Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones perform in 2019

Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones perform in 2019

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The Rolling Stones Announce 2020 North American "No Filter" Tour Dates

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The newly announced 2020 tour dates, running May 8 through July 9, are the latest installment in the band's long-running No Filter trek
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Feb 6, 2020 - 8:05 am

Rock icons and three-time GRAMMY winners Rolling Stones have today (Feb. 6) announced a North American tour, which will kick off this spring and run through the summer. The 15-date No Filter Tour, running May 8 through July 9, will take the legendary band to major stadiums across the U.S., with one date in Vancouver, Canada, confirmed so far. 

The newly announced 2020 tour dates are the latest installment in the Stones' long-running No Filter trek, which originally launched in Europe in September 2017 and followed with an additional European run in 2018, the latter of which featured support from GRAMMY nominees Liam Gallagher, Florence + The Machine, Richard Ashcroft, James Bay and others. The first North American installment of the No Filter Tour, a 17-date trek last summer, grossed more than $177 million, according to Rolling Stone magazine. The latter tour was originally scheduled to launch last April, but was rescheduled due to frontman Mick Jagger's heart surgery. 

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Last year, Rolling Stones reissued their 1969 album, Let It Bleed, in celebration of its 50th anniversary and performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Tickets for Rolling Stones' 2020 North American No Filter Tour go on sale Friday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. local time. For more information and for the full tour routing, visit the band's official website.

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John Mayer and Bob Weir of Dead & Company perform in 2017

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Dead & Company Announce Summer 2020 U.S. Tour

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The Grateful Dead offshoot, led by former guitarist Bob Weir and John Mayer, will launch the 17-date trek this July
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Feb 7, 2020 - 8:31 am

Dead & Company, the Grateful Dead offshoot led by founding member and former guitarist Bob Weir and seven-time GRAMMY winner John Mayer, have announced a U.S. tour set for this summer. The 17-date trek, which kicks July 10 in Boulder, Colo., and ends Aug. 8 in Boston, Mass., will take the iconic psychedelic rock band to major stadiums and amphitheaters across the nation.

Ahead of the summer 2020 tour, Dead & Company will headline the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this May. The upcoming trek follows the band's busy 2019, which saw the group touring the U.S. last summer

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Originally formed in 2015, Dead & Company is composed of former Grateful Dead members Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, along with Mayer. The group also features Allman Brothers Band bassist and The Aquarium Rescue Unit founding member Oteil Burbridge as well as renowned keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, who's worked with various Grateful Dead spin-off groups, including Weir's RatDog.

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Tickets for Dead & Company's summer 2020 U.S. tour go on sale Friday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. local time. For more information and for the full tour routing, visit the band's official website.

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The Zombies

Colin Blunstone of The Zombies performs in 2019

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The Zombies Announce Spring 2020 World Tour, Confirm New Album

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The U.K. rock legends are currently in the studio working on their first full-length since 2015's Still Got That Hunger
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Feb 14, 2020 - 1:20 pm

U.K. rock legends The Zombies have announced a spring 2020 world tour. The trek kicks off in late March in Miami, Fla., where the group will perform at sea as part of the Flower Power Cruise, and will then travel across the U.S. and Canada throughout April. In May, the band then heads to Europe for a run of multiple shows in their native England as well as gigs in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. 

In addition to the forthcoming tour, The Zombies have confirmed they are currently working on a new as yet untitled album, which will be their first full-length since 2015's Still Got That Hunger. The group verified the news in an Instagram post shared earlier this week (Feb. 10), which showed members of the band in the studio with the caption, "New album in the works."

Originally formed in 1962, The Zombies are best known for their classic songs "Tell Her No" (1965) and "Time Of The Season" (1968), the latter of which became a No. 3 hit in the U.S. and has since become one of the defining songs of the '60s rock and psychedelic era. 

Their 1964 debut single, "She's Not There," became a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached No. 12 in the UK Singles chart. The song was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2016.

In 2017, The Zombies visited the GRAMMY Museum to talk about recording "She's Not There" and delivered an intimate performance of the song.

