MAY
9,
2008
SANTANA -
"MULTI DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR"
AUCTION
- 2 tickets
to his sold-out hometown
show at the historic
Fillmore in San Francisco,
including a VIP meet & greet
at an exclusive event and a
signed print by famed rock
photographer Jim Marshall
An
incredible opportunity to be
there when Carlos Santana
returns to his home town of
San Francisco for a rare and
intimate concert at the
historic Fillmore in San
Francisco. Winning bid will
get 2 tickets to the
sold-out show on Wednesday,
May 21st. After the show,
join Carlos and the band at
an exclusive reception at
the Lush Life Gallery/Jazz
Heritage Center. You will
also take home a special
Carlos Santana photographic
print taken by celebrated
rock photographer Jim
Marshall, signed by both the
artist and the photographer,
as well as a copy of
Carlos' forthcoming album
"Multi Dimensional Warrior"
(not in stores until August
5th).
Carlos
Santana has been reinventing
and reshaping the landscape
of musical culture for close
to four decades. A visionary
artist with no regards for
genre boundaries, Carlos'
fluid sound long ago laid
claim to the concept of
"world music" before the
term ever surfaced on pop
culture radar. A member of
the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, Santana has sold more
than 90 million records, and
performed to over 100
million people globally. He
has won ten GRAMMY(r)
Awards, including a record
tying nine for a single
project for his 36th album,
the blockbuster 1999 disc
Supernatural. Well into his
fourth decade of recording
and performing, Carlos
Santana is at the pinnacle
of his career, more vital
and relevant than ever. He
magnificently embodies both
"old school" virtuosity and
"new school" cool,
continually reaching
successive new generations
of fans with his passionate
music. His signature
sound-fusing rock, jazz,
blues, soul, Latin idioms,
multi-cultural genres and
more-is as unique as it is
instantly identifiable. With
his lifetime of music and
achievement, Santana has
become a cultural event--
transcending genre, crossing
cultures--creating the music
that has become the
soundtrack for the world.
Less publicized, but equally
as profound as his artistic
legacy, is Santana's long
history of social activism
and contributions of time
and funds to humanitarian
causes. As a culmination of
his decades of support for
countless charities and
non-profit agencies the
world over, he and Deborah
Santana founded the Milagro
Foundation in 1998. With
over $2.8million in grants
to date, Milagro supports
organizations promoting the
welfare of underserved
children in the areas of
health, education, and the
arts.
Proceeds from this auction
lot will go to benefit The
Milagro Foundation. For more
information, or to bid on
this unique experience, go
to CharityFolks.com or click
on:
http://www.charityfolks.com/cfauctions/auction_bid.asp?AuctionID=11143&catname=Music&mcid=8749
BILLBOARD HONORS IRON
MAIDEN
FIRST
TIME IN BILLBOARD
HISTORY BILLBOARD LOGO
WILL APPEAR WITH A
SPECIAL IRON MAIDEN
TWIST
PLUS
MAIDEN ON CNN
International
Billboard
magazine, the hugely
influential New York
based weekly "bible" of
the international music
industry, is set to
feature
IRON MAIDEN
in a special supplement
contained in its May 17
(street date May 10)
issue in recognition of
the band's continued and
increasing North
American and global
success. Running 40
pages or more,
Billboard
magazine will give an
overview of Maiden's
current "SOMEWHERE
BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR,"
the band and the key
people around them, and
their illustrious
history as one of the
world's premier live
bands. Issued the same
week as their 'Best of'
album
Somewhere Back in Time
(which is out in Canada
on May 13), the magazine
will also pay Maiden the
unique honour of having
the front cover
Billboard
logo in Maiden font
style, marking the first
time in the magazine’s
history that it will not
have the copyrighted
Billboard logo on the
cover.
