After a few late August festival performances, the Black Crowes’ Euphoria or Bust Tour is continuing its flight across North America with two special concerts recently added to the books. The next leg of the tour begins September 3 in Victoria, BC, and wraps with five shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA: December 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20.
The Crowes recently added a pair of Halloween performances to the itinerary for October 30-31 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, with special guest Patti Smith and Her Band. The Halloween shows will end the Crowes’ four-night run at the Hammerstein, which begins with October 27-28 shows.
In recent years, it has become tradition for the rockers to perform special themed sets in celebration of the holiday. Previous Halloween concerts featured sets of Beach Boys and AC/DC cover songs performed in respective costumes of surf wear and schoolboy uniforms. Recordings and videos of the Halloween performances have been in heavy circulation online, due in part to the Crowes’ open policy regarding the use of recording devices at their shows.
The Atlanta-based blues rockers are touring in support of their March 2008 release, “Warpaint.” The album gained some unwanted press from Maxim, when the magazine preemptively reviewed the album in February without having heard it. The band and its manager criticized the magazine for this practice, which eventually elicited an apology from the publication.
The band launched their Euphoria or Bust Tour in March, completing spring and summer legs across the U.S. and Canada, as well as an international jaunt in March and April. By the time the tour closes in December, the Crowes will have performed more than one hundred shows in North America alone.
The Black Crowes itinerary:
(Dates subject to change.)
| September 3 | Victoria, BC | Royal Theatre |
| September 4 | Vancouver, BC | Orpheum Theatre |
| September 5 | Troutdale, OR | McMenamins Edgefield |
| September 7 | Medford, OR | Britt Festivals |
| September 8-9 | Puyallup,WA | Western Washington & Puyallup Fairs |
| September 10 | Arcata, CA | Humboldt State University – Van Duzer Theatre |
| September 12 | Santa Rosa, CA | Wells Fargo Center for the Arts |
| September 13 | Las Vegas, NV | The Joint |
| September 16 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater |
| September 17 | Los Angeles, CA | Greek Theatre |
| September 19 | Santa Barbara, CA | Santa Barbara Bowl |
| September 21 | Santa Rosa, CA | Wells Fargo Center for the Arts |
| October 5 | Alpharetta, GA | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park |
| October 7-8 | Richmond, VA | The National |
| October 10 | Atlantic City, NJ | Borgata Hotel and Casino |
| October 11 | Albany, NY | Palace Theatre |
| October 12 | Northampton, MA | Calvin Theatre |
| October 14 | Providence, RI | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel |
| October 15 | Portland, ME | Merrill Auditorium |
| October 17 | Boston, MA | The Opera House |
| October 18 | Buffalo, NY | Town Ballroom |
| October 20-21 | South Burlington, VT | Higher Ground |
| October 23-25 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| October 27-28 | New York, NY | Hammerstein Ballroom |
| October 30-31 | New York, NY | Hammerstein Ballroom * |
| November 3-4 | New York, NY | Town Hall Theatre |
| November 6-7 | Charlotte, NC | Neighborhood Theatre |
| November 8 | Raleigh, NC | Lincoln Theatre |
| November 10 | Clearwater, FL | Ruth Eckerd Hall |
| November 11 | Lake Buena Vista, FL | House Of Blues |
| November 12 | Miami Beach, FL | Jackie Gleason Theater |
| November 15 | Birmingham, AL | Alabama Theatre |
| November 16 | Nashville, TN | Ryman Auditorium |
| November 17 | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore |
| November 18 | New Orleans, LA | House Of Blues – New Orleans |
| December 15-17, 19-20 | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore |
* with Patti Smith