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"It was our first time in a professional studio and it was thought to be very cool to record in the evenings," Zombies singer Colin Blunstone joked. "Unfortunately, the engineer… was absolutely, paralytically drunk. And he was also very aggressive. It's sort of ironic that having been in the business for 50 something years, in that first session I knew that, with this madman in the studio, the music business was not for me."

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The band recently shared a video of them performing "Time Of The Season" in Los Angeles in 2019. 

"It's now 51 years since 'Time of the Season' reached No. 1 on the U.S. single charts," Zombies keyboardist Rod Argent told Rolling Stone in an interview. "Unbelievably, it's a song that feels just as much a joy to play now as it did all those years ago!"

Following multiple nominations, including in 2018, The Zombies were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2019. 

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Steve Miller Band

Steve Miller Band perform at the 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

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Steve Miller Band And Marty Stuart Announce Co-Headlining Summer 2020 'Americana Tour'

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The 40-city trek across North America will also feature Gary Mule Deer as the special guest opening act
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Feb 13, 2020 - 12:34 pm

Summer is gonna be a hot one for classic rock and country fans! Following news of upcoming summer tours from The Rolling Stones and Dead & Company, Steve Miller Band and Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives have announced a co-headlining summer tour. Dubbed the Americana Tour, the trek kicks off this June and will take the artists across 40 North American cities. Gary Mule Deer will join the tour as the special guest opening act. 

Best known for their classic hits like "The Joker" and "Fly Like An Eagle," Steve Miller Band have recorded and released 18 studio albums as well as multiple live and compilation albums. In October 2019, the band released Welcome to the Vault, a career-spanning collection comprising 52 audio tracks and 21 live performances across three CDs and one DVD. 

Frontman and guitarist Steve Miller, who's released one solo album, 1988's Born 2 B Blue, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame this June. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist in 2016. 

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Stuart is a decorated GRAMMY champion. He's won five career GRAMMYs in the country field. He won his first golden gramophone, for Best Country Vocal Collaboration, at the 35th GRAMMY Awards, held in 1993, for "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," his collaboration with country artist Travis Tritt; the two performed the song together at that year's ceremony. 

Stuart is also the final recipient of the now-discontinued Best Country Instrumental Performance GRAMMY, which he won at the 53rd GRAMMY Awards, held in 2011, for his song "Hummingbyrd," featured on his 2010 album, Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions.  

Last October, Stuart released a deluxe edition of his 1999 album, The Pilgrim, in celebration of its 20-year anniversary. This Friday (Feb. 14), he's releasing "The Pilgrim: A Wall-To-Wall Odyssey," an illustrated book that chronicles the making of the landmark album.

For more information and for the full tour routing, visit Steve Miller Band's official website.

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Aerosmith - Summer 2020 European Tour

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Aerosmith Announce Summer 2020 European Tour, Glastonbury Performance Rumored

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The 14-date trek, running from June through July 2020, may feature a rumored stop at the U.K. festival
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Dec 6, 2019 - 12:14 pm

Rock legends Aerosmith have a massive year ahead of them. In addition to being honored as the 2020 MusiCares Person Of The Year, the four-time GRAMMY winners are launching a European tour next summer. The 14-date trek, which runs from June through July 2020, will take the band to major arenas and stadiums across the continent, in addition to a stop at iDays Festival in Italy.

In announcing the tour today (Dec. 6), Aerosmith may have also inadvertently revealed that the band will be playing at Glastonbury Festival next year. In an email sent to fans via their official mailing list, the group listed their forthcoming European tour dates, which include a stop at the U.K. festival next June. While the tour dates posted on the band's official social media channels and website do not list Glastonbury, the routing coincides with the festival's confirmed 2020 dates.

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A fan posted a screenshot of the tour dates, which list the Glastonbury performance, sent to the band's mailing list today on Twitter.

The forthcoming European tour marks the 50-year anniversary of Aerosmith's formation, which dates back to 1970 in Boston. The trek follows the launch of the group's Las Vegas residency this past April.

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Counting millions of albums sold worldwide, Aerosmith were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2001. The band has won four GRAMMYs in the Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal category between 1990 and 1998. They made their debut on the GRAMMY stage in 1991, performing The Beatles' "Come Together."

The general on-sale for Aerosmith's 2020 European summer tour begins Friday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m. via the band's official website.

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