2008 continues to be a
very busy year for Iron
Maiden. Due to
phenomenal ticket
demand, the band returns
to North America in May
and June as the second
leg of their 'SOMEWHERE
BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR'
before returning to
Twickenham on July 5 for
their only UK show this
year. International
News media have been
fascinated by the
breadth of the band’s
touring and means of
travel on the first leg
of their tour (on Ed
Force One, the unique
customized Boeing 757,
which contained band,
crew and equipment and
piloted by vocalist
Captain Bruce Dickinson)
resulting in news pieces
and interviews running
on virtually every
national News network
from the international
markets visited,
including CTV, Sky, CNN,
Fox, ABC and Globo
Brazil.
CNN International, one
of the World's premier
international News
broadcasters, traveled
with Maiden on Ed Force
One in March through
Colombia and Brazil to
film live and behind the
scenes with the band
during "SOMEWHERE
BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR."
The footage will appear
both online and on the
CNN International TV
channel broadcasts of
"Revealed," "a monthly
profile of some of the
world’s most
successful,
inspirational, creative
and influential
personalities" (CNN Int).
Maiden marks the first
time that "Revealed" has
ever covered a group of
people rather than an
individual, let alone a
Rock band, and a Metal
one at that. CNN
International is
available for viewing
online from May 10 at
http://www.cnn.com/revealed.
The Iron Maiden shows in
Western Canada sold
every available ticket
in each market in just
four days and the band
recently announced that
they will be opening the
HEAVY MTL event on
Saturday, June 21 at
Parc Jean-Drapeau in
Montreal.
SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME
-- WORLD TOUR 08' CANADA
SUMMER TOUR DATES:
June 3 - Pacific
Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
June 5 - Pengrowth
Saddledome, Calgary, AB
June 6 - Rexall Place,
Edmonton, AB
June 8 - Brandt Centre,
Regina, SK
June 9 - MTS Centre,
Winnipeg, MB
June 21 - Parc Jean-Drapeau,
Montreal, PQ
In an unprecedented move
to let the younger fans
hear, understand and
appreciate the quality
of the 14 classic 80's
tracks from the album
Somewhere Back In Time,
EMI launch the unique
SOMEWHERE BEST IN SOUND
promotion which allows
new fans to listen to
the entire album at high
quality WMA, without
charge, at their leisure
three times before the
download expires. The
listener is then given a
simple option to upgrade
and purchase the album
as a full download.
Finally, vocalist Bruce
Dickinson is renowned
for his many talents.
As well as flying
airliners and hosting
his own rock programme
for the BBC's Radio 6
digital channel, Bruce
has moved into the world
of film and has
co-written the
screenplay for the
forthcoming supernatural
thriller Chemical
Wedding This will be
released theatrically
around the UK at the end
of May after a special
launch at the Cannes
Film Festival on May
17. The film stars
Simon Callow as
Professor Haddo, a
reincarnated Aleister
Crowley, who was once
dubbed the most evil man
in Britain.
www.chemicalweddingmovie.com.
FLURRY
OF NEW HEART RE-RELEASES
CONTINUE TO HIT THE STREET
Veteran Rock Legends as
Potent a Musical Force as
Ever in an Active 2008
That Includes Major Summer
Tour & Return of
Jupiter’s Darling
(Los
Angeles) The next two months
will have a whole lot of
Heart — the superstar rock
band, that is — with three
releases of classic and
recent music coinciding with
the group’s three-month,
40-plus date nationwide
summer tour. On May 13,
Epic/Legacy will release a
Heart twofer set that
combines their landmark,
multimillion selling albums
Little Queen (1977)
and Dog & Butterfly
(1979) into one eco-friendly
package as part of the debut
of the X2 series. The X2 set
boasts five bonus tracks,
including a live recording
of Heart performing Led
Zeppelin’s “Stairway To
Heaven.” And the liner notes
by critic Michael Hill for
the Heart Playlist
collection make the case
that “You could call Heart
the first great indie-rock
band” — they debuted with
Dreamboat Annie on a
Canadian independent label —
and observe how “The Wilson
sisters flipped the script
on male-dominated rock,
fronting a group of guys
while never acceding to the
role of rock-chick window
dressing. Their up-tempo
numbers were loud, fast, and
economically arranged,
focusing on Ann’s amazing
pipes and some killer guitar
licks, but they also
displayed a gentler, more
hippie-like side that was
equally appealing.”
