VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan's current project, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, will support BLACK STONE CHERRY on their upcoming U.K./Ireland tour. The dates are as follows:

Oct. 10 - 02 Academy - Birmingham, UK
Oct. 11 - Spring and Airbrake - Belfast, IRE
Oct. 12 - Dublin Academy - Dublin, IRE
Oct. 14 - Portsmouth Guildhall - Portsmouth, UK
Oct. 15 - Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK
Oct. 16 - Leeds Academy - Leeds, UK
Oct. 17 - Glasgow Academy - Glasgow, UK
Oct. 19 - Newcastle Academy - Newcastle
Oct. 20 - Manchester Apollo - Manchester, UK
Oct. 21 - Bristol Academy - Bristol, UK
Oct. 23 - Norwich UEA - Norwich, UK
Oct. 24 - Oxford Academy - Oxford, UK

On Sunday, June 28, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED will sign autographs at the Fame record store in Amsterdam, Holland at 5:00 p.m. prior to the band's concert at the Melkweg venue.

For more information, visit www.fame.nl.

"Sick", the new full-length album from DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 43 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Sick" was released in North America on April 7 via Century Media Records. An e-card for the CD, which was produced by Martin Feveyear (PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KINGS OF LEON), is available at this location.

Finland's Musiikki TV conducted an interview with < Duff McKagan at this year's edition of the Provinssirock festival, which was held June 12-14, 2009 in Seinäjoki, Finland. Watch the three-and-a-half-minute chat below.