Fort Minor Concert Tour '06- Fort Minor The Rising Tied

Haven't heard of Fort Minor yet? Well get ready - Fort Minor appeared on Jay Leno last night, has a music video that is moving up the TRL charts and is beginning the 2006 Fort Minor Concert Tour 1/28/2006 in Minneapolis. The concert tour takes Fort Minor through the states, Canada, Australia and Signapore and celebrates their first major label album "The Rising Tied" (co-produced by Jay-Z).

So who is Fort Minor? They are an alternative-infused hip-hop band that mixes the sounds of Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park!) and singer Chester Bennington. The experience is uniquely Fort Minor - but can be described as part Linkin Park, part Bubba Sparx.

01/28/06  - Fort Minor Concert   
    Quest Club    
    Minneapolis, MN, US        
   
01/29/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    House of Blues - Chicago    
    Chicago, IL, US    
   
01/31/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    St. Andrew's Hall    
    Detroit, MI, US        
   
02/01/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Phoenix Concert Theater    
    Toronto, ONTARIO, CA        
   
02/03/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Avalon    
    Boston, MA, US        
   
02/04/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Lupo's at The Strand    
    Providence, RI, US        
   
02/06/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Nokia Theatre    
    New York, NY, US    
   
02/09/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Roxy Theatre    
    Atlanta, GA, US        
   
02/10/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Nation    
    Washington, DC, US        
   
02/21/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    The Fillmore    
    San Francisco, CA, US    
       
02/24/06   - Fort Minor Concert
    Taipei Soccer Stadium    
    Taipei, Taiwan, TW        
   
02/26/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Aktive Square    
    Bangkok, Nonthaburi, TH    
   
02/28/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Bukit Kiara Indoor Venue    
    Kuala Lumpur, MY        
   
03/01/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    Singapore Indoor Stadium    
    Singapore, Singapore, SG    
   
03/03/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    The Arena    
    Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, AU    
       
03/04/06   - Fort Minor Concert   
    Enmore Theatre    
    Newtown, Sydney, AU    
       
03/05/06  - Fort Minor Concert    
    The Palace    
    St Kilda, Melbourne, AU    
   
03/07/06   - Fort Minor Concert   
    The St James Theatre    
    Auckland, NZ

About Fort Minor from the Fort Minor themselves: "How do you thrive in the shadow, substantial and arena-sized, of a group that has sold over 35 million albums? If you're Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, the answer is: shine your own light. Shinoda is half the vocal firepower of the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning band Linkin Park, trading diaphragmatic diatribes with singer Chester Bennington and infusing the searing alternative rock with equally intense hip-hop. From album to album, Shinoda and his bandmates have garnered a reputation based on their appetite for striking new ground. On his first outing alone, Shinoda is ready to show people that he is still hungry.

Shinoda's rap roots have always had to share space with other elements—until now. Fort Minor is a wholly unique, unadulterated hip hop album, owing as much to Shinoda's polished lyricism as his musical adeptness. The variety of themes, styles, and moods he creates make this "side project" likely to do much more than simply satisfy existing LP fans; it threatens to expose Shinoda as a rap devotee who is as at home in hip-hop as he is in the cross-genre hybrid of Linkin Park.

The Rising Tied, the much-anticipated debut of Shinoda's Fort Minor, will be released by Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros., in Fall 2005. Executive Produced by Jay-Z (who collaborated with Linkin Park on 2004's Collision Course), The Rising Tied is produced and mixed by Shinoda, who wrote every track, played nearly every instrument and "slaved over every detail."