Epic/Legacy will also
release a Heart title as
part of its Playlist series
that gathers 14 of the
group’s best songs — all
re-mastered and mp3 ready —
into an also eco-friendly
digi-pak set that includes
computer accessible pdf
files containing liner notes
essays, discographical
information, photography,
bonus features, and more.
The
two packages also coincide
with the recently announced
June 3 re-release of
Jupiter’s Darling,
Heart’s most recent studio
recording from 2004 that was
hailed as “probably their
best album to date” from the
influential and beloved band
and “the only album you need
to buy this year” by
England’s Rave
magazine. All Music Guide
praised it as “easily
the band’s finest moment in
over 20 years [that] proves
in spades that Heart is a
vital and creative
rock’n’roll unit and a force
to be reckoned with.”
Heart’s 32 years of ongoing
and consistently
high-quality rocking has had
a cumulative effect that
finds the band’s appeal
resurging as they make 2008
a particularly active year.
The recent appearance by Ann
& Nancy Wilson on the
Idol Gives Back TV
charity special performing
“Barracuda” with Fergie
powered a sales surge on
iTunes for the original
track as well as the clip of
the song from the show. And
since the announcement of
the group’s summer tour with
Journey and Cheap Trick
(dates listed below),
membership in the Heart fan
club (“Heartmongers”) has
doubled. On the tour fans
will be able to enjoy
performances from the
extensive catalog of hits as
well as songs from Ann
Wilson’s recent Zoe/Rounder
Records solo album Hope &
Glory.
The
group’s many 2008 activities
and resurgent popularity
suggest that even after 30
million albums sold to date,
a groundbreaking legacy and
a stature to rival rock’s
biggest stars, Heart’s
fourth decade of rocking
will be as notable as those
that came before.
Heart tour dates:
June
5 Honolulu, HI Neal
Blaisdell Concert Hall
June
6 Waikoloa, HI
Hilton Waikoloa Village
SUMMER TOUR with JOURNEY,
HEART & CHEAP TRICK
July
9 Denver, CO
Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July
11 Salt Lake City, UT
USANA Amphitheatre
July
12 Lake Tahoe, NV
Harvey’s Lake Resort
July
15 San Diego, CA
Coors Amphitheatre
July
14 Friant, CA Table
Mountain Rancheria (Heart
solo show)
July
16 Los Angeles, CA
Verizon Amphitheatre
July
18 Las Vegas, NV
Mandalay Bay Arena
July
22 Council Bluffs, IA
Mid American Center
July
23 Oklahoma City, OK
Zoo Amphitheatre
July
25 San Antonio, TX
Verizon Amphitheatre
July
26 Houston, TX
Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavilion
July
27 Dallas, TX
Superpages.com Amphitheatre
July
30 Tampa, FL Ford
Amphitheatre
July
31 West Palm Beach, FL
Sound Advice Amphitheatre
August
2 Charlotte, NC
Verizon Amphitheatre
August
3 & 4 Atlanta, GA
Chastain
August
6 Orange Beach, FL The
Amphitheare @The Wharf
August
7 New Orleans, LA House
of Blues (Heart solo show)
August
9 Nashville, TN Wild
Horse Saloon (Heart solo
show)
August
10 Raleigh, NC Walnut
Creek
August
12 Virginia Beach, VA
Verizon Amphitheatre
August
14 Wantagh, NY Nikon
at Jones Beach
August
16 Scranton, PA Toyota
Amphitheater
August
17 Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun
August
19 Boston. MA Tweeter
Center
August
21 Holmdel, NJ PNC
Bank Arts Center
August
23 Syracuse, NY New
York State Fair
August
24 Saratoga, NY
Saratoga Performing Arts
Center
August
26 Camden, NJ
Susquehanna Bank Center
August
27 Washington, DC Nissan
Pavilion
August
28 Hershey, PA
Hersheypark Pavilion
August
30 Bethel Woods, NY
Bethel Woods
September 3 Manchester,
NH Verizon Theatre
September 5 Toronto,
ONT Molsen Amphitheatre
September 6 Cleveland,
OH Blossom Amphitheatre
September 7 Cincinnati,
OH Riverbend Music
Center
September 9 Detroit,
MI DTE Energy Music
Theatre
September 10 Indianapolis,
IN Verizon Amphitheatre
September 12 Chicago,
IL First Midwest Bank
Amphitheatre
September 13 St. Louis,
MO Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre St. Louis
September 19 Seattle,
WA White River
Amphitheatre
September 21 Portland,
OR Clark County
Amphitheare
September 24 Concord,
CA Sleep Train Pavilion
at Concord
September 26 Sacramento,
CA Sleep Train Pavilion
at Sacramento
September 27 Mountain View,
CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 30 Los Angeles,
CA Greek Theatre
http://heart-music.com
http://www.myspace.com/heart
AC/DC TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
The boys have been holed up in a
Vancouver studio with producer
Brendan O'Brien and longtime audio
engineer Mike Fraser, cooking up
their first collection of new
material since the 2000 release of
Stiff
Upper Lip.
