George Thorogood: Acoustic CD, Spring/Summer Tour

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George Thorogood: Acoustic CD, Spring/Summer Tour
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS are back at it. The venerable blues guitarist and singer will hit the road April 6 with his longtime bandmates for a trek of dates that run well into August. More dates will be added.

Meanwhile, 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 greatest hits compilation George Thorogood: 30 Years Of Rock, certified Gold by the R.I.A.A., 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.”

Confirmed tour dates are below
DATE CITY VENUE

Fri 4/6 Santa Ynez, CA Chumash Casino Resort
Sat 4/7 Valley Center, CA Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort
Tue 4/10 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
Wed 4/11 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Thu 4/12 Bakersfield, CA Majestic Fox Theatre
Fri 4/13 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Sat 4/14 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
Tue 4/17 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Thu 4/19 Knoxville, TN Market Square (w/ Sundown in the City Fest)
Fri 4/20 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Sat 4/21 Cherokee, NC Harrah’s
Sun 4/22 Nashville, TN City Hall
Wed 4/25 Shawnee, OK Firelake Casino
Thu 4/26 Austin, TX Stubb’s BBQ
Fri 4/27 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bob’s Texas
Sat 4/28 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Sun 4/29 New Orleans, LA Fairgrounds Racetrack (NO Jazz & Heritage Fest)
Tue 5/1 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
Wed 5/2 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
Thu 5/3 West Palm Beach, FL SunFest
Fri 5/4 St. Petersburg, FL Tampa Bay Blues Festival
Sat 5/5 Memphis, TN Beale Street Music Festival
Tue 6/19 Denver, CO Red Rocks
Thu 6/21 Kansas City, MO Harrah’s North Kansas City/Voodoo Lounge
Fri 6/22 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah’s Council Bluffs/Stir Cove
Sat 6/23 St. Charles, MO Family Arena
Sun 6/24 Riverside, IA Riverside Casino
Tue 6/26 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Thu 6/28 Oshkosh, WI Leach Amphitheatre
Fri 6/29 St. Paul, MN Taste of Minnesota
Sat 6/30 Naperville, IL Knoch Park Rib Festival
Sun 7/1 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Mon 7/2 Muskegon, MI Summer Celebration
Wed 7/4 Rama, ONT Casinorama
Thu 7/5 Rama,ONT Casinorama
Fri 7/6 Ottawa, ONT Ottawa Blues Festival/Lebreton Flats
Sat 7/7 Montreal, QC Metropolis (Festival International de Jazz de Montreal)
Sun 7/8 Montreal, QC Metropolis (Festival International de Jazz de Montreal)
Fri 7/27 Bellville, ONT Empire Classic Rock Festival
Sat 7/28 London, ONT Rock The Park IV
Sun 7/29 Lawrence, OH Rock N Resort 07
Wed 8/1 Alexandria, VA Birchmere