Steely Dan adds 8 nights at The Beacon Theatre, New York to the 2015 tour

Steely Dan has just announced eight October gigs at The Beacon Theatre in New York for the 2015 tour. All nights with a special theme and the final night promising surprise guest artists.

Owners of an American Express card get a pre-sale chance starting tomorrow May 28. The rest of us have to wait until 10 am EST on June 5.

Here's more about the dates from the steelydan.com homepage where you also can find links to tickets.

……* Oct 06……Aja - Plus Selected Hits

……* Oct 07……Greatest Hits

……* Oct 09……Gaucho - Plus Selected Hits

……* Oct 10……The Royal Scam - Plus Selected Hits

……* Oct 13……Aja - Plus Selected Hits

……* Oct 14……Greatest Hits

……* Oct 16……By Popular Demand

……* Oct 17…… "The Most Unforgettable Night of Whatever - Featuring Spectacular Musical Guests, Glorious Tunes and Riffage, and Whatever the Party Calls for! Parking Validated for First Dozen Diehard Fans"

== Classic Albums — Plus
Setlist is one of three classic Steely Dan albums — Aja, Gaucho, or The Royal Scam — performed in its entirety, start-to-finish. The evening then continues with additional selected favorites, making for a wide-ranging, hit-strewn ramble
through Steely Dan's extraordinary catalog.

== Greatest Hits
An evening of ... well, this one pretty much speaks for itself, doesn't it?

== By Popular Demand
Fans have always found a way to let Fagen and Becker know what they want to hear. This setlist represents oft-requested songs of recent years.

== "The Most Unforgettable Night of Whatever ...
Featuring Spectacular Musical Guests, Glorious Tunes and Riffage, and Whatever the Party Calls for! Parking Validated for First Dozen Diehard Fans"

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Neb Stephenson. Jockeying the discs. And files...

"It's kinda amazing and scary at the same time", says Radio Dupree prime-DJ Neb Stephenson, who back in 2011 attended two of the special nights at The Beacon on the Steely Dan tour. (Catch up on the reports here!)
"My birthday is October 8, but I had nothing to do with this years run of shows taking place on the weeek of my birthday. Feels like I have to go. Should go. Perhaps. Maybe..."