Fans can expect the new album
sometime later this year. We know
it's not an easy wait, but you don't
have to sit there twiddling your
thumbs.
ACDC.com
MAY
7,
2008
BLONDIE’S ‘PARALLEL
LINES’ TO BE REISSUED
JUNE 24 BY CAPITOL/EMI IN
EXPANDED 30TH ANNIVERSARY
EDITION
CD/DVD Adds Bonus Tracks,
Classic Promo Videos &
Previously Unreleased BBC TV
Performance to Original
Album Tracks
Blondie’s “Parallel Lines
30th Anniversary Tour”
Begins June 5 in Baltimore
Hollywood, California – May
6, 2008
– On June 24, Capitol/EMI
will release an expanded 30th
Anniversary Edition of
Blondie’s Parallel Lines
album, which has sold more
than 20 million copies
around the world since its
1978 debut. The
commemorative CD/DVD release
adds four bonus audio
tracks, three classic music
videos and a previously
unreleased TV performance
from the BBC’s “Top Of The
Pops” to the album’s
original tracklist, as well
as a booklet containing the
original album photo
session.
Parallel Lines
peaked at #6 on Billboard’s
Top 200 Albums chart and
included Blondie’s first #1
hit, “Heart Of Glass,” named
one of the greatest songs
ever by Blender
magazine. The iconic album
also features the smash hit
“One Way Or Another” as well
as “Hanging On The
Telephone” and “Sunday
Girl.”
This
summer, the legendary New
York City icons and Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame inductees
return to doing what they do
best: hitting the road to
sold-out performances across
the U.S. and Europe on the
band’s “Parallel Lines 30th
Anniversary Tour.” Says
Blondie’s Chris Stein, "We
are looking forward to
seeing new and old fans out
there this summer. We have
been doing pretty much the
same show for several tours
now, and this time we have
more rehearsal time than
usual and we’re going to try
to take it a bit further."
For
more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/blondie.
Blondie: Parallel Lines (30th
Anniversary Edition)
(CD/DVD)
CD
1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away And Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6. I Know But I Don't Know
