2018 Tour with Ringo Starr’s All Star Band

JUN 2
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Borgata Casino Event Center

JUN 6
Paris, France
L’olympia

JUN 8
Grolloo, Netherlands
Holland Blues Festival

JUN 9
Flensberg, Germany
Flens Arena

JUN 10
Hamburg, Germany
StadPark

JUN 13
Helsinki, Finland
Ice Hall

JUN 15
Horsens, Denmark
Lunden

JUN 16
Berlin, Germany
Tempodrom

JUN 17
Zwickau, Germany
Stadhalle

JUN 19
Prague, Czech Republic
Congress Hall

JUN 20
Vienna, Austria
Stadhalle

JUN 23
Tel Aviv, Israel
Menorah

JUN 26
Barcelona, Spain
St. Jordi Club

JUN 28
Madrid, Spain
WiZink Center

JUN 29
La Caruna, Spain
Coliseum

JUL 1
Bilbao, Spain
Bizkia Arena

JUL 4
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Rockhal

JUL 6
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Sporting Complex

JUL 8
Lucca, Italy
Piazza Napoleone

JUL 9
Marostica, Italy
Piazza Degli Scacchi

JUL 11
Rome, Italy
Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Cavea

SEP 1
Tulsa, OK, USA
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

SEP 2
Rogers, AR, USA
Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion

SEP 3
Kansas City, MO, USA
Starlight Theatre

SEP 5
Ames, IA, USA
Ringo Starr

SEP 7
St. Louis, MO, USA
The Fox Theatre

SEP 8
Milwaukee, WI, USA

SEP 9
South Bend, IN, USA
Morris Performing Arts Center

SEP 11
Kettering, OH, USA
Fraze Pavilion

SEP 13
New York, NY, USA
Radio City Music Hall

SEP 14
Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

SEP 15
Wallingford, CT, USA
The Toyota Oakdale Theatre

SEP 17
Boston, MA, USA
Bosch Center Wang Theatre

SEP 19
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Heinz Hall

SEP 21
Northfield Park, OH, USA
Hard Rock Rocksino

SEP 22
Chicago, IL, USA
The Chicago Theatre

SEP 23
St. Paul, MN, USA
Ordway Center for Performing Arts

SEP 25
Denver, CO, USA
Paramount Theatre

SEP 27
San Diego, CA, USA
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay

SEP
28 San Jose, CA, USA
City National Civic

SEP 29
Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Greek Theatre

RRHOF inductions 2017

Very proud to be part of the RRHOF inductions 2017. This is my second induction to the RRHF….  a rare privilege.

https://www.rockhall.com/class-2017-inductions

GRx

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Hall of Fame Nominees – vote opens

Hall of Fame Nominees – vote opens including Journey with Gregg

full details here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hall-of-fame-pearl-jam-tupac-shakur-yes-lead-nominees-w445147

 

I found my place…… in Reno…

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I found my place…… in Reno…

Fillmore Fellow Travelers: Santana Reunites Classic ‘Santana III’ Band for New Album

It took quite some time for the years to melt away.

The alchemy itself was nearly instantaneous, as decades dissolved within moments, expunged by a few musical notes. The moment of inception, however, required countless months of preparation.

“I’m so glad I chased this with Carlos,” explains time-travel catalyst Neal Schon. “I was on a mission, and I just thought how great it would be to go full-circle. I was met with a lot of resistance,..

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The World Premiere of ‘Anywhere You Want To Go’ on radio.com

From Team Santana: The World Premiere of ‘Anywhere You Want To Go’ from the Santana IV Album (Featuring Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Michael Carabello & Michael Shrieve) is on @iHeartRadio right now! We invite you to Listen here

 

SANTANA IV Reunites Legendary Band Lineup

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First Single “Anywhere You Want To Go” to be released February 5, 2016

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — April 15, 2016 marks the release date of Santana IV, the wildly anticipated studio album that reunites the revered early ’70s lineup of guitar icon Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michael Shrieve (drums). The album signifies the first time in 45 years – since 1971’s multi-platinum classic Santana III – that the quintet has recorded together.

