Meat Loaf dishes up farewell tour
The singer-actor will play concert dates in the U.S. through September before traveling to Europe, Australia and Asia. Additional treks through Europe and North America will follow before the tour concludes.
Meat Loaf's publicist told the Associated Press earlier this month that the artist plans to devote more time to his acting career. Among the movies he has appeared in are "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Fight Club" and "Crazy in Alabama."
Though a U.S. release date hasn't been announced, Meat Loaf's first new studio album since 1995's platinum-certified "Welcome to the Neighborhood" has been issued in Europe and Australia. Titled "Couldn't Have Said It Better," the new album features contributions from Diane Warren, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx and Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin. It was produced by Peter Mokran, who has mixed and/or engineered albums from 'NSync, Christina Aguilera and R. Kelly.
Meat Loaf's 1977 release, "Bat Out of Hell," has sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which ranks the album at No. 24 on its all-time sales list.
June 2003
22 - Saratoga, CA - Historic Mountain Winery
27 - Del Mar, CA - San Diego County Fair
28 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
July 2003
2 - Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Casino
4 - Muskegon, MI - Summer Celebration
9 - Lansing, MI - Common Ground Festival
11 - Seymour, WI - Outagamie County Fair
19 - Monticello, IA - Jones County Fair
25 - Universal City, CA - Universal Amphitheatre
26 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 2003
2 - Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor Resort
23 - Gilford, NH - Meadowbrook Farm
25 - Syracuse, NY - New York State Fair
27 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Theater
29 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Expo
30 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
September
7 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap Filene Cener
12 - Gulfport, MS - Grand Casino Gulfport
18 - Mt. Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino
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Album Review: Meat Loaf, "Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose" (Virgin) [November 2006]


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