7. 11:59
8. Will Anything Happen?
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart Of Glass
11. I'm Gonna Love You Too
12. Just Go Away
Bonus tracks:
13. Heart Of Glass – [7"
single version]
14. Sunday Girl – [French
version]
15. Fade Away And Radiate
[108 BPM Remix]
16. Hanging On The Telephone
[Nosebleed Handbag Remix]
DVD
1. Picture This - [promo
video]
2. Hanging On The Telephone
– [promo video]
3. Heart Of Glass – [promo
video]
4. Sunday Girl – [BBC TV,
“Top Of The Pops”] –
previously unreleased
Blondie - “Parallel Lines 30th
Anniversary Tour” (confirmed
dates)
June
Thursday 6/5/08
Baltimore, MD
Ramshead
Friday 6/6/08
Englewood, NJ
Bergen Performing Arts
Sunday 6/8/08
Jackson NJ
Great Adventure
Tuesday 6/10/08
Kingston, NY
Broadway Theatre
Thursday 6/12/08
Ontario, CAN
Casino Rama
Friday 6/13/08
Ontario, CAN
Casino Rama
Saturday 6/14/08
Niagara Falls, NY
Seneca
Events Center
Tuesday 6/17/08
Red Bank, NJ
Count Basie Theatre
Wednesday 6/18/08
Farmingville, NY
Brookhaven
Friday 6/20/08
Hyannis, MA
Cape Cod Melody
Saturday 6/21/08
Cohasset, MA
South Shore Music Circus
Sunday 6/22/08
New York, NY
Nokia Theatre
Tuesday 6/24/08
Louisville, KY
Kentucky Center
Thursday 6/26/08
Chester, WV
Mountaineer Racetrack
Friday 6/27/08
Chicago, IL
Lincoln Park Zoo
Saturday 6/28/08
Milwaukee, WI
Summerfest
July
Thursday 7/3/08
Tel Aviv, Israel
Raanana Amphitheatre
Saturday 7/5/08
Guilford, UK
Guilfest
Sunday 7/6/08
Bristol,
UK
Academy
Tuesday 7/8/08
St. Petersburg, Russia
Oktyabrski
Wednesday 7/9/08
Moscow, Russia
B1
Thursday 7/10/08
Helsinki, Finland
House Of Culture
Saturday 7/12/08
Belgium, Brussels
Rock
Zottegem
Sunday 7/13/08
Zurich,
Switzerland
Xtra Limmitshaus
Tuesday 7/15/08
Luxembourg
Den Atelier
Wednesday 7/16/08
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Paradiso
Friday 7/18/08
Barcelona,
Spain
Summercase Festival
Saturday 7/19/08
Madrid, Spain
Summercase Festival
Sunday 7/20/08
Suffolk,
UK
Latitude Festival
Tuesday 7/22/08
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool Pops
Thursday 7/24/08
Galway,
Ireland
Ireland Arts Festival
Friday 7/25/08
Dublin, Ireland
Vicar
Street
Saturday 7/26/08
Glasgow, Scotland
Academy
Monday 7/28/08
London,
UK
Motorshow Music Festival
Thursday 7/31/08
Sweden
Storsjoyran Festival
August
Friday
8/1/08
Norway
Storas Festival
Saturday 8/2/08
Oslo,
Norway
Rockerfeller
RATT brings 25th
Anniversary Tour To Ireland,
England, Sweden and
Spain
We look forward to connecting again
with all of our fans on the other
side of the pond!
See you in May!"
5/30 - Sheffield-Corporation
5/31 - Nottingham-Rock city
6/1 - Belfast-Spring & Airbrake
6/3 - Dudley-JB's
6/4 - London Astoria 2
6/5 - Leeds-Rio's
6/7- Sweden-Sweden Rock Festival
6/9 - Bilbao-Rock Star Live
6/10 -Barcelona- Razzmatazz
THE ROCK
SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY
6PM-9PM -- May 4th.
It’s
1988. Disillusioned with his
solo career, David Bowie forms a
rock band: Tin Machine.Their
ground breaking debut record is
the Rock Sho
w’s
album of the week. Presenter
Jeff Collins talks to Tin
Machine guitarist Reeves Gabrels
- who went on to spent ten years
working with Bowie. Tune in from
6pm to hear Reeves talk about
how he first met Bowie, working
in a band with one of music’s
most famous singer’s, and the
legacy of Tin Machine.
Also this
week Jeff talks to South Wales
rockers Circle of One. The
band’s songs are full of
mesmerizing riffs, wonderful
melodies and possess a true rock
swagger. At the end of 2007 they
released their debut mini album
The Loud Minority. They have a
new release planned for later
this year. They are the Rock
Show’s Band to Watch this
week.
All that
plus tracks from the forthcoming
new Def Leppard album and former
Hawkwind bassist Alan Davey’s
group Gunslinger! Plus three
hours of the best classic rock
tunes around.
