Blind Melon lines up spring tour dates
The band kicks off its next headlining run Feb. 28 in Riverdale, NJ, beginning a trek that will hit 22 cities through late April. The outing will also include a March 9 slot at the multi-day Langerado Festival in southern Florida. All dates are included below.
The California group disbanded abruptly in 1995 after lead singer Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose, and surprised fans last fall when it announced that original members Glen Graham, Roger Stevens, Christopher Thorn and Brad Smith were regrouping with Texas-bred singer Travis Warren.
"Enough time has passed to honor and solidify the songs," bassist/vocalist Smith recently told the Toledo Free Press. "We couldn't have done it until now, but there's been enough healing in my heart and mind now. There's a percentage of people out there [upset] that we're carrying on without Shannon. Once they hear us play the old songs live, it will make sense to them."
The group is currently shopping for a record label and a release date for the still-untitled follow-up to 1995's "Soup."
"We've mixed seven songs and have maybe 12-13 to go," Stevens wrote of the album's progress on the band's MySpace blog this summer. Several of the group's new songs are streaming at Blind Melon's MySpace page.
February 2008
28 - Riverdale, NJ - Dexter's
29 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
March 2008
1 - New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom
3 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
4 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa
5 - Richmond, VA - The National
7 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
9 - Big Cypress, FL - Langerado Festival
15 - Indianapolis, IN - Vogue
16 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
18 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave
20 - Davenport, IA - Redstone Room
21 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
22 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
24 - St. Louis, MO - Pop's
25 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
27 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
28 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
31 - Boise, ID - The Big Easy
April 2008
1 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
4 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
18 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
23 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
Blind Melon adds fresh dates with new 'Friends' [February 2008]
Year End: 2007 music news in review [December 2007]
Blind Melon continues comeback tour [November 2007]
Blind Melon taps new singer, plots comeback [September 2007]


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