Concerts & Tours - Page 62

Furthur will be hitting the road again this Fall with a nationwide tour of the U.S. Rooted by Phil Lesh, the group is an offshoot of bassist’s former band The Grateful Dead, and also includes guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir. The two friends recruited bandmates for this latest project in 2009, and have been touring with it since. Deadheads will be treated...

In celebration of a 25 year solo career, former Police frontman and bassist Sting has announced the “Back to Bass” tour, where he will will take a “stripped down” 5-piece band across North America. The shows will highlight many songs that haven’t been played in years, ranging from 1985’s The Dream of Blue Turtles to last year’s Live in Berlin,...

Guitarist Pat Metheny has just announced a tour with bassist Larry Grenadier. Dubbed “An Evening with Pat Metheny with Larry Grenadier”, the duo will tour the U.S. through October, and then add Bill Stewart for their European tour. The U.S. tour ends with a week-long engagement at the Blue Note in New York. This will be Metheny’s first appearance at...

The Big 4 tour will be making its second U.S. stop at Yankee’s Stadium in Bronx, New York on September 14th. The show, which has been hyped for the last four years, brings together four of the biggest metal bands – Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. The groups, of course, are in turn held down by four of the strongest...

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have announced additional tour dates for their tour in support of Rocket Science. The tour kicked off in June, and will continue in 2012. The tour features the original Flecktones line up, including banjoist Bela Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, drummer Roy “Futureman” Wooten and the return of harmonica player Howard Levy. Bela Fleck & The...

Jeff Berlin will part of an all-star jazz fusion trio set to tour the East Coast in September. Filled out by guitarist Scott Henderson and drummer Mike Clark, the group starts in Sellersville, Pennsylvania before snaking up the coast then west to Ohio and ending in Chicago, Illinois on October 2nd. Berlin, who describes the group as the “Clapton-Bruce-Baker of...

After wrapping up a 13-date trek with the Aristocrats, Bryan Beller will be taking his band on the road with the Mike Keneally band on a tour of California, Washington and Oregon. It will be the Bryan Beller band’s first West Coast tour. The outing will be similar of Keneally’s and Beller’s “They’re Both the Same Band” tour of 2010,...

Dio Disciples, a band formed as tribute to the late vocalist Ronnie James Dio, has announced their first U.S. tour. Fronted by singer Tim “Ripper” Owens, the band is made up of alumni from Dio’s band, including bassist Rudy Sarzo, drummer Simon Wright, guitarist Craig Goldy and keyboardist Scott Warren. The tour starts in Poughkeepsie, New York in late September...

Punk legends The Misfits will be hitting the road this Fall in support of The Devil’s Rain, their first all-original studio album since 1999’s Famous Monsters. Led by bassist/vocalist Jerry Only, the iconic band will start with a couple European dates before an extensive trek across the continental U.S. from September to November. The Misfits originally formed in 1977 and...

As fans eagerly await their first album in five years, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced that their August 30th show in Mexico City, Mexico will be broadcast to movie theaters around the world. The show will be the first and only performance of I’m With You, but will also include a selection of hits from throughout their career....

How many people can say that George Duke wrote a symphonic jazz piece for them? Well, add Christian McBride to that list. Duke, the legendary keyboardist/singer will be premiering the work, Concerto for Christian McBride, during a free performance on September 24th at UCLA with the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra and McBride himself. Conducted by Mitch Glickman, the 67-piece orchestra will...

In preparation for their next album, Dream Theater have announced a run of North American tour dates starting September 24th at the Warfield in San Francisco. This will be the group’s first venture without drummer Mike Portnoy, who left the band in September 2010 and subsequently replaced by Mike Mangini. The new album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, is due...