Jeff’s
previous guests on the Rock Show
have Don Airey (Deep Purple)
Vinny Appice (Black
Sabbath/Heaven and Hell) Paul
Rodgers (Free/Bad Comp
any),
Keith Emerson (ELP), Geoff
Downes (Yes and Asia), Bill
Bruford (King Crimson) Fish
(former Marillion) Richie
Edwards (The Darkness/Stone
Gods), and Stuart Cable (Stereophonics/Killing
For Company)
The Rock
Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 FM
across Herefordshire and 107FM
and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.
Listen
Online at
www.sunshine-radio.net.
Jeff
Collins is also the author of
the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT
ROCKFIELD, written about the
iconic rock acts who have
recorded at Rockfield and Monnow
Valley studios in Monmouthshire.
Jeff has just finished his
latest book about former
Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart
Cable, which is due out in
September 2008.
MAY
6,
2008
DAVID GILMOUR
ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE
David Gilmour
has announced the release of Live In
Gdañsk in September, 2008 on
Columbia Records. The album was
recorded during the last concert of
Gilmour's 2006 summer tour, which
was held in front of 50,000 people
at the shipyards in Gdañsk, Poland.
The concert was the only occasion on
which Gilmour performed the tour
material with an orchestra, using
the 40-strong string section of the
Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew
Preisner, who was responsible for On
An Island album's orchestral
arrangements.
Other unique features of the show
included the special 6-screen
design, created by lightmeister Marc
Brickman to allow each band member
his own dedicated screen for the
edification of the audience; the
performance of “A Great Day For
Freedom” with the orchestral
arrangement of the late Michael
Kamen, and a guest appearance by
prominent Polish pianist Leszek
Mozdzer, who reprised his piano part
from On An Island’s “A Pocketful Of
Stones”.
David Gilmour’s most recent
offering, On An Island, was
multi-platinum around the world,
hitting number 1 in Europe, number 1
in the UK and number 6 in the U.S.
Best known as guitarist, vocalist
and writer with Pink Floyd, Gilmour
is also renowned for his solo work
and collaborations with other
artists including Kate Bush, Paul
McCartney and Pete Townshend.
MAY
5,
2008
TESLA COMIN' ATCHA LIVE!
2008 DVD SET FOR RELEASE
JUNE 24 ON TESLA
ELECTRIC COMPANY
RECORDINGS;
WORLD TOUR BEGINS JUNE 6
IN SWEDEN
May 5, 2008 -- After 25 years,
12 albums, over 2,500 shows,
over 16 million albums sold
worldwide, TESLA is stronger
than ever.
Continuing on that momentum,
TESLA--Jeff Keith (vocals),
Frank Hannon
(guitars),
Brian Wheat (bass), Troy Luccketta (drums) and
Dave Rude (guitar)—will release
their third DVD,
COMIN’ ATCHA LIVE! 2008,
on June 24 on the band’s Tesla
Electric Company Recordings
label (in partnership with Ryko
Distribution).
“This DVD marks a new era
creatively for TESLA because we
put it all together ourselves,
capturing the band’s concert and
life on the road,” says lead
guitarist Frank
Hannon. “Nowadays, we are more
involved in every aspect of our
music career than ever before.
We are very excited about the
creative results and it really
shows in the new DVD.”
It’s TESLA’s first DVD in 17
years (since 1991’s
Five Man Video Band) and
is filled with over two hours of
live music, over an hour of
special behind-the-scenes
footage and never-before-seen
material, including footage of
TESLA interacting with fans,
giving viewers a personal tour
of Seattle, and an up-close look
at their touring equipment and
guitars.
COMIN’ ATCHA LIVE! 2008
also marks the world premiere of
“Dear Pvt. Ledbetter,” a new
song written in honor of the
troops from the band’s
forthcoming album, which is
currently being recorded at
bassist Brian
Wheat’s studio,
J Street Recorders with producer
Terry Thomas (who was behind the
boards on the band’s 1994
BUST A NUT album) and
will be released this
September. More details to be
announced in the coming weeks.
The DVD was filmed at the Myth
Nightclub in
Maplewood,
Minnesota on February 22. At the sold-out
show, TESLA treated fans to
numerous classics such as “What
You Give,” “Signs,” “Modern Day
Cowboy,” “Love Song” and “Little
Suzi.”
