Tour Dates: Zappa Plays Zappa Plays Roxy & Elsewhere

In 1974 Frank Zappa and The Mothers released the live album Roxy & Elsewhere, with The Roxy part of the record culled from a three-night stand in December of 1973 at The Roxy in Los Angeles, with the Elsewhere portion taken from a pair of shows in Edinboro, Penn. and Chicago. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release, Zappa Plays Zappa have lined up a lengthy North American tour, which will see the modern interpreters of Frank’s musical legacy play the album in its entirety. The Dweezil Zappa-fronted act will kick off their 29-date tour on September 2 at Lupo’s in Providence and wrap in early ~~November~~ December nodding to album’s roots with three-night run at The Roxy, ~~roughly a month before~~ Zappa & Co. played on that very stage exactly 40 years earlier.

If you’re not into a night with the Zappa tribute act, then maybe you’ll be interested in hitting one of these recently announced tours…

Tricky: Summer U.S. Tour (6/8 – 6/22)
Gogol Bordello: Summer World Tour (5/30 – 9/25)
Rodrigo y Gabriela: Summer U.S. Tour (7/5 – 8/3)
Patty Griffin: Summer World Tour (5/30 – 8/17)
Toro y Moi: Fall North American Tour (10/4 – 11/10)
Melisa Etheridge: Summer North American Tour (6/18 – 9/10)

Here’s the full list of Zappa Plays Zappa’s Roxy & Elsewhere tour dates…

September 2013
3 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s
4 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall
5 – Columbus, OH – Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
6 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Theater
7 – Urbana, IL – Ellnora Guitar Festival
8 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater

October 2013
8 – Lincoln, NE – Rococo Theatre
9 – Eau Claire, WI – State Theatre
10 – Chicago, IL – Copernicus Center
11 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
12 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
13 – Kent, OH – Kent STage
16 – Philadelphia, PA – Keswick Theatre
17 – Buffalo, NY – Kleinhans Music Hall
18 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
19 – Toronto, Ontario – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
20 – Ottawa, Ontario – Algonquin Commons Theatre
22 – Laval, Quebec – Salle Andre Matie
23 – Sherbrooke, Quebec – Theatre Granda
24 – St. Hyacinthe, Quebec – Centre de Arts Juliette-Lassonde
25 – Saint Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec – Theatre des Deux Rives
26 – L’Assomption, Quebec – Theatre Hector Charland
27 – Quebec City, Quebec – Imperial Theatre
28 – Rimouski, Quebec – Salle Desjardins-Telus
31 – New York, NY – Beacon Theater