George Thorogood readies album, tour

Published April 28, 2006 03:46 PM
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By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer

Now in their fourth decade together, George Thorogood [ tickets ] & The Destroyers are gearing up for the May release of a new studio album that they'll support with a US tour.

The seasoned blues-rockers will issue "The Hard Stuff," their first new studio set since 2003's "Ride 'til I Die," on May 30. The new disc features a number of originals, as well as covers of several obscure blues tunes such as Jimmy Reed's "Little Rain," Hound Dog Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig," Fats Domino's "Hello Josephine" and Johnny Shines' "Dynaflow Blues."

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The group decided to make a blues-heavy album after its 2004 retrospective, "George Thorogood: 30 Years of Rock," spent 50 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart, and 90 weeks on the chart overall.

"If they want the blues, we'll give it to them," Thorogood said as work began on "The Hard Stuff," according to a press release. "Let's get this sucker done and take it on the road."

The band plans to do just that, with a summer/fall US tour scheduled to launch in late July and run until at least early October. The group will warm up for the outing with a trio of mid-May club shows in the Northeast, details for which are shown below.

Sandwiched between the May warm-up shows and the full-on US run is a June European tour. More information about that trek is posted at Thorogood's website.

TOUR DATES
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May 2006
18 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
19 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Center
20 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues

July 2006
20 - Hinckley, MN - Grand Casino
21 - Cadott, WI - Rock Fest
22 - Fond du Lac, WI - Fond Du Lac County Fair
23 - Waukesha, WI - Waukesha County Fair
25 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
26 - Burgettstown, PA - Pepsi Roadhouse
27 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
28 - Kettering, OH - Fraze Pavilion
29 - Van Wert, OH - Wetzeland
30 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues

August 2006
1 - Wausau, WI - Wisconsin Valley Fair
2 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
3 - Kansas City, MO - Voodoo Lounge
4 - Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah's
5 - Arnolds Park, IA - Arnold's Park
7 - Sturgis, SD - Legendary Buffalo Chip
10, 11 - Niagara Falls, ON - Avalon Ballroom
14-16 - New York, NY - B.B. King's Blues Club
17 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent
18 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
19 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
20 - Westbury, NY - Westbury Music Fair

September 2006
22 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
23 - San Diego, CA - Del Mar Fair
24 - Hemet, CA - Soboba Casino
26 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
28 - Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery
29 - Colusa, CA - Colusa Casino
30 - Nice, CA - Robinson Rancheria

October 2006
1 - Murphys, CA - Ironstone Vineyard
6 - Tacoma, WA - Emerald Queen

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