TESLA has been non-stop touring
all around the world the past 12
months in support of their
two-disc critically acclaimed
REAL TO REEL covers
album. After taking their
current hiatus from the road to
record the new album of all
original material, they’re
getting right back out on the
concert trail. Their 2008
worldwide tour starts June 6 in
Solvesborg, Sweden at the Sweden
Rock Festival. After the
European dates conclude on June
27, they’ll start a
U.S. trek on
July 12, lasting throughout the
summer and well into the fall.
Their summer trek includes a
stop in
Pryor, OK on
July 13 as part of Rocklahoma.
Here are the
current tour dates. Fans should
stay tuned to the band’s
official website and Myspage
page (see addresses below) for
more dates which will be added
in the coming weeks.
DATE
CITY
VENUE
Fri 6/6
Solvesborg,
Sweden
Sweden
Rock Festival
Sat 6/7
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Vega
Tue 6/10
Prattein,
Switzerland
Z7
Wed 6/11
Ludwigsburg,
Germany
Rockfabrik
Fri 6/13
Berlin,
Germany
Columbia
Club
Sat 6/14
Essen,
Germany
Weststadthalle
Mon 6/16 Dudley,
England
JB’s Club
Tue 6/17
Leeds,
England
Rio’s
Thu 6/19 Sheffield,
England
Corporation
Sat 6/21
Bilboa,
Spain
Kobeta Sonic Festival
Sun 6/22
Zaragoza,
Spin
Oasis
Tue 6/24
Paris,
France
Trabendo
Wed 6/25
Zoetermeer,
Netherlands
De Boerderij
Fri 6/27
Dessel,
Belgium
Graspop Metal Meeting
Sat 7/12
Boerne, TX
South Texas Rockfest
Sun 7/13 Pryor,
OK
Rocklahoma
Sat 7/19
Waukesha,
WI
Waukesha
County
Fair
Sun 7/20 Cadott,
WI
Chippewa
Valley
Rock Fest
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MAY
2,
2008
GEORGE
THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS
ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR WITH BUDDY GUY
GEORGE
THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS never
stop. The band is gearing up for a
busy spring and summer on the road,
kicking off May 13 in Victoria, B.C.
and wrapping June 7 in Moncton, N.B.
After the Canadian trek--which
include sold out shows in Calgary
and Edmonton--Buddy Guy will join
THOROGOOD and the DESTROYERS for a
month of shows launching July 23 in
Silverton, OR. This tour will
include a stop at the Greek Theatre
in Los Angeles August 1 and at New
York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom
August 15. See below for all
confirmed dates and check out
www.georgethorogood.com
for the latest information.
THOROGOOD says it’s an honor to
share the stage with BUDDY GUY, a
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
and an influential guitar master who
is said to have influenced Eric
Claption, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie
Ray Vaughan, among other greats.
“Hands-down one of the best ever,”
says GEORGE. “You know you’re in the
majors when you get to hit the road
with someone like Buddy.”
The brash, iconic and outspoken
GEORGE THOROGOOD--who calls his
group “the world’s greatest bar
band”--started 2008 off with a month
long tour that took the band though
California and the South, garnering
critical praise along the way:
“George Thorogood & the Destroyers
has been re-energizing the electric
blues from those old blues guys and
then some, ripping through his
nearly three decades of rockers, and
leaving the joint hooting and
dancing.”
-Bill Locey, VENTURA COUNTY STAR
(3/2/2008)
“The entire performance was
energetic, raucous and wonderful.
Thorogood danced in circles, kicked
his legs and shook to the beat the
entire evening. His voice is in
great shape and his attitude is 100%
cocky rebel rocker.”
-Jeb Wright,
CLASSICROCKREVISITED.COM (3/6/2008)
“Fans may have known what to
expect from George Thorogood and the
Destroyers that night, but he still
surpassed everyone's expectations.”
-Stephanie Netherton, SHREVEPORT
(LA) TIMES (3/21/08)
“The beat was steady, the music
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