Steely Dan 2007 tour: Official press release + tickets for UK dates go on sale

There's a press release on steelydan.com about the Heavy Rollers U.S. tour. Check it out here!

"Originally planned as a 21-city tour, promoters have been racing to add dates nationwide to meet ticket demand."

So that's the complete tour posted then. All 24 dates:

May 05 - Beale Street Music Festival - Memphis, TN
May 06 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA
May 08 - Seminole Hard Rock Live - Hollywood FL

May 09 - Barbara Mann PAH - Ft. Myers, FL
May 11 - Chastain Park Amphitheatre - Atlanta GA
May 12 - Hard Rock Live Orlando - Orlando FL

May 14 - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater FL
May 15 - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater FL
May 17 - Mohegan Sun - Uncasville CT

May 18 - Chevrolet Theatre - Wallingford, CT
May 21 - Beacon Theater - New York NY
May 22 - Beacon Theater - New York NY

May 24 - Tower Theater - Upper Darby PA
May 25 - Tower Theater - Upper Darby PA
May 26 - Borgata Casino Event Center - Atlantic City NJ

May 29 - Bank of America Pavilion - Boston MA
May 30 - Bank of America Pavilion - Boston MA
Jun 01 - Turning Stone Casino - Verona NY

Jun 02 - Seneca Niagara Casino - Niagara Falls NY
Jun 04 - Freedom Hill - Detroit MI
Jun 05 - Toledo Zoo - Toledo OH

Jun 07 - Wolf Trap - Vienna VA
Jun 08 - nTelos Wireless Amphitheatre - Portsmouth VA
Jun 10 - Beacon Theater - New York NY

A couple of news bits regarding records from Steely Dan ends the press-release:

The Dan's extraordinary, three-decade-plus catalog of smash songs is also captured on The Best of Steely Dan: The Millennium Collection, due October 2 on Universal Records, and The Donald Fagen Trilogy Collection coming out May 22 on Rhino Records.

So another hits compilation? And we finally get a date for the Fagen trilogy.

P.S.
Signs of life over on Walter Becker's MySpace page. The blog entry is the press release, but still...

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Onwards! And we go to that unconfirmed but rumoured tour of Europe. And find that tickets for three UK shows are offered by ticketmaster.

July 5 Nia, Birmingham (£40 - 45) - on sale now
July 6 Aintree Pavillion, Liverpool (£27.50 - 48.50 or VIP £172) - on sale March 16
July 7 Hammersmith Apollo, London (£40 - 45) - on sale now