Lita Ford Tour dates

[J-Dubya 777]

Looks like Lita is doing a tour, and has G n'R's Bumblefoot (Ron Thal) playing guitar with her band. I will be seeing this at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Here's the announcement from Ron's forum:

Hey all,

It's my pleasure to announce I'll be doing shows over the Summer with Lita Ford, playing guitar with the band alongside Bumblefoot drummer Dennis Leeflang.

To GNR fans: Lita and I have GNR's blessings to do this together, all is cool. This won't interfere with upcoming GNR plans, I'll be flying out and coming right back.

To Lita fans: lookin' forward to meeting y'all and having a great time together!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

FRI JUNE 12, 2009
Redwood Run (Piercy, CA)

SAT JUNE 13, 2009
Jackson Ranchero Casino (Jackson, CA)

SUN JUNE 21, 2009
Meltaway Festival (Zaragosa, Spain)

FRI JUNE 26, 2009
Bang Your Head Festival (Messegelände Balingen, Germany)

SAT JUNE 27, 2009
Gods of Metal Festival (Milan, Italy)

TUE JUNE 30, 2009
Rockwave Festival (Athens, Greece)

FRI JULY 3, 2009
Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)

SAT JULY 4, 2009
Bridgeview Music Jam (Bridgeview, IL)

FRI JULY 17, 2009
Monndance Ranch Jam (Walker, MN)

FRI JULY 24, 2009
Molson Canal Concert Series (North Tonawanda, NY)

SUN JULY 26, 2009
Ridgefield Playhouse (Ridgefield, CT)

MON AUG 3, 2009
Buffalo Chip (Sturgis, SD)

SAT AUG 22, 2009
Rock Gone Wild (Algona, IA)

SAT SEPT 5, 2009
Taste of Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)

 

[sixxswine]

No bass player announced yet?!

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Oh yeah, bass players...

Thal is huge talent in the guitar spot. If you're not familiar with his solo work, check it out. He's much more than just a slash stand-in...

 

[sixxswine]

Oh yeah, bass players...

Thal is huge talent in the guitar spot. If you're not familiar with his solo work, check it out. He's much more than just a slash stand-in...

He's better than Slash technically, but I can't say that I'm a fan. Axl's loss is Lita's gain I suppose....

 

[poundingmetal74]

CSP (who did a solo on one of our songs) is an acquaintance of Thal's. Thal is one helluva guitar player and there's no question he's likely the best guitars that GN'R's ever had (at least technically speaking, I still prefer Slash myself).

 

[Psychonaut]

Ooh. I get to see her at the Taste Of Cleveland for free.

 

[sixxswine]

To GNR fans: Lita and I have GNR's blessings to do this together, all is cool. This won't interfere with upcoming GNR plans, I'll be flying out and coming right back.

What kind of bullshit statement is this? Like Axl is doing anything these days?!

 

[J-Dubya 777]

What kind of bullshit statement is this? Like Axl is doing anything these days?!

Actually, it probably is TRUE. I'm sure he's on some kind of "retainer" with GnR. The way the online forum posting GnR fanbase is, he probably put that in there to also squelch (or try to) some of the b.s. Seriously, a couple of the forums I checked out, the folks carried on like a bunch of old hens.

I'd be surprised if the current version of GnR does tour again,
I too prefer the old v1.0 GnR days, but I'm a huge fan of Thal's, and this is his "Whitesnake", like when Vai joined for an album & tour, and had the financial freedom to do whatever he wanted after that. More power to Ron. I hope it all works out, but he'll make a Lita Ford show even that much more special for me.