ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND CONFIRMED SUMMER TOUR PLANS

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR PLANS:
26 SHOWS CONFIRMED
INCLUDING DATES WITH TOM PETTY

Having recently completed a 14-night sold-out run at New York’s Beacon Theatre and headlining two nights at their own Wanee Festival in Florida, the ALLMAN BROTHERS BANDhave confirmed two select touring legs for this summer, launching June 16 and running through September 1.  The 26-date tour will hit both major sheds and more intimate venues and will feature opening acts that include the groups formed by Allman Brothers Band members like the Derek Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule (Warren Haynes) and Oteil & The Peacemakers (Oteil Burbridge).  Slide and lead guitarist Derek Trucks will man his guitar slot at all ABB shows this summer, between breaks from his European tour dates, where he’s on tour playing guitar with Eric Clapton.

The Allman Brothers Band have also accepted an invitation to perform as special guests of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers for five nights: 8/12 in Hartford, CT 8/13 in Saratoga Springs, NY, 8/15 in Darien Center, NY, 8/16 in Burgettstown, PA and  8/18 in Philadelphia, PA.

The ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND performed for over 40,000 fans during this year’s annual residency at the Beacon Theatre, with standing-room-only crowds every night. In a live review, Jim Farber of the New York Daily News said, “These annual marathon concerts are now as honored a March ritual in this town as the St. Patrick’s Day Parade…the band proved once again that even a musical story so rooted in a specific place can speak to anyone anywhere when told well” (3/11/06).  Special guests joining the group onstage throughout the run included Robert Randolph, Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Susan Tedeschi, Chuck Leavell, Elvin Bishop, Peter Frampton, Robben Ford, John Hammond, Mountain’s Leslie West and Corky Laing, Hubert Sumlin, and Bruce Willis, among others.

In April, the group hosted their second annual Wanee Festival in Lakeland, FL, drawing over 8,000 people both nights to hear them and other like-minded artists including Medeski, Martin & Wood, O.A.R., North Mississippi Allstars and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

The ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND line-up is as follows: GREGG ALLMAN (vocals and keyboards), BUTCH TRUCKS (drums and tympani), JAIMOE (drums), WARREN HAYNES (vocals, lead and slide guitar), DEREK TRUCKS (slide and lead guitar), OTEIL BURBRIDGE (bass) and MARC QUINONES (congas and percussion).

Confirmed tour dates are as follows, with information on support acts.  Check out www.allmanbrothersband.com for all the latest.

DATE                          CITY                           VENUE

#Fri      6/16                 Cincinnati, OH             Riverbend Music Center

*Sat     6/17                 Chattanooga, TN         Riverbend Festival – Coca Cola Stage

*Sun    6/18                 Birmingham, AL          City Stages – Miller Stage

#Tue    6/20                 Indianapolis, IN            White River Park

#Wed  6/21                 Cleveland, OH             Plain Dealer Pavilion

Fri        6/23                 Niagara Falls, ON       Niagara Fallsview Casino

Sat       6/24                 Niagara Falls, ON       Niagara Fallsview Casino

#Sun    6/25                 Bristow, VA                 Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge

#Tue    6/27                 Wantagh, NY               Jones Beach Theater

#Fri      6/30                 Atlantic City, NJ           House of Blues

Sun      7/2                   Solomons, MD            Calvert Marine Museum

^#Sat   8/12                 Hartford, CT                New England Dodge Music Center

^#Sun  8/13                 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center

^Tue     8/15                 Darien Center, NY       Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center

^Wed   8/16                 Burgettstown, PA        Post-Gazette Pavilion

^#Fri     8/18                 Philadelphia, PA          Tweeter Center @ Waterfront

*Sat     8/19                 Raleigh, NC                 ALLTEL Pavilion

*Sun    8/20                 Atlanta, GA                  Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater

+Tue    8/22                 Holmdel, NJ                 PNC Bank Arts Center

+Wed  8/23                 Virginia Beach, VA      Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

+Fri      8/25                 Gilford, NH                   Meadowbrook Farm

+Sat    8/26                 Mansfield, MA              Tweeter Center for the Perf. Arts

+Sun   8/27                 Scranton, PA               Montage Mountain

+Tue    8/29                 Green Bay, WI            Oneida Casino

+Wed  8/30                 Chicago, IL                  Rosemont Theatre

~Fri      9/1                   Morrison, CO              Red Rock Amphitheater

 

# Derek Trucks Band supports

^ special guest of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

* Derek Trucks Band/Oteil and the Peacemakers supports

+ Gov’t Mule supports

~ Yonder Mountain String Band supports