George Thorogood Tour Dates Announced
George Thorogood will hit the road April 6 with his longtime bandmates, the Destroyers, for a trek of dates that run well into August. More dates will be added.
Currently, George is in California working on an acoustic record, the first of his career. His latest CD, The Hard Stuff, was released last year, and the Gold-certified greatest-hits compilation, George Thorogood: 30 Years of Rock, was named the #1 top Blues Album of both 2005 and 2006 by Billboard magazine, which also crowned the band the #1 Top Blues Artist of 2005. Late last year, George was seen in the first series of actor Morgan Freeman’s Clarksdale Jook Joint Jam, a DVD collection celebrating the blues where he performed alongside Chicago blues great Eddie Shaw.
And how does George stay committed to touring and releasing new music? “30 years ago we had two songs, one guitar and we drove ourselves. Now we have songs that people identify us with, and new music coming out,” he says. “So this is where I have always wanted to be.”
APRIL
6 Santa Ynez, CA Chumash Casino Resort
7 Valley Center, CA Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort
10 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
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11 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
12 Bakersfield, CA Majestic Fox Theatre
13 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
14 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
17 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
19 Knoxville, TN Market Square (w/ Sundown in the City Fest)
20 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
21 Cherokee, NC Harrah’s
22 Nashville, TN City Hall
25 Shawnee, OK Firelake Casino
26 Austin, TX Stubb’s BBQ
27 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bob’s Texas
28 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
29 New Orleans, LA Fairgrounds Racetrack (NO Jazz & Heritage
Fest)
MAY
1 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
2 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
3 West Palm Beach, FL SunFest
4 St. Petersburg, FL Tampa Bay Blues Festival
5 Memphis, TN Beale Street Music Festival
JUNE
19 Denver, CO Red Rocks
21 Kansas City, MO Harrah’s North Kansas City/Voodoo Lounge
22 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah’s Council Bluffs/Stir Cove
23 St. Charles, MO Family Arena
24 Riverside, IA Riverside Casino
26 Chicago, IL House of Blues
28 Oshkosh, WI Leach Amphitheatre
29 St. Paul, MN Taste of Minnesota
30 Naperville, IL Knoch Park Rib Festival
JULY
1 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
2 Muskegon, MI Summer Celebration
4 Rama, ONT Casinorama
5 Rama,ONT Casinorama
6 Ottawa, ONT Ottawa Blues Festival/Lebreton Flats
7 Montreal, QC Metropolis (Festival International de Jazz de
Montreal)
8 Montreal, QC Metropolis (Festival International de Jazz de
Montreal)
27 Bellville, ONT Empire Classic Rock Festival
28 London, ONT Rock The Park IV
29 Lawrence, OH Rock N Resort 07
AUGUST
1 Alexandria, VA Birchmere
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