Virtually unheard of in the touring world, especially for a established act, QUEENSRŸCHE's stop in Atlantic City, NJ (May 16th) was just the sixth of 13 consecutive nights! While the band had been scheduled for a day off after Myrtle Beach, SC, both band and crew decided to do a special show at Fort Benning. Supporting American Soldier, an album that looks at the lives of American military men, in an honest, non-glamorous, non-Hollywood idealized way, the Seattle outfit got word of a troop deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan, shipping out Tuesday, May 19th. Therefore, the band and crew have decided to forego a day off to perform a one hour set (complete stage set up) for those departing combatants. For their efforts, the band will arrive via helicopter, touching down and taking the stage at the Georgia installation. It’s one thing to talk the talk, but Queensrÿche are walking the walk too, in terms of their respect for service men and women (who also get premium seating at Ryche shows).

Ralph Sutton of the US nationally syndicated radio show The Tour Bus has posted video footage of Queensrÿche's acoustic performance on the program.