Blues Traveler maps a new road to Red Rocks

March 27, 2001 04:52 PM

LiveDaily Senior Writer

update: Blues Traveler [ tickets ]--a band that spent most of last year in the studio--will kick off an extensive tour in mid-April, several weeks before the early May release of its new album. The run will conclude with the band's traditional Independence Day show at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver.

The new batch of tour dates marks the group’s first full-fledged tour since its swing through the U.S. last October and November. The band played a handful of warm-up dates in Nevada in early March, and also performed one mid-month date in Florida.

The group's seven-year string of July 4 appearances at Red Rocks was interrupted in 1999 because frontman John Popper was suffering from health problems. The band resumed the tradition in 2000.

Blues Traveler's new album, “Bridge” (A&M/Interscope)--which was tentatively set for release first in March and then in April--is now due in stores on May 8, according to the label. It is the group’s sixth studio album, and is the follow up to 1997’s platinum release “Straight on Till Morning.”

The group’s most commercially successful album to date is 1994’s “Four,” which featured the Top 10 hit “Run-Around.” The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and has been certified for 6 million copies shipped by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

April
11 - Greenville, SC - Furman University
12 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
13, 14 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
27 - Cambridge, MA - MIT
28 - Boston, MA - WBOS Earthfest, Hatch Shell (free concert)
29 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre

May
1 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
2 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
3 - Louisville, KY - Jillian's
4 - Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown
5 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Riverstages Festival
6 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street Festival
8 - New York, NY - Supper Club
9 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10 - Boston, MA - Avalon
12 - San Francisco, CA - KFOG Radio Show
14 - Detroit, MI - The State Theater
15 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera
18 - Los Angeles, CA - John Anson Ford Theater
19 - Dana Point, CA - Doheny Days
20 - Los Angeles, CA - John Anson Ford Theater
21 - San Diego, CA - 4th and B
24 - Kelseyville, CA - Classic Concert Showroom
25 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Stage
26 - Yuma, AZ - Paradise Casino
29 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theater
30 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theater
31 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater

June
3 - Sacramento CA - KZZO Radio Show

July
3 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Headwell
4 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre