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| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 108 Registered: 6-2004 |
Return To Forever Announces Summer Tour Return To Forever's lineup of keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White have announced a tour that will represent their first extensive engagement together in 30 years. The foursome will play more than 50 dates across North America and Europe, featuring primarily classic music from their albums. Beginning in Austin, Texas, on May 29, the group will swing across the U.S. and Canada in June, cross the Atlantic for July dates in Europe from Lithuania to London, then return to the States for an East Coast run. The tour will include outdoor festivals such as the Montreux Festival, the Montreal International Festival, Spain's San Sebastian Festival, France's Nice Festival and the Freihofer's Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York. A Return To Forever anthology, compiled from the albums Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy, Where Have I Known You Before, No Mystery and Romantic Warrior, will also be released to coincide with the tour. This collection, which was produced by founding RTF members Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, is the first to include music from all these albums in one double-CD package. Tour dates include: May 29–30: Paramount Theatre, Austin, Texas May 31: Verizon Wireless Center, Houston June 1: Nokia Theater, Grand Prairie, Dallas June 3: Paramount Theatre, Denver June 4: Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City June 6: Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Ore. June 7: Britt Music Festival, Medford, Ore. June 8: The Paramount, Seattle June 9: The Centre in Vancouver For Performing Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia June 11–12: The Grand At The Regency Center, San Francisco (2 shows each night) June 13: Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles June 14: Dodge Theatre, Phoenix June 17: Fox Theatre, St. Louis June 18: Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, Neb. June 19: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn. June 20: The Chicago Theatre, Chicago June 21: Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Detroit June 22: Murat Theatre, Indianapolis June 24: The Plain Dealer Pavilion, Cleveland June 25: Sony Centre, Toronto June 26: Ottawa Jazz Festival/Confederation Park, Ottawa June 27: Pelletier Hall/Place Des Arts, Montreal June 28: Freihofer's Jazz Festival, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. More info: return2forever.com | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 918 Registered: 11-2004 |
Craig, thank you for posting this. I saw this thread in time to score 2 pretty decent seats in Denver for my 14 year old and myself. I can't wait. This is going to be SWEET. Rich | ||
| jlpicard
Senior Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 488 Registered: 7-2002 |
Got mine for Salt Lake!! Mike | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 790 Registered: 6-2002 |
I've got mine for Montreal! Wooo Hooo!!! | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 539 Registered: 11-2005 |
I got a rock  | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6463 Registered: 5-2002 |
I want to see pictures of the rock! | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1416 Registered: 12-2002 |
got mine for chicago! | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1349 Registered: 11-2003 |
Grand Prairie Texas? Wow things must have changed since I was there last. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1838 Registered: 2-2006 |
Changed indeed Sam. They have a Horse track right up the street from the Nokia center (the venue for RTF), the Cowboys new stadium being built a couple miles away too. | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 1947 Registered: 3-2004 |
Boston and Philly get The Flecktones as an opening act in August. We might have to go. Lisa wants to spring for the $359 tickets that include back stage event access, front row seats and a meet and great. Sounds like fun, but I always prefer the sound from the 30th row. I also noticed while researching this that The Flecktones will spend a week at Yoshi's toward the end of the year. I had tickets to see Stanley at Yoshi's a couple years ago, but circumstances arose that canceled my trip. I remember hearing it was a great place to see a show. | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 999 Registered: 2-2005 |
I purchased tickets to the Philly show just for the reason that the Flecktones will be there also. Since Chick has been touring with Bela Fleck and Victor Wooton with Stanley Clark I think there might be a good chance for some intermingling of groups during the show or encore. Bob, I say listen to Lisa. I went for the full package since Rene and I are making this our big vacation of the year. Should be fun and a great way to fill a day. Keith | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 133 Registered: 6-2004 |
I just picked up 2 tickets for the show in Los Ageles.:-) | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 135 Registered: 6-2004 |
Nite one  | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 136 Registered: 6-2004 |
Here's a link to some youtube videos that my friend in Austin uploaded  http://youtube.com/user/Wharfomatic | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6611 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks Craig! | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 137 Registered: 6-2004 |
Some pics from Austin.  | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 138 Registered: 6-2004 |
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| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 139 Registered: 6-2004 |
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| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 140 Registered: 6-2004 |
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| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 141 Registered: 6-2004 |
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| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 142 Registered: 6-2004 |
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| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 143 Registered: 6-2004 |
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| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1857 Registered: 2-2006 |
I caught the show Dallas last night. A must see. Great show. Stanleys acoustic solo was awesome. He played his brown bass during the first set and the acoustic the second set. He had another bass setting on a stand, looked to be one of his Spellbinder basses, but never touched it. OO | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1892 Registered: 6-2002 |
Stanley appears to be the only one to have grown period-correct sideburns. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6616 Registered: 5-2002 |
Great pictures!! | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 560 Registered: 11-2005 |
He's working on the period correct FRO! | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1894 Registered: 6-2002 |
He's probably the only one with enough hair to pull it off. (No pun intended?) | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1860 Registered: 2-2006 |
Lenny is sporting a reverse mohawk under that bandana. | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 144 Registered: 6-2004 |
Is Stanley wearing Cons? | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 913 Registered: 6-2002 |
'course he is, playing that young music. Mike | ||
| gtrguy
Intermediate Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 138 Registered: 9-2004 |
Just saw them in Portland, Oregon. I'd say they are maybe the best players I have seen, anywhere. Stanly also played a great standup bass. Well worth seeing no matter what style of music you like. All of them used a lot of effects, but pretty tasty stuff. Al has Mesa and Fuchs amps with a couple of floorboard type units going. I thought maybe Stanley was a little hard to hear at times due to the effects he was using. That Series 2 has a thundering low end. Dave | ||
| rklisme
Advanced Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 345 Registered: 5-2004 |
Saw them in San Francisco last night, brought tears to my eyes! Rory | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6658 Registered: 5-2002 |
I'm hoping the DVD will be a close representation of the experience you guys are having. | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 147 Registered: 6-2004 |
I'm heading to the show tonight in Los Angeles.. | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 148 Registered: 6-2004 |
The show was fantastic. I was spellbound the whole nite. The show started off with a recording of Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis doing In a Silent Way. Then Karim Abdul Jabar came out and dedicated the show to Joe and Miles, and then introduced the band. The setlist seemed to be the same as the other shows. The band sounded awesome..It was Chicks birthday yesterday, so we all sang happy birthday to him...The show lasted about 3 hours.. To quote Lenny White, "with all the rap music, hip hop, and american idol crap, Return to Forever is a testiment to instrumental music", and "with all the boy bands out there, Return to Forever is a Mans band" A good time was had by all. AD played his black Les Paul, and he played two other PRS guitars..Dont pass up a chance to see this band. It is is well worth it......  (Message edited by CRobbins on June 14, 2008) | ||
| crobbins
Intermediate Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 150 Registered: 6-2004 |
Here's a link to some more pics. They are from the late show in San Francisco the other night.. http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?US=0&UV=667780170158_161981975605&conn_speed=1&collid=24370447105.921681975605.1213638978215&mode=fromsite |
