THE BLACK CROWES have confirmed the 2020 tour dates celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1990 debut album, "Shake Your Money Maker". The trek will see the band performing the LP in its entirety "plus all the hits." This morning (Monday, November 11) radio legend Howard Stern, one of THE BLACK CROWES' earliest supporters, announced the reunion of Chris and Rich Robinson, who will tour as THE BLACK CROWES once again, playing the iconic record start to finish. The tour starts on June 17 in Austin, Texas and ends on September 19 in Los Angeles, California. Chris and Rich will be joined by guitarist Isiah Mitchell (EARTHLESS), bassist Tim LeFebvre (David Bowie's "Blackstar") and keyboardist Joel Robinow and drummer Ojha of ONCE AND FUTURE BAND. Tour dates: Jun. 17 - Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater Jun. 19 - Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion Jun. 20 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Jun. 23 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center Jun. 24 - Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP Jun. 26 - Birmingham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheater Jun. 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Cellairis Amhitheatre at Lakewood Jun. 30 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre Jul. 01 - Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Jul. 03 - Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion Jul. 04 - Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Jul. 07 - Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheatre Jul. 08 - Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheatre Jul. 10 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Veteran United Home Loans Amphitheater Jul. 11 - Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live Jul. 14 - Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion Jul. 15 - Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Jul. 17 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center Jul. 18 - Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Jul. 21 - Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Jul. 22 - Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center Jul. 24 - Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre Jul. 25 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center Jul. 28 - Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage Jul. 29 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre Jul. 31 - Buffalo , NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheatre Aug. 01 - Pittsburgh, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion Aug. 13 - Minneapolis, MN @ Xcel Energy Center Aug. 15 - Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Aug. 16 - Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Aug. 18 - Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center Aug. 20 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center Aug. 23 - St Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Aug. 26 - Kansas City, MO @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheater Aug. 28 - Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Aug. 30 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sep. 01 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre Sep. 04 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre Sep. 05 - Portland, OR @ Sunlight Supply Amphitheater Sep. 08 - Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion Sep. 09 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre Sep. 11 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena Sep. 12 - Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion Sep. 18 - San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre Sep. 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum Tickets for all dates go on sale this morning via Ticketmaster. THE BLACK CROWES will celebrate the tour announcement by playing an intimate gig at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City tonight (Monday, November 11) and at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California on Thursday (November 14). THE BLACK CROWES have been inactive since they played their final show in December 2013. Steve Gorman, who played for THE BLACK CROWES for 27 years, recently said that he would not be interested in participating in a BLACK CROWES reunion tour if he was approached by Chris and Rich Robinson. "They're not about to [ask me to take part]," he told Joe Rock of the West Babylon, New York radio station WBAB. "They're not about to say, 'We wanna give up money.' I mean, that's what this tour is about. When you're booking a tour before you have a band, you're not booking a tour for musical connectedness and satisfaction. That said, they have every right to do it, and I don't begrudge anybody that can make a living playing music, especially songs they wrote. But they're not considering that at all. I think they're in a place where, I would imagine, they're not interested in having anybody from the past work with them. It just makes it cleaner and easier, because to bring people back to do it right, you have a lot of explaining to do, you have a lot of apologizing to do, and you've gotta make up for a lot of damage you've caused. I don't think either one of those guys has any interest in those steps; they just wanna go get what they need. So, I could play the game of, 'What if they call?' It's not going to happen." Last year, Chris put together a band called AS THE CROW FLIES to perform primarily BLACK CROWES songs. Meanwhile, Rich was most recently involved with THE MAGPIE SALUTE in which he was joined by Marc Ford from THE BLACK CROWES, bassist Sven Pipien (also from the CROWES) along with lead singer John Hogg (HOOKAH BROWN, MOKE), drummer Joe Magistro and guitarist Nico Bereciartua. Gorman's book, "Hard To Handle: The Life And Death Of The Black Crowes - A Memoir", was released in September.
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