NASHVILLE |DT: JANUARY 26, 2006
FR: TODD BRODGINSKI/LATHUM NELSON
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS
ENJOY DUAL BILLBOARD MAGAZINE HONORS IN 2005:
‘TOP BLUES ARTIST’ AND ‘TOP BLUES ALBUM’;
NEW ALBUM AND TOUR DATES ON TAP FOR 2006
As GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS gear up for a new blues album and extensive tour in 2006, the band’s career retrospective GEORGE THOROGOOD: 30 YEARS OF ROCK has been certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. and was just named the #1 top Blues Album of the year by Billboard magazine, which also crowned the band the #1 Top Blues Artist of 2005. Featuring hits from throughout the brash and iconic Destroyers’ illustrious 30 years in the music business, the album has been a chart fixture since its May 18, 2004 release, holding the #1 spot for 42 weeks in 2005, and it’s still #1 on the current Blues chart.
THOROGOOD & co. stayed busy on the road in 2005 as well, performing 90 shows in 113 days, including runs through Canada, New Zealand and Australia. There are already 30 shows on the calendar for 2006, kicking off with a month of U.S. shows March 2 in Oklahoma, with an 11-date trek through the U.K. and Europe slated for May 28-June 11.
2006 will see an album of new material from the singer/guitarist/songwriter. THOROGOOD has been in the studio recording with longtime collaborator Tom Hambridge, where they are writing new material and giving the signature THOROGOOD treatment to songs from blues legends including Hound Dog Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed and others.
Of his enduring popularity, THOROGOOD takes it all in stride. He told Rolling Stone, "We've plugged away and here we still are 30 years later. That's longer than Henry Aaron played baseball. Water finds its own level, and the Destroyers have found the right songs and we have a really good solid thing going. I'm looking to sustain that, just like your health. There's the Dick Van Dykes of the world and the Jerry Van Dykes. I'm a Jerry Van Dyke, but I make a living. If Springsteen is the Boss, then I'm the janitor. And a janitor never gets fired” (3/10/04).
Confirmed tour dates are listed below. For all the latest, go to www.pollstar.com.
Date: City: Venue:
Wed 3/1 Oklahoma City, OK Farmer’s Market
Thu 3/2 Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre
Fri 3/3 Ft. Worth, TX Billy Bob’s
Sat 3/4 Marksville, LA Paragon Casino
Sun 3/5 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Tue 3/7 Ft. Myers, FL Barbara Mann
Thu 3/9 Tampa, FL Tampa Theater
Fri 3/10 Pompano, FL Amphitheater
Sat 3/11 Orlando, FL Universal
Sun 3/12 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater
Tue 3/14 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theater
Wed 3/15 Louisville, KY Coyotes
Thu 3/16 Chattanooga, TN Tivoli Theater
Fri 3/17 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Sat 3/18 Valdosta, GA Wild Adventures
Sun 3/19 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Tue 3/21 Clarksdale, MS Ground Zero
Wed 3/22 Durham, NC Carolina Theatre
Thu 3/23 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center
Sat 3/25 Evansville, IN The Centre
Sun 3/26 Elkhart, IN Elco Theater
Thu 5/18 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
Fri 5/19 Reading, PA Sovereign
Sat 5/20 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
Wed 5/24 Bergen, NOR Peer Gynt Salen
Fri 5/26 Oslo, NOR Rockefeller
Sun 5/28 Belfast, IRE Ulster Hall
Mon 5/29 Dublin, IRE Olympia Theater
Wed 5/31 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall
Thu 6/1 Glasgow, SCOT. Clyde Auditorium
Fri 6/2 Manchester, UK Carling Apollo
Sat 6/3 Bristol, UK Colston Hall
Sun 6/4 Cambridge, UK Corn Exchange
Tue 6/6 London, UK Shepherd’s Bush
Thu 6/8 Solversborg, SWE Sweden Rock Fest
Fri 6/9 Copenhagen, DEN Amager Bio
Sun 6/11 Brussels, BEL Ancienne Belgique
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