September 11, 2000 – With a Gold record for White Pony, their third Maverick CD, a Kerrang! UK Music Award for "Best Album of the Year," a just-completed, sold-out European tour, glowing words written on the pages of Rolling Stone, Time, and Newsweek, and a Top 5 radio track ("Change (In the House of Flies)"), Deftones are set to hit the road again with their "Back To School" U.S. tour, starting Friday, October 13 in Seattle, WA. Dates for this second leg are expected to go through the first week in December, and Deftones will be joined by second act Incubus, and opener Taproot on all dates.

It's been quite a whirlwind for vocalist Chino Moreno, guitarist Stephen Carpenter, bass player Chi Cheng, drummer Abe Cunningham, and DJ Frank Delgado since White Pony was released on June 20. The buzz on the album began early in the year, and hit its first peak the day of its release with the band's first-ever appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman." An SRO U.S. tour immediately followed, and the Sacramento quintet that helped pioneer the aggressive rhythmic rock movement are becoming overnight sensations after more than a decade.

White Pony easily demonstrates that the group's music is becoming more challenging, dynamic, and complex, as well as a bit moody. Deftones' concert set will consist of material from White Pony as well as the certified Gold Adrenaline and Around The Fur CDs.

With many more dates to be added, Deftones' "Back To School" tour dates are as follows:

OCTOBER
13   Mercer Center, Seattle, WA
15    The Armory, Salem, OR
17    Events Center, San Jose, CA
18    Events Center, Reno, NV
20    County Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
25    The Joint, Las Vegas, NVAZ
31    Villa Real, McAllen, TX

NOVEMBER
1     Fairpark Coliseum, Dallas, TX
2     Ariel Theatre, Houston, TX
10    State Theatre, Detroit, MI
14    Air Canada Center, Toronto, ONT
18    Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
19    Roseland, New York, NY