Saturday, March 03, 2007

Steely Dan 2007 tour: Europe this summer!

This must be as close you can get to it being official:

Head on over to keyboard player Jeff Young's homepage and you'll find a complete list of Steely Dan dates!

Update March 4: The dates are no longer on Jeff's homepage. Let us think of them as friends who suddenly went away leaving us hoping for their swift and safe return...
And in the meantime we can rest our eyes and minds on the dates below that still exsist as memories of those departed friends.

After the U.S. part of the 2007 tour ends in early June it's off to Europe starting in Birmingham on the 4 of July. A couple more dates in Britain and then follows France, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Italy. A total of 17 dates throughout July!

Hooray!

Here's the complete list of shows:

May
5 - Memphis - Beale Street Fest
6 - New Orleans - Jazz Fest
8 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Casino

9 - Ft Myers FL - Barbara Mann
11 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain
12 - Orlando - Hard Rock

14 - Clearwater - Ruth Eckerd
17 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
18 - Wallingford, CT - Chevy Theatre

21 & 22 - NYC - Beacon
24 & 25 - Philadelphia - Tower Theatre
26 - Atlantic City - Borgata

29 & 30 - Boston - Bank of America Pavillion

June
1 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino
2 - Niagra Falls, NY - Seneca Niagra
4 - Detroit - Freedom Hill

5 - Toledo - Zoo
7 - Vienna, VA - Wolftrap


July
4 - Birmingham Academy
5 - London - Hammersmith
6 - Liverpool, Liverpool Pops

8 - Paris - Grand Rex
9 - Brussles - Forest National
11- Vienna - TBA

13 - Stuttgardt - Jazz Festival
14 - Rotterdam - North Sea Jazz Festival
15 - Berlin - Zitadelle

17 - Stockholm Jazz Festival, Sweden
19 - Molde Jazz Festival,
Norway - Tickets on sale Saturday March 3 http://www.moldejazz.no/
21 - Pori Jazz Festival,
Finland

23 - Copenhagen - Falkoner Theater
24 - Hamburg - Stadt Park
25 - Bonn - Museum Platz

27 - Lucerne - Blue Balls Jazz Festival
28 - Lucca - Piazza Lucca

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

yesss, great news. i hope it's not too far from where you reside, the options? or are you gonna meet up with Clas and rebecka and sara in stockholm??? they should be on stage with them there, you know....

i think i am going to Brussels, just an hour drive from where i live. North Sea is too crowded for me.
hm. stuff to arrange and such now...

have a good weekend!
toodles, Gina

Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Huckle said...

If I had the money I'd try to make it to a couple of non-Scandinavian shows. But as it seems right now I'll have to bring my maraccas and head for the stage with Clas to help the guys and gals from over there out during an encore or three at the Stockholm Jazz Festival.

As you say: Stuff to arrange and such...

Expected: That the dates would disappear from Jeff's page. Though he got to keep them up longer than Michael McDonald did on his site for last year's tour.

Anonymous said...

Just got tickets for the Molde Show!
Leif

Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Huckle said...

Great to hear Leif! Are you familiar with Molde and the jazz festival? If you are could you tell us something about the place where Steely Dan will play. As we understand it it outdoors. How large is the arena? How many tickets can they sell?

Leif Martin said...

The Molde Jazz Festival is considered to have a high international reputation. This year a Gary Burton/Chick Corea gig will take place, as well as one with the Dave Holland Quintet, including SD sideman Chris Potter.
I haven't been to this particular outdoor site, but the concerts there are usually the highlights of the festival
.Although I don't live there the city and especially the surrounding area is absolutely specatcular by most standards, check this :
http://www.visitmolde.com/?sp=GB
and also
http://www.trollveggen.net/index2.php

See you in Molde?
Leif