
Oct 10 - Verizon Arena - Little Rock, AR
Oct 12 - New Orleans Arena - New Orleans, LA
Oct 15 - Cynthia W. Mitchell Pavilion - Spring, TX
Oct 16 - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK
Oct 18 - Pepsi Center - Denver, CO
Oct 20 - Energy Solution Arena - Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 22 - Honda Center - Anaheim, CA
Oct 23 - Arco Arena - Sacramento, CA
Oct 26 - Sleep Train Pavilion - Concord, CA
Oct 27 - Save Mart Center - Fresno, CA
Oct 29 - Cricket Wireless Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
Oct 30 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

In other Nickelback news, the band has just released a select group of songs as downloadable content for Xbox 360, Play Station 3 and Wii platforms in the Rock Band Music Store. The "Nickelback Pack 01" will include a bevy of the band's most recognizable hits. Additionally, the popular "Tap Tap Revenge" rhythm game franchise expands with "Nickelback Revenge," currently the #1 music game at iTunes. The new game features eleven of Nickelback's most popular songs of all time, including "How You Remind Me," "Rockstar," "This Afternoon," and "If Today Was Your Last Day." Go right here to start playing!

Tapulous, the leading developer of music games for the iPhone and iPod touch, has extended its wildly popular Tap Tap Revenge franchise with the launch of Nickelback Revenge just last week -- and the results so far have been huge!

Currently the number one paid music game in the iTunes App Store, Nickelback Revenge features eleven of Nickelback’s all-time most popular songs (including “Rockstar,” “This Afternoon,” and “If Today Was Your Last Day”) for fans to play along to!

Says frontman Chad Kroeger, "The combination of our music and Tapulous’ gameplay is very cool. We're excited to give our fans a fun, interactive way to experience our music."

Download the App HERE and start playing now!

Tapulous, the leading developer of music games for the iPhone and iPod touch, is extending its wildly popular Tap Tap Revenge franchise with the launch of Nickelback Revenge. The new game features eleven of Nickelback’s most popular all-time songs, including “Rockstar,” “This Afternoon,” and “If Today Was Your Last Day.”

A premium version of Tapulous’ addictive music rhythm game, Nickelback Revenge sets gameplay to the band’s biggest hits and integrates engaging Nickelback graphics and content. The game also includes a popular Bluetooth-based “battle mode” which allows players to wirelessly challenge friends to point-by-point battles for bragging rights.

"The combination of our music and Tapulous’ gameplay is very cool. We're excited to give our fans a fun, interactive way to experience our music," said Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.

To kick off the launch, Tapulous and Roadrunner Records, Nickelback’s worldwide music label, are running a special promotion: The first 2,500 consumers to download the game will receive 25 in-game credits—good towards the purchase of more music—and a chance to win a Gibson Flying V signed by the band.

In addition, players will be challenged to “Outplay Nickelback,” or beat the band members’ highest in-game scores. Players who best Chad, lead guitarist Ryan Peake, bass guitarist Mike Kroeger and/or drummer Daniel Adair will be entered to win weekly prizes, including Dark Horse tour books and premium earphones.

"We’re thrilled to bring Nickelback to Tap Tap Revenge. Our players are always hungry for more great music, and Nickelback definitely fits the bill,” explained Tim O'Brien, VP of business development at Tapulous. "Whether measured by album sales, song downloads or concert attendance, Nickelback is huge.”
Nickelback Revenge features the following eleven hits:

• "Animals"
• "Animals" (Live)
• "Burn It to the Ground"
• "Gotta Be Somebody"
• "How You Remind Me"
• "Figured You Out"
• "If Today Was Your Last Day"
• "Photograph"
• "Rockstar"
• "Something In Your Mouth"
• "This Afternoon"

Nickelback Revenge is available for $4.99 on the App Store or at this location.

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Canadian rockers Nickelback will make their Rock Band debut next week on Tuesday June 29th in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii.

Formed in 1995, Nickelback are the 11th best-selling act of the 2000s, with more than 30 million records sold worldwide. The band will make their debut in Rock Band next week with a six pack of songs entitled "Nickelback Pack 01."

This will include “Burn It to the Ground” and “This Afternoon” from 2008’s album, Dark Horse, which has held a place in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 since its release last year. Also included are “Photograph” and “Rockstar” from 2005’s All the Right Reasons, which was certified eight-times platinum in the United States in October 2009, making it one of the best-selling albums in U.S. history. “Figured You Out” from 2003’s three-time platinum The Long Road and “Never Again” from 2001’s six-time platinum Silver Side Up will also be featured in “Nickelback Pack 01.”

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Nickelback Pack 01” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. All tracks are original master recordings and though available on June 29th, they will not be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 until June 30th.

Price:  $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per track; $9.99, £4.99 UK, €7.99 EU (800 Microsoft Points) for Nickelback Pack 01

$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points^™) per track

For more information, please visit the RockBand.com and Nickelback.com.

Rock Band 2 is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Wii system. Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii versions support downloadable content. 

Downloadable content for Wii is purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Store using Wii Points™ purchased through the Wii™ Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the system memory or to an SD card for additional storage.  The tracks stream directly from the SD card for seamless play. 

With these additions, there are now 1,529 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase. Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers' voracious appetite for rock with more than 70 million paid downloads since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.  The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. Music downloads are not rated by the ESRB.

For more information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com  and www.harmonixmusic.com.

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Nickelback closed out their lengthy North American run in support of Dark Horse in Vancouver just last week, and local publication The Province was on hand to write all about it.

Reviewer Stuart Derdeyn assesses, "Around the time Silver Side Up came out, Chad Kroeger told me about his dream stage show. The only thing stopping it from happening was budget constraints.

As the bestselling band of the past decade,  Nickelback can afford all the flashpots, flame throwers and flickering lights it wants.

They have them. LOTS of them.

Never a band to be accused of subtlety, the quartet opened its homecoming love affair at GM Place with a big bang.

And then kept the explosions and walls of multi-coloured flames blazing all the way through "Burn It To the Ground."

It was exactly the way Kroeger had described his vision years back.

Befitting massive arena rockers, the stage was bordered by two screens, there was a massive backing screen and then five moving cubes of lights with video screens too. This meant up to seven close-ups of Chad and the boys' faces at one time. That had the ladies — and guys — cheering.

Actually, everything had the audience active.

Mention of local weed started up a "B.C. Bud" chant. Beer lineups were epic.

So were the singalongs. Even at the deafening stage volume, you could hear the choruses to "Photograph" and "Savin' Me." The sound was excellent, by the way, proving that unlike Pearl Jam, Nickelback cares enough about its fans to tour with production values.

...What matters to Nickelback fans is that somehow a bunch of guys from small-town Alberta can capture exactly what a lot of people do with their lives and how they feel about it. The truth is, way more relate to "This Afternoon" than anything on In Rainbows. It's working folk's music, with more than a little country influence.

Plus, this band hands out tequila shots to the audience so everybody can toast their hometown.

Bottoms up!"

Having premiered just yesterday at AOL, the extensive behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Nickelback's feel-good summer hit "This Afternoon" is now available for viewing below!

Complete with commentary from the band and director Nigel Dick, 'The Making of This Afternoon' shows a day in the life -- as well as all the ins and outs of constructing a good pool party: babes, beers, stunts and live music!

Watch it below and get your copy of the band's latest stunner Dark Horse by going right here!