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danko3ATOM WILLARD JOINS DANKO JONES ON UPCOMING TOUR
We are excited to announce that Atom Willard will be joining Danko Jones as the drummer on their upcoming summer tour, replacing Dan Cornelius who is no longer with the band. With a history in bands like Rocket From The Crypt, The Offspring and Social Distortion and being a current member of Angels & Airwaves the experience and talent Atom is bringing to the band will be the beginning of a very exciting new chapter.

Says Danko “Both JC and I have been fans of Atom Willard for years. We own the records he's on and hell, we even wrote a song about his old band [?RIP RFTC? about Rocket From The Crypt]. Yes, we're ecstatic he's coming out with us.”

Atom’s first show with the band will be in Gothenburg on June 15th and they have about a dozen European festivals lined up all through summer. More North American dates will be announced shortly. Atom: "I have been a fan of this band, and these songs for a long ass time...so when they asked if I could do it, and I could, I was stoked! I love rock and roll!"

Danko Jones recently completed a music video trilogy starring Elijah Wood, Selma Blair, Ralph Macchio, Jena Malone, Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Mike Watt (Minutemen, The Stooges) and many more. Billboard.com hailed the final installment of the trilogy for ?I Think Bad Thoughts,? as being ?filled with badassery on so many levels? And called it ?the ultimate action-film music video?.

You can watch all videos here: http://www.getmedankojones.com/ The first single, ?Full of Regret?, was one of the most played rock songs on Canadian radio last year and both in terms of airplay and chart positions the most successful single in the band?s entire career in both the US and Canada. The latest single, ?I Think Bad Thoughts?, is currently at #34 in the US radio charts and climbing rapidly.

Danko: When I saw Atom Willard in the crowd 6 years ago at The Troubadour in Los Angeles watching us, I was dumbstruck. I almost stopped the show just so I could get my copy of "The State Of Art Is On Fire" 10" signed. Now that he'll be playing with us that'll be thefirst order of business.

Danko Jones Live:
17.06.11  Litchtenfels // Motörhead-Open Air
26.06.11  Wien // Donauinselfestival
29.07.11  Großefehn // Omas Teich Festival
06.08.11  Wacken // Wacken Open Air
19.08.11  Ludwighausen // Area4

More Information:
www.dankojones.com
www.facebook.com/dankojones

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