Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRŸCHE premiered their new album, "American Soldier", and performed live on April 1, 2009 on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline".

Behind-the-scenes footage from the band's appearance on the program can be viewed on QUEENSRŸCHE's official web site: Part 1, Part 2.

The band kicked off the second North American leg of the "American Soldier" tour on July 22 in Wilmington, Delaware and will play nearly 40 dates leading up to their ShipRocked cruise, which begins on November 15. Included in these dates are three shows with newly formed rock supergroup CHICKENFOOT.

QUEENSRŸCHE's touching ballad "Home Again", from their latest album "American Soldier", has really struck a chord with the military community and the band recently asked members of the military to submit pictures of themselves with their families to be featured in the music video for the song.

Like all the songs on "American Soldier", "Home Again" is based on a real soldier's story as told to singer Geoff Tate. The song features a rare duet between Geoff and his 11-year-old daughter Emily and examines the emotional toll of war from two perspectives with Geoff singing from the soldier's point of view and his daughter singing from that of the child left behind.