For the two Northeast shows on back-to-back nights, there was certainly a focus on the new album as well as a look-back to the beginning of the band
Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro has shot Jam Cruise, Jazzfest, Hydra, Los Lobos, Bonnaroo and Phish’s IT and Coventry. His latest efforts were capturing the essence of Amsterdam’s Jam In The Dam.
Widespread Panic will toast the release of ‘Earth to America’ (Sanctuary/Widespread Records), their first studio album in three years, with an exclusive free release day party/performance at New York
Eric Clapton last landed stateside for a Cream reunion tour, will return to the U.S. with his own band for a fall tour.
Details are pending but the first leg of his North America tour is expected to begin September 16 in Minneapolis and continue to cities including St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami and New York, where Clapton will play two nights at Madison Square Garden.
Twenty-two dates are expected to be announced, but more shows will likely be added. The Robert Cray Band will open for the U.S. concerts.
The 61-year-old rock legend is on a European tour and wraps a seven-night run at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 26. The tour ends with a show in Moscow’s Red Square August 3.
Clapton’s current touring band includes guitarist Derek Trucks, and the shows have included both old classics and songs from his 2005 disc, Back Home.
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The 4th Annual 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) will serve as the tour-ending destination for headliners Phil Lesh & Friends and Trey Anastasio, and a springboard for four nights of music, camping, and relaxation with over forty artists scheduled to perform July 19-22 at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Trey will reunite with former Phish band mate Mike Gordon (bass) who will be joined by Marco Benevento (keyboards) and Joe Russo (drums) in the appropriately titled acronym ensemble