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Santana IV features 16 all-new tracks written and produced by the band that burst with the same unparalleled energy and superlative musicianship that made Santana a pioneering force in world music and a household name across the globe. Joining the core Santana IV band in the studio are current Santana members Karl Perazzo (percussion) and Benny Rietveld (bass), with the legendary vocalist Ronald Isley guesting on two cuts.

The origins for the reunion go back several years, when Schon suggested that he and Carlos Santana record together. Santana liked the idea but went one better, proposing that they recruit Rolie, Shrieve and Carabello for what would be called Santana IV. After initial writing sessions and rehearsals took place in 2013, the group recorded throughout 2014 and 2015, amassing 16 spellbinding tracks that combined all their signature elements – Afro-Latin rhythms, soaring vocals, electrifying blues-psychedelic guitar solos, and irrepressibly jubilant percussion work – with widescreen hooks and melodies that will lodge themselves in the thicket of listeners’ senses and stay there.

“It was magical,” Santana says. “We didn’t have to try to force the vibe – it was immense. From there, we then needed to come up with a balance of songs and jams that people would immediately identify as Santana.”

The band’s signature sound arrives forcefully on the album opener “Yambu,” a righteously gritty and soulful stomper teeming with swirling B3 organ hooks and walloping guitar crunch.

The first single, “Anywhere You Want to Go,” is destined to storm the pantheon of Santana classics. Written by Gregg Rolie, it’s a sexy, body-shaking winner and an unmistakable tip of the hat to the inescapable cha-cha/Latin jazz charms of “Oye Como Va.”

Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) is a special guest on two tracks. His vocals highlight the feverishly impassioned Latin-rock workout “Love Makes the World Go Round” and the hard-edged and funky “Freedom in Your Mind.” Guitar fans expecting fireworks from Santana and Schon will cherish Santana IV from front to back. “All Aboard” is a no-holds-barred guitar jam of the highest order, as is the slinky, soulful metal cruncher “Caminando,” which explodes with tectonic axe force. And on the unabashedly British blues-tinged “Shake It,” the two go toe to toe on not one but two extended solo runs that will have lovers of unhinged fretboard work rejoicing.

“Carlos and I feel more connected than ever,” says Schon. “We get super-aggressive when we play, but also melodic and poetic. We have an incredible dialog with each other on our guitars.”

Santana’s recurring themes of love and tolerance are common threads throughout Santana IV, most dramatically on the epic tone poem album closer “Forgiveness,” a languid and breathtakingly gorgeous atmospheric groover.

Music fans familiar with the “roaring lion” artwork on Santana’s 1969 debut album will instantly greet Heather Griffin-Vine’s graphic for Santana IV as a gloriously realized update of that iconic image. “I really think the music goes along with the cover, and vice versa,” says Santana. “It all fits together beautifully.”

Few bands can pick up a musical dialog after 45 years apart, but on Santana IV each band member reaches a new level of virtuosity and communal intuition on a collection of songs that easily stands side-by-side with the group’s treasured early work.

“When you can go back and break new ground with joy and determination – and  some whoop-ass energy – it gets you going,” says Santana. “I think we achieved something very rare. This music was screaming to come out of us. It wasn’t about nostalgia. It was about passion.”

Santana IV will be released on April 15, 2016, on Santana IV Records and is distributed by Thirty Tigers/RED Distribution. It will be available for pre-order on Amazon. For the CD click here, and for the LP click here. The album will be CD, Double 180 Gram Vinyl with Download Card and Digital configurations.

As a special offer for fans attending select shows on Santana’s upcoming Luminosity tour, a CD copy of SANTANA IV is included with every pair of tickets.  This offer will be redeemed via a promo code at MusicRedemptions.com.

Keyboard Magazine cover – Feb 2015

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Having fun with Luke in Fort Pierce, FL….

Having fun with Luke in Fort Pierce, FL….gregg_FL

Gregg Rolie with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band – Ringo’s Playlist

Have a look at the Playlist that Ringo just sent over for the upcoming All Starr Band Tour!