LOS ANGELES, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Prolific hit-makers and perennial live favorites Chicago and Huey Lewis and the News will team up this summer for a national tour hitting more than 30 cities across the United States. The tour kicks off with a June 9th show at Concord, California’s Chronicle Pavilion and culminates on July 29th at Holmdel, New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Center. Tickets go on sale starting Saturday, April 22. A complete list of dates is below.
Chicago is celebrating its 30th album, “Chicago XXX,” which was just released by Rhino/Warner Bros. Produced by Jay DeMarcus of the superstar country group Rascal Flatts, “Chicago XXX” begins a new chapter in Chicago’s history. The forthcoming single is “Love Will Come Back,” which includes the members of Rascal Flatts and will certainly add to the band’s long list of extraordinary accomplishments: 40 gold and platinum awards, 20 Top 10 singles and 5 Number One albums. In fact, Chicago is the first American rock band to chart a Top 40 album in 5 consecutive decades. This year, the Grammy-winning Chicago is touring for the 40th straight year.
Huey Lewis and the News are gearing up for Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing’s May 23 release of “Huey Lewis and the News: Greatest Hits” and a limited edition deluxe CD/DVD package, “Greatest Hits & Videos.” The 21-track CD includes 20 Top 20 hits, among them 17 Top 10s and six #1 singles, and the deluxe edition’s 10 videos make their DVD debut with this release. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Grammy award winners Huey Lewis and The News have amassed 17 Gold and Platinum certifications and sales of more than 12 million albums, placing the band among the world’s top 200 best-selling music artists of all time (RIAA).
DATE CITY VENUE
Fri Jun-09 Concord Chronicle Pavilion
Sat Jun-10 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
Sun Jun-11 San Diego Bayside at the Embarcadero
Tue Jun-13 Los Angeles The Greek Theatre
Fri Jun-16 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sat Jun-17 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion
Sun Jun-18 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
Tue Jun-20 Denver Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu Jun-22 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
Fri Jun-23 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre
Sat Jun-24 San Antonio Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun Jun-25 Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Wed Jun-28 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
Thu Jun-29 Cleveland Tower City Amphitheater
Fri Jun-30 Columbus Germain Amphitheatre
Sat Jul-01 Chicago Charter One Pavilion
Sun Jul-02 Detroit DTE Energy Music Theatre
Wed Jul-12 West Palm Beach Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Thu Jul-13 Tampa Ford Amphitheatre
Fri Jul-14 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat Jul-15 Raleigh ALLTEL Pavilion
Sun Jul-16 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue Jul-18 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Thu Jul-20 Hartford Dodge Music Center
Fri Jul-21 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pavilion
Sat Jul-22 Camden Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Sun Jul-23 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Tue Jul-25 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
Wed Jul-26 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
Fri Jul-28 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Sat Jul-29 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
SOURCE Live Nation
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/CONTACT: David Millman, [email protected], for Chicago; or Jennifer
Ballantyne of EMI Music Catalog Marketing, +1-323-871-5494,
[email protected], for Huey Lewis and the News/
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