Mike Shinoda Takes Fort Minor On Tour January

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Basking in rave reviews received by his new hip-hop side project, The Rising Tied, under the name Fort Minor, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda is gearing up to hit the road in 2006 bringing.

Shinoda will kick off the forthcoming tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 28 and end in Atlanta, Georgia on February 9, stopping in New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC along the way.

Fort Minor's live show promises to feature an 11-piece band made up of Shinoda, Styles of Beyond, a live string section, back-up singers and BeatDown on drums, according to his label, Machine Shop. In addition, Shinoda will have a few surprises for attendees including reanimated Linkin Park tracks performed Fort Minor style.

The Jay-Z executive produced, Fort Minor project -- produced entirely by Mike Shinoda, who not only wrote every track, but played nearly every instrument as well -- features collaborations with such artists as Common, John Legend, Kenna, The Roots' Black Thought, Linkin Park's Joe Hahn and new Machine Shop artists Styles of Beyond and Holly Brook.

In addition to the music, Mike Shinoda, along with his Linkin Park bandmates, established Music For Relief with the Red Cross in January 2005 to help aid victims of world catastrophes, the first being the Tsunami in Southeast Asia.

For more information on Music For Relief, visit http://www.musicforrelief.org.

Fort Minor's The Rising Tied is in stores now.

Below is a list of confirmed dates, according the Shinoda's label:

1/28/06 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest
1/29/06 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
1/31/06 - Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo
2/1/06 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre
2/3/06 - Boston, MA @ Avalon
2/4/06 - New York, NY @ Nokia Live
2/6/06 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
2/7/06 - Washington DC @ Nation
2/9/06 - Atlanta, GA @ Roxy Theatre
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