The Foo Fighters recently announced the first wave of confirmed US tour dates in support of their sixth studio album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Today the band released additions to the tour schedule that include their first ever performance at NYC's Madison Square Garden. According to a press release:

This will be the band's biggest American tour to date and includes the Foos' first ever show at New York's Madison Square Garden. As on their warm up dates earlier this fall, core Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett will be joined by Pat Smear on guitar, Rami Jaffee on keyboards, Drew Hester on percussion, and Jessy Greene on strings.

In addition to great live music, the band is also giving fans the opportunity to support a fantastic charity called TreeBank:

A limited quantity of premium tickets for a number of shows will be available only through Ticketmaster auctions. Auction proceeds will benefit local tree planting through TreeBank, an online donation system dedicated to urban forest tree planting. Each auction will run for approximately two weeks following each show's on-sale date, and TreeBank will distribute auction proceeds to local "branches" for tree planting in every community on the Foo Fighters tour. The Ticketmaster auction page is: http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/ibnms8 TreeBank is a program of TreeLink®, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that offers information to educate and work with government, professionals and volunteers in community forests. You can find more information about the program at the below links: https://www.itreebank.org/http://www.treelink.org/

Here is the full tour schedule thus far, with a few more shows TBA:1/16 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center1/17 - Orlando, FL - Amway Arena1/19 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena1/20 - Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Civic Center1/22 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center1/23 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center 1/25 - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum1/26 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1/28 - Fayetteville, AR - Barnhill Arena1/29 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center2/18 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center 2/19 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden2/21 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum 2/24 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena 2/25 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena2/27 - Minneapolis, MN - Target CenterTickets have already gone on sale for the previously announced dates, while the new dates begin sales on the weekend of December 1st."Pretender" - the first single off Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace: