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The legendary British musician Graham Nash, also famous for his work with The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, announced an extensive 2024 tour with dates in the United States and Canada. The shows will happen next August, September and October. Judy Collins will be the opening act on selected dates. The 82 year-old singer, guitarist and keyboardist released "Now", his most recent album in 2023. Graham Nash's 2024 tour dates August 3 - Boulder, CO - Chautauqua 4 - Fort Collins, CO- Washington’s 6- Denver, CO- Botanic Gardens 7- Boulder, CO - Chautauqua 9- Omaha, NE- Holland Center 10- Salina, KS- The Stiefel Theatre 13- Des Moines, IA- Hoyt Sherman Place 14- Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Pantages Theatre 17 - Bayfield, WI - Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua 18 - Fish Creek, WI - Door Community Auditorium 20 - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo State Theatre 21 - Royal Oak, MI ­- Royal Oak Music Hall 23 - Kent, OH - The Kent Stage 24 - Hammondsport, NY - Point of the Bluff Concert Pavilion 26 - Ocean City, NJ - Ocean City Music Pier 27 - Harrisburg, PA - Whitaker Center 29 - Charlton, MA - The Pavilion at Tree House Brewing 30 - Rockport, MA - Shalin Liu Performance Center September 28 - Collingswood, NJ - Scottish Rite Auditorium (With Judy Collins) 29 - Collingswood, NJ - Scottish Rite Auditorium (With Judy Collins) October 1 - New York, NY - Carnegie Hall (With Judy Collins) 3 - Boston, MA - Shubert Theatre (With Judy Collins) 4 - Northampton, MA - Academy of Music 6 - Albany, NY - The Egg Hart Theatre 8 - Quebec City, QC - Palais Montcalm (Raoul-Jobin Hall) 9 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre 10 - Burlington, VT - The Flynn 12 - Ithaca, NY—State Theatre (With Judy Collins) 15 - Evanston, IL - Cahn Auditorium 16 - Evanston, IL - Cahn Auditorium 17- St. Louis, MO - The Pageant 19 - Morgantown, WV - Metropolitan Theatre 20 - Athens, OH - Ohio Univ. Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium 22 - Hopewell, VA - The Beacon Theatre 23 - Vienna, VA - The Barns at Wolf Trap 25 - Vienna, VA - The Barns at Wolf Trap 26 - Vienna, VA - The Barns at Wolf Trap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIdoQG9xgA&pp=ygUQZ3JhaGFtIG5hc2ggMjAyNA%3D%3DThe post Graham Nash announces 2024 tour dates appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Two bands that were extremely successful especially in the 80s, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe joined forces a few years ago and played around the world. Called "The Stadium Tour", the shows were co-headlined by both groups and had many other special guests like Alice Cooper, Poison and Joan Jett. The bands performed in Europe, North America, South America and Asia, playing all their hits and also promoting new music. Leppard for example included in their setlist songs from their latest album "Diamond Star Halos" released in 2022. But in 2024, Mötley Crüe has only solo tour dates scheduled, especially in festivals and Leppard is touring with names like Journey, Steve Miller Band and Heart. In an interview with 107.7 The Bone (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen explained why the group is not playing with Mötley Crüe at least in the near future. Rick Allen explains why Def Leppard is not touring with Mötley Crüe As expected, Allen explained that they basically played together everywhere they could during the 18 months they were on the road, so that was the main reason why they decided to split. "Well, we'd been on the road, on and off, with Mötley Crüe for about 18 months, and we felt as though we kind of covered pretty much everywhere there was to. We started off in the States, went off to Europe, did South America, came back to the States and then Japan and Australia." "And we just felt as though we'd been everywhere. We would always wanna tour with those guys, but we just felt as though it was time for each of us to move on. Now, we toured with Journey, I forget exactly what year — my memory is terrible; I think 2018, '17 or '18 — and it was awesome. I mean, those songs are timeless." "And we just thought that it would be great to reach out to them and see if they wanted to do it again. And, lo and behold, they did. So, we just feel as though with a band like us, with a band like Journey, and a band like Steve Miller. I mean, you're gonna be sitting there in the audience listening to hit songs all night. So, we just feel as though that's really a good deal, and I think people are really gonna enjoy it," Rick Allen said. Next Def Leppard tour dates July 6 – Busch Stadium, St Louis, MO 10 – Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL 13 – Truist Park, Atlanta, GA 15 – Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL 18 – Comerica Park, Detroit, MI 20 – Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN 23 – Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA 25 – Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA 27 – PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA 30 – Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH August 2 – Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada 5 – Fenway Park, Boston, MA 7 – Citi Field, Queens, NY 9 – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, FL 12 – Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX 14 – Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX 16 – Alamodome, San Antonio, TX 19 – Target Field, Minneapolis, MN 23 – Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ 25 – SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, CA 28 – Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA 30 – Petco Park, San Diego, CA September 4 – T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA 6 – Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA 8 – Coors Field, Denver, CO 10 – USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, UT The post Rick Allen explains why Def Leppard is not touring with Mötley Crüe appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Since the legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020 at the age of 65, the rumors about a possible reunion to pay tribute to the musician have been circulating and were confirmed by the people involved. The first one to reveal that was the ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, who claimed he was invited by Alex Van Halen to join the band. Later on Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Eddie's son Wolfgang also confirmed the story. As Wolfgang said recently in an interview, with the band's vocalist David Lee Roth who prevented the tribute from happening. Now, in an interview with The Hook Rocks (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), the classic Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony hinted that Roth was really the reason why the tribute never happened. He even mentioned the Wolfgang interview with Eddie Trunk, where the musician confirmed that. Michael Anthony hints that Roth prevented Van Halen's tribute "You're talking about Joe (Satriani) being approached by Alex (Van Halen) and Dave (Lee Roth). And then there've been people like that. All of a sudden, in the press, I read that Jason Newsted, who played with Metallica, was (also approached). Now I, myself, I got a call from Alex and Dave a few years, a right around that same time." "And they wanted to put something together, and Joe was in the mix. I remember talking to Joe a couple of times after that, too. And Joe was telling me, 'Yeah, well, they gave me some of that album. (They) told me to listen to it or whatever.'" "All I can say is — I'm not gonna point fingers. But through all of this, one of the ingredients was not, let's say, playing ball with everybody else. And that's all I'm gonna say. I'll let you all figure it out. And that's why none of it worked. And you've read it probably with Wolfgang's  interviews, too, that he's been doing this past year," Michael Anthony said. In the same interview with Eddie Trunk in 2023, Wolfgand said that the final Van Halen album "A Different Kind of Truth" is not available anymore on the streaming platforms because of Roth, who prevented the band from renewing the contract of that record. Anthony is currently touring with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham with a setlist that is formed almost entirely by Van Halen tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxnS41742zk&pp=ygUQc2FtbXkgaGFnYXIgMjAyNA%3D%3DThe post Michael Anthony hints that Roth prevented Van Halen’s tribute appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The singer Steve Perry decided to leave Journey in the late 90s and really retired from music after that, only returning in 2018 with the release of his solo album "Traces". But now, the musician recorded a new version for a Journey song with the band The Effect, which is formed by Trevor Lukather (Steve Lukather's son), Nic Collins (Phil Collins' son) and Emmett Lee Stang. They re-recorded the song "It Could Have Been You", first released on Journey's 1986 album "Raised On Radio" and now the track is available. In an official statement, Perry talked about the new version, saying: "In 1986 the Journey 'Raised on Radio' record was released and  it was a song I’ve always felt was a diamond in the rough. I’ve known Trevor Lukather since he was 9 years old and he is a very gifted musician." "One day we were talking about his new band, The Effect… He surprisingly mentioned 'It Could Have Been You' is one of his favorite tracks from that record, I told him I felt the same. I then said, why don’t you record it? He asked if I would sing on it if they did, I said... 'Of course my most precious!'" "I must say, singing on their powerful track brought out a vocal experience in me from years ago ! So now... Releasing on May 7th on all social’s and streaming is a very powerful reimagined version of, 'It Could Have Been You' by... The Effect. Have a listen!" Hear the The Effect feat. Steve Perry version for "It Could Have Been You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEthjEcpBAUThe post The Effect releases new version of Journey song featuring Steve Perry appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.