Los Lobos line up dates ahead of new album

May 22, 2006 05:28 PM

LiveDaily Contributor

Los Lobos [ tickets ] have added several new dates to their perpetual touring calendar, which will find the band supporting its as-yet-untitled new album later this year.

New dates added by the East Los Angeles roots-rockers include several new shows in California and two new dates in the Colorado Rockies, to go along with a previously announced July 28 show in Snowbird, UT, and a pair of overseas festival billings, Aug. 15 at the Marktrock Festival in Leuven, Belgium, and Aug. 19 at the Drammen Festival in Drammen, Norway.

The band's new album--which doesn't have a name yet--is set for a Sept. 12 release, according to the band's record label. Saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin recently told the Yes! Weekly of Greensboro, NC, that the album was nearing completion.

"As we speak we're at the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute of a new record," Berlin said in the interview. "It's just a question of, is everything we want to say in there?"

"With the last record and 'Good Morning Aztlan' we wanted to get back to more songwriting with the traditional verse-chorus thing," he added. "This record's much more impressionistic. I think we're back to the 'Kiko' era. It's kind of like picking up mercury. We've spread pieces all over the floor and we're trying to pick it up."

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

May 2006
25 - Los Angeles, CA - Conga Room
26 - Yosemite, CA - Strawberry Music Festival
27 - Napa, CA - Napa Valley Opera House
28 - Aptos, CA - Santa Cruz Blues Festival

June 2006
16 - Dallas, TX - Dallas Museum of Art
30 - Spokane, WA - Northern Quest Casino

July 2006
2 - San Jacinto, CA - Soboba Casino
13 - Kansas City, MO - Harrah's Casino
14 - Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah's Casino
15 - Santa Paula, CA - Citrus Festival
26 - Beaver Creek, CO - Vilar Center for the Arts
27 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Venue to be announced
28 - Snowbird, UT - Snowbird Rock & Blues Festival
29 - Floyd, VA - Floydfest

August 2006
2 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent
3 - Northampton, MA - Pines Theater
9 - Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheater
12 - Camp Verde, AZ - Cliff Castle Amphitheater
24 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
25, 26 - Apple Valley, MN - Music in the Zoo
29 - Lewiston, NY - Artpark
31 - Oyster Bay, NY - Long Island Summer Festival

September 2006
1 - Lowell, MA - Lowell Summer Music Series
2 - Charlestown, RI - Rhythm & Roots Festival
7 - Saratoga, CA - Saratoga Winery
8 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
9 - Albuquerque, NM - Tingley Coliseum

October 2006
13 - Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Concert Hall