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B.B. King lines up post-holiday road work

Published November 26, 2001 12:43 PM

By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer

B.B. King [ tickets ], who is in the midst of a holiday tour, plans to stay on the road well after the season ends. Following a brief New Year's break, the legendary bluesman will return to the road in early January, and has mapped out dates through mid-February.

Also in January, King plans to open the B.B. King Dance Club and B.B. King Nite Club at Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino. The adjoining venues will offer dancing in the larger of the two and jazz, blues and comedy in the smaller of the two. King will mark the opening with a Jan. 11 performance at the resort.

King also has clubs in New York City, Los Angeles and Memphis.

Earlier this month, King kicked off a tour behind "A Christmas Celebration of Hope" (MCA), a 13-track collection comprised of traditional holiday favorites performed with a blues spin, including "Please Come Home for Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Auld Lang Syne" and others. Produced by King, the album also features the original recordings "Christmas Celebration"--which King first released in 1960--and the new instrumental track "Christmas Love."

MCA Records is donating all profits from the sale of the album to City of Hope, a biomedical research and treatment center whose efforts focus on diabetes, gene therapy, cell regeneration, T-cell therapy and cancer drug development, according to a press release.

King also turns up on Tony Bennett's latest album, "Playing With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues'' (RPM Records/Columbia), on which he and Bennett sing "Let the Good Times Roll."

Earlier this year, MCA released "Here and There: The Uncollected B.B. King." The album includes duets with Willie Nelson, Albert Collins, Gary Burton and Grover Washington Jr. Next year, King will release a duet album of his own, according to his official website.

[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.]

November
28 - Thousand Oaks, CA - Kavli Theatre at Civic Arts Plaza
29 - Anaheim, CA - Sun Theatre
30 - Temecula, CA - Pechanga Entertainment Center

December
1 - Temecula, CA - Pechanga Entertainment Center
6, 7 - New York, NY - B.B. King's Blues Club
8 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic Center
9 - Durham, NH - Whittemore Center Arena
11, 12 - Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre
14 - Rahway, NJ - Union County Arts Center
15 - Bangor, ME - Bangor Auditorium & Civic Center
16 - Burlington, VT - Flynn Theatre
26 - Sarasota, FL - Van Wezel Perf. Arts Hall
27 - Fort Myers, FL - Barbara B. Mann Hall
28 - Melbourne, FL - Maxwell King Center
29 - Pompano Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
30 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

January
9 - Lowell, MA - Lowell Memorial Auditorium
10 - Stamford, CT - Palace Theatre
11 - Mashantucket, CT - Foxwoods Casino
13 - Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium
14 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theater
16 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Center
17 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
18 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
19 - Buffalo, NY - Shea's PAC
20 - Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
21 - Albany, NY - Palace Theatre
23 - Syracuse, NY - Landmark Theatre
24 - Trenton, NJ - Patriots Theatre at War Memorial
25 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
27 - Williamsport, PA - Community Arts Center
31 - New Orleans, LA - Mahalia Jackson P.A.C.

February
1 - New Orleans, LA - Generations Hall
2 - Robinsonville, MS - Sam's Town
4 - Memphis, TN - B.B. King's Blues Club
8 - Bossier City, LA - Horseshoe Casino
9 - Galveston, TX - Mardi Gras Galveston
10 - Dallas, TX - Next Stage
13 - Tucson, AZ - Music Hall
14 - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theatre
15 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
16 - Colorado Springs, CO - Arnold Hall at USAF Academy
17 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues